Shucaiji Pan-Fried Vegetable Rice — Restaurant in Shanghai

Shanghainese street food that deserves its own fan club, 生煎包 (shengjian bao) – those juicy, meat-stuffed buns with a crispy golden bottom and fluffy top sprinkled with a generous amount of sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.

舒蔡记生煎菜饭 on Zhejiang Middle Road is the real deal.This shop has roots tracing back to 1980s, carrying on the tradition of frying up buns that balance two worlds: soft, pillowy steamed goodness on top, and crunchy, pan-seared perfection below. The bun skins are just perfectly thin enough to soak in the crispiness.

The moment you bite in, boom – hot porky soup explodes like a flavor firework, the skin is sturdy enough to hold all that juicy filling inside. It’s like nature’s perfect engineering,wrapped in dough and dipped ij vinegar for a sour cut through the meaty flavours.

They also serve classic “菜饭” (vegetable rice), which balances out the indulgence if you’re telling yourself you’re here for “a light meal” (sure, keep lying to yourself, we all do).

💡eat fast but carefully – these buns don’t wait for anyone.

Order outside, pay at the counter and head into the cozy tables either below or upstairs and savour...

The sheng jian bao and fried rice is highly recommended. It's one of the best sheng jian bao I have tried so far. Flavourful meat stuffing, the bun is tasty and comes with...

舒蔡記生煎菜飯是上海相當有名的老字號小吃店，目前全市共有三家分店。雖然店面環境談不上舒適，但幾乎每天都擠滿了當地人，可見其人氣與口碑。

生煎包（10元／4顆）。 生煎包的麵皮經過發酵，厚實中帶有彈性，與小楊生煎那種薄皮風格不同。底部煎得焦香酥脆，香氣撲鼻。內餡肉餡攪拌得非常均勻，吃起來幾乎像是一整顆結實的肉丸。湯汁豐富但不油膩，調味主要以鹽為主，因此湯色偏白，味道乾淨純粹，整體可說是非常道地又有水準的生煎包。

上海菜飯（15元／盤）。 菜飯裡拌入香氣濃郁的火腿、新鮮翠綠的青菜、洋蔥與香菇，炒得香氣十足。雖然偶有飯粒稍微結團的情形，但整體火候掌握得好，鍋邊還能吃到帶點鍋巴的香脆口感。調味均衡，帶有一點白胡椒香氣，整體略微油膩，是經典又充滿層次的上海家常風味。

油豆腐細粉湯 湯中加入了蝦皮提鮮，使得風味更加濃郁。油豆腐吸飽湯汁，細粉滑順柔軟，整碗湯喝起來十分暖胃。

雖然舒蔡記的環境略為簡樸，但這裡的食物充滿真實與情感。許多老上海人邊吃邊聊，說這是他們「從小吃到大的味道」，那股熟悉的煙火氣，也正...