Huanghe Road Food Street
Old-school Shengjian and noodle houses behind People's Square.
Must-try list
· Shengjian pan-fried buns
· Cong you ban mian scallion noodles
· Salted duck soup
What it is
The neon canyon that fed 1990s Shanghai's appetite — Huanghe Road's restaurants and their hand-painted signs had a renaissance after 'Blossoms Shanghai' put the street back on the map. Crab roe soup dumplings and pork chop rice cakes are the street's two anchors.
How to order like a local
The soup-dumpling houses queue at dinner; the pork-chop-with-rice-cakes (paigu niangao) counters don't. Come in autumn for the crab-roe dumplings — the roe is the price. The old-school milk tea counters are dessert.
Good to know
Evening is when the neon earns its keep. Ninety yuan per person covers the two anchors with margin.
More to eat in Shanghai
- Nanxiang Steamed Bun
Yu Garden original since 1900; the birthplace of xiaolongbao.
- Xiaolongbao Soup Dumplings
Paper-thin dumplings hiding pork and hot gelatin broth.