We came across this little restaurant on a quiet side street that serves up remarkably good and inexpensive pseudo-Western dishes. I had the black pepper beef (comes with rice, potatoes, and an egg) for 12 RMB, and a great mango smoothie made with ice-cream for 10 RMB. The chicken curry, salad and pastas are also good, and there is a nice selection of smoothies and fresh fruit juices available from the attached juice stand/ice-cream parlor. I’ve easily paid 3 times as much for worse at many other places in town.

We went a day or so before it actually opened for business but the owners were still nice enough to serve us the limited items they had at the time. Today we went again and had to wait for a seat, so it looks like the secret is out. Hopefully this place won’t take its cue from other popular Shanghai establishments and destroy its atmosphere or double its prices to accommodate all the visitors.