Ok, now it’s my turn to be watching a blondieinchina video and getting hungry. I would have loved that challenge and trust me, no takeaways would have been needed. I did have some good stomach real estate but happily lost some on my 1000 km walk. 😀
Interesting fact: new shanghai and shanghai night were original started by two sisters who fell out with each other. New shanghai was then revamped to new and modern furnishings by a duaghter in law of one of the sisters who studied finance but later quit her job to manage the family business.
2 common possibilities when Chinese restaurants sharing the same name. If the new shop is opened far from the original outlet, it could be the co-owner/siblings or the apprentice expanding the business on good terms. If the new shop is just next door, it could be there is a conflict between the co-owners/siblings/apprentice and one is trying to screw the other up by opening a "New (shop name)".
The last place you went to was a family favourite restaurant for eating Shanghainese cuisine in Ashfield. Our family always loved both the xiaolongbao and the pan-fried dumplings and pan-fried buns in that place too. It may not be heavily crowded but the food is the best of the Shanghainese restaurants we have had in Ashfield to-date.
I live in Ashfield, and I have to say that while New Shanghai had the speediest service, it tends to be busier and it’s not unusual to find a line outside. So for a quick meal during lunch or dinner hours, I would try the other places. For a late night xiao long bao fix, Shanghai Night lives up to its name. They’re open until 11pm every day. And I’ve always overlooked Flavour Shanghai but will definitely try it now after your ratings. We love an underdog story! Haha
I used to live in Ashfield moved down to Campsie. And I oftenly eat at shanghai night .... love it.... I've been following and watching all ur vid. Well done
It's pretty impressive that you actually like the last restaurant most after having 24 xiaolongbaos... I wouldn't find anything delicious at that stage😂. I guess it means the last one is really good.
I have always enjoyed a good xiaolongbao and it’s been years since I had one. This was a good video that brought back memories of this wonderful treat.
As a 6 years Ashfield local resident, I have to say you just just missed the best Xiaolongbao at Taste of Shanghai opposite of these four restaurants you’ve tried
Shanghai night and new Shanghai both on ASHFIELD. Been there. Prefer Shanghai night but sadly its changed. It was alot better and more flavoursome before
if theres 225 items on the menu, doesnt that bring into question their freshness? how can a small restaurant maintain the ingredients to prepare 225 different dishes on demand in adequate supply? also speed is not always good. if a restaurant delivers a dish suspiciously fast, my first thought is that it is precooked
The food court style '3 choices with rice' thingy in the Flavour Shanghai tastes so good and is great value at $10. Comes with complimentary soup as well. They also sell frozen raw 鲜肉汤圆 that are the best I've ever had in Sydney.
“ Us Westerners are suckers for ambiance “ . So true. Since having Chinese girlfriend I have learned to try the other places that look less appealing. Why line up when other place food is good or probably better. Enjoy China . So jealous. How did you get the OK to go there?
@@user-xt7vj5cn5e i'm sorry to hear that, homeaffairs does offer some chance, including compassionate grounds, otherwise you need to leave for at least 3 months for a "compelling" reason.
They're all in a row for the true China experience. I'm always like "why can't I find a store that sells X?" and then I walk down some random street and find 10 stores in a row all selling the exact same things
Greetings from Hong Kong. Hello, Miss Amy.👋🏻 This is the first video that I watched from your UA-cam channel. Each Xiaolongbao (小籠包) has a different taste with different toppings in it, they looked tasty, too. And I love having Xiaolongbao with my family and relatives.😄 I guess you loved them so much.
Enjoyed your review with your mother. Looks like lots of fun and I can feel that your anxiety anticipating your OS travel departure. Sad for both of you. But still looking forward to your next videos.
Damn, you have so many videos all queued up for when you were in quarantine, nice work😂 looking forward to seeing some more China vlogs now you are out though!
