上海Hills&XING 1213家庭民宿，靠近2号线西南京路

餐厅

Never judge a book by its cover: despite an unprepossessing shopfront, this eatery is packed with hungry diners addicted to its goat’s meat noodle soup. The caprine is slow-cooked for hours until tender, either in water with spices or in a soy-based broth, while the goat bone soup boasts rounded sweetness and meaty flavour. Cuts like tail, trotters, tripe and intestines are also available. Sautéed goat offal with garlic provides an opportunity to taste several cuts at the same time.

With its own herb garden, and the latest catch shipped daily from Weihai and Bohai Sea, this eatery promises food that is as fresh as it gets. Well-versed in the properties of all his produce, the chef fine-tunes his recipes according to the season. The Jiaodong cold appetiser platter includes four kinds of seafood with different seasonings. The braised sea cucumber with scallion and huitlacoche presents deeply aromatic layers of briny-sweet flavours.

The owner hails from Zhoushan, famous for its seafood. His mother taught him how to make noodles and he started this shop over 10 years ago to bring authentic Zhoushan noodles to Shanghai. Noodle soup is typically paired with fish shipped from his hometown, such as yellow croaker braised in bean sauce or the premium deboned beltfish, available only in October and November. The delicious yellow croaker spring rolls are hugely popular.

中餐

In business for over 30 years, this noodle shop has recently moved to this new location. Rest assured that the menu and flavours remain the same and all noodles are served with toppings cooked à la minute. Try the toothsome cuttlefish noodles with pickled cabbage for a lovely crunch, complemented by seafood umami. Local favourites such as braised pork belly in spiced dark soy, and tofu skin-wrapped pork are also worth trying.

The chef from Huzhou focuses on noodle soup with red-braised mutton that embodies the food culture of his hometown. He champions nose-to-tail cooking and nothing goes to waste, as the bones are used to make flavoursome broth. While the most popular cuts are ribs, legs and trotters, offal, like kidney that are gelatinous and toothsome, as well as layered intestine with a lovely chew and buttery richness, also go down a treat.