The traditional Chinese food is popular in Shanghai; there are many restaurants such as Shanghai Classical Hotel, Xiao Nan Guo, Ba Guo Bu Yi, Hongchangxing Restaurant and so on.

Shanghai Classical Hotel (Laofandian)
Shanghai Laofandian Restaurant since 1875 was originated from “Rongshunguan”. This one is noted for Shanghai local food such as Duck Stuffed with“Eight-treasures”, Stewed Black Sea Cucumber with Shrimp and other more. After the rebuilt it is now looks like an ancient building but still magnificent. Shanghai Laofandian has served many famous people and foreign mugwumps including Chinese marshal, Chinese American lady Xiangmei Cheng, Indonesia president Megawati Soekarnoputri, Putin Wife, Singapore President S.R. Nathan. One more interesting characteristic is the menu is made by poker cards.
Address: 242 Fuyou Road, Shanghai 200010
Website: www.laofandian.com

Wangbaohe Restaurant
Shanghai Wangbaohe is a newly opened international 4-star restaurant. However it receives the excellent restaurant culture of “Wangbaohe” which boasts a history of 250 years. It is noted for the wine and crab and renowned as “King of crab and father of wine”. The famed mum crab banquet was come from here. Wangbaohe Restaurant created and developed this new taste on the base of traditional food. Its unique crab banquet with the features “special”, “fresh” and “excellent” is well known from both home and abroad. This restaurant can be easily to find out as it is next to Century Square of Nanjing Road.
Address: 555 Jiujiang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Xiaoshaoxing Restaurant
Xiaoshaoxing Restaurant since 1943 specialized in boiled chicken was once a chicken conjee store. Xiaoshaoxing boiled chicken from year 1945 featured its “crisp skin”, “tender fresh meat” and “beauty shape” gives people endless aftertaste. Besides the chicken, conjee is still available in restaurant which is steamed by good rice and chicken soup. (Boiled Chicken was originated from folk restaurant in Qing Dynasty. It is cooked with no seasonings and chopped at the eating time so Boiled Chicken called “Bai Zhan Ji-白斩鸡” in Chinese. The chicken is specially and locally bred in in Pudong area named “San Huang Ji” (a kind of chook with maize skin, yellow claw and maize rostra). In fact boiled chicken is a cold dish dipped with prepared flavorings.)
Address: 9-15 Yandang Road, Luwan District
473 Nanjing Road 200003
6 F D Building No.1Lishui Road 200010
125 Pudong Dadao, Pudong Area
283 Yanchang Road(M), Zhabei District
209 Bole Road, Putuo District
1795 Mudanjiang Road 201900
227 Donglin Road 201900
5498 Longwu Road Xuhui District

Meilongzhen Restaurant
Meilongzhen established in 1938 is specialized in Chuan spicy dishes (one of the famous four cuisines in China). This is a restaurant full of local custom and with the architecture of ancient style. There are many halls for dinner and each has different style: “Longfeng” “Meiyan” “Baihua” “Shuanglong” “Fenghuag”; all of them are the symbol of honor, luck and flourish. Inside the hall there are flowery palace lanterns, elegant wall paintings and vivid basso-relievo. Nearly 200 traditional cuisines and about 30 new dishes will enable you enjoy national wide delicious. Address: 22 Lane 1081, Nanjing Road(w) 200041

Xinjishi (Jesse Restaurant)
This will be the one of the must-go restaurants in Shanghai with perfect ambience and good service to match. Xinjinshi has a wonderful location of commercial center-Xin Tian Di. Its red braised pork (Grandmother braised pork) and its many emerald-hued vegetable dishes are reliably delicious. Check out the quality food with tons of options there is one of the must-do things in Shanghai. It is quite busy and the service speed is not as quickly as possible.
Location: the most convenient one is in Xin Tian Di of Taicang Road, Luwan District
Website: www.xinjishi.com

Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant
Originally at the cross of Bejing Road(S) and Guizhou Road and with a history of nearly 86 years since 1922 Gongdelin is the most well-known vegetarian restaurant in Shanghai and rightfully so . In 1932 it moved to Nanjing Road(S) today”s location. Gongdelin had served Luxun-father of modern Chinese literature, Shen Jun-seven man of honor and abroad guests from Japan and Pakistan. It is especially popular for the vegan dishes such as vegetarian chicken, duck and pork. The monk meat food all is extractive design and made by bean curd. You can have excellent meal at reasonable price there.
Location: right on the No.1 commercial street in China-Nanjing Road(S)

Hongchangxing Restaurant
The earliest restaurant for chaffy dish in Shanghai should count Hongchangxing established in 1891. This restaurant is the most well known for Muslim food and the best one so. There are up to 200 kinds of dishes and the most famous one is mutton hot pot. The chaffy dishes are cooked by charcoal fire which is quite rare in the city (it was said using charcoal can keep the original taste). By the same time the mutton are from sheep raised in northwest grassland.
Location: nearest subway station is the People”s Square Station, tenth floor of the building named “Baodaxing Shopping for Kids”, 685 Nanjing Road(E).

