Delicate delights

The cuisine of Jiangnan is celebrated at a new hotel restaurant, and Xu Junqian samples the mouth-watering ribs and more in Shanghai.

Chinese Jiangnan-style food is probably one of the most delicate and historical cuisines in the country that originated from south of the Yangtze River.

Different from its derivative, Shanghai cuisine, which is defined by its oiliness and heavy use of soy sauce and sugar, Jiangnan food is light, delightfully sweet and draws from a much wider selection of recipes from Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.