I believe it was in end-2009 when my grandma brought me to Flavour Shanghai when she was 89/90 years old. She was born in Ningbo, the same province as Shanghai. However, when I lived in Ashfield in 2010, I always went to New Shanghai or Taste of Shanghai, where you missed. That's OK, when you're back to SYD, you can try all these 5 ordering 'Sheng Jian Bao (生煎包)' :-D
You’ll find plenty of Shanghainese restaurants serving XLB in the SGV if you’re in Los Angeles. My favorite XLB (for dessert) is with Godiva chocolate and mochi from Din Tai Fung.
We went to Ashfield and tried the xiaolongbao in the last one ranked 7.5 yesterday after my partner watched this video. As she was born in Shanghai and really a fan of xiaolongbao, she did say the best xiaolongbao she had in sydney so far should be from the tiantong little kitchen.
i liked video, was awesome, now we all know they are there, thank you. shanghai night .$10.80 & xiao long bao ... two different items. Did you want the crab ones? I think you ordered maybe not crab one you said. "xiao long bao"
Chinese people dont mind waiting if the food is good, we even willing to travel far just to get the authentic taste do delivery time is not and issue as we usually use the waiting time to chit chat. Based on your review, I think I will prefer the last shop.
lol the last one looks very much like one of those takeout places/hawker sites. where i live, most customers go to those shops to buy for take out, only those in a rush would quickly eat whatever they ordered from those trays in the displays at a table and book it. sometimes the tables are just meant for employees but they won't say no to customers using them. not surprised it had the slowest service. i'm surprised they had service at all
Not sure if the pork in Australia has this porky odor or not. But in America, it does and the Xiao Long Bao taste can’t be compared with Asia. I tried Din Tai Fung in America and it tastes different from Din Tai Fung in Taiwan, HK and China.
Would be nice to show the summarised scores towards the end of the video. ;) Based on the rankings, I suppose we can generally conclude that out of the 3 key factors (Speed, Cost and Quality), you can only get 2 out of 3.
four xiaolongbao in a row amazing,xiaolongbao normally used as breakfast in china,and the price sound a bit of too high,in my hometown its like 8rmb for 10!
@@joshboston2323 Not me, it is the Australian government and media being political by twisting something normal to fit into their lying political agenda.
so lucky that you have so many choice of Xiaolong bao. reminds me of China town in NYC. not even Hong Kong has that many authentic ones outside Shanghai.
I love nothing more than a taste test! But I feel like you should have gone the extra 50 m and checked out the Taste of Shanghai across the road as well! If I remember correctly Shanghai Night was first.
Amy, how do thise compare to Joe Shanghai's in New York City? Because NYC has the best in America. There's also a Xiao Long Bao specialty restaurant in Flushing, NY you should try.
Hi，I am Shanghaiese was studied in Newcastle. I live in Melbourne now. I found woolworth have a kind of Xiaolongbao （soup filled dumplong）-Heavenly Banquet taste pretty nice and similar to the shanghai local store and valuable.
New Shanghai night is probably run by the protégé of the old Shanghai night. You can tell from they way they priced the dumplings and the location. This happens a lot for Chinese businesses (not only in FNB). I reckon the master and student got into an argument and the student just opened up his own. The similarly in the name is to show that the recipe is (almost) the same and if you've had it in the old place back then, you'll get the same stuff here. Not so much about creativity in the name. If (hypothetically) you see a restaurant called Donald McRonald, you could almost certainly tell what kind of food they serve
4 different xiaolongbao restaurants all within the same proximity? Great for the innovation and the interest of the customer, but not ideal for the owners, unless they really love competition. 6:43 When your girl leaves satisfied.
