Shanghai 21 Menu

Shanghai 21, located on 21 Mott St in New York, offers a delightful Shanghainese dining experience. Known for its vegan and vegetarian options, the menu also includes must-try items like Szechuan wontons and shrimp dumplings with soy ginger sauce. Customers praise the crispy fish in sweet and sour sauce and the scallion pancakes for their flavorful and generous portions. The atmosphere is cozy, and the service is efficient, making it a popular choice for lunch and dinner. Despite occasional waits, loyal customers return for favorites like the Crab & Pork Dumplings and Truffle Dumplings. With a cash-only policy, Shanghai 21 is a go-to spot for authentic Chinese cuisine in the heart of Chinatown.

Soda and Drinks

Soda

$2.50

Mineral Bottled Water

$2.50

Soup Dumpling With Crab Meat And Pork

pieces.

$10.75

Soup Dumpling With Pork

pieces.

$9.75

Black Truffle Soup Dumpling With Pork

Six pieces.

$16.75

Fried Tiny Buns With Pork

pieces.

$8.75

Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings

pieces.

$8.75

Steamed Pork Dumplings

pieces.

$8.75

Steamed Vegetable Dumplings

pieces.

$8.75

Boiled Pork And Leek Dumplings

pieces.

$8.75

Shrimp Dumplings

pieces.

$7.75

Steamed Watercress And Shrimp Dumplings

pieces.

$7.75

Shanghai Wonton Soup

pieces.

$9.25

Szechuan Style Wonton

pieces. Hot and spicy.

$9.25

Pan-Fried Wontons

pieces.

$10.00

House Deep-Fried Pork Chop

$8.75

Cold Noodles With Sesame Sauce

$8.00

Scallion Pancakes

$6.00

Plain Steamed Buns

pieces.

$6.00

Shanghai Spring Rolls

$6.00

Vegetable Spring Rolls

$6.00

Sweet Red Bean Pancakes

$8.75

Sesame Rice Balls In Wine Soup

pieces.

$7.50

Sesame Rice Balls

pieces.

$7.00

Old Style Lo Mein With Scallion Sauce

$7.75

Beef Siumai

$6.25

Pork And Shrimp Siumai

$6.25

Chicken Siumai

$6.25

Dim Sum and Appetizers

Soup

Hot And Sour Soup

With pork. Hot and spicy.

$5.50

Egg Drop Soup

$4.50

Shredded Pork And Preserved Vegetable Soup

$6.75

Shredded Pork With Preserved Szechuan Pickle Soup

$6.75

Fried Bean Curd And Bean Noodle Soup

$7.25

Chicken Corn Soup

$7.25

Watercress With Sliced Pork And Bean Curd Soup

$11.00

Cantonese Hot And Sour Soup

Hot and spicy.

$11.25

Diced Bean Curd And Shredded Pork Potage Soup

$11.00

Yellow Fish Mixed Potage Soup

$14.50

Braised Noodles With Pork

$9.75

Braised Noodles With Chicken

$9.75

Braised Noodles With Beef

$11.25

Braised Noodles With Shrimp

$11.25

Braised Noodles With Vegetables

$9.25

Braised Noodles With Scallion And Pork Chop

$11.25

Braised Noodles in Soup

Noodles in Soup

House Special Pork Chop With Noodles In Soup

$11.25

Noodles With Meat Sauce

Cha chiang mein. Hot and spicy.

$10.25

Shanghai Wonton With Noodles In Soup

$9.75

Shredded Pork And Preserved Vegetable Noodles In Soup

$9.75

Shredded Pork And Preserved Szechuan Pickle Noodles In Soup

$9.75

Seafood Noodles In Soup

$16.25

Shanghai Style Noodles In Soup

$11.25

Mixed Pork And Shrimp With Noodles In Soup

$10.50

Spicy Stewed Beef With Noodles In Soup

Hot and spicy.

$11.50

Baby Shrimp With Noodles In Soup

$11.25

Aromatic Beef With Noodles In Soup

$11.25

Dan Dan Noodles

$9.25

Vegetalbe Noodles In Soup

$9.25

Chicken Pan-Fried Noodles

$16.00

Pork Pan-Fried Noodles

$16.00

Beef Pan-Fried Noodles

$18.00

Baby Shrimp Pan-Fried Noodles

$18.00

Shanghai Style Pan-Fried Noodles

$18.00

Seafood Pan-Fried Noodles

$21.00

Vegetable Pan-Fried Noodles

$16.00

Pan-Fried Noodles

Fried Rice

Shanghai Style Fried Rice

$13.50

Pork Fried Rice

$12.50

Chicken Fried Rice

$12.50

Beef Fried Rice

$13.50

Baby Shrimp Fried Rice

$13.50

Young Chow Fried Rice

$13.50

Shredded Pork And Preserved Cabbage Fried Rice

$12.50

Vegetable Fried Rice

$12.50

Egg Fried Rice

$10.50

Hong Kong Style Fried Rice

$15.50

Shredded Pork And Preserved Vegetables With Rice Cakes

$11.25

Chicken With Rice Cakes

$11.25

Vegetable With Rice Cakes

$11.25

Beef With Rice Cakes

$12.25

Shrimp With Rice Cakes

$12.25

Shanghai Style Rice Cakes

$12.25

Seafood With Rice Cakes

$16.25

Rice Cake

Shanghai Style Lo Mein

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Chicken

$12.25

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Pork

$12.25

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Beef

$13.25

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Shrimp

$13.25

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Pork And Shrimp

$13.25

Shanghai Style Lo Mein With Seafood

$19.25

Diced Chicken With Walnut

$21.00

Chicken With Cashew

$21.00

Diced Chicken In Hoisin Sauce

$21.00

Diced Chicken In Hot Pepper Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$21.00

Kung Pao Chicken

Hot and spicy.

