What to eat: Shanghai-style cold noodle
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Shanghai-style cold noodle. |
For the summer, cold noodles are not just an occasional treat, but also a great family dish. The Global Times sought out the Shanghai noodle places locals regularly line up for, as well as a number of Korean and Japanese outlets selling the best money can buy.
Shanghai surprise
There are two major chains serving popular Shanghai style cold noodles. One is the Dexing Noodle Restaurant chain with almost 20 outlets around Shanghai. Here customers can choose their own toppings; everything from the kaofu (dehydrated roasted bran, popular in Shanghai family cooking), to mengti (braised sliced pork), and xiaohuangyu (deep fried yellow fish).
The Beiwanxin Restaurant chain, with five locations in Shanghai, is another popular destination. The san si lengmian (three shredded salad noodle) is Beiwanxin's house speciality.
On the popular Shanghai-based Channel Young TV food show Renqi Meishi, resident chef Qian claims the Beiwanxin kitchen uses only authentic rice vinegar from Zhejiang Province that has been mellowed for several years, givng it a pure, aromatic but not too acidic taste.
Cold noodle restaurants use a whole host of inventive toppings to attract new customers and to keep regulars coming back. However, Beiwanxin sticks to a few traditional recipes including peanut butter, soy sauce and vinegar and chilli sauce.
Beiwanxin Restaurant
Recommended: san si lengmian
Add: 462 Huaihai Road Central, close to Chongqing Road South.
Tel: 6385 5284
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