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ShikumenFine cuisine
A quiet dining room with paper lanterns, dark wood tables, and celadon bowls set for service

Huangpu · Lane 48

Shanghai Shikumen Fine Cuisine

Soup dumplings with a real broth, pork belly that has been braising since morning, and a table in a lane house that still has its stone gate.

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Address
Lane 48, Sinan Road
Huangpu, Shanghai
Hours

Tuesday – FridayLunch 11:30–14:30 · Dinner 17:30–21:00

Saturday – SundayLunch 11:00–14:30 · Dinner 17:00–21:30

MondayThe gate is shut

The kitchen
Benbang cooking: soy, sugar, Shaoxing, and time. Call +86 21 5388 1948 for parties larger than eight.

From the pass

What the kitchen is known for

The full menu
  • Six soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer, one torn open so the broth spills onto the paper

    Soup dumplings

    ¥68

    小笼包

    Thin wrappers, a tight pleat, and a spoon of pork broth that should still be hot when you bite. Vinegar and ginger threads on the side — not a pool of sauce.

  • Four steaming pan-fried buns in a black iron pan, sesame and scallion on top

    Pan-fried pork buns

    ¥48

    生煎馒头

    Crisp on the bottom, soft on the crown, sesame and scallion while they are still spitting. Eat them before the crust gives up.

  • Cubes of glossy red-braised pork belly in a shallow ceramic bowl beside a brass spoon

    Red-braised pork belly

    ¥98

    红烧肉

    Cubes of belly, skin on, braised from morning in soy, rock sugar, and Shaoxing. The sauce should coat a spoon and stop there.

A wet stone lane at dusk, grey brick shikumen gates, and laundry strung between the houses

The house

The lane comes first

Shikumen means stone gate. The frame on Lane 48 is still the original, and the ground floor is the dining room. Upstairs, the pork belly braises with the windows cracked so the lane smells like soy by late afternoon.

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A seat

Tell us when you are coming

Tuesday through Sunday, parties of one to eight. The request stays on this device, and the house confirms by phone. Mondays the gate stays shut.

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