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SnappySammy
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What's rhe best street in Shanghai for street food? |
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Adrienne
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Hello SnappySammy. Hungry are you? 
I would say the best street food is still at Wujiang Lu which is a narrow little walking street which is one block sth of Nanjing Lu near the corner of ShiMen Yi Lu. When it crosses Shi Men Yi Rd there is a you beaut new section. This is behind Marks & Spencers. A good landmark at the start of this narrow street is the Shanghi TV station tower. Hope you find it.
Enjoy!!
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| Adrienne wrote: |
Hello SnappySammy. Hungry are you?
I would say the best street food is still at Wujiang Lu which is a narrow little walking street which is one block sth of Nanjing Lu near the corner of ShiMen Yi Lu. When it crosses Shi Men Yi Rd there is a you beaut new section. This is behind Marks & Spencers. A good landmark at the start of this narrow street is the Shanghi TV station tower. Hope you find it.
Enjoy!!
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Sorry, Adrienne, I hate that "beaut new section". I loved that street when I first came here, had fabulous meals in a couple of the little restaurants there. In fact, the best dumplings I ever had were in a place we discovered by accident - walking through an unmarked door and wandering upstairs to a tiny little place smaller than my front room.
But the street is such a letdown these days. And the whole thing (the old part) is due to disappear before the end of the year I was told. Get a taste while you can..
A fantastic place ruined by the city's addiction to modernisation. |
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shanghaithunder
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[i]You can still find a full block of street food. Go Pudong's Qishan Lu /Minsheng Lu just near the Shanghai Maritime University. You'll find lots of barbeque, crayfish and little chicken hot pots while enjoying the hustle and bustle of students and local residents alike scampering towards various vendors who only come[/i] out at night.[b] |
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SnappySammy
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| [i]You can still find a full block of street food. Go Pudong's Qishan Lu /Minsheng Lu just near the Shanghai Maritime University. You'll find lots of barbeque, crayfish and little chicken hot pots while enjoying the hustle and bustle of students and local residents alike scampering towards various vendors who only come[/i] out at night.[b] |
I think of Pudong as New Jersey...However I will give it a try.... |
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SnappySammy
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Hello SnappySammy. Hungry are you?
I would say the best street food is still at Wujiang Lu which is a narrow little walking street which is one block sth of Nanjing Lu near the corner of ShiMen Yi Lu. When it crosses Shi Men Yi Rd there is a you beaut new section. This is behind Marks & Spencers. A good landmark at the start of this narrow street is the Shanghi TV station tower. Hope you find it.
Enjoy!!
Adrienne |
Adrienne....that is my favorite street food street....However I know there are a lot more, and I would like to find more....  |
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bbc74
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Oct 10, 2009 - 10:28 AM |
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That's why we call it Pu-jersey, but i agree the food on this street is absolutely great, been eating there for about 5 years and never been a victim of the Shanghai revenge the morning after |
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Shangstar
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bbc74 you must be immune to every bacertrium and virus on earth. I've got a strong stomach, but after eating street food every now and then the next morning feels like armageddon. |
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SnappySammy
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has anyone ever tried the little hot dogs on the stick...what scares me, is they call them dog sausage  |
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bbc74
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I have built up my tolerance over the years definitely, i think a good swig of vodka with anything helps to kill most things off. And the dog sausage is pretty good, it's the chinese mix-up of hot-dog sausage. Literally.... |
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Oct 10, 2009 - 11:23 AM |
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| bbc74 you must be immune to every bacertrium and virus on earth. I've got a strong stomach, but after eating street food every now and then the next morning feels like armageddon. |
Shangster, could it possibly be that you worry yourself sick after eating street food?
