Shanghai Shikumen Fine Cuisine

Follow @bredgyeats for more food posts! No time or money to travel to Shanghai? That's alright, cause the next best thing is right here. These giant minced pork meatballs are ultra-tender and feature crunchy water chestnuts and a whole egg inside. The deliciously savory taste calls for a big bowl of white rice, mirroring the addictive pork belly, braised in a mildly sweet soy sauce with hints of ginger and garlic. The alternating layers of fat and lean meat are as tasty as they are visually stunning. What I set my sights on today was the fried yellow eel, which has a bouncy, meaty texture that's coated in a thick soy-based sauce, laced with vinegar, garlic, and scallions that are flash-fried with hot oil, with a generous dusting of white pepper, like a cherry on top. The soup dumplings have a robust and juicy porky filling, and the bean curd appetizer with 马兰头 is coated with a fragrant toasted sesame oil dressing.

Service is good, all dishes are very traditional Shanghai style. Love this place, will visit again

My son was craving pork belly, and my Shanghai-born, Shanghai-raised nephew recommended this Shanghai-style restaurant. The food was delicious and truly authentic. The braised pork belly was rich and tender, the stir-fried pork liver was perfectly cooked, and the braised tofu with yellow croaker was silky and flavourful. The bamboo shoot soup cut through the richness nicely, and the Chinese okra with edamame was fresh and light. We also enjoyed the fried lotus root cakes and spring rolls. Of course, we had to try the salted pork with vegetable fried rice. It tasted like home. The restaurant has classic old-Shanghai decor and the servers were polite and friendly. Highly recommended if you want real Shanghai cuisine.

This is one of very few Shanghai dishes restaurants in Toronto. Disregard some of the reviews on the internet, we found it to be surprisingly good. The interior is a little bit out of dated, but it gives a feel of old Shanghai which we like. The service is better than we anticipated, efficient and simple, the waitress/ store manager can speak Shanghai dialect, which is a plus. The food we tried is the Egg Braised meatball $21.99 very tender and not too salty, the veggies inside is so yummy, although we never tasted egg inside meatball in Shanghai, we liked it. Stir Fried Pork Liver $18.99 is so good, it is so tender and the source is tasty, must try. Tomato and shrimp crispy rice crust $21.99, it is nice combination of sweet and sour, crispy and soft texture. House special pan fried bun $9.99 is what we aim for, consistently good. Steamed pork bun $9.99 is also very yummy, must order item every time. Overall, it is a very decent Shanghai food restaurant which is worth trying.

I always knew this place existed but for some reason never tried it. Decided to spluge a little and try this traditional Shanghainese fine cuisine restaurant. Ordered some very interesting but yummy foods and it came relatively fast and fresh We had this really interesting crispy rice tomatoes dish, check out my video! Their fried duck is also very good along with the drunkin chicken! The decor is meant to look dated and traditional and the chairs are super hard rose wood. Worth a try!