Shanghai Uncle ♥ ♥ ♥

 

For our last meal in Shanghai, we decided to eat just around the corner from our hotel before we head to the airport.

 

 

Shanghai Uncle serves modern Shanghainese fare. The place is big, clean, has floral red chairs...

 

 

And a big screen tv featuring different Shanghainese delicacies

 

 

I usually do not like it when they mess with the traditional, but this Uncle did it really well. I find myself enjoying the creative twists he made to classic Shanghainese staples. 

Everything we ordered was delicious. 

 

Dried Bean Curd Mixed with Aster and Salmon

 

 

 Jelly Fish

 

 

Shanghai Traditional Smoked Fish - don't be fooled by its ugliness, this is one of the best 
versions I've tried this trip 

 

 

 Pea, Purple Yam and Pumpkin Mousse

 

  

Lion Head Meatballs Wrapped in Cabbage

 

 

 Homemade Baby Pork Ribs with Pine Nuts - as tender as a baby's butt

 

 

 Razor Clams

 

 

Hello there, Mr. Yummy Clam! 

 

 

Stir Fried Dou Miao in XO Paste 

 

 

Steamed Pork Belly with Garlic 

 

 

 Uncle's Homemade Crispy Flaming Pork - this is our lechon kawali on steroids.
Extra crunchy, extra tender, extra tasty. Boom! Boom! Boom! 

 

 

Fried Scallops and Fried Shrimps with Sesame Pockets and XO Sauce - you must not miss this
crispy goodness! 

 

 

 Uncle's Family Seafood Pot

 

 

Pickled Cabbage Noodle Soup 

 

 

Shanghai Fried Dumplings

 

 

 Look at the juices! So good, but I think Yang's is still the best. Hehe.

 

 

 Goodbye, Shanghai and Shanghai Uncle! We'll be back! 

 

Shanghai Uncle: 222 Yan An East Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 6339 1977

House of Flour ♥ ♥ ♥

 

And then it was time for REAL desserts.

For me that always means CHOCOLATES!!!

 

House of Flour

 

 

The Dessert Display. I chose two of the darkest, richest, chocolatiest cakes. 
Frances, the boring one, went for cheesecake. Zzzzzzzzzzz…

 

 

Walnut Fudge Brownie - HOMAYGAD!!! This is my chocolate dream come true!
Moist, fudgy and extremely chocolatey. It's a bit sweet, too, but there's whipped cream
to balance everything out. And I just love whipped cream. The perfect indulgence for me! 

 

 

Orange Chocolate Mud Cake - House of Flour's signature cake is incredibly moist, dense,
 spiked with orange fragrance, slathered with caramel, topped with orange confit
and sprinkled with sea salt. There is nothing not to like about it.

 

 

Marble Cheesecake - okay, this is good, too, but still it's not chocolate

 

 

 Iced Lychee Martini White Chocolate Truffle

 

 

To go with my chocolate cakes, I had a cup of Michel Cluizel Hot Chocolate.
85% cocoa, bitter and intense.

 

 

Frances had the Italian Thick Hot Chocolate

 

 

Man, they weren't kidding when they said thick! 

 

 

House of Flour: 30 Sinan Road, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 6093 2058

House of Flour Website

Lian Lian Grass Jelly 恋恋仙草 Ӫ

 

After our sad sad meal at Yong Shun He Suzhou Dumpling, I thought we deserved some amazing desserts.

 

 

Lian Lian Grass Jelly, a Taiwanese dessert shop, was the only place serving sweets

 

 

It was closed already, but the owner happily reopened the store to accommodate us

 

 

My Eight Treasure Grass Jelly Soup

 

 

Red Bean Soup

 

 

Peanut Soup

 

 

Milk Tea

 

 

Everything was watered down. :((((((

I wish the owner weren't so nice and just shooed us away.

 

Lian Lian Grass Jelly 恋恋仙草: 122 Huanghe Road, Shanghai, China

Yong Shun He Suzhou Dumpling House 永顺和苏州汤包馆 Ӫ

 

The plan was to restaurant hop starting from Yang's Dumpling (it's the best!) to Jia Jia Tang Bao (meh!) to other restaurants on Huanghe Lu.

But we came late and Jia Jia already closed for the night after our fried dumplings escapade at Yang's.

We saw this other soupy dumpling place further down the street and thought we'd give it a try.

 

Yong Shun He Suzhou Dumpling Restaurant

 

 

Turned out to be the worst ever meal of our trip!  

 

Fried pork chop with fried rice cakes - tasted like cardboard

 

 

Stir fried pork intestines

 

 

 

 

 

One basket each of Tang Bao (Soupy Dumpling), Crab Roe Tang Bao,
and Egg Yolk Tang Bao. None of them good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The skin was thick, the filling mushy, and the soup bland and oily

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a major dumpling fail

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone looks very displeased! Yikes!

 

 

 

 

Yong Shun He Suzhou Dumpling House 永顺和苏州汤包馆: 111 Huanghe Road, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 

 

 

Yang's Dumpling 小杨生煎 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

 

 After Jesse, Yang's Dumpling is probably my most favorite restaurant in Shanghai

 

 

Dumpling lab

 

 

Look at those baby bottoms being pan-fried to a crisp

 

 

Ooohhh… Blond hair sightings! Lol! :P

 

 

A plate of sheng jian bao joy!

 

 

First, you nibble on the skin and inhale the porky steam

 

 

Then you bite off a chunk of that perfectly thin skin and drink up every last drop of the tasty juices

 

 

Now it's time to attack the glorious ball of meat. I use only my mouth and hands for the
ultimate experience. Incredibly good, insanely cheap!

 

 

We had dumplings and nothing else.

I suggest you do the same.

Best comfort food in Shanghai.

 

Dumpling faces :D

 

Yang's Dumpling 小杨生煎: 97 Huanghe Road, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 5375 1793