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A neighbourhood-led guide to eating and drinking in Shanghai: Chengdu hotpot, dumplings, a garden Italian dining room, sculpted ice-cream cakes, Taiwanese tea and a Tintin shop.
Fried pork chop, local borscht and red-yeast pork belly at Dasheng Hutong, a restaurant on Shaanxi North Road serving old Shanghai and Western-style dishes in generous portions.
A loose snack route through Shanghai, with soup dumplings on Huanghe Road, spring qingtuan, food-hall egg tarts, Wukang Road bakeries and old-school cream cakes.