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21/05/12 11:49 AMKerancia: New Shanghai - Chatswood Chase, Sydney

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On a shopping trip to the leafy north shore Sydney suburb of Chatswood, I decided topop into Chatswood Chase (a luxury designer shopping centre) for lunch.

New Shanghai is located in the lower ground floor food court, it's just a bit fancier atChatswood than your usual shopping centre food court.

The decor is also a bit fancy, modern Shanghai inspired interiors matches theclassical Shanghai-style cuisine. There is also a view of the kitchen where you canwatch the dumpling making action.

With the colder autumn weather upon us, I decided to warm up with a bowl of BraisedBeef Noodle with Soup, and then logic defied me, and I could not resist dessert - acold Red Bean Paste with Icecream!

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" Pros: The braised beef noodle soup was so warm, hearty and completely satisfying.Lots of big chunks of tender beef with chinese vegetables, and shanghai noodles. Thebeef broth was full of flavour, lots of spices used - could see some star anise and chilli(not hot) in my bowl. I will definately be back here for this and to try the dumplings!

Cons: The red bean dessert could have done with some sugar syrup. If the scoop oficecream was not there, it would have been pretty bland - just shaved ice and red

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Red Bean Paste topped with Icecream & Shaved Ice $6.00

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Posted by Kerancia at 19:34

Labels: Food, SydneyLocation: Chatswood Chase, 345 Victoria Ave, Chatswood NSW 2067, Australia

bean. That being said, I do have a sweet tooth and I guess I'm more used to thesweet ice kchang desserts in Singapore.

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25/05/12 11:40 AMthe suz chef: New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant, Ashfield

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The mark of a good Shanghai restaurant lies within two things for me:the xiao long bao, and the shallot pancake. My two perennial favourites,I order them every time if I see them on the menu, douse both in a mix ofchilli and vinegar and savour. So when I saw that I had a discountvoucher (25% off) for New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant in my brandspanking new Entertainment Book, I headed off with my significant otherin tow to give this place a shot.

Located on Liverpool Road, the busy strip of Ashfield lined with plenty ofdumpling restaurants, I have walked past this place for many years buthave never visited. Why is that? Because it is located right next door toan old fave - Shanghai Nights (how dodgy is the name!?!) and that isone of our local repeat restaurants. The restaurant in Ashfield is one of achain, according to their website, they are also located in Chatswood andBondi, as well as having branches in Shanghai and Singapore.

K and I ordered our usual dishes: xiao long bao and shallot pancake, andthen decided to branch out a little and order the pork buns and chillinoodles. The shallot pancake came out first and I was immediatelyimpressed - I love it when it's super crispy and crunchy... the sign of the oilbeing really hot! It was no time at all until the xiao long bao and the

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noodles arrived, and I was immediately impressed with the xiao longbao. There was the requisite broth, the meat generous and so succulentand best of all, the pastry of the dumpling was whisper thin. It was notas good as Din Tai Fung, but it was definitely up there.

The noodles weren't exactly to my taste, but they had been thehusband's choice anyhow, so after a token tasting, I left the rest to hisenjoyment. I was put off by the layer of chilli oil that was floating aboutthe top, but that's perhaps just me!

Service was definitely hit and miss despite there being a good number ofwait staff about. We waited for ages for the pork buns to arrive, andeven when our dishes were finished and cleared away, no one seemed torealise that we were still missing a dish. We had to ask after it twicebefore it was finally bought to the table, a good 15 minutes after wefinished our last dish. By the time it arrived, our food had settled and wehad lost our appetite, and after tasting one, we packed the rest to takehome. I found the pork buns to be too much bread, and too heavy for myliking - I'd recommend ordering another serving of the xiao long baoinstead!

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K and I spent our dinner discussing whether New Shanghai was goodenough for us to make a break from Shanghai Nights next door. The xiaolong bao that night and the shallot pancake were both exceptional, andwe conceded that sometimes Shanghai Nights were a bit hit or misswhen it came to the XLB - on a good night, they could be better than DinTai Fung, but consistency was their issue. However, we had never hadan issue with service and we thought that overall, we enjoyed all theirdishes too much to break up with our old favourite.

For great dumplings, head to Ashfield - Shanghai Nights or NewShanghai, both are fantastic!

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oh i love xlb and the pancakes!!!! i havent been to New Shanghai, ialways go to Shanghai Nights!

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