SEEMOU 特工队之槟城【老上海】#2

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就是这部啦，超级经典~

每当有人提起“上海”一词，我都会。。。

 ~夜上海，夜上海，你是个不夜城~
就会不自觉哼起这首曲子，短短的一句，却是多么的回味。

可能小时候接触多吧，我是说电视剧，哈哈~
比如说著名的上海滩，上海滩赌圣，甚至是黄飞鸿剧集，也有提及“上海”一词，叫我怎么能不印象深刻。想起当年去中国旅游时到上海一游，更是让我难忘，一幕幕的夜景，繁华的城市，真叫人陶醉。

这就是想当年的上海~

至今繁华的演变！

就这样，很奇怪的，一提“上海”，耳旁会自然响起那首经典名曲~夜上海，夜上海~
哈哈，再唱要被人打了。

相比之下，槟城虽没上海的繁华昌盛，但保留了自己独特的古早味道，一道道的文化艺术壁画巷，各式样的主题咖啡厅，还有那让人觉得古老的房子，一代代的传承，富有当年古代的味道。
就在昨天，SEEMOU 团队到访了一间特色的餐馆，名字就叫“老上海”。
听起来还真的很老，但其实是一家新开不久的餐馆。

看起来很现代是不是？没关系，我帮您转个视野，看下图：

这张够味道了吧？怀旧feel~

老上海这家餐馆位于CHIME HERITAGE，               Nagore Square ，看看外观，里头不大，踏入店家， 找了位置坐下来，开始扫视菜单牌，点了一碗正餐，辣肉面，无辣不欢的我就是要尝尝看到底有多好吃，来到了“上海”怎么可能不点一笼小笼包呢？

当下还点了生煎包，准备大快朵颐。
在餐牌还发现了一个特别的菜色，叫
“老鼠爱大米”
歌就听了无数遍，是这首歌倒是没吃过，也点了一盘试一试。

室内简介明亮

地方虽小，但还是挺凉爽的~有冷气有Free Wifi

上桌的辣肉面呢看似平平无奇，也没特别装饰什么，用筷子捞起的第一口，wow，爽嫩！
滑滑的质感，面条咬嚼得还有弹劲，不差不差~
比起我们道地一般的云吞面面条，大概吃得出不一样的口感了，
（突发奇想，用这些面条做成云吞面又如何呢？）哈哈，想必味道应该不错！

起初的几口还没感觉，但后来那股辣味涌上喉咙，还蛮辣的~ （过后点了冷饮猛喝）

这就是辣辣的辣肉面啦！卖相确实没什么特别

滑嫩的面条~辣味慢慢涌上来了~ 

             接着，轮到那一笼热呼呼的小笼包上桌，打开一看，似乎没我想象的大，而且怎么看起来还很“消瘦”叻？

*其实，第一眼我还以为是“siu mai”~哈哈哈

算啦，新鲜出炉的热包子，皮薄薄的，咋看没什么馅料，端起来放在嘴里，咬下第一口！

里头的汤汁意外【爆】在嘴里。。。一个字：“烫”！！！！！
很意外！因为被烫到了，那时的样子超狼狈==",没想到会是吃cream puff 的感觉~

经服务员讲解，原来得需将包子轻轻咬下第一口开个洞，然后再将汤汁缓缓吸入口里，点一些醋，才一口把它放进嘴里咬嚼~
哈哈，不会吃还真不懂！
依据所教的方法，吃下去，感觉好吃得多。

上海小笼包

夹起吹一吹，往包子咬个洞，吸吮里面的汤汁~

喜欢醋的朋友沾一沾就可直接送入嘴里咬嚼啦~

同样的，生煎包一到，吃下一口，包子的底部煎得有点酥脆，这是挺意外的，好像分开炸似的，但包子里同样的有“汁”润的口感，所以也不会很干涩。

品尝了这两道菜色，自己会偏向喜欢上海生煎包，因为它炸得蛮像我喜欢的吃芙蓉叉烧包啊~~哈哈，
大同小异，只不过生煎包多了自分的酥脆和多汁的口感！
嘿嘿，其它不敢说，包子你得尝尝看！

