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| - Ala Shang Hai is a bit overpriced, you are really paying for the nice seats and decor when you eat here.
The food was alright. I liked their green onion pancake. The soup dumplings were standard, only 4 soup dumplings per order, which is pricier than average. The veggies were standard. We got beef mince congee which was a bit bland. I was also craving rice rolls, so we ordered one, but they were missing the pickled vegetable that makes rice rolls taste so good. Without the vegetable, it tasted very bland with just the rice, the fried dough, and the shredded pork.
The service is pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant - waitress that doesn't really care about you or look happy to be working there, difficult in getting other waitstaff attention when we need the bill or more tea. This was in the late afternoon (~2pm), so it was pretty dead - only 3 other tables to serve amongst 3 wait staff. We got a signature Shanghainese dessert which was a rice cake with fruit, not my cup of tea and it tasted a bit stale thinking back on it.
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