Shanghai Shanghai

The day my husband and I left for our little trip back to the States we decided that we would treat ourselves with one last authentic Chinese meal, as the Chinese food where we live back home is mediocre at best. The meal we decided to eat was at Shanghai Shanghai, located in A9 of the Mitsukoshi by Taipei City Hall. (This restaurant is a chain, so there are several other locations as well.)

We don't often eat at Shanghai Shanghai, not because it's not good, but because it can be a little pricey if it's just two people. When we go it's usually with family or friends, and then it doesn't feel like such a splurge. But then we heard that they offered our favorite thing in the world - the set menu, hooray!

For 450NT per person, you can pick three dishes, plus soup and dessert (you don't have a choice for dessert). Oh, and this is for lunch - I'm not sure if they offer a set menu for dinner.

One of their specialties, tiny shrimp with sweet peas. Yum.


I can't remember what this vegetable was called, but it had a wonderful crunchy texture, and it came with slices of pork and fermented soy beans.


Here is one of Luke's favorite foods ever: fatty pork. And my, was it ever fatty.


I didn't like the soup. Luke thought it was ok, but I thought there was way too much noodle, and the soup itself wasn't flavorful enough. Next time we go, I would order the other choice of soup.


Here's our dessert. I liked those square things on the bottom left hand corner the best. They had the consistency of marshmallows, but not as sticky or sweet. And you can't go wrong with watermelon. But I wasn't a fan of the sweet soup on the bottom right hand corner (but that's just me, I'm just don't really like those kinds of soups in general), and the dates with - I can't even remember what it was anymore; I've blocked it from my memory - were so gross I spit it out.


So the soup and dessert were the most disappointing part of the meal, but I think all the entrees were good enough that I was able to overlook everything else. And for 450 a person, it's really not a bad deal at all.

Shanghai Shanghai
www.shanghaishanghai.com.tw
A9 Mitsukoshi, Song Shou Road
(02) 8771-5511