Ye Shanghai 太仓路
338 Huangpi Nan Lu,
Xintiandi
near Xintiandi, Metro Line 1 Huangpi Nan Lu Station
黄陂南路338号
近新天地, 地铁1号线黄陂南路站
6311-2323
www.elite-concepts.com
yss@elite-concepts.com
Open 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm
Price More than Y400 per couple
Accepts International Credit Cards
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- City Weekend says
Situated just a leisurely stroll away from the Huangpu lies this temple to Shanghai cuisine. Flickering lights, warm interiors, live ’20s-Shanghai style jazz music on weekend nights and an old wooden door make this a find for first dates or wining and dining visitors on xiaolongbao, mango pudding and sweet and sour pork. Don’t miss their Sunday dim sum brunch.
- Contributor Description
Modern shanghainese dining, featuring executive business lunch and dinner menus, intimate dining, climate controlled wine cellar and weekend dim sum banquet.
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Was there abt 4 yrs ago, very very good food and memorable presentation!! I long to return!
Eh...it's pretty good, but run of the mill Shanghainese if you ask me.
Good food. Too expensive.
Our Chinese New Year Eve dinner was a Ye Shanghai, a renovated "Shikumen" old-style house. I'd heard great reviews about the restaurant - it's a well-regarded expat haunt.. all dark and red and black inside, with great Shanghainese food. We were fortunate to get a reservation at such late notice (we'd only booked about 3 days prior) considering all the other (more traditional) Asian restaurants were fully booked for the night. It's fancy inside, with very attentive service. Actually, it makes a fantastic first-date place ;)
We didn't order very much, since we'd eaten throughout the day and weren't feeling particularly peckish ;) Just chose 3 small-ish dishes to share which turned out to be the perfect choice. Chris decided to be adventurous and get the Wuxi Crispy Eel. It looked odd in the menu's photo, and it looked even odder when it arrived at our table. It's like these small slivers of eel, deep-fried til they're crisp, and glazed in a sort of shiny sweet sticky sauce. SO WEIRD! It had the texture of crispy fries, with a very very mild fish taste. The sweet-ish glaze actually went really well with the natural saltiness of the eel. It did taste quite nice, but looked terribly weird and was also a weird thought to be eating deep fried eel fries ;)
Chris enjoyed the Baked Cod Fish the most - a small portion of tender, moist cod fish sitting jauntily on top of a puff pastry. I thought the puff pastry was a little random, especially since the cod fish has more of a teriyaki glaze instead of a sauce.. so the dry puff pastry didn't really 'go' with it. I personally think it would have been a lot better with a drizzle of sauce and sitting atop some buttery potato mash or even a small pat of moist rice.
We both adored the Crispy Rice with Shrimps, Chicken and Ham in Light Chinese Sauce. It was quite a novel dish - crispy puffs of baked rice arrived dry at our table, then the waitress poured the seafood and gravy all over it with a sizzle. Quite a novelty ;) The gravy had a lovely rich stock flavour and the seafood was plump and juicy, and a generous portion indeed. It was delicious!
Not a cheap meal for Shanghai standards - it was 233元 (US$34.00) for both of us. However, a great place to take someone if you want to impress, and a lovely restaurant to visit for a special occasion.
Photos here: http://beverly.livejournal.com/683034.html
the location in a renovated shikumen is gorgeous, and the service was very attentive. however, the food (at least what we ordered) was less impressive. the hairy crab with rice cakes was oversauced and rather hard to eat. the sweet lotus and dry tofu & veggie roll appetizers were ok. the first course of the whole roast duck was good (roast duck skin rolled a la peking duck by the server), though the second course of minced duck in lettuce was a bit bland. on a more positive note, my friend said that the lychee martini (which isn't on the drink menu, but is available if you ask) was strong and yummy.