The man serving was really rude and unfriendly. He made me change my seat even though the restaurant was completely empty when I arrived. He said I needed to sit at a smaller table because I was alone. Despite my reluctance, I moved, but just a few minutes later, a man came in and sat alone at the very same table I had been forced to leave — and the restaurant was still almost empty with only very few people there at lunchtime.
The lady working there was really friendly and tried to make up for her colleague’s poor behaviour, but I will never go back again since this restaurant staff don’t seem to have learned how to interact with guests or observe etiquette to create a peaceful atmosphere for them which is the bare minimum. No wonder no one can enjoy their meal when treated like that!
PS: The reviews already explain why this place has so few customers. I am not interested in wasting my time anymore and will leave it to people to read the reviews and judge for themselves before going there and...
Read moreMaoTai (度贵州茅台酒) is expensive and rarely sold by the glass - however, always a favourite for decoration as also in 小上海. 2cl - €6.80 in the drinks menu is actually already an indicator that something is off as the price should be twice as much for real 茅台酒. I had to pay €7.80 for 2cl of 玉山茅台酒, served in a glass straight from the freezer (glass & bottle) (who would want to hide the flavours of good 白酒 except when there is something to hide?). Yes, that bottle carries "Mao Tai" on its front but... there the far fetched similarity as also price range (which does not reach €7.80 for 2cl) stops. Thus, sorry for the kitchen - and the other lady serving me tonight or the owner in my previous visits but that is a no go, and "差不多" does not cover...
Read moreAufmerksam wurden wir eher zufällig auf diese Perle chinesischer Esskultur. Unser Hotel war in der Nähe und hungrig suchten wir nach einem Ort zum Abendessen. Immer wieder vielen uns größere Gruppen von Chinesen auf, die alle das Gleiche Ziel hatten: das Little Shangai. Aus Erfahrung weiß ich, dass Chinesen sehr anspruchsvoll sind bei der Wahl eines Restaurants. Also folgten wir der Masse und gingen auch ins Little Shangai.
Die Speisekarte ist hervorragend strukturiert und enthält neben klassisch europäisierten Gerichten wie Bratnudeln und Ente süß Sauer auch Gerichte aus den Küchenrichtungen der Provinzen Sichuan, Kanton, Shanghai und Guangdong.
Unsere Wahl viel auf ein paar Gerichte, die ich aus der Sichuan-Küche kenne. Hier ist Vorsicht geboten: 3 Chilischoten bedeuten wirklich sehr scharf bzw. original Sichuan-Schärfe.
Bei der Zubereitung der Gerichte wird sich unglaubliche Mühe gegeben und es wird in keinem Moment vom original Rezept abgewichen.
Nirgends (weder Deutschland, England oder China) habe ich bis jetzt so leckeres Rindfleisch in scharfer Brühe / „Hot Spicy Boiled Beef“ gegessen.
Für jeden Liebhaber der chinesischen Küche ist ein Besuch in diesem Restaurant...
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