Hot venue: Taste of Shanghai
Taste of Shanghai, located on the basement level of World Square, has a private dining room that can be configured for 12 -24 diners.To get more news about
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Re-opening its doors after a significant refurbishment in September, the Sydney CBD favourite is serving up its popular brand of traditional Shanghainese food, including its signature house-made xiao long bao, pan fried pork buns, and mouth-watering wontons in red chilli-oil sauce.With interiors by Giant Design, Taste of Shanghai World Square draws its inspiration from Shanghai’s winding backstreets, areas known as lilongs.
Design highlights include recycled brick with aged plaster, distressed toile wallpaper, oversized Chinese screens, and art deco pendants and mirrors. Plush green velvet curtains are used to divide private rooms, with tables sitting on a lush green rug to contrast against the rugged materials. Giving a personal touch, several of the wallpaper images feature Mi as a child growing up in China.
The venue also boasts an adjoining dim sim section, reminiscent of a home kitchen, where live dumpling making adds an element of theatre.
With sit-down capacity for 100 and stand-up capacity for 120 people, Taste of Shanghai can be booked exclusively for private events and is open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.
The empire has landed in World Square, giving shoppers a step up from the usual food court fare. Here you can have a bottle of wine – the T’Gallant Juliet Pinot Grigio ($36/bottle, $7.50/glass) goes down swimmingly – and gorge on dumplings all day and night. The Xiao Long Bao ($9.80) are the famous soup dumplings – so delicious it’s hard to wait out the impending hot explosion of soup inside. On the safer side, the Shrimp and Chive Dumplings ($13.80), are festively green and tasty to match – sure to please everyone. The Deep Fried Chicken Fillet ($20.80) with chilli and equal measures of salt, pepper and sweetness, is finger-licking good. To balance the defiant flavours you’ll need heapings of fried rice, or simply throw back some jasmine tea. The Stir Fried Snow Pea Sprout ($16.80) with XO sauce make a nice in-between dish to cleanse the palate. For dessert we’re shown the Chinese New Year favourite: Sesame Taro Pastry ($7.80) (six halves) served with Sesame Rice Balls in Fermented Rice Soup ($6.80). It might not be for everyone, but it’s definitely a textural experience for the mouth. For good Chinese comfort food in a buzzing environment, head downtown for a taste of the good stuff.
