crab-brownflakypastry 　　theflakypastryiscrispy,delicious,aromaticandasbrownasthecolorofacookedcrab.thefillingsincludegreenonions,pork,crabmeat,shrimp,sugar,mashedbeans,jujubepaste. 　　masheddateflakypastry 　　itisakindoffriedfoodcookedwithpastrycoverandblackmasheddatesinside.itisverypopularamongthetouristsfromhongkong,macaoandjapanforitsgoldencolor,cutefigure,crispypastryanddeliciousstuffing. 　　friedmantou(akindoffriedpastewithstuffinginside) 　　inshanghai,peopleusuallycallbaozi(bread)tobemantou,sofriedmantou,infact,isfriedbaozi.thesemi-fermentedpasteisfriedonthesaucepanwithsprayingwaterseveraltimesduringcooking.you鈥檇bettertasteitinhotbecauseatthattime,thebottomisgolden-coloredandcrispy,whiletherestpartiswhiteandsoft.thewonderfulstuffingmixingfreshmeatwithsesameorscallionisespeciallywonderful. 　　coldnoodlewithsauce 　　forthesummerinshanghai,coldnoodleisusuallyoneofthemostpopularfoods.themakingprocedureis:boilthenoodleaftersteaming,thenmakeitcool,atlastaddsomesauces. 　　8.2.5yangchunnoodle(plainnoodle) 　　thereisacustomforthelocalpeoplethattheoctoberinlunarcalendarisanotherspring;hencethenumberoftenreferstospring.intheolddays,thenoodlewasjustworthtenwen(themoneyunitinancienttimes),that鈥檚whythenoodlewascalledyangchunnoodle-鈥渃hun鈥meansspringinchinese. 　　yangchunnoodleissmoothandtasty,mixedthefreshanddeliciousdriedshrimpswithscentedscallionoil.itissaidthatin1945,abusinessmanwiththesurnamechenstirredthenoodlewithspecialscallionoilwhichwasmadeinthetypicalwayofhishometown.itwassouniquethatitispopularuntilnow. 　　flourballwithfruitsstuffing 　　itisakindofstickyriceballwithfruitsstuffingwhichiscookedbysweetfermented-rice.itisveryspecialanddelicious. 　　leishadumpling 　　itistheglutinous-ricedumplingcoveringgroundadzukibean.itissaidthatattheendofqingdynasty,anoldladycalledleimadealivingbytheglutinous-ricedumplingstallinshanghai.inordertomakethedumplingconvenienttostoreandcarryforattractingmorecustomers,shetriedsomanyways.andfinallyshefoundcoveringgroundadzukibeanisaneffectiveway. 　　spongecakemadebylardandfruits 　　itissteamedbythemixedpowderofglutinous-riceandricewithadzukibeanandfruits.thecakeissosoftandsweet,andhasvarioustasteswithdifferentfruits.thusitisthepopularfoodforwelcomingthenewyear. 　　friedchopricecake 　　thechop,withapieceofricecake,isfriedandcooked.therearetwomakingsinshanghaiforthissnack;therepresentativesareshuguangrestaurantandxianlaidecakestorewhichhavebeenfamousfortheirchopricecakessince1930s;althoughthemakingproceduresaredifferent. 　　freshmeatflourdough 　　thetypicalflourdoughhastheingredientsofdicedchickenandmeat,mixingwiththedelicioussoup.becauseoftheear-likefigure,itgotthename鈥渕ao鈥檈r鈥meaningtheearsofcat.butherei鈥檇liketorecommendanuniqueoneinqiaojiashanrestaurantofshanghai.thespecialthingsarethehand-madeflourpieceandthemeatorbeanpastestuffing. 　　escargotspickledwithdistillers'grainsorinwine