ShanghaiAkusona isikhungo sezomnotho nesamasiko kuphela saseChina, kepha futhi yindawo ekahle yokunambitha ukudla kwendabuko kwamaShayina kanye nokudla kwakusihlwa kwakho konke ukuthanda.
Eqinisweni, iShanghai ayinakho ukudla okucacile eyayo, kepha iyaziphakamisa lezo zezifundazwe ezizungezile. Izitayela ezahlukahlukene zokudla zihlangana futhi zihlangane eShanghai kuphela ukudala lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-Shanghai-style cuisine, okuthonywe yi-Beijing cuisine, i-Yangzhou cuisine, i-Guangdong cuisine ne-Sichuan cuisine.
Igama "Shanghai" lisho "ngenhla kolwandle“Kepha, kuyindida ukuthi, ukuthandwa kwendawo kwezinhlanzi kuvame ukutholakala ezinhlobonhlobo zamanzi angenasawoti ngenxa yokuthi leli dolobha lisemlonyeni womfula omude kunayo yonke eChina.
Izinhlanzi ne-shellfish, noma kunjalo, zigcina ukuthandwa okukhulu futhi zivame ukuphekelwa (inhlanzi), i-steamed (inhlanzi ne-shellfish), noma i-shellfish ethosiwe. Qaphela noma yiziphi izinhlanzi zasolwandle ozithosa, ngoba lezi zitsha zincike kakhulu ekuqabukeni futhi imvamisa kuyizinsalela zamasonto ezitolo.
Abantu baseShanghai baziwa ngokudla ezingxenyeni ezintekenteke (okubenza babe izisulu zokuhlekwa usulu kwamanye amaShayina), ngakho-ke izingxenye ngokuvamile zincane kakhulu. Isibonelo, abadumile amabhanisi e-shanghai njengeXiaolong (eyaziwa njengeXiaolongbao ngesiMandarin) kanye neShengjian ngokuvamile cishe ingamasentimitha amane ububanzi, incane kakhulu kuneBaozi Mantou ejwayelekile noma kwenye indawo.
Futhi ubhanana ogcwele imifino ugcwele imifino eqoshiwe, amakhowe, amahlumela oqalo kanye nobhontshisi oboshelwe ngoyili wesame noshukela njengezipayisi. Ngenxa yokukhula okusheshayo kweShanghai nentuthuko yayo yaba elinye lamadolobha amakhulu e-East Asia njengesikhungo sezezimali namasiko esikhathi samanje, ikusasa le-cuisine laseShanghai libukeka lithembisa kakhulu.