Shanghai faves in favour
Newcastle Herald
Wednesday March 30, 2011
THERE are some tremendous dishes on the menu at New Shanghai but for this diner it's all about the dumplings and pork buns.Steamed or fried and served with vinegar, soy sauce and ginger, the dumplings burst with flavour.Rookies should note that piercing the dumplings with a chopstick before biting can save you from squirting hot, delicious broth all over your dining companion.Dim Sim: Xiao Long Bao - steamed mini pork bun, eight pieces, $7; pan-fried pork bun, eight pieces, $9.20; deep-fried pastry with shallot and ham and coated with sesame seeds, six pieces, $9.80; shepherds purse and pork wonton tossed with sesame butter, red chilli oil and spice, 10 pieces, $9.80; lamb and leek dumpling, 12 pieces, $10.80.Mains: Drunken chicken with cold noodle, $9; deep-fried crispy skin chicken with garlic and chilli sauce on noodle soup, $11.80; stir-fried Chinese rice cake with blue swimmer crab, $18.80; deep-fried shredded beef tossed with sweet and sour sauce and sesame, $15.80; salt-and-pepper prawn, $19.80; shredded pork stir-fried with Peking sauce and steamed plain bun, $20.Dessert: Mini sticky rice balls in Chinese dessert rice wine soup, $6.80; red bean paste topped with ice cream and shaved ice, $5.80; pan-fried pumpkin pastry filled with red bean paste, $8.80; slow-cooked white fungus with papaya, $4.80.Vegetarian: A couple of yummy options such as the deep-fried tofu with salted egg yolk, $15.80.Gluten-free: Lots of choices including all of the cold dishes (except for the braised black bean curd with black mushroom), and all of the soups and vegetable dishes are gluten-free.Drinks: New Shanghai is now fully licensed but BYO is still available for table wine. Corkage is $2 a head.NEW SHANGHAIAddress: South Piazza, Charlestown SquareOpen: From 11am to 9pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and from 11am to 9.30pm Thursday and Saturday.Phone: 4943 5857Owned by: John ChenHead Chefs: Renhuai Gao and Ri Ming Deng
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