 Andrew we fell for the trap If it's a beautiful trap, are you mad? Welcome to another Shanghai episode of feng bros food. Whoo. So you guys there's no more street food in Shanghai They took it away But one of the byproducts of that is that there are some very high quality good food courts So what we are going to right now is the most diverse high quality and Super budget food court in all of Shanghai. It is the real food court on Nanjing Lou one thing I really like about this food court. It's a super diverse and it's very symbolic of Shanghai. It has French food It has Japanese food. It has Shanghai knees food It is unlikely that food courts in other cities of China would have this international diversity Shanghai food court. Let's go We have just arrived at the food court. We have some decisions to make. We're not gonna be able to go everywhere It's crazy right now. You know what's popping right now, and we eat this in six or six It's a hot pot thing where you get to choose your ingredients choose your own adventure and then they throw it in a pot All right to me in terms of what I have not seen at the ones in you know America the purple thing They have a lot of fish cakes here their selection of fish balls are off the charts We just got to get a shot of the sausages. That's it They are reliving David those old Reynolds wraps commercials where they were like, oh you can cook anything in Reynolds wrap This is this is a foil commercial right here This is actually fascinating to me because obviously in America you wouldn't be allowed to do this You see this dish itself is kind of like a some version of a seafood Boyle Malatang type thing. I mean it's not too different than the other ones, but just a format with the foil Mind-blowing in case you guys didn't know Chinese people love anything considered hot pot. Actually, these are dry hot pots Imagine hot pot with the soup removed and replaced with oil. Aren't you guys? I just received my Shanghai local classics I'm super excited to try this. Let's go Man David, you know, it's only right that in Shanghai. We open up with some Shanghainese classics We're gonna eat the Shaolin bows a authentic Shanghainese Shaolin bow has a tiny bit of juice in it, but not that much Yeah, I can actually see the meat through the skin some ones that are almost like Montos too Shaolin bow aka Shaolin bow None of these different This pork and shrimp one I'll take a bite for you guys to see almost tastes more like a Xiomai Mm-hmm Shaomai because they have the Shanghainese Shaomai and the Shanghainese Shaomai is very different There's another thing called a Tong bow. It has way more juice. What that tastes almost like the Xiomai that mom got me Wow There's enough bow points for nostalgia fried pork chop aka top high beam I'm gonna dip it in this then we have a town in Gao as our carb It almost feels like the whole community is in here. What is this? It is a fried rice cake I actually really like the pork chop out a fan of the rice cake It has a cool texture crispy and chewy But the fried pork chop was actually pretty good what I like about this food court It was at the people here It actually has a lot of international flavors here at the food court, but there's actually not that many international people It seems like a lot of these people might be local Shanghainese people who live in the area Shanghai egg rolls egg rolls after all are authentic But the thing that determines the authenticity is about the feeling David we've eaten a decent amount of northern Chinese food as far as we know do they eat egg rolls in the north I've never seen one you got the juice busting out of the side look at that I really like the wrapping on the Shanghai egg roll, but the filling to me. It's just cool I actually liked it because there's pork cabbage and mushroom in it and then the outside was a little bit chewy It's actually to me one of my more favorite egg rolls that I've had Yo, this is probably the most classic Shanghainese dish because they don't even serve this in other provinces Call me and call stir-fried rice cakes. I didn't expect to die on this flavor. You think? This is like the Chinese pesto Because the rice cake is like pasta and then the veggies are kind of like the pesto sauce. Oh man, this is good I'm keeping this don't need too much man because we have the very fresh Yang's dumplings aka the most famous Chain of them all where Yang's is sort of like the in and out of Shenzhen bow Yeah, and everybody tells you like oh you got to get Yang's when you go. Is it the best? I don't know We'll find out Shenzhen bow Mmm G-tide which is it's got a very Particular Characteristic to it sort of like a ruler flavor. I like this one a lot because I like vegetables in my dumpling I like it because the skin wasn't over the bride No, comparing it to Kang Kang food court in Alhambra the skin is thinner, which I enjoy more guys another shenzhen bow Let's see what flavor this is its shrimp. I'm pouring the vinegar into my shenzhen bow right here They're almost a little bit like a hot dog. I personally like the shepherds