New Shanghai is a pretty big franchise across Australia, there’s a few in Sydney and other cities like Brisbane. What really surprised me though was going to Shanghai and actually finding the New Shanghai restaurant! Obviously it’s a super generic name so I was super suspicious it wasn’t actually the same franchise, but the logo was the exact same and the menu even mentioned their stores in Australia. Just like here the ambience in the Shanghai restaurant was pretty fancy, definitely more of a department store restaurant than a small street stall. Their xiao long bao were also better in their Shanghai restaurant 😂
Hi，Blondie. I really recommend you to go to the Homeway in Burwood and try their Henan lamb soup noodle. I can promise you will be amazed. Henan is my hometown，also know as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Guys, try xiaolongbao in Lanzhou Beef Noodle, Westfield Bondi. The best I ever tried in Sydney. I'm from Shanghai btw, and never like those restaurants with a name of Shanghai :)
Ok, now it’s my turn to be watching a blondieinchina video and getting hungry. I would have loved that challenge and trust me, no takeaways would have been needed. I did have some good stomach real estate but happily lost some on my 1000 km walk. 😀
With Amy in China now, will we be seeing more of your Vlog instead? Slowly taking over Amy.
How was your track adventure?
@@docvideo93 Wonderful , challenging and beautiful! Thanks for asking.
@@Johnwalkstheworld omg, you are still on that walk? how long does it take to finish from now on?
Would love to see your videos!
Interesting fact: new shanghai and shanghai night were original started by two sisters who fell out with each other. New shanghai was then revamped to new and modern furnishings by a duaghter in law of one of the sisters who studied finance but later quit her job to manage the family business.
interesting... Is this New shanghai the same as the franchise New shanghai that's popping up everywhere
2 common possibilities when Chinese restaurants sharing the same name.
If the new shop is opened far from the original outlet, it could be the co-owner/siblings or the apprentice expanding the business on good terms.
If the new shop is just next door, it could be there is a conflict between the co-owners/siblings/apprentice and one is trying to screw the other up by opening a "New (shop name)".
If those restaurants were in Shanghai, the fourth one would be called Authentic New Shanghai Night
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They are in Sydney dude
@@chiaweing obviously you never look at her instagram yesterday, not too bright head I reckon.
@@chiaweing She has been there for two weeks, dude...Wait a minute, your youtube name indicates that...you are a white supremacist?
@@relaxwhc they? Is she there with her mom?
@@wumao50centtroll52 I never said they, I only mentioned Amy
The last place you went to was a family favourite restaurant for eating Shanghainese cuisine in Ashfield. Our family always loved both the xiaolongbao and the pan-fried dumplings and pan-fried buns in that place too. It may not be heavily crowded but the food is the best of the Shanghainese restaurants we have had in Ashfield to-date.
I live in Ashfield, and I have to say that while New Shanghai had the speediest service, it tends to be busier and it’s not unusual to find a line outside. So for a quick meal during lunch or dinner hours, I would try the other places.
For a late night xiao long bao fix, Shanghai Night lives up to its name. They’re open until 11pm every day.
And I’ve always overlooked Flavour Shanghai but will definitely try it now after your ratings. We love an underdog story! Haha
I used to live in Ashfield moved down to Campsie. And I oftenly eat at shanghai night .... love it.... I've been following and watching all ur vid. Well done
It's pretty impressive that you actually like the last restaurant most after having 24 xiaolongbaos...
I wouldn't find anything delicious at that stage😂.
I guess it means the last one is really good.
loved this video! Thanks for sharing.. I miss a good xiao long bao from shanghai!
Your videos always bring a smile to everyone that watches. Who doesn't love Xiaolong Bao?? 😋
the last one looks the most authentic one!!!!
I have always enjoyed a good xiaolongbao and it’s been years since I had one. This was a good video that brought back memories of this wonderful treat.
Love watching your videos. You are so real and such a wholesome girl and sweet daughter.
As a 6 years Ashfield local resident, I have to say you just just missed the best Xiaolongbao at Taste of Shanghai opposite of these four restaurants you’ve tried
Lol your mom’s humor is perfect!
Shanghai night and new Shanghai both on ASHFIELD. Been there. Prefer Shanghai night but sadly its changed. It was alot better and more flavoursome before
dad," girls, you can't do this kind of food marathon while i'm out, that's outrageous!"
Xiaolongbao-ed out, just love the choice of word of mom!
