Food Shanghai Ting

I’d argue this is the best shanghai wonton place for your buck. Frankly, I think it’s better than most restaurants.
yes, cash only.
Yes, It’s in a food court.
But the chef used to work for a restaurant in China, so he’s not just some guy who has no experience. Why you ended up in a strip mall where no one can find you, I will never understand. This place has a bit of a greasy spoon feel on some of their dishes but I think they’re all pretty good. XLB’s are offered but I have yet to try them.
The rice cakes were tender and chewy with enough meat and veggies in between.
The wontons:
–Each piece is about the size of a ping pong ball
–There is an even meat and veggie mix distribution
–The broth is comprised of seaweed, dried shrimp and green onions. The broth is light and simple.
–It’s cheap and delicious
I would return.
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I don’t normally do this, but because the ground level parking lot associated to the building is basically the world’s most frustrating and obnoxious parking lot, l’m going to provide some helpful hints on properly eating at this place.
–avoid lunch hours (11:30 to onwards)
–avoid weekends
Failing to abide by those principles, consider:
–walking here or
–having someone drop you off and picking you up from an extraction point at a predetermined location away from the parking lot and
–should you come here in a car solo, don’t.

* Decent quick Shanghai snack food *
This little stall in the middle of a very old school Chinese mall offers up Shanghai specialties galore.
I ordered one of my favourite Shanghai style dishes, the classic Shanghai fried rice cake with pork. It was priced fairly at $ 5.75. They did a respectable job, preparing it quickly, with a nice wok flavour. The meat was tender and the rice cakes were the right consistency. Overall a very decent rendition. Photo:
Close-​up:
In reality if this stall was anyplace else in North America beside Richmond BC I would probably give it 4 stars. But there is such an abundance of good Shanghainese food available in the area, that it is just 3 stars — I would eat there again if in the area, but wouldn’t divert my course from some of my 4 star Shanghainese spots nearby.

Quick and dirty but tasty and lots of variety. This little mall just off Number 3 road right next to Parker Place is the kind of location that most, and many wouldn’t not bother to stop and eat at. It reminded my friend of those low end food centers in Hong Kong The atmosphere, the smells and the echo as you walk down the hall.
Sounds a bit scary and it probably is for most westerners. If you want to get a feeling of authenticity, this this place. If you’re daring, try the food.
If you like decent food at a good price, then you gotta try Shanghai Ting.
My last time here I had dumplings; Shanghai veggie dumplings, but there’s a whole bunch of other items you can choose from. It’s akin to a Baskin Robins, that doesn’t have icecream and instead Shanghai cuisine. Oh! What’s the similarity? None really unless you like hundreds of different flavours.
OK there’s no comparison, but for me. I enjoy coming here to just get away, and soak in the foreign atmosphere when I’m feeling like I want to travel to a place far far away but can’t afford to.
Typos’ FOC by moi.