Shanghai Local Breakfast Foods to Stuff Your Face With

It’s hard to beat local breakfast in Shanghai. It’s inexpensive, delicious and easy to find. In cooperation with our friends at the instagram account 830amshanghai, here’s what you should be stuffing your face with every morning.

CHANGNING DISTRICT 

JIANKANG DABING YOUTIAO

健康夜市大饼油条

 Picture by @alifatmonkey

What? Dabing, Matuan & Youtiao

Dabing are delicious Chinese crepes, Youtiao and Matuan  are Fried Dough sticks

Where? 713 Dingxi Lu  

DONG TAI XIANG

东泰祥生煎

What? Sheng Jian

Fried dough filled with meat or vegetables plus a sesame topping

Where? 63 Changning Lu  

HONGKOU DISTRICT 

KUIZHOU LU

奎照路

What? Scallion bing stand  

Scallion are like Dabing but in a thicker version and filled with scallions

Where? in a small alley on Kuizhao Lu, the spot doesn’t have an actual name as it’s just a stand

WAN SHOU ZAI

万寿斋

What?  Wan Shou Zhai Soup Noodles (万寿斋面条), Dumpling & Wontons(馄饨)

The soup noodles usually contains: green onions, soja sauce, and Shanghai style noodles. Then the recipes change depending on people’s preference: small piece of pork, dapai, beef sliced, salted vegetables…

Where?  Shanyin Lu

AWEN NIGHT MARKET

阿文夜市

What? Sheng Jian & Youtiao

Where?  Huoshan Lu near Lintong Lu  

YANGPU DISTRICT 

BAOBAO

甘其食包子馒头

What? Baozi and Mantou

Where? Chifeng Lu N 65  

LUWAN & HUANGPU DISTRICT 

LINLONG FANG XIAOLONG BAO

麟笼坊小笼包

Photo by @ewenkahryu

What? Xiao Long Bao. A kind of Baozi, but with a different skin to retain the liquid (pork meat stuffing)

Where? Jianguo Est Lu N 10  

WEI XIANG ZHAI

味香斋

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What? Sesame paste noodles  

Classic local dish with very thin Shanghainese style noodles, green onions, sesame paste and soja sauce

Where? 14 Yandang Lu  

DING TE LEZHOU MIANGUAN

顶特勒粥面馆

What? Ding Te Le Congee & noodles (The congee is made with Red bean)

Where? Huaihai Zhong Lu (淮海中路494弄22号)

TENG BA XIAN

誊八仙

What? Dim sum

Where?  Xizang Bei lu N  198, F7, Joy City   

PEOPLE SQUARE/ THE BUND AREA 

DA HU CHUN SHENG JIAN BAO

大壶春生煎包

What? Sheng Jian Bao

Where?  Sichuan Lu  

SHU CAI SHENGJIAN

舒蔡记生煎

What? Jiaozi and Sheng Jian Bao

Where?  Shichuan Lu N530 (川中路530号)

FRENCH CONCESSION/XUHUIAREA 

THE PANCAKE LADY

What? Pancake on杂粮煎饼

Where? Wulumu Qi Lu, Wuyuan Lu 

DA BING

大饼

What? Dabing, Matuan & Youtiao

Where?  Xiangyang South Lu N 578 

PUDONG DISTRICT  

ZIJIA HAO NOODLE

自家好面

What? Zijia Hao Noodle which is a soup with noodles, vegetables, meat and pork intestines.

Where?   22 Taojia Zhai Lu  

WU YOU XIAN

屋有鲜汤包

What? Tang Bao

Tang Bao is somewhere between a baizo and a Xiaolong bao, filled with hot, delicious liquid.

Where? 2073 Shen Du Gong Lu  

ZHABEI DISTRICT 

A LIN WONTON

阿麟馄饨

What? Wonton

Where? 172 Yanchang lu  

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