Shanghai

Address: 41 Kingsland High Street, E8 2JS
Telephone: 020 7254 2878

The first thing you?ll notice about Shanghai ? other than its unusual location in Dalston, surrounded by Afro-Caribbean haircare shops & the exotica on sale at Ridley Road market ? is the decor of the front room, which was once a pie & mash shop & still retains the original art nouveau tiles. The next thing you?ll notice is the calibre of the cooking, from the exquisite dim sum to unusual little numbers such as Shanghai vice (beef marinated in traditional spices & served with dried seaweed), steamed bean curd topped with scallops in a black bean sauce & sea-spiced aubergine. Shanghai also boasts a ?good wine list? & ?very friendly? service.