I’ll open one next to theirs calling it the Ancient Shanghai
if theres 225 items on the menu, doesnt that bring into question their freshness? how can a small restaurant maintain the ingredients to prepare 225 different dishes on demand in adequate supply?
also speed is not always good. if a restaurant delivers a dish suspiciously fast, my first thought is that it is precooked
Sounds like a fun xiaolongbao adventure!😄👋🏻👋🏻 looking forward to see more videos with you mom before your trip to China!
The food court style '3 choices with rice' thingy in the Flavour Shanghai tastes so good and is great value at $10. Comes with complimentary soup as well. They also sell frozen raw 鲜肉汤圆 that are the best I've ever had in Sydney.
I will definitely like the last one just from what they look
Love your video especially when your mom or dad is in it! Love it❤️ you deserve much more subscribers
“ Us Westerners are suckers for ambiance “ . So true. Since having Chinese girlfriend I have learned to try the other places that look less appealing. Why line up when other place food is good or probably better.
Enjoy China . So jealous. How did you get the OK to go there?
Same 😀, I am a chinese but Australian citizenship. But I could not get visa to go back to see my family there
@@user-xt7vj5cn5e i'm sorry to hear that, homeaffairs does offer some chance, including compassionate grounds, otherwise you need to leave for at least 3 months for a "compelling" reason.
@@donktec thank you, I understand that at this stage, chinese government try to do less movement less spread.
I want to say that I really like your parents, they are so lovely!😄
They're all in a row for the true China experience. I'm always like "why can't I find a store that sells X?" and then I walk down some random street and find 10 stores in a row all selling the exact same things
Read Freakinomics - apparently, economically, it makes complete sense.
its kind of strategy like phone street, gold street.
Same idea as like 6 different fast food places all in a row which is quite common in North America lol
its hard to find decent xiaolongbao in my city , Sydney is a lucky place to have all those wonderful cuisine.
Greetings from Hong Kong. Hello, Miss Amy.👋🏻 This is the first video that I watched from your UA-cam channel. Each Xiaolongbao (小籠包) has a different taste with different toppings in it, they looked tasty, too.
And I love having Xiaolongbao with my family and relatives.😄
I guess you loved them so much.
Enjoyed your review with your mother. Looks like lots of fun and I can feel that your anxiety anticipating your OS travel departure. Sad for both of you. But still looking forward to your next videos.
Waiting for your blog from China. Good luck and happy journey.
第二，第三家 看起来有点奇怪，第一家 普通粗糙的 南翔系小笼，最后一家 应该是 上海白玉兰系小笼，70年代白玉兰餐厅改良的版本，我猜 应该肉有点弹性，并且有点甜，汤多油少。
侬是专业吃家嘛,灵额。
@@han_zei_bu_liang_li ^-^
Next time, try 4 Shanghai Restaurants by different SHENJIANBAO😄
As a Chinese living in Sydney, every time when I went to Ashfield, I only visited the last restaurant for takeaway food
Welcome back！ Blondie in China ... again. :D
Love them xiaolongbaos!! Awesome video=) Can't wait for more!
Thank you!
Chinese restaurant owners are original in naming their restaurants.
lol there's literally a Chinese restaurant in Hurstville, of all places, called Hurstville Chinese Restaurant.
new shanghai night lmfao
Nothing like Vietnamese restaurant: Pho
Pho
pHo
PhO
All 4 restaurants are owned by same owner!
King Shanghai, Queen Shanghai, Lucky Shanghai
Likely a sibling rivalry, it's a business duel.
Best channel. Love the fun love the passion.
Damn, you have so many videos all queued up for when you were in quarantine, nice work😂 looking forward to seeing some more China vlogs now you are out though!
I believe it was in end-2009 when my grandma brought me to Flavour Shanghai when she was 89/90 years old. She was born in Ningbo, the same province as Shanghai. However, when I lived in Ashfield in 2010, I always went to New Shanghai or Taste of Shanghai, where you missed. That's OK, when you're back to SYD, you can try all these 5 ordering 'Sheng Jian Bao (生煎包)' :-D
You’ll find plenty of Shanghainese restaurants serving XLB in the SGV if you’re in Los Angeles. My favorite XLB (for dessert) is with Godiva chocolate and mochi from Din Tai Fung.
