Recently opened New Shanghai Chatswood Chase restaurant brings together the best of authentic Shanghai cuisine in a traditional 1930’s street-style setting.
The third of the flourishing New Shanghai restaurants, New Shanghai Chatswood Chase has been designed to transport diners back to a 1930’s Shanghai scene - a lively backdrop to enjoy the dumplings that have made the restaurant’s predecessors so popular. The striking interior design is based on the idea of longtang – a traditional Shanghai backstreet or alleyway – reminiscent of the place where New Shanghai’s style of food would typically be served. Representing a cultural mix of east meets west in Shanghai, this Longtang theme harks back to the vibrant culinary culture in which New Shanghai owner John Chen grew up around.
With a dining atmosphere full of personality and life, New Shanghai offers guests an all-encompassing dumpling experience unlike that offered elsewhere in Sydney. Rustic cobblestoned floors evoke a street feel, while red flags and traditional Shanghai artworks are used to recreate the life and pulse of the longtang. Wooden doors at the back of the restaurant indicate an entrance into someone’s home – which would typically flank a Shanghai longtang. Hanging windows give the illusion of height, recognising that the usual dwellings are 3-4 stories high. A live dumpling theatre allows diners a sneak peek into the action, and helps add to a sense of the drama and anticipation. A bicycle, baskets and umbrellas add to the kaleidoscope of colour and movement reminiscent of the street scene.
Food / Restaurants | Where: Chatswood, NSW
“The New Shanghai Chatswood Chase restaurant concept has been developed to allow people to truly experience the traditional way people would eat dumplings in Shanghai. The diversity and complexity of the longtang defines much of Shanghai’s civil culture, and I have tried to replicate that for the people of Sydney.”
Owner John Chen
The restaurant is located at:
Lower Ground Level, Chatswood Chase, Chatswood, Sydney NSW.
Ph: (02) 9412 3358
The place looks cool, just like being transported in the old shaolin movies, very nice. I have been to Beijing before, great Chinese food there, hope to see the same here. Recently, I have been eating Chinese food from fast foods at Mandarin Centre in Chatswood.