Nanjing Xi Lu 805
Shanghai
7:00-21:00
One of the city's most popular and trusty standbys for inexpensive dining, this famed eatery specializes in all of Shanghai's signature snacks and cheap eats including xiefen xiaolong (crabmeat and pork dumplings), xiefen shengjian (crabmeat and pork buns steamed in oil), guotie (pot stickers), babaofan (eight-treasure sticky rice), and a variety of noodles such as dandan mian (noodles in spicy peanut sauce) and shangsu tangmian (noodle soup with vegetables).