I Shanghai

We came on a Saturday lunchtime to check out this new Shanghainese restaurant and was surprised that it’s not busy at all. Tried three traditional dishes and all were average. Soup dumplings skin was good, not so think; however, the taste was nothing special. Rice cake was so oily, didn’t look like they stirred fried at all. And not much meat or bamboo shoots. Garlic fried Spareribs was better of the three. Dishes are smaller portions which worked better for us.

4.5 stars. We went on their second day of shoft opening and the place was practically empty. We ordered Shanghainese Pan Fried Pork Soup Dumplings ($4), Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings ($7), Shanghainese Mini Wontons Soup ($9), Pork and Chives Potstickers ($9). I was not so impressed with the soup dumplings and much prefer the ones at Nan Xiang but I really loved their mini wonton soup and pan fried soup dumplings. The mini wontons had the thinnest most translucent skin. It felt so silky slurping it down. The broth was clean but so tasty. I just really loved it. And the pan fried soup dumplings had so much broth. The bottoms were nice and crispy. This might be my favorite pan fried soup dumplings I've gotten in a while. We ended up getting two more orders of this when we were. Just for these two items, I Shanghai is now in my rotation of restaurants and will recommend it to friends and family.

Accidentally found this new Shanghainese restaurant in Bayside! It’s their soft opening with old Shanghai style of decoration. Food were authentic and my favorites are their wine chicken, Shanghai soup and salty meat fried rice!! Will go back again…

Shen Jian Bao and XLB were excellent! Noticed they had some pork-free XLB options (chicken, shrimp) so will be sure to try those as well. Also got the pork and bamboo lunch special. It included a soy sauce egg and wonton soup. Great deal!

This is an authentic Shanghainese food, The food is delicious and my family haven been here five times since the opening. Highly recommended