Monday, June 26, 2006

Lao Ban Zhai

Lao Ban Zhai
600 Fu Zhou Lu

When I first came to Shanghai, I had scoured Chowhound, the NYTimes, and all other websites to find the must-go-to restaurants. This one was recommended by Chowhound, and so I took a fellow Stanford CEAS friend here.

In short, it was pretty bad. We ordered the braised eel that was recommended, a small garlic-stirfry vegetable dish, and a Mongolian beef. The beef was soaked in that spring-roll dipping sauce, and both the other two dishes were nothing special at all. The restaurant also closes by 8pm, which was the strangest thing.

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