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Sushi Oyama is a Japanese omakase restaurant in Shanghai

Sushi Oyama Shanghai: Omakase Masterchef Returns

Legendary omakase chef Takeo Oyama returns to Shanghai, reopening Sushi Oyama within Xintiandi Galleria. Detta!
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Yatai Ramen is a ramen cart in Shanghai

Yatai Ramen: A Japanese Noodle Cart in Xuhui

Straight out of Fukuoka’s street food scene — a street stall serving up Japanese ramen and local noodles in Xuhui.
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Kyu-Hai is a Japanese restaurant and izakaya that does chicken ramen and yakitori

Kyu-Hai: The Chicken Ramen Specialists

Kyu-Hai (玖杯) is a snug Japanese restaurant in Huangpu slinging chicken broth ramen, izakaya-style small plates, and yakitori skewers. 
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Nasu House is a Japanese yakitori restaurant in Jing'an Shanghai.

Nasu House: A Late-Night Yakitori Sanctuary in Jing’an

Located in Jing’an, Nasu House is a yakitori restaurant that deals in charcoal-grilled chicken. It’s the kind of unpretentious, easygoing spot that every neighborhood needs.
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Ochiyo is a Japanese restaurant in Shanghai that does excellent omakase.

Ochiyo Returns: Top-Tier Omakase in Shanghai

Excellent omakase at Ochiyo. Chef Sun-San continues to deliver an exceptional experience at his new location in Changning, Shanghai.
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Noya: When Sukiyaki Meets Omakase

Ochiyo chef Sun-San opens Noya, a Japanese restaurant that does sukiyaki omakase set menus.
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Uni Shushi, new restaurants in Shanghai 2025

Uni Shushi Shanghai: Excellent Omakase in Jing’an for ¥498 & ¥698

Intimate 12-seater omakase restaurant Uni Shushi in Jing’an, Shanghai, delivers quality sushi, affordably priced at ¥498 & ¥698. Sea urchin in your future!
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Soulful Soba: Tokyo Ichimi, Standing Noodle Shop

Tokyo Ichimi is a standing soba noodle shop serving soulful bowls of noodles with tempura toppings — a rare gem in Shanghai’s dining scene.
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Best Restaurants For Sukiyaki in Shanghai

Looking for a good sukiyaki in Shanghai? Here are three of my top three restaurants for high-grade wagyu.
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4 Budget-Friendly Sushi Bars in Shanghai with Quality Fish

Don’t want to commit to omakase? Here are four affordable sushi bar counters in Shanghai serving up quality fish for a casual meal. Good sushi for under ¥200!
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Rachel Gouk | Writing about food & drink since 2011

Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s fam Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s familiar, nostalgic, and playful, done with care and confidence. And honestly, as a Malaysian, it makes me feel so proud to see the flavors of home done like this. 

Kudos to chef @junnishiyama and team!

The veritable signature is the Rendang Donut, a labor of love. Slow-cooked oxtail with deep spices (and chocolate) is compacted into an utterly rich bite.

The Ayam Penyetttt!!! lives up to its exclamation points. The Indonesian-inspired “smashed chicken” is shattering crisp, paired with turmeric aioli and pineapple sambal. Do not miss this.

Next, Nasi Ulam, a rice salad combines fresh herbs, sambal, crunchy shallots and chicken skin. A flavor-bomb that’s pulls at nostalgia.

Rambu even features far-flung ingredients like buah keluak, an earthy-bitter complex flavored nut native to Malaysia. That’s paired with spiced butter and fat creamy mussels on flatbread.

Channeling street food energy is the grilled mutton skewers, wrapped in betel leaf. Meanwhile grilled ox tongue is soaked in an addictive sourdough dashi broth, dusted with toasted rice powder.

Finally, an elevated kaya toast! Homemade kaya, ice cold butter, but with salted egg yolk and a mad genius egg-and-soy cream. Don’t miss the Thai creme caramel. Full Thai tea flavors with this one, paired beautifully with pecans and grilled watermelon & calamansi reduction.

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🔘 @rambu.sh 
📍 966 Wuding Road 武定路966号
📞 19921361351
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#shanghaieats #shanghaifood #onthetable #shanghairestaurant #malaysianfood
A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengta A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengtang — the HK-style Cantonese restaurant that’s been slingin’ crispy garlic madness since 1998. 

Revisiting after nearly a decade, somethings have changed (mostly the interiors) but others (like the classics) remain the same: garlicky, tasty, and affordable.

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🔘 Bifengtang
📍 1 Dapu Road 打浦路1号
📞 33682997
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaitrip #shanghairestaurant
I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but he I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but here it is, tins of them, completely unattended! That’s YICAFE’s Friday night seafood buffet for you. Absolute, glorious madness.

Beyond the caviar free-for-all, there’s lobster, king crab, fresh-carved tuna sashimi, crayfish, hairy crab…you get the idea. But also steak, short rib, and food from 10 other live cooking stations. 

It’s normally ¥598, but I’ve arranged a lil something: 20% off, so ¥478.40. (until Jan 30) Woop woop!

Details are on rachelgouk.com

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🔘 YICAFE (Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai)
📍 2/F, 33 Fucheng Lu 富城路33号2楼 
📞 28286888
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaifoodie #shanghaicity
It’s been a couple years since I’ve eaten at Le Co It’s been a couple years since I’ve eaten at Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire Shanghai (Michelin one star)… But when the legendary chef is in town, you show up. Lunch was a showing of classic French fine dining, executed by Executive Chef Ramses Navarro.

The highlight was undoubtedly the sole meunière, a flawless fillet medallion paired with a sauce of depth, its richness extracted from rockfish. Another was the Uruguayan beef fillet, paired with a glossy tataki sauce. 

#shanghaieats #shanghaifood #pierregagnaire #michelinrestaurant #finedininglovers
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