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Shanghai Travel Guide
Chinese cuisine, known as the "ninth art", ranks one of the best in the world, whereas, Shanghai cuisine ranks high in China. This is the high appraisal of famous Chinese and Shanghai food made by foreign friends who are familiar with China and Shanghai.
Shanghai leads the country in the catering business. There are in Shanghai famous restaurants with chefs well-known for cooking dishes of Beijing, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui and Fujian---eight celebrated styles of Chinese food. And each style, in turn, consists of several local dishes. For instance, Zhejiang cuisine comprises Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing dishes, while Jiangsu cuisine includes Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi and Shanghai dishes. Available also in Shanghai are a number of Western-style restaurants as well as vegetarian restaurants serving dishes cooked with vegetables and bean products only. These restaurants are what makes Shanghai cuisine so celebrated both at home and abroad.