Shanghainese, If You Please

You can get THE hot stuff if you want, but don't miss the bold flavors at one of the city's only Shanghainese restaurants.

A A A Comments (0) By Robb Walsh Wednesday, May 20 2009

"How did you like Pei Wei's food?" I asked.

"I've never tried it," he said. Roy told me that as far as he knew, Shanghai Cuisine was the first Shanghai-style restaurant in Houston. But it's no longer the only one — another Shanghai-style Chinese restaurant recently opened right across the street.

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More exciting than it sounds: pork with preserved vegetables.

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Shanghai Cuisine

9889 Bellaire Blvd.
Houston, TX 77036

Category: Restaurant > Chinese

Region: Outer Loop - SW

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Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Noodles: $4.88

Pork with preserved vegetables: $9.89

Spicy fish lunch: $4.88

Snow pea shoots: $8.88

House special gluten: $7.88

9889 Bellaire, 713-771-8909.

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This kind of cooking became a favorite late in his life, he said. "When I was younger, I loved spicy Chinese food," Roy told me. "But my stomach can't take it anymore." It's easy to skip the spicy stuff in a Shanghai Chinese restaurant. And thanks to the fermented vegetables, the heavy garlic, and lots of mushrooms and flower buds, the food still manages to be bold-flavored without the fiery chile peppers.

Now that Roy has helped me figure out the menu, I can't wait to go back and try some of the salt-and-pepper seafood dishes and the weird oversize broad beans. I'll also be ordering some more of that awesome pork belly. And this time, there won't be any leftovers.