Shen Dacheng

Shen Dacheng was founded in 1875 on Nanjing Road, an old dim-sum house that started with freshly made Jiangnan rice cakes and now spans more than a century and a half.

Its double-filled glutinous balls, longevity peaches and cakes, and the qingtuan made around the Qingming festival are seasonal must-buys for Shanghai families—the qingtuan in particular drawing long spring queues each year.

Shen Dacheng holds to hand-made glutinous-rice cake methods—careful milling of the rice flour, balanced fillings and steaming to order—for a texture that is soft and chewy without being sticky.