ShanghaiAyililo iziko lase China kuphela kwezoqoqosho nakwezenkcubeko, kodwa ikwayiyo nendawo efanelekileyo yokunambitha ukutya kwesintu kwamaTshayina kunye nezidlo sangokuhlwa zazo zonke izinto ozithandayo.
Ewe iShanghai ayinayo into yayo yokutya ecacileyo, kodwa iyazithanda ezo zamaphondo angqongileyo. Iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokutya ziyahlangana kwaye zidityaniswe eShanghai kuphela ukwenza okubizwa ngokuba yi-Shanghai-cuisine cuisine, ephenjelelwa kukutya kwe-Beijing, i-Yangzhou cuisine, i-Guangdong cuisine kunye ne-Sichuan cuisine.
Igama "Shanghai" lithetha "ngaphezulu kolwandleKodwa okuxakayo kukuba, indawo ekuthanda kuyo iintlanzi ihlala ithanda ukufumaneka kumanzi acocekileyo ngenxa yesixeko esisecaleni komlambo omde e-China.
Iintlanzi kunye neentlanzi, nangona kunjalo, zigcina ukuthandwa kakhulu kwaye zihlala zityiwa (iintlanzi), zifunxwa (iintlanzi zaselwandle), okanye ziqhotswe (iqokobhe). Lumka nakuphi na ukutya kwaselwandle okuqhotsiweyo, kuba ezi zitya zixhomekeke kancinci kwimbonakalo yazo kwaye zihlala zihlala zivelile iivenkile.
Abantu baseShanghai baziwa ngokutya kwiindawo eziethe-ethe (nto leyo ebenza bajolise ekuhlekisweni ngabanye abantu baseTshayina), kwaye ke izahlulo zihlala zincinci kakhulu. Umzekelo, abadumileyo I-shanghai buns njengeXiaolong (eyaziwa njengeXiaolongbao ngesiMandarin) kunye ne-Shengjian ngokubanzi zimalunga neesentimitha ezine ubukhulu, zincinci kune-Baozi Mantou okanye kwenye indawo.
Kwaye i-veggie egxunyekwe i-bun igxunyekwe ngemifuno ecoliweyo, amakhowa, amahlumela e-bamboo kunye neembotyi zembotyi ezigcotshwe ngeoyile yesame kunye neswekile njengamafutha. Ngenxa yokukhula ngokukhawuleza kweShanghai kunye nophuhliso lwayo kwesinye sezixeko ezikhulu eMpuma Asia njengeziko lezemali kunye nenkcubeko yale mihla, ikamva lokutya kwaseShanghai libonakala lithembisa kakhulu.