Kyushu side trip - Shanghai xiao nan guo 小南国

This morning we will be taking the early flight from Fukuoka to Shanghai as we were on China Eastern and had to stop over in Shanghai. As L's sister stays in Shanghai, we will be staying at her place for a night.

 

When we touched down in Shanghai, it was already close to lunch time. L's sister brought us to this popular restaurant chain serving Shanghainese cuisine (小南国). Restaurant is super huge, and very posh interior.

Drunken chicken (醉鸡) - not so nice.. the chicken was not so tender and the shaoxing wine had a weird taste

Sweeten lotus root (蜜汁莲藕) - a tad too sweet for my palette

Braised pork knuckle (红烧蹄膀) - this is good.. not so oily and filled with collagen... I love collagen foods!

Fried bamboo shoots with greens (油焖笋) - bamboo shoots were tender and crunchy, fried greens not too oily. Good combination

Crystal prawns (水晶虾仁) - prawns were crunchy and goes well with the vinaigrette dipping sauce

Crab roe tofu (蟹粉豆腐) - nice dish with a slight hint of crab roe flavor

Vegetable salad (蔬菜色拉) - this dish was highly recommended by the waiter as they had a special dressing for the salad, hence we ordered it. However, it came last after all the dishes... salad and the dressing was also so so only...