Shanghai Food Trail

Compared to our first trip to Shanghai 9 years ago, we had excellent food recommendations this trip. We were delighted with the food which was done well and fresh.

Ye Shanghai - we chanced upon this restaurant and decided to have dinner there. The decor was excellent and we sat on the second floor and there was a lady and a musician entertaining us with old chinese songs. The food we had were quite healthy and tasty.

We went to Lao Ji Shi twice for dinner. Every dish we ordered was really good. The best was the hairy crab which was in season and the crab meat vermicelli. The spring onion cod fish head was excellent too.

Crab meat vermicelli sheet - yums

In season - hairy crab - nicely done!

full of flavour - cod fish head deep fried with spring onions

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Jelly fish with wild veg

Yummy pork ribs

Fish was nice

dessert pancake

We also had a whole peking duck to ourselves at this famous branch of Beijing restaurant.

Bones for porridge

Shanghai Markets - Dongtai Antique Market and Bird and Insect Market

We visited the Dongtai Rd Antique Market which is located near our hotel at Frasers Residence in Shanghai. We were there around 10 am and the shop owners were about to start business. They were paddling old watches, snuff bottles, giant brushes, antique tins and quaint looking model cars. Unfortunately, we couldn't wait for all the shops to open but continue to walk down to the birds and insect market.

This market was an eye opener. We saw vendors selling cicadas in containers - apparently the sounds made by the cicadas are soothing to some and people buy them for their sound. We saw vendors selling crickets and found out they used the crickets to "fight" and gamble. There were shops selling birds and different insects.

Checking out the product

cicadas