I think you’re supposed to shout angrily, “我不要牛頭，我要牛肉！” I saw it in a movie once
Funny, I had consistently good food in Guangdong, and I’m not really even a fan of Cantonese food. Food in Beijing was a total crapshoot though. Got some of the worst food poisoning I’ve ever had there.
Hmmm okay I will try that next time . Except there will never be a next time.
My Japanese boss ordered the ‘dish’, and I watched mirthfully as the Americans at the table realised that they were supposed to eat the donkey’s head, sorry cow’s head, looking across at us with its bad teeth.
I’ve eaten very good duck and goose there so I was exaggerating for effect. I could definitely live in Guangdong. 
Amateurs.
To keep things on topic, this is a possible new pizza topping.
Which you don’t have.
Ouch, that stings!
This seems really, really weird to me. Shanghainese food is similar to Taiwanese (making it, next to Cantonese food, my least favorite). It is known for being sweet and bland. Also, the use of soy sauce is much more predominant in Taiwan than Shanghai, where vinegar is preferred. But even 20 years ago Shanghai had a much wider variety of Chinese cuisines than Taipei, so perhaps you were eating other styles of food in Shanghai?
I don’t think it’s even close. They drench their food in it in Shanghai. Their famous black liquidy noodles. In Taiwan it’s used as a side condiment usually.
I somehow missed it in 6 years living there. I’m familiar with “cong you ban mian”, but it didn’t seem to popular in Shanghai, but you’re right that it is Shanghainese and does have soy sauce. Most of the noodle shops I went to were “regular style”, lanzhou, henan, or xinjiang. Again, Shanghai food is generally known to be sweet and bland. If you think it salty, I’m not sure how you can describe many cuisines throughout the world without being confusing.
I meant restaurants in general in Shanghai. You can really get any kind of food pretty authentic there. Might be expensive though. I mainly like Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei type of chinese food, and yeah also in Taiwan like to eat at Sichuan restaurants… Just like it spicy…
If Taiwanese food is perfect in din tai Fung way, then for me personally it’s also way too bland. Besides way too much sugar here.
Very good jiaozi and xiaolongbao from Shanghai however…this topic should go back to Pizza however…
Agree. I ended up bringing my own condiments sometimes though, as several places I liked only had vinegar. 
Yes, because that is the best way to eat dumplings. Who uses soy sauce?
In seriousness, I far prefer vinegar, but my problem with Shanghai condiments was the lack of a spicy sauce that was actually spicy. I have the same problem in Taiwan, where the spicy sauce is similarly bland.
I find the flavor overpowering if you just use vinegar. I like a combination of sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar and chili sauce. OK, starting to feel like midnight snack… 
I’m the same, except that I find soy sauce overpowering. I go with about 75% vinegar (not Taiwanese vinegar as that sucks), 20% soy sauce, 5% sesame oil, and a hefty dollop of actually spicy spicy sauce.
Food is way more varied and generally tastier in China. Stuff like dumplings are boring in Taiwan. Man even really good homesyle basic sichuanese food, I would kill for that in Taiwan
And I’m someond who also really likes food in Taiwan
What about food safety in China? Will you get sick or grow an extra finger if you eat in China?
Around Furen University I noticed they had a blue truck selling oven pizzas for around 150. Has anyone tried them? I don’t see them anymore but it was weird to see a blue truck with a wood pizza oven on it…
Yes please. Can we get a new gold card thingy for a handful of chinese to come here and open some restaurants! sichuan, lan zhou, dong bei and xin jiang joints would be good!
I agree with the food has weird flavors.
Most of the food is sweet and tons of sugar. Oily i can understand, since it is the same as anywhere. I just dont like sweet drinks and food. Even the baozi is full of sweet. I guess they should use pepper, salt.