Shanghai Cuisine
89 Bayard Street @ Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10013
212.732.8988
The Scene
With menu items like pig stomach, chicken feet, and duck tongue, this eccentric spot is a better place to go on a dare than on a date, though you’re more likely to see safe-bet platters of beef with oyster sauce or crispy duck adorning the lazy Susans. Shanghai dishes fare the best, of course. Cold sesame noodles, the strands so fresh tasting they must have been made minutes before, on request, arrive lightly dressed and with welcome touches of seaweed and cucumber. Shrimp and pork soup dumplings also have that homemade touch, though they don’t quite yield the hot liquid rush of some of its better known neighbors. Straight-from-the-market vegetables are notable, particularly pea tips, a Cantonese favorite, sautéed until soft in garlic. The menu also includes Shanghai dishes from the 1930s, like pork stewed with eel, but even more retro is the cocktail list, with old-timers like the grasshopper and mai tai. The local courtroom crowd that favors this corner seems to especially relish the culture clash décor: Despite the red paper lanterns strewn about, the exposed brick and red-and-white checked tablecloths hint at a pizza parlor past, perfectly reflecting the Chino-Italo collision just outside its breakaway doors. — Kathleen Squires, NYMag.com
I’ve been to Shanghai Cuisine several times in the past and the food was decent, my bro likes this place for their Shanghai Crab Meat with Pork Soup Dumpling. Being that I’ve been going to Joe’s Shanghai for quite a bit, I decided to introduce Shanghai Cuisine to B and to see if they still are as good as back then. I was quite shocked that the food became very mediocre, especially the Shanghai Crab Meat with Pork Soup Dumpling - it has a weird sweet taste to it now, not liking it one bit. I def will NOT go back there, peep the pics after the jump…
Shanghai Scallion Pancake (2) $2.50 - def not up to par with Joe’s Shanghai, it wasn’t even crispy!
Shanghai Crab Meat with Pork Soup Dumpling (6) $5.50 - its sweeter than the usual, i don’t like the taste much.
Shanghai Stir Fried Noodle with Vegetable and Meat $5.95 - totally not what i expected and i didn’t really like the taste, only the noodles were acceptable.
Stir Fried Shanghai Baby Bok choy with Crab meat $12.95 - def not what i expected as well, kinda looks like throw up. i didn’t touch it but B said it was ok.
What is that first dish? I know it’s not but it looks like cloves of garlic.
oh, I just figured it out. Peanuts. Tossed in some sorta pesto looking sauce lol
gin ~ those are peanuts, it tasted very different from your regular peanuts. had a sweet taste and they sprinkled seaweed on it.
The food looks ehhhh! I always pass by the rest. but never made an attempt to try their food. Definitely won’t now after reading this post. What’s up with the buns? Why are the juice coming out? Or did you guys poke into it already?
Do you and B like seafood? Try out the restaurants in City Island…tiny island that is a bridge (small bridge, like a little hill) away from Bronx. Yummy! WK and I used to go there a lot.
That’s what it is Ms. Peanut .
City Island is the place to go.
I suggest sammy’s !!
where is city island? i always heard people talk about it but never knew where it was. as for this restaurant, i also always pass by it but it never seemed applealing.
ms. peanut ~ spill the beans about city island - hook up some restaurant names so i can do some research!
Here is the site for some of the rest. in City Island. http://www.cityislandchamber.org/Restaurants.htm
Like Jessica said, Sammy’s is good. Also, Crab Shanty. All those times I went, I don’t recall be disappointed. So give it a try.