Me in Finland watching your videos, missing all the good food in China🥲
We went to Ashfield and tried the xiaolongbao in the last one ranked 7.5 yesterday after my partner watched this video. As she was born in Shanghai and really a fan of xiaolongbao, she did say the best xiaolongbao she had in sydney so far should be from the tiantong little kitchen.
i liked video, was awesome, now we all know they are there, thank you. shanghai night .$10.80 & xiao long bao ... two different items. Did you want the crab ones? I think you ordered maybe not crab one you said. "xiao long bao"
Welcome back, Amy!
Chinese people dont mind waiting if the food is good, we even willing to travel far just to get the authentic taste do delivery time is not and issue as we usually use the waiting time to chit chat. Based on your review, I think I will prefer the last shop.
lol the last one looks very much like one of those takeout places/hawker sites. where i live, most customers go to those shops to buy for take out, only those in a rush would quickly eat whatever they ordered from those trays in the displays at a table and book it. sometimes the tables are just meant for employees but they won't say no to customers using them. not surprised it had the slowest service. i'm surprised they had service at all
Ashfield are known by small Shanghai. Use to be a gather place for Shanghai ppl
I think it's hard to beat the XLB at Din Tai Fung, though it is quite expensive.
Not sure if the pork in Australia has this porky odor or not. But in America, it does and the Xiao Long Bao taste can’t be compared with Asia. I tried Din Tai Fung in America and it tastes different from Din Tai Fung in Taiwan, HK and China.
Shanghai night Xiaolongbao ftw!
So now u are an expert of xiaolong bao.. Wow, that's my favorite, too
hahah wouldn't call myself an expert! But definitely know what I like and don't like haha
@@BlondieinChina have you arrived in china? Stay in a quarantane hotel right now, amy?
Would be nice to show the summarised scores towards the end of the video. ;)
Based on the rankings, I suppose we can generally conclude that out of the 3 key factors (Speed, Cost and Quality), you can only get 2 out of 3.
four xiaolongbao in a row amazing,xiaolongbao normally used as breakfast in china,and the price sound a bit of too high,in my hometown its like 8rmb for 10!
hi Amy the last store is famous for their take away，rarely see people dining in the store.
Love and support
Alrit, moment of truth… No kidding, Owners of Shanghai Night gave birth of New Shanghai Night’s boss…
im here to welcome u back to shanghai
There’s a really good Uigher restaurant just further up the road too. Ashfield just has really nice food in general
Yeah! Definitely wanna explore it more!
Don't go there because the Australian government or media may accuse you of force labor.
@@Anonymous------ do not get political on this channel man..
@@joshboston2323
Not me, it is the Australian government and media being political by twisting something normal to fit into their lying political agenda.
@@Anonymous------ Yes you are. There is no one in this comment section talking about this, yet you bring it up out of the blue.
It is a pity that you didn't try 生煎包 the fried one, which is much more delicious and crunchy than xiaolongbao...
And also the Shanghai pizza.
they've eaten so many xiolongbaos and also the video is just dedicated to xiolongbao not 生煎包
Great review, looking forward to see you travelling and eating your way through China
so lucky that you have so many choice of Xiaolong bao. reminds me of China town in NYC. not even Hong Kong has that many authentic ones outside Shanghai.
Ashfield is mostly northern Chinese style. Can't see southern Chinese style there last time going pass.
when you mentioned criteria i thought it would be something like how thin the skin is and how tasty the soup is!
I have lived in Ashfield for 3 years, the Shanghai restaurants just so so
You missed the best one which is opposite street----- Taste of Shanghai. They have the best xiao long bao in Ashfield. :)
I love nothing more than a taste test! But I feel like you should have gone the extra 50 m and checked out the Taste of Shanghai across the road as well! If I remember correctly Shanghai Night was first.
