New Year cake with pork chops
One of Shanghai resident's favorite dishes is New Year cakes. They are small cakes made of glutinous rice with meat inside. The cakes are fried, which gives the outside a crisp coating, while the inside is soft and sticky. The most famous shops for New Year Cakes in Shanghai are the Xiaochangzhou Confectionery Branch Store and Xiandelai Confectionery Branch Store, located at the Fuzhou Crossing of the Middle Sichuan Road.