Shen Dacheng
×Red-bean rice roll & qingtuan
Why you must eat itTiaotougao is a glutinous rice roll wrapped around a slim core of red-bean paste, sometimes dusted with osmanthus. It is chewy against the teeth, the paste only lightly sweet. Qingtuan is a spring sweet whose skin is dyed green with mugwort around a filling; in recent years a savory version with salted egg yolk and pork floss has caught on too. Shen Dacheng is an old Shanghai rice-cake house that sells by weight from a glass case of the day. When the Tianzifang lanes leave you wanting something sweet, pick two or three at this shop toward Huaihai Road, have them boxed, and nibble as you walk. They do not keep, so finish them the same day.
These rice sweets sit close to Shanghai home cooking and change with the season. Shen Dacheng is a long-running name that draws lines in qingtuan season. They are best at room temperature while still soft and turn firm once cold. Sold by weight, so a small taste is easy.
- Nearest
- Dapuqiao Stn, 10 min toward Huaihai Middle Rd
- Hours
- 8:30〜20:00（目安）
- Price
- 10-14 CNY / 2 pcs
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- Yang's Fry-Dumpling (SML Center) × Shengjian (pan-fried pork buns)
- Ah Da Scallion Pancake (Ruijin No.2 Rd) × Scallion oil pancake (congyoubing)
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- Kommune (Tianzifang) × Coffee & fresh-baked pastry
- Qiaojiazha (Xiangyang Rd South) × Glutinous rice balls in fermented-rice soup