one a little bit better I'm personally not used to eating shrimp with the fried shell. Mmm. That's not my favorite like combo This is going to be the Yang's dumpling the og one. This is the one that sells out before everything else Mmm, I just drink all that soup It's fried top here look at that That's the best one man That was the best one Yang's is the best just get the Yang's special Who would have thought my two favorite things from this were the egg roll and Yang's shenzhen bow for me I know what you're gonna say if it had a little bit more juice Wow the pork and shrimp Shaolin bow right here the non-tradition like I said This is the real Shaolin bow. So it's not not actually as juicy as you think Hey, wow You didn't have to But you did eating food from this restaurant. It was called really good steamed foods Tung hao's on time steam chicken tofu wrap Wow I loved anything wrapped in tofu. Yo, this dish was low-key delicious long There's meat inside of this soup was really good The brah The brah That broth could cure any regular sickness ailment you have okay, man. That was a super dish That was really really good because you know what it it didn't look like it had that much flavor Not only that it didn't look like you would serve something that was that like restaurant light at a food court the garlic and broccoli veggie dish Mmm Cabbage and vermicelli with the chili peppers. Oh Wow None of the food at really good steamed food actually look like it had that much flavor, but it does Yo, I'm a really big fan of this millet congee though those grains It's a sweet congee. It's really good and you know what the best part is it tastes like it's good for digestion There's no young kids and no yo yo go with your grandparents here They'll love it at least this side of the food court here David We have two smoothies. We have the strawberry banana yogurt smoothie in a pouch. This is a avocado pear smoothie Well, that's really good. Wow. That's not too sweet. This got me off guard. Wow And I don't know if you agree with me this food is way better than can't think it's not the top level Okay, these were three dollars each that can't king. They're a dollar seventy-five. Obviously you're in a mall, too Oh six Shaolin bow was about four twenty five Which is still cheaper than America the Shijin bow less than three dollars for six So it's about 50 cents per piece pretty fair price the metal skewer is different young road ton You know originally from influences from the Middle East it has sort of worked its way almost into the Chinese food encyclopedia In terms of modern food culture. Yeah, this is actually a really high quality one, man They're not gonna let you open up in the mall if you ain't bringing the quality as we wrap up These are actually all the spots that we're gonna try in the old Shanghai section These are foods that have existed for hundreds of years Maybe the kids aren't eating this food at home necessarily, but that they do get that experience in it's like you're eating with grandma or Grandpa like a big community cafeteria a big nice community cafeteria with a Gucci store up top All right guys that wraps it up for a Shanghai section of the food court crawl in Shanghai and guess what? 50 feet away. We got to go to the other side. Let's go The new school section Would you say that it's foods that have been invented in the past 20 years not all of them, but a lot of them They're gonna take new formats like obviously Chinese people have been eating buns, but some of these buns actually I've never even seen before Salted egg yolk and pork flake. I've never heard of it black sticky rice and thick mashed taro, but sticky rice golden pudding durian bread Black sticky rice purple potato, but starry custard bun durian cheese and Scallion pancake, so we got it. We got to pick like four look how much of this spot is Andrew we fell for the trap If it's a beautiful trap, are you mad? We were going to attempt to see if the matcha sauce served tastes different when it's inside half of a honeydew I'm gonna get the piece that's close to the honeydew That's really good matcha ice cream man I think that the reason they wouldn't do this in the states people would think it was too much of a gimmick No, I was gonna say I Could see it at the night market what aesthetics were rating that maybe a 10 out of 10 Taste wise. It's probably not worth it. Yeah, we're at the gold quay spot What quay the first time I had it was in Chengdu, but apparently it could be originally from Hubei No, this is hot as hell. I'm gonna try to rip it really fast Right boom black trigger How can how can You have noticed that room very very few people are ordering cool place Do you think this is not the hottest booth? Do you think it's because in Shanghai? They wouldn't go for this Inland type of food. I think it seems kind of like a fair food something that you walk around and eat And I gotta be honest. I think they could put more meat in it and make it a little bit more substantial That's my only criticism. All right, everybody as you can see this food court is