Founded in 1989, Lao Yujia is the ancestor of Northeast cuisine in Shanghai and one of the most representative Northeast restaurants in the hearts of many Shanghai diners. The snow bean paste that is difficult to eat when you leave Jilin is very authentic at home. The egg white skin wraps the red bean paste, which becomes soft and fluffy after frying, and sprinkled with powdered sugar before eating, which is sweet and sweet. However, this dessert is seriously oily, and it will be greasy to eat too much, and the bean paste filling is not fragrant enough, so diners who are interested can bring their own bean paste filling for the chef to cook. Another Northeast specialty fried sticky bean bun is drier, the skin is glutinous and entangled, very satiety, and it is available in limited quantities every day, so you must go to the store as soon as possible to place an order if you want to eat.

Known as the most authentic fish head cake in Shanghai, it is also in Lao Yu's home. First of all, the large basin that occupies half of the area of the table tops catches the eyeballs, and the fathead fish is in the center, and the top is full of egg cakes. The fat head fish is tender and has many spines, with a slight earthy smell, so it is recommended to soak it in the soup before eating; The egg cake is a dead noodle with a hard and tough taste, so do not eat it dry, but should also soak it in the soup, which is salty, thick and fragrant, and the cake after soaking is more delicious than fish. Another famous dish in the Northeast is stewed pork ribs with beans and potatoes, which are also excellent, the texture of oil beans and potatoes is thick, and they are soft and rotten by the oil of the ribs, but this can only be called a vegetarian dish, and the amount of pork ribs is too small. The most surprising thing is that Lao Yujia has a pot of meat that can compete with the Kanto small mill, the skin is crispy but not firm, and the sour taste is more sweet than the sweetness.

Disappointingly, some of Lao Yu's signature dishes are quite crude. The gold medal roast chicken is honored, but the skin is too salty, the meat is dried and firewood, and the color is really ordinary; The bones of the sauce stick are bitter, and there is not much bone marrow; The dumpling skin is hard, the filling is too chopped, you can't taste the original taste of the ingredients, and the aroma is lacking, which is really not what it should be for an old Northeast cuisine restaurant. Fortunately, the store's sincere attitude brought back a city, and a pot of soy milk and a plate of shredded tofu dishes were sent when they entered the door, and the waiter was warm and thoughtful, and his hands and feet were quick. At present, Lao Yujia has four branches in Shanghai, all of which are a little far from the subway station, but parking is quite convenient, and it is recommended to drive or take a taxi to eat.