Yan Yun Lou / ??? (aka Swallow’s Cloud Floor)
100 Yun Nan Road
Shanghai, China
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Yan Yun Lou Restaurant (???) apparently was one of the first restaurants to sell Peking Roast Duck in Shanghai.. since 1921! It’s just round the corner from the apartment and our office, so some colleagues and I decided to pop in for lunch. It’s a lot fancier than I’d expected, lovely clean interiors and polite service. It even had English on its menu – woohoo!

The best dish, by far, was the Peking Roast Duck. Normally, I’m not a huge fan of the lots-of-fat-and-duck-skin approach, but this one’s different. They actually served slices of duck meat with only a small sliver of skin. The meat was really tender and moist, and the crepe it came with was soft and warm. Boy, it was fantastic! Absolutely delicious, I’m so bringing Chris back to check it out 😉

Yan Yun Lou Restaurant (???)

Chrysanthemum Tea, loved the flowers floating on the top

English menu, woohoo! Though with curious looking dishes

The nice interior

Gorgeous wall

Steamed ‘silver thread buns’

Braised lettuce – this was surprisingly good!

Xiao Long Bao!

It was good, though I prefer the interior sans veggies

Sweet & Sour Pork – delicious

The crepe, sauce and veggie shreds to wrap up the roast duck

Peking Roast Duck… OMG this was luscious

All wrapped snugly :)~