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Shanghai Food Tour: Authentic Chinese Cuisine & First Impressions

AUTHENTIC & DELICIOUS Food Tour in Shanghai, China!

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AUTHENTIC & DELICIOUS Food Tour in Shanghai, China!
Jacob and Jenny - Travel17 min

AUTHENTIC & DELICIOUS Food Tour in Shanghai. This was filmed by Jacob and Jenny - Travel. Watch the full journey and explore the filming details and destinations on this page.

We started uploading in May, 2021 with a goal to see as much of the globe as possible. After visiting Costa Rica and French Polynesia, the time was right to quit our full-time jobs, so we left everything to travel and have loved every minute of it. Our goal is to make it to all seven continents and visit as many countries as possible. Follow along and be a part of the journey!

--- Jacob and Jenny - Travel
August 5, 2024, Summer in China

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Jacob and Jenny take a food tour through Shanghai, beginning with pork buns and watching how the food is prepared. They use phone translation to order despite a language barrier and continue to sample soup with wontons, a street-food pancake with egg and hot dog, fried chicken with a dough stick, xiaolongbao, dumplings with egg, yogurt, and another egg pancake. One early street cart serves a wet pancake-like dish they still cannot name, but it becomes their favorite. QR-code ordering adds a modern detail, and local vendors are friendly during their conversations. They end with spicy noodles and lamb dishes, while noting that small eateries and stalls offer affordable ways to sample a variety of Shanghai food.

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AUTHENTIC & DELICIOUS Food Tour in Shanghai, China!

Starting with buns, soup, and a street pancake

Jacob and Jenny begin their Shanghai food tour with pork buns, paying attention to the dough and juicy pork filling. They watch the preparation and describe the balance of texture and flavor. Their next dishes include soup with wontons and a pancake-like street snack topped with egg and hot dog. The first food cart serves a wet dish that they do not identify by name, but they particularly enjoy it. A vendor offers Jacob a cigarette during their stop, an unexpected interaction that becomes part of the tour.

The couple use their phones to translate as they order, making the language barrier manageable and adding to the experience. They also encounter QR-code menus and mobile payment, showing how a traditional meal can involve digital tools. Rather than staying with one restaurant, they continue from stall to stall to try different food and see how it is prepared.

Dumplings, fried snacks, and spicy dishes

Later stops include fried chicken with a fried dough stick, xiaolongbao, dumplings with egg, a yogurt drink, and another egg pancake. Jacob and Jenny compare familiar dishes with what they have tried elsewhere and describe the flavors and textures as they go. Their route finishes with spicy noodles and lamb dishes, highlighting a range of foods in Shanghai. They find that small eateries and street stalls make it possible to sample multiple dishes at reasonable prices.

For travelers planning a similar food walk, the video suggests being open to unfamiliar items, watching the cooking, and asking staff about ingredients. Translation apps help Jacob and Jenny order, while asking questions gives them more context about each dish. The food tour also shows the value of looking beyond the biggest tourist stops to smaller places. Its highlights are personal: the wet first-cart dish, language-barrier conversations, varied snacks, and the spicy noodles. The couple's sequence of meals provides a specific account of what they found rather than a complete list of Shanghai cuisine.

FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)

Q: What was Jacob and Jenny's favorite dish?
A: They say it was the wet dish from the first street-food cart. They still did not know the dish's name, but they enjoyed it and remembered it as their favorite stop of the food tour.
Q: What surprised them during the food tour?
A: They were surprised how easily they found appealing food, including at small hole-in-the-wall places, and how inexpensive it was. Their route included several stalls and eateries rather than only major restaurants.
Q: Did Jacob and Jenny have a language barrier?
A: Yes. They used their phones to translate while ordering and communicating. They describe it as part of the adventure, and translation helped them ask about the dishes and continue the tour.
Q: What was the spiciest thing they ate?
A: The couple describe the explosion spicy noodles as intense but delicious. They try the noodles near the end of the tour, along with lamb dishes.
Q: What advice do they give for a Shanghai food tour?
A: They suggest being adventurous, trying foods even when you do not know their names, and exploring smaller eateries. Their own best discoveries came from less formal places, including a street cart and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

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