Wang Bao He is a specialty restaurant for hairy crab in Shanghai, located near the Bund. It’s also a time-honored brand, established in 1744! It was perhaps the earliest restaurant in Shanghai to serve the combination of hairy crab and Shaoxing wine. And they do make their own huangjiu.
They popularized the “蟹宴” or crab feast/banquet, where every dish has crab in it. I want to say 90% of their dishes have crab, including xiaolongbao, dumplings, savory mooncakes, tofu, Lion’s Head Meatball, soups, noodles, using the roe as a coating for fried dishes, etc.
