Shanghai Delight — Restaurant in Milpitas

Went out to eat with my parents at Shanghai Delight in Milpitas. They have some good and other decent dishes. We ordered the Braised pork with preserved vegetables, salt and pepper pork chop, Steamed Fish in chili oil, Xiao Long Bao, and sliced beef in chili sauce. The braised pork is a little bit sweeter which I've had many where this is their style. It's still really good and tender, the steamed fish, literally just melts like butter tender in your mouth. If you aren't familiar with sichuan pepper, it kind of has a numbing effect while you eat the fish. The salt and pepper pork chop was a bit on the salty side, so if your palette is more on that side you will really enjoy it. It was cooked really well and very tender and juicy pork chops. The xiao long bao's dough or wrapping was a bit thick and the meat filling was ok. Lots of great dishes to try here. It someplace we have come back for multiple times.

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First time having Shanghainese food, grew up with Cantonese style. Came for dinner on a Friday evening, no problem getting seated in the smallish dining area. We're visiting with friends who are familiar with the restaurant so they ordered 6 dishes. Sorry I didn't take pics or remember names. Overall service was fast, food pretty tasty with good-sized portions, prices pretty typical. They did a steady take-out business while we were there. It's a little run down and older so the clientele included older people, a few young families, a few tables of young people. Other nearby restaurants with modern decor, music, mood lighting, etc were crowded with young, well-dressed, more affluent-looking Asians, so I felt like this restaurant is a no frills place to go for authentic (so they tell me)...

I gave two stars because this place USED to be really good and we visited often. I went back after almost a year (previous visit Aug 2022) because we moved to Livermore. Drove almost 45 minutes one-way to pick up. Ordered 4 items - 1 soup, 1 green beans, 1 ribs, 1 veg. Total $86 w/o tip:

1. Every single item went up by $4-$5 dollars
2. Oils used are not fresh. Ordered green beans and it was soggy and oil was stale
3. They gave me the wrong dish. When I saw it after driving an hr and half, it was a disappointment. I called to inform them, but instead of apologizing, I was told I ORDERED THE WRONG THING. We'd been there many times when we lived close by, so I know what I ordered. I suspect the ownership has changed because I only saw new faces. I will not be...