$21.00

Sliced Chicken With Broccoli

$20.00

Sliced Chicken With Eggplant In Garlic Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$20.00

General Tso's Chicken

Hot and spicy.

$20.00

Sweet And Sour Chicken

$20.00

Sliced Chicken With Mixed Vegetables

$20.00

Half Braised Duck In Scallion Sauce

$26.00

Half Crispy Duck

$26.00

Sesame Chicken

$20.00

Poultry

Pork

Double Sauteed Pork With Hot Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$20.00

Shredded Pork With Dried Bean Curd

$20.00

Shredded Pork With Preserved Szechuan Pickle

$20.00

Shredded Pork With Bamboo Shoots

$20.00

Shredded Pork With Garlic Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$20.00

Hot Peppers With Shredded Pork Stomach

Hot and spicy.

$20.00

Braised Lion's Head Meatball With Vegetables

$23.00

Braised Boar Hock With Baby Bai Choy

$29.00

Pork Chop With Salt And Pepper

$20.00

Braised Cabbage With Dried Shredded Pork

$18.00

Cabbage With Salty Pork

$21.00

Pork Chop With Sweet And Sour Sauce

$20.00

Fresh Bacon With Preserved Cabbage

$23.00

Hot Pepper And Shredded Beef

Hot and spicy. Comes with brown sauce.

$24.50

Tangerine Beef

Hot and spicy.

$24.50

Sliced Beef With Broccoli

$24.50

Shredded Beef With Garlic Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$24.50

Shredded Beef With Dried Bean Curd And Chinese Celery

$24.50

Dry Sauteed Shredded Beef

Szechuan style.

$24.50

Pepper Steak

$24.50

Beef

Bean Curd and Vegetables

Bean Curd Szechuan Style

Hot and spicy.

$17.00

Sauteed Dry String Beans

$17.00

Eggplant With Garlic Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$17.00

Homemade Style Bean Curd

Hot and spicy.

$17.00

Preserved Vegetable Lime Bean And Bean Curd Sheets

$17.00

Buddha Deluxe

Mixed vegetables.

$17.00

Broccoli With Garlic Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$17.00

Sauteed Spinach With Dried Onion

$17.00

Sauteed Baby Shanghai Bai Choy

$17.00

Bean Curd With Black Mushrooms

$21.00

Black Mushrooms With Shanghai Bai Choy

$21.00

Watercress Sauteed With Enoki Mushrooms

$20.00

Chinese Broccoli With Garlic

$19.00

Sauteed Black Mushrooms And Bamboo Shoots

$21.00

Salty And Fresh Pork Medley

Comes with dry bean curd tripe and bamboo shoot.

$26.00

Whole Yellowfish With Pork

Preserved vegetables in soup.

$27.00

Lion's Head Meatball Casserole

Meatball.

$24.00

Shi Jin Guo Ba

Assorted meat potage with sizzling rice.

$24.25

Wuxi Spareribs

$26.00

Casseroles

Seafood

Fried Jumbo Shrimp With Wonderful Fruit Sauce

$25.50

Sesame Shrimp

$25.50

Jumbo Shrimp With Salt And Pepper

Hot and spicy.

$25.50

Shrimp With Szechuan Chili Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$25.50

Jumbo Shrimp With Ginger And Scallion Sauce

$25.50

Sauteed Baby Shrimp

$23.00

Popcorn Shrimp With Dried Seaweed

$21.00

Squid And Shrimp Sauteed With Ginger And Scallion

$21.00

Shrimp And Chicken With Hoisin Sauce

$21.00

Scallop With White Wine Sauce

$23.00

Squid With Salt And Pepper

Hot and spicy.

$20.50

Crispy Whole Yellowfish With Sweet And Sour Sauce

$26.25

Crispy Whole Yellowfish With Chili Sauce

Hot and spicy.

$26.25

Braised Whole Yellowfish With Pork In Brown Sauce

$26.25

Fried Fish Finger With Dried Seaweed

$26.25

Braised Cabbage With Dried Baby Shrimps

$16.25

Cabbage With Crab Meat

$23.25

Bean Curd With Crab Meat

$23.25

Bean Curd With Baby Shrimps

$20.25

Baby Shrimps With Shanghai Bok Choy

$20.25

Baby Shrimp With Broccoli

$21.00

Fried Fish Filet With Broccoli

$21.00

Wine Chicken

$19.25

Kau Fu

$9.75

Spicy Cabbage

Hot and spicy.

$8.00

Aromatic Beef

$13.75

Braised Bamboo Shoots

$9.25

Crystal Noodle With Sliced Chicken And Sesame Sauce

$12.75

Cold Dishes

Over Rice Dishes

Sesame Chicken Over Rice

$11.25

Spicy Stewed Beef Over Rice

Hot and spicy.

$12.25

General Tso's Chicken Over Rice

Hot and spicy.

$11.25

House Special Pork Chop Over Rice

$11.50

Beef With Broccoli Over Rice

$11.50

Beef With Bean Curd Over Rice

$11.50

Double Sauteed Pork Over Rice

Hot and spicy.

$11.50

Fish Filet Over Rice

$11.50

Shrimp With Lobster Sauce Over Rice

$11.50

Bean Curd Szechuan Style Over Rice

Hot and spicy.

$11.25

Squid With Preserved Cabbage Over Rice

$10.50

Sliced Pork With String Beans Over Rice

$10.50

Mixed Vegetables Over Rice

$11.25

Beef With Tomato Over Rice

$11.25

Chicken With Pepper In Black Bean Sauce Over Rice

$10.50

Baby Shrimp Broccoli Over Rice

$11.50

Chicken With Broccoli Over Rice

$11.50

White Rice

$2.25

Side Order