The Best Chinese Food in Shanghai
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The best Chinese food in Shanghai, according to the experts: The 50, the Michelin Guide, and the Chinese Restaurant Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ling Long comes out on top.
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T'ang Court and Yi Long Court hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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Rank 1. Ling Long
Contemporary Chinese
White tablecloths, gloved service, crimson walls hung with avant-garde Chinese art, and a menu that gets progressively weirder as the night goes on. Ling Long is a fine dining restaurant on the Bund built around the concept of umami, with an eight-course set that traces a cross-China journey through regional terroirs. It holds a Michelin star and ranks on Asia's 50 Best list. The room is formal; the cooking is decidedly not.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #9 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 30 Honourees · Elite 15 Asia
- The 50 #9 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Top 30 Honourees · Elite 15 Asia
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Rank 1. T'ang Court
Cantonese
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 3. Yi Long Court
Cantonese
Art Deco screens divide the dining room into something that feels almost private, despite the scale, and the color palette leans deep enough that you half expect a saxophonist to materialize. This is the Peninsula's flagship Cantonese restaurant, holding a Michelin star, where the kitchen pairs classical technique with a quietly modern hand. The eight-seat chef's table is the room's open secret for anyone who knows to ask.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 3. Yong Yi Ting
Chinese
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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An elegant white villa in Changning where dinner requires advance planning, because many dishes must be pre-ordered before you arrive. This is refined Chaoshan cooking, the kind built on poaching, steaming, and braising, with light, precise seafood and vegetarian preparations served across five private rooms. There is no walk-in crowd, no open dining room, and no sense of hurry. The restaurant holds two Michelin stars.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 5. Bao Li Xuan
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 5. Canton 8 (Huangpu)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 5. Ji Pin Court
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 5. Tou Zao
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 11. 102 House
Cantonese
Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Huangpu River and the Pudong skyline, which is a lot of competition for what's on the plate. This is a formal Cantonese banquet restaurant on the Bund, small enough that a few private rooms account for most of the seating. The kitchen revives a style of multi-course celebratory cooking that had largely receded from view, with seasonal menus and a sweet-and-sour pork whose sauce rotates by season. It landed on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #29 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #6 · Elite 15 Asia
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 30 Honourees · Elite 15 Asia
- The 50 #29 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards #6 · Elite 15 Asia
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Top 30 Honourees · Elite 15 Asia
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Rank 12. Canton Table
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Cheng Long Hang (Huangpu)
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Da Dong (Xuhui)
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Fu 1015
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Fu 1039
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Gastro Esthetics at DaDong
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Huaiyang Delights (Jingan)
Huaiyang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Lao Zheng Xing
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Lei Garden (Pudong)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Lu Style (Huangpu)
Shandong
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Ming Court (Minhang)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Moose (Changning)
Jiangzhe
Antlers on the white walls, no moose on the menu, a century-old Shanghai mansion doing its best impression of a gallery. This is a polished Jiangzhe restaurant where the chef's decades in Huaiyang cooking show in dishes built around technique rather than trend. The crispy white teat fish, a sea cucumber preparation that arrives in a crackling crust, is exactly the kind of thing that earns a Michelin star without needing to explain itself.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Moose (Pudong)
Huaiyang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Obscura
Chinese
A private collection of Chinese antiques lines the walls of this low-lit, polished-wood dining room inside the Tangxiang Cultural Space on Xikang Road. Obscura holds a Michelin star for its tasting-menu cooking, which folds Sichuan tradition and forgotten regional techniques into something genuinely its own. The chef duo spent a year crossing China before opening, and the research shows on the plate without feeling like homework.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Ren He Guan (Xuhui)
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Seventh Son
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Sole
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Wu You Xian
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Xin Rong Ji (West Nanjing Road)
Zhejiang Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Yong Fu (Hongkou)
Ningbo Zhejiang
Ningbo cooking occupies a specific lane: intensely briny, fermented-forward, and proud of it. This upscale restaurant on the 56th floor of Raffles City The Bund leans into that tradition, anchoring the menu around wild seafood pulled from the East China Sea that morning. The room runs to aubergine walls, linen, and chandeliers, which creates a pleasant contrast with dishes built around deliberately pungent ingredients. It holds a Michelin star.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 12. Yong Fu (Huangpu)