Cu Cai Guan in Shanghai
A Cantonese cuisine restaurant was opened by a famous Hong Kong film producer and belly-god too. Photographs of Hong Kong pop stars and actors hanging on the hall wall witness the fairly exotic food here. And all the loges are at the name of famous star in China. People can order sea food from the tank on the first floor. Specialties here are Zhaopai Chao Zhuza (stir-fried pig harslet) and Zhu You Lao Fan (goluptious stir-fired rice by lard). There are other menu include XO Jiang Chao Sijidou(stir-fired string beans in XO sauce), Shui Jin Xiaren (stir-fried crystal like shrimp) and more. Snacks here are beautiful and yummy too.
Location: North of Beijing Xi Lu, at intersection with Changde Road, Jing”an District (Northwest Shanghai), metro is Jing”an Si station.
Price: $15-$25 per person

Ba Guo Bu Yi in Shanghai
Ba Guo Bu Yi is a restaurant special in outstanding Chinese Sichuan cuisine. “Ba Guo” means the East Area of Sichuan province, while “Bu Yi” refers to the common people. Ba Guo Bu Yi is the most popular Chuan Cai restaurant in Shanghai and the fairly welcomed restaurant all over China. Besides, it also possesses branch in Richmond. This restaurant is in two levels and in the ancient architecture. It looks like an inner courtyard and has a big space for traditional performance involving an extremely talented performer magically changing a sequence of masks and clothes in a second.
If you’re ever in need of an extra kick to your life, Ba Guo Bu Yi can add it. It served authentic and quality Sichuan cuisine featuring in chilli and peppercorns. A very popular choice in this restaurant is “Pork on a clothesline” slices of cooked white pork are arranged on a bamboo contraption. When eat dip them into the fiery chilli and garlic sauce and place some shredded lettuce on the slice of pork. Once experienced those dishes you will not forget them. It is sensible to make reservations if you decided to go there as it is always packed.
Location1: 1018 Dingxi Road, Changning District; next to Ningxia Hotel; Metro Line2 Zhongshan Park station
Location2: 738 Dongfang Road Pudong District; near Zhangyang Road; Metro Line2 Shijidadao station Website: www.baguobuyi.com/

Tanfu Cuisine in Shanghai
It was from Qing Dynasty with a history of almost 100 years. Tanfu Cuisine also named “Tan Shi Guan Fu Cai” or “Tan Jia Cai” in Chinese is one of the most famous private cuisine in China. It is not a folk cuisine but proper a palace private cuisine. Tan Fu Cai is famous for noble and costly for the dish materials are the best shark fin and best sea-ear. High price of course has its value, the absolutely top delicious cuisine in deed worth a good payment.
Location1: 3190 Yan”an Road(W), 210013
580 Nanzheng Building, Nanjin Road(W), 200041
Website: www.tanfucai.com

Wu Yue Ren Jia
It is a chain noodle restaurant featured of all kinds of noodle. It is consistently clean and pleasingly inexpensive which keeps many return clients. There are noodles such as Cong Bao Niu Rou Mian (Noodles with Deep Fried Beef), Chun Xiang Pai Rou Mian (Noodles with Rich Tasty Pork Rib), Si Xian Kao Fu Mian (Husband's Roast Noodle Soup with peanuts, tofu and vegetables)… many more all are for your choice.
Location: 706 Huaihai Road(M) near Sinan Road
141 Shaanxi Road(S) near Nanchang Road
129 Wulumuqi Road(N) near Yongjia Road

Xiao Yang Sheng Jian
Xiao Yang Sheng Jian in Wujiang Road (delico street) stands with the reputation for having the best seared dumplings in the city. There is a large yellow placard writing “Yang”s Fry Dumpling” hanging before the store. Dependants in this house always overflowing, so mostly time guests have to wait in queues to comfort their empty stomachs during shopping.
Price: 4 dumplings for 3 Yuan
Location: Near Nanjing Rd(W), in Wujiang Rd

Lu Bo Lang Restaurant
Lubolang means green pavilion located at the Chenghuang Temple complex area. It originally in Ming dynasty and became a tea house in 1924. It renamed as “Lu Bo Lang” in 1979 and enlarged as a hotel in 1991. It is famous for snacks traditionally called “Chuan Dian”-in the shape of varied flowers, fruits and animals. This restaurant had served Norodom Sihanouk (former king of Kambodia Kingdom), Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (former Regina of Uk) and William Jefferson Clinton (the former president of USA). Major snacks in Lu Bo Lang are Sticky Rice Wrapped in a Mini Reed Leaf, Sweet Osmanthus Cake, Crisp Cake of Dates Purse and Pastry Stuffed with Three Ingredients etc. Location: 10 Wenchang Road, Chenghuang Temple, Huangpu Area
Website: www.lubolang.com

Nan Xiang Man Tou Dian (Steamed Bread)
To haves delicacy snacks from this restaurant you have to be patient because the queue is always very long. Nanxiang Mantou Dian is the most well known dumpling house in Shanghai. Those Little basket buns are traditionally steamed in bamboo baskets and each bun is filled with hot broth and meat. How to put them into your mouth? There are some tips-you should first bite a small hole at first (be careful, the hole must small to avoid the soup inside squirting out), then slowly sip the broth out. Its menu in English with pictures can help your ordering.
Location: west o fthe Bridge of Nine Tunings (Jiu Qu Qiao), in side Yuyuan Gerden

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