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What I Ate: February 1, 2009 (Costco, Shanghai Flavor Shop)

Posted 2 February, 2009 at 12:50am by Michael Chu
(Filed under: Food, What I Ate)

Woke up real late today and had to run errands at Costco, so I grabbed a Polish Sausage.
Costco - Polish Sausage

For dinner, we met up with Dave and Rachel and ate at what they call "the buns place" which is Shanghai Flavor Shop (888 Old San Francisco Rd, Sunnyvale, CA‎ - (408) 738-3003). They specialize in Shanghai Shengjian Bao which is a pork bun that is pan fried and steamed at the same time. The pork filling is made with extra gelatin creating a soup inside the bun. We ordered several dishes to share.

Bok choy with oyster sauce
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce

Cucumber with jellyfish
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Cucumber and Jellyfish

Stir-fried nian gao (rice cakes) with beef and cabbage
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Stir-fried rice cakes with beef and cabbage

Zhongzi (sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves)
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Sticky Rice Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves

Shengjian bao
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Shengjian Bao

Daikon buns (flaky buns stuffed with shredded daikon filling)
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Daikon Buns

Eight treasures rice
Shanghai Flavor Shop - Eight Treasure Rice

All of these dishes are ones that we normally order except for the Nian Gao and the Eight Treasures Rice. I don't think we'll order the Eight Treasures Rice again, but the other dishes are fine.

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