Haipai cuisine

Haipai cuisine (Chinese: 海派西餐; pinyin: hǎipài xīcān; Wade–Giles: hai3-p'ai4 hsi1-ts'an4) is a Western-style cooking that is unique to Shanghai, China.

For a hundred years since it opened to foreign traders, Shanghai has witnessed the increasing popularity of Haipai cuisine.

However, since China began to implement its economic reforms in 1978, an increasing number of authentic Western restaurants set up in Shanghai.

But luó sòng tāng and fried pork chops with Worcestershire sauce are still enjoyed and considered to be the flavor of "old Shanghai".

After the October Revolution in the Soviet Union in 1917, a large wave of Russian white émigrés poured into China, and in particular in Shanghai.

Their two dishes: borscht and buttered bread (butterbrot) gained a great popularity in Shanghai due to their low price.

'Russian soup'), originated in Harbin, close to the Russian border in northeast China, and has spread as far as Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Most recipes contain beef and its broth, potatoes, and leaf vegetables; Hongchang sausage and Worcestershire sauce are sometimes added as well.

As more people made borscht at home, its recipes changed to please the different tastes of its makers, occasionally taking on the influence of mirepoix or minestrone with the inclusion of carrots, celery, onions, and bay leaves.

[10] The pork chop is coated with bread crumbs before being fried to avoid too greasy, and to have a crispy exterior while maintaining tender inside.