卖相不错吧？哈哈，要不要来一口？

酥脆，有质感！

最后呢，就是“老鼠爱大米”，好像一粒粒的日本饭团，装饰像只老鼠，纯粹外观讨喜，但原来内有乾坤，包含了甜美的豆沙馅，喜爱吃豆沙的朋友您会感到惊喜，至少那外观还真的挺有趣可爱的~ （看久了觉得是一只猪，囧）

样子挺讨喜，吃老鼠爱大米来喂~

想饱餐一顿上海菜，那你别错过这家老上海店啦！上海小笼包& 生煎包真心推荐给你！

Chime Heritage

 老上海【Old Shanghai 】

No. 15 Chime Heritage,

Jalan Bawasah,

Penang

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SEEMOU Seekers visit Old Shanghai | Trip #2

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After Seemou Seeker's first trip to Selfie Coffee Cafe, we decided to try something at the other end of the spectrum and ended up at Old Shanghai. 

Compared to the Selfie Coffee that was something completely new, Old Shanghai serves more traditional Shanghainese food. There was even an antique bicycle displayed outside the restaurant. 

Old Shanghai is a part of Chime Heritage, a row of shophouses that have been mostly converted to eateries behind Penang Plaza. 

Upon stepping into Old Shanghai, the restaurant, that is, one could see that it was a simple yet nice enough place. It was also air-conditioned which made it a good place to escape the mid-day heat. 

There were several black-and-white photos of Shanghai hung on the wall. 

I had to take a second look as many of the buildings resembled European heritage buildings. However, after some clarification, I learnt that Shanghai was similar to Penang in a way that it has many leftover European colonial buildings.

 Wow, we're always learning something new, aren't we?

Their specialties. 

I didn't order any noodles for myself, but the other two Seemou Seekers did. 

This was just too cute to pass up! 

Little glutinous rice mice filled with red bean paste. Also known as lao shu ai da mi in Mandarin, probably after that popular song. (Mouse Love Rice, RM 12) 

The eyes and ears were edible as well, the eyes being some sort of bean and the ears were made with some seed. 

And after biting off a poor mouse's head to reveal the red bean paste...

The good thing was that it wasn't too sweet, however I felt like it lacked... a certain flavour. It was probably the nature of the glutinous rice, however, I believe that this is one of those sort of food that are more fascinating to try for the first time.

On the other hand, the xiao long bao (Shanghai Steamed Stuffed Buns, RM 15) scored in the flavour-aspect. 

Being the top Shanghai food one can't live without on TravelCNN, there was no doubt that we had to order and try this dish. Not having been to Shanghai myself, I don't really have a benchmark to compare, but do I think their xiao long baos did pretty well. 

When I reached my chopsticks out to pick one, I hadn't expect it to be so soft. I half-expected the skin to break anytime and was extra careful when bringing it over to my bowl. To my surprise, it held up very well...until my teeth sunk into it, that is. :P

The meat inside was tender and tasty. It also had plenty of gravy, which I then learnt after it all spilled into my bowl that I had eaten it the wrong way. 

Massive fail, haha

One of the cooks came out and spoke to us for a while, asking us if we liked the food. He then told us the right way to eat xiao long baos. 

Apparently, I had to prick a small hole and drink the gravy before it all leaks out. When we asked if that would burn our tongue, the chef said no, that the little hole would be enough for the steam to escape. 

I had not only learnt that there were British Colonial buildings in Shanghai that day, but the proper way to eat these little dumplings as well! 

I would have to say that these were my favourite that day. 

Shanghai Fried Stuffed Buns, RM 12. It may be because I like my biscuits and crunchy stuff that made my tastebuds endorse this, but I like how it had a different texture from the rest. 

The top of the bun was soft like the others, however it was the fried bit that made this special. Also, I'd thought that this was unique like the mice dumplings, however with a little googling, I discovered that it is also Top Snacking Options in Shanghai! 

Its insides were basically the same as the xiao long bao. 

I tried a mouthful of this and it wasn't too bad. (Scallion Noodles, RM 6)

All in all, I would say that Old Shanghai is worth a try if you like Chinese food. Their food is also quite reasonably priced, considering the environment. Like I said, it was nice to escape the blistering heat outside. 

It's also nice to know that one can try Shanghainese food in Penang. 

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Old Shanghai 

No. 15 Chime Heritage,

Jalan Bawasah,

Penang

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