Food streets
Food streets are Shanghai's hidden gems, smoky strips of cheap grub stalls and shops. Try vegetable kebabs covered in oil and salt for starters, follow up with an oyster drowning in chopped garlic (ignore the pile of them being shelled directly on the street- fire kills all known germs), then duck into a hole-in-the wall restaurant to point dumbly at a menu and see what happens.
If you're new in town you probably haven't found a food street yet, and if you're an old hand you've probably forgotten how bad yet good they are by now (like the Spice Girls).
- Wu Jiang Lu is a shadow of the chaotic mess it was last year (they've cleared out the fly-by-night grillers and monkeys on a leash), but since it's directly next to exit 4 of Nanjing West station, it's still worth a wander.
- QiBao is a taxi ride from Xu Jia Hui and full of duck heads and stinky tofu, but you've still got to do it once
- Tian Yao Qiao Lu (by Xu Jia Hui station) does the whole thing with a hairnet and clean pair of hands- if that's what you really, really want.
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Thanks for the tip, that is a bit far from me but you never know when you're in that kind of area.
There's a place near the old town too, Temple of the City God sort of area I think. Agree about the Chang Feng Park street, I ate Korean down there the other week, not too shabby at all.
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There's an article by Shanghai Daily last Friday (09 May) on Foodstreets. It's comprehensible with a few other food street. The main one looks interesting from the pictures.
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Firstly, I am a big street-foodie! I haven't been to Wujiang Lu recently, but sad (though not surprised) to hear it's lost some of its chaos and gritty charm. I recently wrote a blog post about my favorite food street, which is, not coincidentally, right by my house. It's really one of the best left in the center of town in terms of selection and organization. Secondly, BIG UPS to ispyshanghai for leaving me comments on my blog. It gets lonely over there. THANK YOU :)
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Yeah Wujiang Lu has lost a lot of its character since I arrived 5 years ago. A good 'real and rough' food street is behind the Qi Pu Market in HongKou District.......I was there about a month ago and spent an hour or so drifting and eating.......
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Pudong food street alert. There is a serious low-down food street option for the deep Pujersey crowd down by Nanpu Daqiao. It's at the intersection of Pudong Nan Lu and Pusan Lu, just across from the Guo Mei electronics store. Brace yourself, it is old-school dirty, but the skewers and squid balls did not disappoint.
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I agree that Wu Jiang Lu is a shadow of its former self but is definitely still worth checking out (and taking new people to).
It's not the most convenient of places to get to for a lot of people, but outside the back gate of East China Normal University (Zao Yang Lu) there's some great food stalls most nights. The whole street comes alive in the evenings as the students spill out in search of dinner. Just past the entrance to Changfeng Park there's also a sort of tumble-down food court place with some great restaurants (the Harbin restaurant being the pick of them). These places aren't big on hygiene but the food is great and it's dirt cheap. Make the most of them while you can though, rumour has it they'll be flattened soon so that Zao Yang Lu can be widened.