<![CDATA[Comments on: Hungry Traveler: Shanghai]]> 2010-04-11 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> 生煎 【sheng1jian1..pan fried pork dumplings]:

]]> 生煎 【sheng1jian1..pan fried pork dumplings]:

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]]> <![CDATA[By: zoey_counselor]]> 我喜欢生煎！ wo3 xi3huan sheng1jian1. I like pan fried pork dumplings.

上海娄山关地铁站后的生煎 又便宜又好吃！

shang4hai3 lou2shan1guan1 di4tie3 zhan4 hou4 de sheng1jian1 you4 pian2yi you4 hao3chi1!

In Shanghai, the Fried Dumplings sold in the street behind the LOU SHAN GUAN station are not only cheap but also taste good!

]]> 我喜欢生煎！ wo3 xi3huan sheng1jian1. I like pan fried pork dumplings.

上海娄山关地铁站后的生煎 又便宜又好吃！

shang4hai3 lou2shan1guan1 di4tie3 zhan4 hou4 de sheng1jian1 you4 pian2yi you4 hao3chi1!

In Shanghai, the Fried Dumplings sold in the street behind the LOU SHAN GUAN station are not only cheap but also taste good!

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> It was funny hearing Jenny explain the 蟹粉【crab filling or crab meat] is actually a mixture of crab meat and crab roe as it also sounded like crab meat and crab 肉。。。crab meat is a mixture of crab meat and crab meat.

"surprise,have some pork"..haha,John can't help but be funny.

If hairy crab season is Oct-Jan,does that mean that 蟹粉小笼 are completely not available outside that period,or if available would it be considered dicey?

]]> It was funny hearing Jenny explain the 蟹粉【crab filling or crab meat] is actually a mixture of crab meat and crab roe as it also sounded like crab meat and crab 肉。。。crab meat is a mixture of crab meat and crab meat.

"surprise,have some pork"..haha,John can't help but be funny.

If hairy crab season is Oct-Jan,does that mean that 蟹粉小笼 are completely not available outside that period,or if available would it be considered dicey?

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> Heh, "pork surprise" isn't quite as funny if you're vegetarian, or Jewish, or Muslim... :P

]]> Heh, "pork surprise" isn't quite as funny if you're vegetarian, or Jewish, or Muslim... :P

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> 生煎/shēngjiān is a breakfast favourite in Shanghai. I don't know how we eat such oily stuff in the morning. But we do and love it.

]]> 生煎/shēngjiān is a breakfast favourite in Shanghai. I don't know how we eat such oily stuff in the morning. But we do and love it.

]]> <![CDATA[By: ellen_counselor]]> I'd like to introduce some famous  生煎（Sheng1 jian1） brand in Shanghai： 小杨生煎(xiao3 yang2 sheng1 jian1)、飞龙生煎(fei1 long2 sheng1 jian1)、丰裕生煎(feng1 yu4 sheng1 jian1). I love 小杨生煎 best. Yummy!

]]> I'd like to introduce some famous  生煎（Sheng1 jian1） brand in Shanghai： 小杨生煎(xiao3 yang2 sheng1 jian1)、飞龙生煎(fei1 long2 sheng1 jian1)、丰裕生煎(feng1 yu4 sheng1 jian1). I love 小杨生煎 best. Yummy!

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> My favourite thing in Shanghai to eat/drink was the milktea.. for some reason it is just SOOOO nice and it wasn't the same in the other cities.. it's all sweet and buttery.. mmmm! :)

Other favourites were those little stalls on the side of the road (there's one at 中山公园 地铁站 on the way to ChinesePOD HQ).. the one there sells these minced meat and chinese cabbage wraps.. basically like a chinese version of the kebab I guess.. Mmmm! Very oily, very spicy (if you ask for it) and very tasty!! :)

Yes, the best food is really on the street in most of the cities.. but there are also a bunch of nice (and cheap) restaurants around too.. :)

]]> My favourite thing in Shanghai to eat/drink was the milktea.. for some reason it is just SOOOO nice and it wasn't the same in the other cities.. it's all sweet and buttery.. mmmm! :)

