SmartShanghai goes for a taste of some swish Cantonese cuisine and a little bit of Michelin-starred street cred in Plaza 66...

Trekking out to the far end of Gubei for cold beer, strong shochu shots and lots of drunken salarymen, and great grilled fare....

Talking A-BOOT that french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. Haha, Canadians pronounce "about" like "a-boot". So hilarious. So funny.

Hunan teppanyaki?! Is it a harbinger of the apocalypse? What's next? Human sacrifices? Dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria?

Heirloom tempura? Strange as it sounds, it exists at Ippoh. Owner Toyoichiro Seki's family has been proudly frying it for 5 generations...

Home-style Shanghai food that isn't smothered in sugar, soy, and oil? Yes, it exists and you can find it at this little nongtang noshery...

Tucked away in a Huaihai Lu nongtang, Ding Te Le Zhou Mian Guan does some seriously delicious noodles 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...

Strange noodles, salaciously named chicken dishes, steamed corn bread and cinnamon buns? It's all here at Xibei Oat Noodle Village...

Cheap and cheerful Yisheng Yue Wei Yongkang Lu does classic Cantonese cuisine without all the bells and whistles.

Yilan Da Ding Huo Xia specialize in floppingly fresh crustaceans and Taiwanese comfort food. People, head on down and... eat them.

Two of the greatest innovations in food history, the fried pork chop and the sandwich, join forces at Ginza Bairin in the IFC Mall.

Xiao Hei Hao Qing on Dingxi Lu does some of the city's best Cantonese-style grilled oysters. Seriously. This place totally shucks.

Welcome to Wei Xiang Zhai, a restaurant with all of the charm of a crack house and some sesame noodles that are just as addictive.

Here's one for the good people of Pudong. And for the rest of us to make the trip over for: Yunnan tribal cuisine on the East Side.

For 16 years, Ah Niang Mian was a legendary noodle shop, one of those places people would flock to and willingly wait hours for a meal.

Dumpling deja vu! This xiaolong bao shop on Jianguo Lu is famed Jia Jia Tangbao's lesser-known sister restaurant and every bit as good.

A.K.A. Mizore Nabe. Think of it as daikon soup for the soul. This unique Japanese style hotpot is a surefire way to warm your bones this winter...

Lai Chi Mian is the kind of restaurant you pass by and don't even realize it. But what you go for is their house specialty, the beef tendon.