The traditions of Shanghai 's cosmopolitan past are still apparent in the city's restaurants . You will also be amazed by the excellent diversity of food in the city, with most Chinese regional cuisines represented, as well as an equally impressive range of foreign cuisine including Brazilian, Indian, Japanese and European, etc. Do try to enjoy the pleasure of exploring good int'l restaurants in Shanghai , and you will be amazed by the great diversity int'l cuisines as well as the unadulterated taste of your home country dishes.
You will also find that restaurants serving both Chinese and international cuisine are more expensive in Shanghai than elsewhere, although prices remain reasonable by international standards.
Unlike many other Chinese, the Shanghainese are famous for their sweet tooth, which is indulged by more than 1800 bakeries, coffee and pastry shops . Compared to, for example, Sichuan or Cantonese cuisine, Shanghai cuisine is not particularly well known or popular among foreigners; nevertheless, there are still some interesting dishes, especially if you enjoy exotic seafood.
Following are some highlights of famous Dining areas of Shanghai : Nanjing Dong Lu is your best bet for baked goods, confectioneries and pastries. The Bund itself has few decent options for eating, because of the recent opening of several up-market restaurants in some of the old Art-Deco buildings, most notably Sense and Bund.
There are a number of specialist food streets . In order of proximity to the top end of Nanjing Lu, the first of these is Shashi Xiaochi Shijie , a small lane leading south off Nanjing Dong Lu, just west of Jiang Xi Lu. It contains a number of cheap restaurants, good for hotpots or noodle-soup snacks. North of the Suzhou Creek, and just a few minutes' walk west of the Pujiang Hotel, runs Zhapu Lu - at night it is entirely neon-lit and easily recognizable. There are large numbers of Shanghainese restaurants along here, many of them serving good food, but foreigners need to be very careful not be over-charged. Yunnan Lu is perhaps the most interesting of the food streets, with a number of specialty restaurants, and a huge crowd of outdoor stalls selling snacks at night; it leads south from Nanjing Lu a block to the east of Renmin Park . Zhejiang Zhong Lu , just north of Fuzhou Lu, is home to several Muslim snack shops offering delicious and filling noodle soups. Finally Huanghe Lu , due north of Renmin Park - and in particular the section north of Beijing Lu - contains another large concentration of restaurants, many of them open 24hr.
JRE provides its customers with a convenient Taxi Book that you can guide you to the most recommended int'l and local restaurants in Shanghai . You can also check the latest listing of fine restaurants in Shanghai at: www.cityweekend.com.cn/en/shanghai or www.8days.sh .
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