rough food restaurant

This afternoon, we decided to try out a restaurant we always see on TV by Hong Kong food critic and film producer Cai Lan 蔡瀾 - Cu Cai Guan 粗菜馆. It is also a popular spot with Hong Kong and Cantonese pop celebrities visiting Shanghai.

Its name literally translates to 'rough food' restaurant. Maybe it's supposed to be like "chu cha dan fan" in Mandarin (which i cant type/google it)...ehh... something like normal home-cooked dishes.

They seemed to "specialize in anything-pork". I'm not a pork fan but one of the pork dish we ordered was really very yummy! Its skin is a little like "shao rou" but very thick and with a little curry powder sprinkled on it. It's very crunchy! We also ordered a curry crab recommended by Andy Lau. (There's even a picture of him at the side kinda like drooling! Keke!) The taste is so-so only lah. It's a bit like Thai curry served with potatoes. We also tried their dimsum which was rather good - comparable to our fav Crystal Jade dimsum. Keke... (Every time we try dimsum at other places, we still always think that CJ is the BEST!)


There is a highly-recommended Pork Lard Rice which is soya sauce and (melted) lard coating every grain of rice. Gulp...
I also had a good laugh at the menu...here's 4 examples:
- Pig brain fries the egg
- Boils the shrimp two kind of cooking (recommended by Zheng Zhi Wei)
- Braised many food in pan
- Boils the shrimp and the chicken

Overall, we think that the food here is quite good and we'll be back again. They also have a really wide selection! This outlet (of 5) is at XuJiaHui, Ascendas Plaza 腾飞大厦 (333 TianYaoQiao Road) not too far away from our place. After lunch, Elvis went to the office (again).