Shanghai - To Eat 23Feb2014 (Nanxiang Steamed Bun and Hong Kong Restaurant)

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Shanghai - To Eat
23Feb2014
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Nanxiang Steamed Bun
(located in Old Shanghai beside Zigzag Bridge of Town God's Temple)

Click here for general ABBA location. There's always a long line!

 

Ordered:
x2 Steamed bun with Crab Meat & Pork Stuffing 20RMB for 16 each

*Cheap and good. Juicy and generous on the filling. The skin is a little thick to personal liking but will always come back to get an order. Waited a good 30mins in cold weather for our turn, They don't have a continuous assembly line. Like make, steam, serve. They do in large batches, and man do these sell fast!*
A very long wait as they only have a group of ladies at the back making the dumplings by hand. The vinegar they have for pouring as a sauce isn't very strong, so you can go heavy handed on it if you want. 

Alternatively, one could go upstairs to their sit down restaurant to eat, however though a larger selection, the dumplings costs much more and the restaurants have a minimum order of 80-100RMB. Furthermore, there are split restaurant, each with their own offerings.
ABBATip:
Much much cheaper to queue for the take away, famous Shanghai Bao. Don't bother sharing. Just order one each. Delectable.

Click here for general ABBA location. There's always a long line! 

Hong Kong Restaurant
(Carrefour Building. Ground Floor Food Court Area.
250m from Millenium Hongqiao Shanghai Hotel)

Ordered:
2 Meat choice set and Milk tea

 *Not often do you get goose on a the menu. RMB42 for the set which comes with as pictured. RMB18 for the Milk Tea. Good balance of bitterness from the tea and condensed milk.*

Brinjal with minced meat dish
RMB28

*I could just catch a glimpse of them pain painstakingly slicing and stuffing meat in between, before sending this refreshing dish to the steamer, and coating it with a sweet and sour sauce. Fantastic.  A bit much for one to finish, but definitely great to share.*

Total: 88RMB Fed 1.

A quick and easy location for your Hong Kong Roast and goose fix for sure. The place got fully packed by 12noon, so go early.

Click here for ABBA location of Hong Kong Restaurant located beside Ground Level Food Court of Carrefour Building.