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Hip Chinese Restaurants in Shanghai

In Shanghai, many restaurants offer trendy and hip dining experiences through cuisine and ambience at every price level. Through the exploration of bold, new tastes and fusion-food, Shanghai is internationally renowned for cutting-edge cuisine throughout the city. According to Frommer's, "The widest variety of dining options is in the Luwan (French Concession), Jing An, and Xuhui districts." Shanghai also has five "food streets" that are lined with Chinese restaurants and bustling with diners throughout the day and evening.

M on the Bund
- The Bund is an architectural tourist attraction in Shanghai.
  
  Located in the Huangpu District, this restaurant overlooking the Bund was voted "most popular restaurant in Shangai" by Zagat Survey in 2008. M on the Bund offers a creative menu for lunch and dinner that includes crispy suckling pig on sauteed potatoes and ottoman dumplings filled with minced lamb. Chargrilled squid and ceviche of kingfish are dishes enjoyed by fish lovers. With art deco elegance and a terrace for dining, M on the Bund offers breathtaking views of the Huanpu River and Pudong's skyscrapers. Breads, ice creams and desserts are prepared fresh daily. Main courses range from $21 to $40.
  
  M on the Bund
  
  Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 5, Shanghai
  
  021-6350-9988
  
  m-restaurantgroup.com
Fu 1088
- Shanghai cuisine is experimental at the trendiest restaurants, including Fu 1088.
  
  This well-hidden restaurant (on the corner of Zhenning Road and Yuyuan Road) offers Chinese fusion cuisine within individual, private dining rooms. Occupying the space of a three-story mansion, Fu 1088 serves creative fare including braised pork with soy and rock sugar and bean curd, garden greens and shrimp soup. Exotic appetizers include chilled drunken chicken and slow-cooked lotus root filled with sticky rice. Fu 1088 is located in the Changning District of Shanghai. A meal for two people ranges $86 to $129.
  
  Fu 1088
  
  Zhenning Lu 375, Shanghai
  
  +86-21-5239-7878
  
  www.bestfoodinchina.net/node/61
Xin Wang
- The lotus flower is often used in fusion Chinese cuisine.
  
  This inexpensive, popular Chinese restaurant is located in the Luwan District of Shanghai. The setting is informal and the food is inspired by classic Chinese dishes like fried rice, shrimp wonton noodle soup and barbeque pork rice. Sandwiches, casseroles and beverages are also served to the busy crowd of diners. A meal for two people ranges $5.70 to $10.
  
  Xin Wang
  
  Changle Lu 175, Shanghai
  
  +86-21-6415-5056
Fook Lam Moon
- Downtown Shangai has hip, Chinese restaurants including M on the Bund.
  
  Haute Cantonese cuisine is served at this Pudong New Area District restaurant. The floor to ceiling views of the Bund keep diners captivated as they enjoy dishes like shark fin's soup, braised dried abalone and stuffed bamboo fungus with bird's nest. Certainly fusion minded, Fook Lam Moon uses fresh and native Chinese ingredients to create each dish. A mean for two people ranges $57 to $100.
  
  Fook Lam Moon
  
  2nd floor, Pudong Shangri-La Hotel
  
  +86-21-6882-8888 ext. 6490
  
  fooklammoon-grp.com/en/food_dish.asp