PART THREE - SHANGHAI - Chapter 11 - Dumplings, Bao & other Shanghai Snacks

the colourful, wonderful world of BAO

SHANGHAI FRIED PORK MINI BUNS

TANG BAO are soup filled steamed dumplings. They are bigger versions of the smaller Xiao Long Bao and are slurped through the straw.

SPRING ONION PANCAKES

SHANGHAI SAVOURY MOONCAKES - traditionally mooncakes are sweet filled with egg yolk and various pastes including lotus seed but in Shanghai you can also get savoury ones.

HUANGQIAO SESAME CAKES - with various savoury fillings

BLACK SESAME CAKE

GUO KUI - a type of thin, crispy flat bread / pancake

YELLOW CROAKER FISH NOODLE SOUP - one of Shanghai's famous noodle soups

HIGH TEA - Shanghai style

FRESHLY SQUEEZED FRUIT JUICES served in light bulbs