Other favourites were those little stalls on the side of the road (there's one at 中山公园 地铁站 on the way to ChinesePOD HQ).. the one there sells these minced meat and chinese cabbage wraps.. basically like a chinese version of the kebab I guess.. Mmmm! Very oily, very spicy (if you ask for it) and very tasty!! :)

Yes, the best food is really on the street in most of the cities.. but there are also a bunch of nice (and cheap) restaurants around too.. :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> Oooh.. yes.. and the best kind are the ones with the soup 汤 inside with the meat! :)

]]> Oooh.. yes.. and the best kind are the ones with the soup 汤 inside with the meat! :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: rocky26]]> is there certain types of meat that Jews can't eat? I know lots of Muslims don't eat pork

]]> is there certain types of meat that Jews can't eat? I know lots of Muslims don't eat pork

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Also can't eat pork.Here's an explanation from wikipedia:

Anthropologist Marvin Harris proposed that the Jewish prohibition against eating pork (Leviticus 11:7) results from mundane socio-economic concerns. Although wild pigs forage in the forests, there are no such environments for them in the region that was Canaan, and consequently they must instead be fed grain; however, the grain that pigs eat is also that eaten by people, and so the pigs would compete with humans for survival during years of bad harvest. As such, raising pigs could have been seen as wasteful and decadent; Harris cites examples of similar ecological reasons for religious practices, including prohibitions against pork, in other religions of the world.[41]

]]> Also can't eat pork.Here's an explanation from wikipedia:

Anthropologist Marvin Harris proposed that the Jewish prohibition against eating pork (Leviticus 11:7) results from mundane socio-economic concerns. Although wild pigs forage in the forests, there are no such environments for them in the region that was Canaan, and consequently they must instead be fed grain; however, the grain that pigs eat is also that eaten by people, and so the pigs would compete with humans for survival during years of bad harvest. As such, raising pigs could have been seen as wasteful and decadent; Harris cites examples of similar ecological reasons for religious practices, including prohibitions against pork, in other religions of the world.[41]

]]> <![CDATA[By: ellen_counselor]]> 流口水。。。liu2 kou3 shui3

Your pic made my mouth water. :P

]]> 流口水。。。liu2 kou3 shui3

Your pic made my mouth water. :P

]]> <![CDATA[By: matthewrudy]]> oh man.

Hong Kong's 巧克力珍珠奶茶 [qiao ke li zhen zhu nai cha, chocolate bubble tea] makes me go crazy.

(and I like the fact that 珍珠 [zhēn zhū, pearl] sounds a bit like "Jenny Zhu")

But 小笼包[xiao long bao] in Yu Yuan Gardens... definitely my greatest foodie memory of Shanghai.

]]> oh man.

Hong Kong's 巧克力珍珠奶茶 [qiao ke li zhen zhu nai cha, chocolate bubble tea] makes me go crazy.

(and I like the fact that 珍珠 [zhēn zhū, pearl] sounds a bit like "Jenny Zhu")

But 小笼包[xiao long bao] in Yu Yuan Gardens... definitely my greatest foodie memory of Shanghai.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> 珍珠..the pearl of the Orient...very good mate,hehe

]]> 珍珠..the pearl of the Orient...very good mate,hehe

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> I highly dislike the pearls themselves.. just can't stomach the texture of them.. if I was eating them in a soup it would be marginally better but yer.. just don't like cold slimey balls of tapioca.. yuck! :)

The milktea on the other hand.. in all of its wonderful Taiwanese-based flavourings: utterly delightful.. though I am still partial to the Shanghainese versions of all the flavours.. it's just "different" in a buttery kind of way.. perhaps it is the milk-solids they use.. dunno.. but it's awesome :)

]]> I highly dislike the pearls themselves.. just can't stomach the texture of them.. if I was eating them in a soup it would be marginally better but yer.. just don't like cold slimey balls of tapioca.. yuck! :)

The milktea on the other hand.. in all of its wonderful Taiwanese-based flavourings: utterly delightful.. though I am still partial to the Shanghainese versions of all the flavours.. it's just "different" in a buttery kind of way.. perhaps it is the milk-solids they use.. dunno.. but it's awesome :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> Oh yeah... That's the stuff!