Ningbo Zhejiang Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Yue Hai Tang
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 12. Zhou She (Minhang)
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 38. Meet the Bund
Fujian
The brick-red interior is a deliberate nod to the Minnan courtyard houses of southern Fujian, set against floor-to-ceiling windows with the Shanghai skyline doing its thing beyond. This is Fujianese fine dining, a regional cuisine that prizes the clean, layered flavour of the ingredient itself over any attempt to dress it up. The tea pairings run from jasmine to aged pu-erh, and the kitchen holds a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
The awards
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Rank 39. Meet the Bund
Fujian
Min Cai, the cooking of Fujian province, rarely gets the fine dining treatment, and Shanghai's 56th floor is an unlikely place to find it done seriously. Meet the Bund is a formal tasting restaurant where the chef reframes a regional tradition that tends to get overlooked in favor of flashier Chinese cuisines. The broth for the signature slow-cooked abalone dish takes several days to build, which tells you the kitchen's general attitude toward shortcuts.
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #4 · Elite 15 Asia
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Rank 40. 157 Shi Fang
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Blossom
Teochew
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Cong's Kitchen
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Easeful Cuisine (Jingan)
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Gong De Lin (West Nanjing Road)
Vegan Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Hao Sheng
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. He Shan Mian Jia
Shanghainese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Ho Hung Kee
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Jingmei Wuxi Noodles (Yanping Road)
Wuxi Jiangsu Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Lan Xin (Jinxian Road)
Traditional Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Lu Bo Lang
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Mao Long
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Nanxiang Steamed Bun
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Ning Hai Shi Fu
Ningbo Zhejiang Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Ou Yue Zun Xian
Wenzhou Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Rong Cuisine (Huangpu)
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Rongjia Noodles Soup with Yellow Croaker (Jingan)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Tan
Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. The Lakeside Veggie
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. The Taste of Huzhou
Zhejiang Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Wang Lu (Pudong)
Jiangxi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Yangzhou Fan Dian (Huangpu)
Huaiyang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Yu Du Lao Wei Mian
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 40. Yu Ge Zhanjiang (Jingan)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 66. Bai Rong
Shandong Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Chaimen Hui (Pudong)
Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Chuan Yue Hai Tang (Changning)
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Dining Room
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Dong Ping Chao
Teochew
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Fucheng
Minnan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Gongxi Gongxi (Pudong)
Zhejiang Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hai Wei Guan (Jingan)
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hakkasan
Modern Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hang Yuen Hin
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hokkien Huay Kuan
Fujian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hong Yu Fang
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Hui Ji
Anhui
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Legend Taste (Jingan)
Dai Yunnan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Les Nuages
Contemporary Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Lin Jiang Yan
Creative Huaiyang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Min He Nan Huan Xi
Fujian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Nan Xing Yuan
Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Royal China Club
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Shanghai
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Shanghai Club
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Sui Tang Li
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Summer Palace
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Toi Sihng Lauh Yuht
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Trine
Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Velvet tufted chairs, vintage blue bricks, and art collected from assorted corners of the world set the mood at this Hui cuisine restaurant inside the Jin Jiang Cypress Hotel. The kitchen sources most of its ingredients directly from Anhui, including mouldy tofu, a regional staple that sounds alarming and tastes like a revelation. The braised pork trotter simmers in a marinade that's been going for decades, which is either dedication or stubbornness, possibly both.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Wei Xiang Zhai (Yandang Road)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Wenzhou Said
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Xin Yuan Lou
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Xuji Seafood (Xuhui)
Hunan Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Yè Shanghai
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Yong Feng Mian Guan (Huangpu)
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 66. Yong Jiang Zhen
Jiangzhe
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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