Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized APPLEBEE’S 7 February 2010


Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar
No.18 Basement, 131 Tianyaoqiao Lu
Xujiahui
Shanghai, China

PRICE: ???
RATING:

We were surprised to see Applebee’s, an American chain, in Shanghai. But we immediately went in to check it out – because I love American food, especially their portion sizes πŸ˜› We were pleasantly surprised that the service was top-notch. Fluent English, so friendly and helpful, and not sullen or pushy like some local joints are. Spacious yet warm inside, it was a great place to hide out from the winter cold.

I thoroughly enjoyed my cocktail, I forgot the name, but it was a luscious creamy blend of vanilla ice cream, alcohol, and other pleasures. It came in a tall frosted glass and was filling enough to be a dessert. Chris’ Long Island Ice Tea was packed with alcohol, enough for 1-2 of these babies to get you tipsy πŸ˜‰

Our deep-fried chicken, onion rings, nachos and quesadillas appetizers came PILED onto a plate, with so much food we had to poke around to see it all! The cheese quesadillas were simple and well-prepared, the onion rings were crispy and not too oily, and the deep fried chicken was spectacular and so tender. My only complaint was that the nachos were those really thin chips and not that kind that we normally get in Australia.

The rack of pork ribs, fries, coleslaw and beans was fantastic comfort food. The ribs were good and were very decently cooked, but not melt-off-the-bone spectacular. The chicken smothered in cheese, with rice was average. The chicken breast was charred nicely but a little plain. Fortunately, it was offset by some juicy sliced mushrooms and melted cheese on top. The butter rice was probably the best part – so buttery and rich!

Unfortunately they’re really far from where we live, so it’s not easy for us to go there again. But if we did, we would most definitely get their cocktails again, as well as their appetizers. Wouldn’t re-order the 2 mains we got, but I’d love to try their steak!


Luscious creamy cocktail, and long island iced tea

Very pleased with my cocktail

A tumble of onion rings, deep fried chicken, quesadillas, nachos

Ribs and fries

Chicken and cheese with rice

Afterwards, a chocolate fondant in a cream puff, from Beard Papa.
Weird combination but it tasted good!

Chris likes it too. ROFL!


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Oh my, the cheese on that chicken looks like a hot air balloon being inflated!

I love American chain restaurants πŸ˜€ (except I refuse to step foot in an Outback Steakhouse. Matter of principle. Blooming Onions are NOT Australian :P) Give me Chilis or Red Lobster or Ruby Tuesdays and I’m a happy girl!

-Hannah

(P.S. my screening words today are “bytes the”! Teehee…

I always order the riblets basket whenever I’m at Applebees.. they’re pretty tasty and they have an all-you-can eat riblets every Mondays here :p

Oh my, the cheese on that chicken looks like a hot air balloon being inflated!

I love American chain restaurants πŸ˜€ (except I refuse to step foot in an Outback Steakhouse. Matter of principle. Blooming Onions are NOT Australian :P) Give me Chilis or Red Lobster or Ruby Tuesdays and I’m a happy girl!

-Hannah

(P.S. my screening words today are “bytes the”! Teehee…

I wish we had Beard Papa’s here! I would eat it every day. For now, I settle for the cream puffs from the local Japantown bakery which are still delicious.

I have to catch up on all your Harbin posts!

I always order the riblets basket whenever I’m at Applebees.. they’re pretty tasty and they have an all-you-can eat riblets every Mondays here :p

I wish we had Beard Papa’s here! I would eat it every day. For now, I settle for the cream puffs from the local Japantown bakery which are still delicious.

I have to catch up on all your Harbin posts!