Shanghai Specialties Buying Guide

The souvenirs you must buy when you go to Shanghai are all here! Butterfly pastries, Gaoqiao muffins, five-spice beans, pear jelly candy... none of them are missed.

International bakery in a hotel

The butterfly pastries at the international hotel are famous for being delicious, with countless people queuing up every day. Crispy, sweet but not greasy, with a bite, the sweet taste on the tip of the tongue melts with the milky fragrance between the lips and teeth.

Zhengxing Food Factory Retail Department

Gaoqiao pancakes are one of the four famous snacks in Gaoqiao town. They are named for their crispy and fluffy texture. They are also known as thousand-layer pancakes because of their distinct layers. The pastry is crispy, the filling is sticky, and they are neither greasy nor overly sweet. They are truly a speciality of Shanghai.

Shanghai Pear Syrup Candy Store

The Five-spice beans, also known as "Creamy Five-spice beans", were first created by "Guo Ji Xing Long Five-spice bean shop" in Shanghai Chenghuang Temple. It uses "Sanbai" broad beans from Jiading, and adds ingredients such as fennel, dried tangerine peel, and cinnamon to cook, giving the beans a soft and chewy texture, with a balance of salty and sweet flavors.

Yi Pin Fang Gao Specialty Shop

Qibao square cake is originated from Qibao Temple in Shanghai. It is the most famous local specialty cake snack in Shanghai. The glutinous rice outer layer is sweet and delicious, and not sticky to the teeth. It can be filled with options such as sesame, red bean paste, date paste, mung bean paste, and osmanthus.

The first food store in Shanghai City

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Yuyuan Old Street

Old City, Nine-Turn Bridge, Nanxiang Mantou Shop has the most famous xiaolongbao in Shanghai. Every day, there are long queues of people here, all just to taste a bite of their xiaolongbao.

Wangjia Sha Dim Sum Shop

Crab shell yellow, which originated in the early 1920s, was named so because its shape resembles a crab shell. Some people wrote poems praising it, saying "Before seeing the cakes, one can smell the fragrance, and the crispy crust melts in the mouth."

Spring breeze, pine trees, moonlight, tower

Haitang cake, originated in the Qing Dynasty, has a long history. It is named after its shape resembling a peony flower. It has gradually become one of the popular traditional snacks among the Han Chinese in Shanghai. It is delicious and best eaten warm.

True Big Boss House

Fresh meat mooncake is a type of Suzhou-style mooncake and is the most cherished by Shanghai people. The filling of fresh meat mooncake is made of a large amount of fresh meat, with crispy and powdery skin. The rich meat juice slowly seeps in, deeply loved by the people.

Wangjia Sha Dim Sum "Zhuangyuan Gao"

A very long-established British cake shop, with classic flavors. Their cream slices are especially renowned, melting in your mouth and leaving a lingering taste, accompanying generations of people.

Shen Dacheng

Lard rice cakes have an indelible memory in the hearts of people in Shanghai. Made with glutinous rice flour, the inside is filled with red bean paste, making it delicious and fragrant with a hint of osmanthus.

Harbin Food Factory

Harbin Food Factory's almond cake is something that most people in Shanghai have grown up with. Its crispy texture and rich buttery flavor, despite being high in calories, are irresistibly delicious.