]]> Oh yeah... That's the stuff!

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> I've also heard that avoiding pork altogether was society's best defense against trichinosis in the ancient world.

]]> I've also heard that avoiding pork altogether was society's best defense against trichinosis in the ancient world.

]]> <![CDATA[By: connie]]> 生煎里的汤很烫，吃生煎要小心！

Shēngjiān lǐ de tāng hěn tàng，chī shēngjiān yào xiǎoxīn！

]]> 生煎里的汤很烫，吃生煎要小心！

Shēngjiān lǐ de tāng hěn tàng，chī shēngjiān yào xiǎoxīn！

]]> <![CDATA[By: henning]]> I made the mistake to try 小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo) without bringing an extra T-Shirt along.

We ran around half a day to find a shop that had a replacement in my size.

]]> I made the mistake to try 小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo) without bringing an extra T-Shirt along.

We ran around half a day to find a shop that had a replacement in my size.

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> Come to think of it, Chinese food tends to be very tricky to eat; Xiaolongbao, hairy crab, meat with bones...

]]> Come to think of it, Chinese food tends to be very tricky to eat; Xiaolongbao, hairy crab, meat with bones...

]]> <![CDATA[By: catherinem]]> I love these so much. And bababardwan you've made me so hungry!

]]> I love these so much. And bababardwan you've made me so hungry!

]]> <![CDATA[By: catherinem]]> Well if we're gonna play the food porn game, then I would like to submit this mouth-watering photo of 小笼包, and don't forget: you have to eat them with vinegar!

]]> Well if we're gonna play the food porn game, then I would like to submit this mouth-watering photo of 小笼包, and don't forget: you have to eat them with vinegar!

]]> <![CDATA[By: idesofmarch2010]]> Jenny,

How do you say "come to think of it" in Chinese?

]]> Jenny,

How do you say "come to think of it" in Chinese?

]]> <![CDATA[By: excuter]]> I had my first xiaolongbao in Xi´an and I took it from the Vendor to my Hotel room. I walked about 5 minutes. It was exactly at eating temperature. 真好吃 ^_^

]]> I had my first xiaolongbao in Xi´an and I took it from the Vendor to my Hotel room. I walked about 5 minutes. It was exactly at eating temperature. 真好吃 ^_^

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> catherine,ellen,john

glad you liked the photo.I meant to post one of 小笼包 as well,but didn't get around to it as I thought maybe I'd try and find a better one.But this one was the best dissection I could find to demonstrate the soup being on the inside [I never realised that that's why they're called soup dumplings before...I presumed they were cooked in soup or something...also thanks for the tang warning guys]..it's the top right section of the photo:

]]> catherine,ellen,john

glad you liked the photo.I meant to post one of 小笼包 as well,but didn't get around to it as I thought maybe I'd try and find a better one.But this one was the best dissection I could find to demonstrate the soup being on the inside [I never realised that that's why they're called soup dumplings before...I presumed they were cooked in soup or something...also thanks for the tang warning guys]..it's the top right section of the photo:

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Yeah,but that seems quite a stretch,beyond the feeling that pigs were filthy animals and may be unsanitary to have around.

]]> Yeah,but that seems quite a stretch,beyond the feeling that pigs were filthy animals and may be unsanitary to have around.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Further potential reasons from wikipedia:

During the persecutions of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greeks forced the Jews to slaughter pigs in the Jerusalem temple, which did not improve the image of pork. Moreover, the Roman legion X Fretensis, that undertook to destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 68, had a boar for an emblem, sealing its fate as a symbol of everything contrary to Judaism.

]]> Further potential reasons from wikipedia:

During the persecutions of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greeks forced the Jews to slaughter pigs in the Jerusalem temple, which did not improve the image of pork. Moreover, the Roman legion X Fretensis, that undertook to destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 68, had a boar for an emblem, sealing its fate as a symbol of everything contrary to Judaism.

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> Haha.. yes.. they can be quite scolding on the inside.. but they are sooo tasty! :)

]]> Haha.. yes.. they can be quite scolding on the inside.. but they are sooo tasty! :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: egret]]> Delicious. I loved these in Shanghai.