getting crazy It's very busy and there is actually even more food than I had imagined Man some of the lines for some stuff. We weren't even gonna be able to get to it I think it's fitting to finish at the Japanese section because if they do one international cuisine very well in Shanghai It's actually Japanese food. Yes, Japanese food is really really good out here and this sushi bar looks amazing They have it seared salmon sushi. That is not regular. I mean this guy was making it fresh I think it's real. It's real. It's real. Oh, yeah Look how monstrous this is man How often do you just see just grilled pineapple like this? Kind of debating on what cut of meat we should get grilled because they do have lunch specials But I feel like if we're not gonna get a lot we might as well get the highest grade That's true. It's pretty interesting. It goes all the way from 36 quad for 100 grams all the way to 168 quad I know you should have given me by All right, so here's the thing I thought it was only a hundred sixty eight, but it's only per hundred grams and most steaks They set up 300 grams 500 up and I wouldn't require what you can't get a small amount. No, they just serve it by the state Right right here for our last round. We have seared salmon sushi We have some a mixed Japanese skewers with a humongous prawn and pineapple and scallops And then we got some Angus fresh Angus beef steak. It's a grilled salmon. It has some teriyaki sauce. I believe swiped on top Delicious loved it comes to being more raw or cooked It's a really weird mix because you get the burntness of the cook side, but most of it's raw I would say it's 40 60 60% raw 40% cooked. This prawn is humongous. Look at this going in prawn skewer Juicy not dry salty shrimpy Pretty good. There's a pineapple It's just raw really sweet pineapple. That was delicious. It was a great palate cleanser And if you guys know about lunch steak in Japan, they typically weigh it out and they serve it in a very non-traditional fashion This is the Angus combo 68 quiet. This is $10. You're gonna watch them cook this right in front of you Wow I thought they overcooked it, but it wasn't and it's actually got a ton of flavor better or worse than pepper lunch It's got more flavor than pepper lunch, but that's not I've been a kind of cut of meat the pepper. Oh, okay. Okay Let me flip the camera give me the camera. Hey, it's Justin the cameraman More peppery than pepper lunch. I have a durian cheese bow that smells so much like durian. It's so fluffy Dragon fruit. Yeah, watch this one for it. This tastes so much like durian. It smells cool It didn't burst with flavor. I'm really interested about the durian one. It wasn't bad. It was really well done The bun fluffiness level 10 out of 10 bro for me My major takeaway is that I'm saying I really is an international place There's no way that they can have this many international boosts without They're being like a desire from the locals to eat all these different foods from different countries and you know It's actual Shanghai knees because as you can see there's apparently not a lot of foreigners here So this is not a expat mall. This is a Shanghai knees mall. I'm happy to see it I mean, I'm not gonna lie 12 years ago. I did a study abroad in Shanghai There was nothing like this that existed to come back 12 years later. Do I miss the jovial, you know folks The atmosphere of outdoors eating for sure, but you know, this is the way society moves There's progression sometimes you miss the old things, but you like the new things and To see this I gotta tell you they take a lot of food that is normally sold on the side of the street They clean it up and like you said they sell it below a Gucci store I was really glad that they were able to kind of bring the authentic flavors even in a mall I think sometimes when you eat in the mall you tend to think that some authenticity or some kind of grittiness This is like even pizza in the mall like Sabaro. Yeah, I think that that's gonna taste you never legit You never think anything in the mall is authentic. That's the fact you never believe that but it is and it's tasty And it's good and it's still affordable. It may be a little bit more expensive than the street, of course And it should be but You have all the options here. All right, you guys Thank you so much for watching that food court crawl through the real food court here in Shanghai Like I said, we just wanted to see the new street culture or at least what has come up in place of it I think this place is also right across the street from a historic landmark Jing An temple So if you guys come here you can check out both Make sure you give this video a thumbs up turn on your notifications So you don't miss a video and please let us know what other food courts you would like to see us check out around China Again, this is david. This is andrew Justin's behind the camera until next time we out. Peace. Yo, is this where all the people overseas are getting the Balenciaga from? You don't just see that You don't just you don't just see a Balenciaga store