One of the biggest tea cafe chains in Shanghai. There's is also another chain by the same Chinese name by you can tell them apart from the English (the other one is called Be For Time). The "BiFengTang" 避风塘 seems to be the original one. One is on Nanjing Rd and corner of TongRen Rd, and the other is on ChangShu Rd before hitting ChangLe Rd. You can pretty much order most of the popular dim sum items, along with fried rice and noodles. Their sweet pork buns are very good (they also sell packaged frozen dim sum items in supermarkets). The one on Nanjing Rd has a nice sidewalk seating with window shields.
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"WuQi" in Chinese means "house", and the name alludes the different types of soups the restaurant has to offer, which resemble what Cantonese grandmas would make at home for the family. The typical ones come in chick, duck, or pork rib soup base, with more nutrient/medicinal ingredients added in. These soups are usually simmered over several hours to make sure the flavors are fully extracted; the stuff in the soup don't have to be eaten since it's the soup that's the star. The restaurant also serve other Hong Kong/Cantonese dishes in a tea cafe style but do try their soups. There are 2 locations: one on Yuyuan Rd behind Jiuguang on Nanjing Rd in the alley near the Zara shop across from Plaza 66.
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