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Shanghai, China
6 dishes to eat in Shanghai, what is in them, and where they belong.
Soup dumplings — pork aspic melts into broth as they steam. Bite, sip, then eat.
Pan-fried pork buns with a crisp base and sesame, sold from griddles by the dozen.
Red-braised pork belly in soy, sugar and rice wine — the archetypal Shanghainese home dish.
Autumn only, steamed and eaten with vinegar and ginger, roe and all.
Four ingredients, slowly caramelised scallions, and a benchmark of a kitchen's patience.
Youtiao, doujiang, dabing and cifantuan — the classic Shanghai morning set.
