Small-sized bites that are big on taste
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Dim sum, the Cantonese style dishes typically served in small or bite-sized portions, are popular throughout China for good reason. The culinary art of dim sum has become a relaxing and happy dining experience. It’s also a great way to sample some of the best without the commitment of a full-sized meal. While Hong Kong is rightfully known as the go-to place for dim sum, Shanghai has some impressive offerings as well. Here is a list of six tasty dim sum restaurants.
Dim sum that packs a serious punch at Jade
Guests can select from over 30 dim sum favorites at InterContinental Shanghai Puxi’s Jade restaurant, ranging from steamed and pan-fried to deep-fried and baked creations. The steamed shrimp dumplings, rice roll with barbecued honey-glazed pork, tofu skin rolls in abalone sauce, fried rice, congee and desserts. It’s a feast just waiting to happen.
Shaomai bursts with flavor at Vue
With a great view of Shanghai, Hyatt on the Bund’s Vue is delighted to unveil its new dim sum menu with an extensive selection of delicate dishes by chef Eric Zeng.
The dim sum menu includes a set menu and an a la carte menu, offering around 70 kinds of scrumptious hand-made steamed, baked and fried dim sum, cold Chinese appetizers, main dishes and desserts. The sets include four, six or eight courses and are perfect to share with family or friends. Pork shaomai with crab roe is a classic Cantonese dim sum dish. Wrapped in a thin sheet of egg dough, each shaomai is filled with ground pork and chopped shrimp. The ground pork is chosen from the rump portion and has a springy texture. Chef Zeng also adds pork fat in the filling, which is the key to creating juicy shaomai .
All-you-can-eat lunch promotion tempts diners
Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai introduces a new menu of signature dim sum and dishes and an all-you-can-eat lunch promotion at Suntime Century Chinese Restaurant.
Guests can now enjoy chef Zhang’s latest dim sum creations that bring together traditional and modern tastes while enjoying the restaurant’s contemporary setting and panoramic views of the Huangpu River.
The restaurant is recognized for offering one of the most sought after Cantonese, Shanghai and Hunan culinary experiences in the city.
Zhang masterfully combines a variety of cooking styles and incorporates creativity in a spectrum of new dishes full of innovative flavors and presentation as well as showcasing traditional favorites.
Guests can indulge in a wide range of signature dim sum options utilizing the freshest ingredients. The shrimp and bean sprout dumplings, steamed barbecue buns or the steamed beef tripes with chee hou sauce.
Zhang has also introduced three new signature dishes including apple wood roasted duck with homemade pancakes, baby turbot with fried garlic and shallots and, seared golden sea scallops with shrimp XO sauce.
Local flourishes added to traditional dim sum
Signature Chinese restaurant Yong Yi Ting showcases local Jiangnan, or south of the Yangtze River, and Cantonese cuisine by celebrated Shanghainese chef Tony Lu. The three signature dishes include the steamed Chinese spinach dumpling filled with mushrooms that contain a lot of vitamin B6 and folic acid to keep you refreshed. The steamed vegetable dumplings are stuffed with green vegetables that have a jade-like color while the steamed pork dumplings are also divine.
Come for the xiaolongbao and chashao alone
Shang-High Cuisine at Jumeirah Himalaya Hotel Shanghai has dim sum dishes that are carted around the restaurant for customers to choose while seated at their tables. A kung fu tea show provides a little entertainment.
Shang-High’s dim sum is prepared freshly in house daily and organic ingredients used wherever possible.
A wide variety of dim sum dishes is served from 11:30am to 2:30pm on weekends. Recommendations include chashao and xiaolongbao (steamed dumpling usually filled with pork) filled with crab meat. The chashao is a barbecue-pork filled pastry. It’s flaky and buttery enough to make a patissier weep with envy.
Shang-High’s version is crispy on the outside with a satiny interior that comes apart in little layers and melts in the mouth like butter. The xiaolongbao with crab meat features a tender, fresh flavor comes with the daily air transport crab-meat.
No shortage of selection at Dynasty Restaurant
Dynasty Restaurant serves more than 138 dishes for its all-you-can-eat lunch. Signature dishes include mini pineapple buns with chilled butter, a fantastic radish cake with XO sauce, and garlicky steamed pork ribs. The homemade XO sauce is strongly recommended. Of course, it also serves lunch and dinner with extended hours. Dining at Dynasty is almost like visiting Guangdong as its Cantonese food is that good.
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