Sapar Uygur Restaurant — Restaurant in Shanghai

Sapar is a low-key but popular Uyghur restaurant serving a Halal menu of food from Xinjiang, alongside a bunch of Chinese dishes. A typical Uyghur dish was the Big Plate Mutton, a stew of tender chunks of mutton along with carrots, potatoes, onions, Shanghai bok choy, and corn in a tomato and red chili broth flavored with spices. We got a side of round Xinjiang Nan bread, which was thin in the center and puffy/chewy on the sides and had a unique fragrance. The Lamb Shashlik was a skewer of lean and fatty lamb grilled to perfection, and the Sautéed Cabbage with Vinegar Sauce was made of Napa cabbage leaves in a surprisingly complex sour and spicy red sauce made of vinegar. Overall, the food here was decent and came at a good price, though the service and atmosphere were...

When out and about in China, finding Halal food is still a challenge. To find delicious halal food is double the challenge!

Thankfully with this restaurant, you get both. The satay lamb skewers are the highlight without doubt. Just order them with your eyes closed. The meat is tender, the seasoning on point. You get to savour the taste of meat which is how it should be. The naans are a great item, with or without the food.

Strongly recommended when you crave halal red meat in China (which one would do quite early on...

Restaurant ambience is very cozy but the location of toilet (outside the restaurant) was not on par (seriously need to upgrade). We ordered a dish of potato with beef to eat with the naans. Naans were very nicely done. But, the beef was a bit hard to chew. The lamb skewers were soft n tasty. However, the beef skewers were a bit hard too. We went ard 4pm which only has 3 customers, the young waiter & waitress (look like family members) look a bit off when we asked abt the food in mandarin. Service wise...