From time to time I peak in the kitchen of a restaurant to see guys preparing food on the floor in bare feet while smoking and picking their noses. At least with street food I can see the "kitchen" in action from the street and walk away before ordering if anything looks out of order. I have been eating street food for decades and never once been sick from the food. |
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xiaoxin
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xiaoxin
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there are a lot of restaurant in HuangHe road.Local people often go to eat delicious food.Don't miss it |
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Shangstar
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hmmmm, a few weeks ago i grabbed some noodles from the late night vendor outside Big Bamboo. I was ill for a week, and lost almost a stone in weight, which was quite good actually. I've never been that badly ill from eating in restaurants. I guess there's a difference between the street vendors (i.e. cooking on a cart) and the small mini cafes on Wujiang Lu. It's the cart vendors that have made me will in the past. Believe me, I can and do eat anything. When I was a poor student in York, I used to pick out left over pizza from the bin, microwave it, and i was alright! |
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huanghe rd has many great little restaurants but street food? Where? The closest they come to street food would be Yangs because of the line outdoors, but even Yangs does not cook its food on the street.
To me huanghe rd is the next step up from street food in the chain of eating/dining experiences. Just my 2 cents. |
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ThomasCaron
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Oct 10, 2009 - 11:54 AM |
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| Adrienne wrote: |
Hello SnappySammy. Hungry are you?
I would say the best street food is still at Wujiang Lu which is a narrow little walking street which is one block sth of Nanjing Lu near the corner of ShiMen Yi Lu. When it crosses Shi Men Yi Rd there is a you beaut new section. This is behind Marks & Spencers. A good landmark at the start of this narrow street is the Shanghi TV station tower. Hope you find it.
Enjoy!!
Adrienne |
Sorry, Adrienne, I hate that "beaut new section". I loved that street when I first came here, had fabulous meals in a couple of the little restaurants there. In fact, the best dumplings I ever had were in a place we discovered by accident - walking through an unmarked door and wandering upstairs to a tiny little place smaller than my front room.
But the street is such a letdown these days. And the whole thing (the old part) is due to disappear before the end of the year I was told. Get a taste while you can..
A fantastic place ruined by the city's addiction to modernisation. |
It may already be too late. The eastern block is being torn down and plasticized as we speak. |
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Most of the last remnant of the Eastern block of Wujiang is also covered in bamboo scaffolding and hoardings now, with some places open but the feel of the place has definitely gone. Here's a photo taken earlier in the week on my mobile: |
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SnappySammy
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So where"s the new "Old" best place to go .... |
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zillahh
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There is a small one block long road off of S t¡bet rd. A block South of Huaihai lu. All little shops both sides of the street. Night time everyone opens a stall out front. Its been there for years. Anyone know the name of the street?
Me likey. About a 15 minute walk east from Xintiandi. A good place to walk it off, get a snack and go back for round two. |
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randyman
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The best street...?
Hong Mei Lu Pedestrian Street...  Chinese, French, American, Canadian, German, Indonesian, Turkish, Iranian....etc. |
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Shady_Slim
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Shanghainese mates take me to one street in Hongqiao, near a dodgy KTV we used to go to, "Lung Bao" i think they call it, only at night, tables all over the street, taxis and car would 'squeeze' past you, some of the best street food i have ever had in Shanghai, everything available there, never realized steamed oysters in chili tasted so good after a lot of vodkas at the KTV! but seriously they do really good Chicken hot pot in winter there! |
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SnappySammy
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There is a small one block long road off of S tĦbet rd. A block South of Huaihai lu. All little shops both sides of the street. Night time everyone opens a stall out front. Its been there for years. Anyone know the name of the street?
Me likey. About a 15 minute walk east from Xintiandi. A good place to walk it off, get a snack and go back for round two. |
I'm on my way....  |
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How about that street food near YuYuan??
I took many pictures there, and food smells really good.
Ok, isn't clean at all, but where is it clean here????
There's a guy making noodles, another family making jiaozis, and always a huge pot with soup in the fire!
Anyone tried?? |
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| . And the dog sausage is pretty good, it's the chinese mix-up of hot-dog sausage. Literally.... |
Bu Hao.....You mean its not sausage made with Lassie.... |
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