(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-05-31 10:24

Beijing has recovered from the recent craze for spicy crawfish - one of the city's most famous dishes. Now the crawfish rage has hit Shanghai where spicy, delicious and fresh crawfish are being eaten all over town. Let's take a look at some of the most popular crawfish restaurants.

Fu Mao small crawfish

In Fu Mao, small crawfish are cooked in a variety of ways, all of which are delicious. The most highly recommended is their very popular home made sweet and sour seasoning. This place is always full of diners, even at 2 am.

Location1: No.595 Fuxing Road (near South Maoming Road)
Location2: No.153 Yuyuan Road (near Huasha Road)
Location3: No.300 Tiantong Road (near North Sichuan Road)

Xu Yi Zhu Da King of Crawfish(Xu Yi Zhu Da Long Xia Wang)

The crawfish at this busy restaurant are spicy and the more you eat, the hotter you'll get. The restaurant provides small, medium and large plates - perfect for indecisive diners.

Location1: No.575 Yuyao Road, Changning District (near South Wuning Road)
Location2: No.382 Zaoyang Road.
Location3: No.668 South Nanjing Road

Changshou Mian Guan

This restaurant recently featured in a local television programme so expect to see crowds there. Four types of crawfish are served - unspiced, lightly spiced, medium spicy and very spicy. If you are a hot food lover, try the very spicy crawfish and you won't be disappointed.

The crawfish is sold at 20 yuan per jin (500 g) and tastes best when it's still hot, so don't order too many at once.

Location: No.23 Shouning Road (near South Xizang Road)

Dong Dong Crawfish

Dong Dong serves delicious crawfish cooked with bamboo shoots or wontons. Diners like to eat crawfish with their hands, so don't be afraid to discard your chopsticks.

Location: No. 266 Xikang Road

Other restaurants serving crawfish:

*Zhouji Crawfish

There are outdoor tables in summer - a relaxed way to enjoy crawfish.

Location: Mudanjiang Road near Mishan Road

*Qian Dao Hu Crawfish

The crawfish here are very fresh and a little sweet.

Location: Tianlin Road, beside Shanghai Tianlin Hotel.