Memorable food explodes with flavor

Do you remember what you ate last night?

That was the first question the Chinese owner of this Italian eatery, who used to be the chef of a Japanese restaurant, threw at me when I dined at his "little business". Ken Woo's The Terrace is on the city's artsy Anfu Road, where the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center is situated.

And I was stumped, speechless and incapable of recalling a single food I had had for dinner the night before, though I did remember I had gone to bed chock-full, as usual. But now, weeks later after the three-course lunch with Woo, I can clearly recollect the flavors of every bite.