This is what the offical brochure says, word for word :-

Nanxian Steam Bun Restaurant is located at the side if Jiuqu Bridge in the Old Town God’s Temple area in Shanghai. The original locatin was Chuanfangting, one of the scenic spots of Yuyuan. In 1900, Mr.Wu XiangShen, from Nanxiang Town of Jiading Country, invited Zhoa Quirong, the cooker, to set up a restaurant here. The restaurant was named Changxinglou first, then renamed Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. It specialized in steamed bun which was famous for its thin cover, full filling and delicious jouice.

In result of its fine design and good quality, Nanxiang steam bun won many awards. It won Golden Pot prize for excellent quality products of Commerce Department of China in 1989. nIy was awarded as “Shanghai Famous Snack” by the Finance & Trade Office of Shanghai Government 1995, awarded as “China Famous Snack” by China Cuisine Association in 1998, and awarded as “China Famous Dessert” by China Domestic Trade Bureau in 2000. It is not only fashionable in Shanghai, but also well known abroad.

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant has been reconstracted and extended 3 times since 1991. The old restaurant has a new face now. It seems to get into an old and graceful pleasure boat when you set in the restaurant. The first floor is used as a kitchen and for steamed bun taking out. On the second floor, there are 3 dining halls, named “Chanfangting”, “ChanXinglou” and “Dingxinglou”, with characteristics decorations and elegant situation. Sitting on the comfortable seat, you will see both garden lanscape and metropolis sight through the windows. It is quite a good place for travel and cuisine enjoyment.

Yes, you can’t come to Shanghai and NOT eat the famous Nanxiang Steam Bun or called “SiewLongPow” by the locals. Its a smalled bun, which has either crabmeat, pork, or mushroom filling with allot of soup inside it. We had all 3 types, and I must say, it was worth the 30 minute wait just to get seated. The restaurant was jam packed, with a line about 50 people long to get a seat in the 3 dining halls. Even the take away line was about 40 people long. It took us about 34 minutes to be seated and not very long after we ordered the first batch of Buns arrived. The crab buns were nice, the Mushroom and pork buns were to die for!! When you bite into the bite sized bun, and the soup fills your mouth, oh, Rapture!!

They are not cheap though, Rm 1.50 for each bun, and even with 6 buns, I stil felt hungry as they are really bite sized. If you wanna feast on them, be prepared to spend at least RM40 per person.

Yes, armed with the address, I found this restaurant and ate there with Christine last friday night. Its a nice place with loads of choices of dishes like fried rice and other pork and chicken dishes. There was also some tim-sum and many different variety of meats and meat products for you to BBq or Hot Pot. Deserts were nice as well, freeflow of bubble tea, Ice cream, cakes and pudding. Good value for money for RMB68 a person.

After non-stop rain falling on Shanghai, with the worse of the storm blowing last night, its finally over! Its sunny once again, and this means lunch involved an escapade. We walked slightly further than our usual lunch spot near the office, and today since our number was 7 strong men, we ordered a feast.

Salted Vege and Fish Soup

Green Beans

Sizzling Chilli Chicken

Tofu with Minced Meat

Pork Slices Fried with Chilli

The meal was amazing! The fish was really tender in the soup, and the serving was HUGE. The pork was nice, but allitle too oily. The other dishes were good. How much did the meal cost? RM65 for 6 dishes! Cheap man!

These set lunches, are both pretty and taste wonderfull. The price? About RM=15, alittle pricey, but It was at a rather posh place. I had the Pork Ribs, while my roomate has Chicken Stir Fried with Chilli. Each box comes with a serving of rice, sweat patatoe salad, long beans, stir fried vegetables and a bowl of soup.

Yet another day at work, followed with yet another dinner not far from where we had dinner my 2nd Night in Shanghai. This time we go to a place called Bi Feng Tang, and this place too was crowded. We waited about 5 minutes before we got a table, and as soon as I saw the menu, I was alittle worried. No English at all and NO pictures! The waiter, sensed I was having a problem, quickly brought an English menu, but that too was rather useless. The photo’s and shown did not correspond to the the items on the menu. Next to roast duck there was a picture of a bun! I decided to order by faith, and it turned out quite well. The food? Amazing!!

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