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Shanghai Longji Restaurant - The Flavor of Old Shanghai

With 56 years of operation, Shanghai Longji Restaurant is a rare old restaurant in Taipei that maintains the characteristics of Shanghai's local cuisine. Not only has it become a place for many older generations of outsiders to relieve homesickness, but it is also a great destination for connoisseurs to taste the delicacies of the world.

Shanghai's local cuisine originated from the alleys of Shanghai, starting as street food and then evolving into restaurants, providing delicious home-style dishes at low prices for ordinary people. When Longji moved from Shanghai to Taipei, it not only preserved this tradition, but also insisted on the original cooking methods, which have been continued until today. Entering the restaurant, there are about 20 kinds of side dishes displayed in the glass cabinet, such as roasted mustard greens, drunk yuanbao, scallion baked crucian carp, and taro, all of which are time-consuming and labor-intensive, yet very popular side dishes.

In addition, the restaurant's signature dish, the clay pot three fresh ingredients, not only requires the broth to be simmered for five or six hours, but the dumplings and tofu rolls inside are also homemade. The ham and salted pork are also top choices. There is also a red braised fish (also known as "huashui") made with grass carp, carefully cooked with soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, and other ingredients, with the right timing, which is simply a masterpiece. Therefore, if you want to taste the flavor of old Shanghai, going to Longji is definitely the right choice.