Eating in Shanghai

　Shanghai is also a paradise for gourmets. As a modern city, Shanghai has attracted a great number of expert chefs from other parts of China , and has become one of China 's gastronomic centres of the eight major styles of Chinese cuisine. There are over a thousand restaurants serving the famous 16 styles of Chinese food, such as Beijing , Sichuan , Guangdong , Yangzhou , Fujian , etc.

　Through years of culinary practice and the assimilation of the art and skills in other styles of cuisine, Shanghai chefs have also created a style of cuisine peculiar to the region. Shanghai dishes are characterized by the use of heavy and highly flavoured sauce. Cooked in deep fat and soy sauce, the food is palatable and retains its primary for braising with red sauce, stir-frying, simmering, deep-frying and pan-frying.

　Vegetarian cuisine in Shanghai has also been highly developed. Taking vegetables, bean products, dried mushrooms, fungus and bamboo shoots as major ingredients, chefs make savoury dishes resembling non-vegetarian ones only without the smells of meat and fish, which are frowned upon by the vegetarians. The skills of the chefs are often marvelled by the diners.

　With the increasing contacts between Shanghai and other parts of the world, more and more tourists from abroad are coming to visit this city. With a view to suiting the palate of these visitors, western-styled restaurants have been set up for their selection. There are also French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese, Indian and other kinds of foreign flavoured cuisines, genuine Muslim food and vegetarian food. In Shanghai you can have a taste of all the different kinds of food in the world.

　Over the years Shanghai has become a city that excells at bringing together many different kinds of cuisine. This wonderfully modern and fashionable city has excellent European Continental cuisine in stylish restaurants such as "M" on the Bund and French, German and American cuisine are widely available here. There are a couple of excellent Indian restaurants in the Tandoor and Hazara. Italian, Indian, Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese and even Brazilian and Cajun cuisine are also on offer here and the style and decor in many of the city's best places such as Face and Ali YYs, is beautiful and unique.

　Beyond the various cuisine of the world, Shanghai is a center for the culinary culture of China . Bifengtang is a great chain serving delicious Cantonese cuisine. Beijing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fujian, Chaozhou, Henan, Anhui, Hunan as well as vegetarian and Xinjiang cuisine are all available with exceptionally high quality and authenticity in this city. Shanghainese cuisine too can be very delicious and 1221 is a beautiful place to sample the city's unique dishes. Explore our dining index for the best that Shanghai has to offer.

　Some of the best and most interesting culinary offerings one can find in Shanghai include: Nanxiang Steamed Pork Dumplings, Local River Crabs, Vegetarian Steamed Buns, Chicken and Duck Blood Soup, and Niangao with Spare Ribs.

　Shanghai 's world-spanning culinary styles, superior dining environments, cosmopolitan atmosphere and high quality of service make the city a heaven for all those who crave variety and excitement on their plate.

　If you want to try the Shanghai dish, we could choose the one of best restaurant for you, the name is Lu Bo Lang. We will make the reservation and arrange the transfer.

Lu Bo Lang--The one of Best Shanghai Restaurant

　　Shanghai Lu Bo Lang Restaurant is located by the nine-twist zigzag bridge in the Old City God Temple , facing the bustling downtown area in the south and overlooking the luxuriant garden in the north. It is a three-storied imitation Ming Dynasty building with black tiles and red balustrades and upturned eaves,setting off the Mid-lake Pavilion by its side.The restaurant has a quiet and graceful environment,antique and quaint in structure and rich in traditional Chinese national style.
　   Lu Bo Lang Restaurant is a super-grade restaurant in the country.It is one of the restaurants designated as a foreign tourist restaurant. It is featured for its 4 distinguished food series of Shanghai-style food, Shanghai-style snacks,shark's fin dishes and crab feast. The dishes and snacks are fresh and beautiful in appearance, light and captivating, baried in cuisines, displaying a chareacter of the times, popular at home and abroad.
　    Lu Bo Lang Restaurant has strong technical force with a gathering of a number of famous chefs, good in service and courteous in manner. The restautant has hosted heads of state from more than 40 foreign countries, such as President Clinton.

　After you read all of them, if you like to try it, please make contact with us and we will have a good arrangement for you. Our contact is (0086)10 84405388 by telephone, (0086)10 84405450 by fax, or travelservice@kirintravel.com by email.