YongFoo Elite

YongFoo Elite occupies a restored 1930s villa on Yongfu Road, all Art Deco paneling, crystal chandeliers, and a walled garden. The kitchen serves the sweet, soy-simmered cooking of old Shanghai - braised pork, drunken chicken, stir-fried river shrimp - elevated to two Michelin stars.

Dinner here is an event: pre-dinner drinks in the garden, a table set with period silverware, and dishes that taste like a wealthy grandmother's memories, perfected. It is expensive, romantic, and exactly the kind of evening travelers photograph for years afterwards.