]]> Delicious. I loved these in Shanghai.

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> You can say "仔细想想/zǐxì xiǎngxiang”.

]]> You can say "仔细想想/zǐxì xiǎngxiang”.

]]> <![CDATA[By: jen_not_jenny]]> 我同意，小杨生煎最好吃的！

wo3 tong2yi4, xiao3yang2sheng1jian1 zui4hao3chi1de!

]]> 我同意，小杨生煎最好吃的！

wo3 tong2yi4, xiao3yang2sheng1jian1 zui4hao3chi1de!

]]> <![CDATA[By: pauley]]> 南京也有好吃的生煎小吃从南京最好吃上海太贵了和油太多

]]> 南京也有好吃的生煎小吃从南京最好吃上海太贵了和油太多

]]> <![CDATA[By: superjames]]> 我喜欢小杨生煎，在上海的吴江路。

wo3xi2huan1xiao3yang2sheng1jian1,zai4shang4hai3de5wu2jiang1lu4.

]]> 我喜欢小杨生煎，在上海的吴江路。

wo3xi2huan1xiao3yang2sheng1jian1,zai4shang4hai3de5wu2jiang1lu4.

]]> <![CDATA[By: kimiik]]> 说到猪肉的禁忌, 我也听说猪肉的味道好像人肉。

猪肉和人肉几乎相同的。

]]> 说到猪肉的禁忌, 我也听说猪肉的味道好像人肉。

猪肉和人肉几乎相同的。

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> 那，在巴布亚新几内亚他们叫人“长猪”

]]> 那，在巴布亚新几内亚他们叫人“长猪”

]]> <![CDATA[By: kimiik]]> 旧时代的文明人怕吃人肉, 就不吃看起来猪肉的肉。

]]> 旧时代的文明人怕吃人肉, 就不吃看起来猪肉的肉。

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> 旧时代的文明人怕吃人肉

。。哎哟！你说是不是意味着现代人不怕吃人肉？

]]> 旧时代的文明人怕吃人肉

。。哎哟！你说是不是意味着现代人不怕吃人肉？

]]> <![CDATA[By: kimiik]]> 我才说旧时代的饭菜有时候用人肉。

现代饭菜决不用人肉。不必担心吃看起来猪肉的肉。

]]> 我才说旧时代的饭菜有时候用人肉。

现代饭菜决不用人肉。不必担心吃看起来猪肉的肉。

]]> <![CDATA[By: mandarinkoala]]>

I am guessing, but is Connie counsellor from Shanghai?

I liked these pork dimplings when I lived in Shanghai.

]]>

I am guessing, but is Connie counsellor from Shanghai?

I liked these pork dimplings when I lived in Shanghai.

]]> <![CDATA[By: mandarinkoala]]> I was about to say thatcatherinem! And I've just had breakfast!

]]> I was about to say thatcatherinem! And I've just had breakfast!

]]> <![CDATA[By: ellen_counselor]]> 我饿了。。。

wo3 e4 le

]]> 我饿了。。。

wo3 e4 le

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> That should have been translated as:

well,in PNG they call man "long pig"

]]> That should have been translated as:

well,in PNG they call man "long pig"

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> that should have been translated as:

"in former times civilised man was afraid to eat human meat"

..ouch,are you implying in modern times man is not afraid to eat human meat?

]]> that should have been translated as:

"in former times civilised man was afraid to eat human meat"

..ouch,are you implying in modern times man is not afraid to eat human meat?

]]> <![CDATA[By: chinayuan]]> 好想去上海看世博一睹风采

]]> 好想去上海看世博一睹风采

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> I had this last night.. the real ones in Shanghai.. haha..

I'm there now :)

]]> I had this last night.. the real ones in Shanghai.. haha..

I'm there now :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: JasonSch]]> There's a place on 汉口西路 a bit north of 上海路 on the east side of the street with excellent 生煎包. They're freshest in the morning, but also the most popular, so be prepared to wait in line for a few!

]]> There's a place on 汉口西路 a bit north of 上海路 on the east side of the street with excellent 生煎包. They're freshest in the morning, but also the most popular, so be prepared to wait in line for a few!

]]>