复兴汇 Fuxinghui Shanghai
Fuxinghui is fine dining establishment that specializes in Shanghainese cuisine. Located near the heart of the bustling HuaiHai Middle road, Fuxinghui offers up some an intimate dining experience.
As you walk in the converted courtyard, you see off to the left the main dining room, which can be used for private events. There’s a shallow moat, which presents serenity dining in this metropolis. I like how the restaurant appears to be one with nature with the large bay windows exposing the trees all around.
Tonight, our group, of two tables, had the best that Fuxinghui had to offer of Shanghai cuisine. At the top of any Shanghainese restaurant, is the Hong Shau Rou – translated into red pork meat, 紅燒肉, which the dish can be seen as sweet red fatty braised pork. Any restaurant claiming to be Shanghainese will have Hong Shau Rou . . .and Fuxinghui was no different. Most of the time, you’ll find some soy sauced hard boiled eggs dipped in the rich sweet syrup sauce, which I like. Fuxinghui’s presentation was not as tender as others I’ve had, yet this tougher texture was somewhat appealing. Sometimes, you want the proteins you eat to have a little toughness, not completely fall of the bone tenderness. Served in a large cauldron, you’d find large cubed sized pork with fat and skin slowly braised together. But, I realize the the 2 big ingredients in this classic dish – are lots of soy sauce and lots of sugar … A friend recently told me that he no longer enjoys this dish, for that reason. Yet, I will still gobble up all I can when it is available.
Shanghai cuisine is typically heavy with sauce and sweet in flavor and Fuxinghui dishes had both. The roasted fish had elements of sweetness that I wasn’t too fond of. Personally, I liked the green beans, the roasted duck, and diced soy strips in yellow sauce (sorry I don’t remember the name).
I enjoy the Ambiance, more so than other Shanghainese restaurants – such as Jesse and Fu 1088. But the food and taste was nothing more than ordinary. The presentation was nice with each dish featuring a unique style.
Rating 2 Pigs Price Range 3 $/¥/NT
复兴汇 上海复兴中路1479号近淮海中路 +86 21 6433 6955
Fuxinghui Shanghai 1479 Middle Fuxing Road, by Huaihai Road, Shanghai +86 21 6433 6955
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