Amy, how do thise compare to Joe Shanghai's in New York City? Because NYC has the best in America. There's also a Xiao Long Bao specialty restaurant in Flushing, NY you should try.
See you at Flovour Shanghai Friday at five.😆
Hi，I am Shanghaiese was studied in Newcastle. I live in Melbourne now. I found woolworth have a kind of Xiaolongbao （soup filled dumplong）-Heavenly Banquet taste pretty nice and similar to the shanghai local store and valuable.
I would have agreed but they recently changed the recipe and it isn't the same anymore :(
@@mammofr6837 i think so，i am disappointed
I have to say Blondie is more chinese than many of the ABC here... they follow the channel to get her tips...lol
我是上海小姑娘，太爱小笼包啦！澳洲UA-cam不多呢，谢谢你帮我们做那么多那么棒的分享。我也爱吃爱探店，要跟你多多学习把视频越做越好呀！
Yum!! I miss really good xiaolongbao from Shanghai!
Hey the last one is the best as it's not purely pork 😄
More reviews doesn't mean is the best . from the video, you did make a right choice.
Don't you have Ding Tai Feng in Sydney? You should use that as a benchmark
土生土长吃小笼包至少20年经验，光看蒸笼一上来，我就知道最后一家的小笼包最有上海风味，皮薄透着汤汁和肉！我想念佳家汤包和莱莱小笼啦，不知道下次啥时候可以回上海了。。。
my favourite’ I lived there for eight years. Tian tong is also a good restaurant
夜上海，新夜上海，老上海，新上海……他们起名字是认真的吗？行者孙、者行孙、孙行者……银角大王对孙悟空说，我叫你一声，你敢答应吗？果然这些餐厅，都是逗你玩，哈哈哈哈。
加个滩，又是四个
以前，上海商市有一种现象叫“齐同行”，即最早开办的商店挂出的招牌叫什么名称，获得成功后，很快就会有人跟上来，开设第二家、第三家同名、经营同类商品的商店，形成一个行业。当时，人们不仅不会去区别谁真谁假，谁冒谁牌，反而把它看作是专卖某类商品或具有某一帮派特色的标志。譬如说鲜肉铺的招牌都叫“陆稿荐”，什么“姑苏陆稿荐”、“张记陆稿荐”、“李记陆稿荐”……人人都知道陆稿荐是卖肉的。大人叫唤孩子，孩子没听见，大人就会骂：“叫你没听见，耳朵挂到陆稿荐去啦？”听到叮当、叮当打铁声，用不着去看，就知道铁铺的招牌叫“张小泉”。上海最早出名的本帮菜馆叫老正兴（今仍在经营，现址福州路），后来开设的都叫老正兴，一看这个招牌就知道是本帮菜馆。
最典型的要数“老大房（茶食糖果店）”。苏式糕点以老大房开业最早。几乎稍有名气的街市都有“老大房”。据1953年的调查统计，当时尚在经营有名有姓正儿八经挂着“老大房”招牌的商店有48家，这中间除了一二家有相互关系，绝大部分都是独立存在，毫无关联，但都得到当地消费者的认同。
Oh no! I've been shanghaied!🤣
Wow 😮 four restaurant one by one love ❤️ nice yummy 😋👍
wait so is new shanghai night a combination of both restaurants XD
New Shanghai night is probably run by the protégé of the old Shanghai night. You can tell from they way they priced the dumplings and the location. This happens a lot for Chinese businesses (not only in FNB).
I reckon the master and student got into an argument and the student just opened up his own. The similarly in the name is to show that the recipe is (almost) the same and if you've had it in the old place back then, you'll get the same stuff here. Not so much about creativity in the name.
If (hypothetically) you see a restaurant called Donald McRonald, you could almost certainly tell what kind of food they serve
Lucky lady you love ❤️ Chinese food yummy yummy 😋 ❤️👍🇨🇳🇨🇦
4 different xiaolongbao restaurants all within the same proximity? Great for the innovation and the interest of the customer, but not ideal for the owners, unless they really love competition.
6:43 When your girl leaves satisfied.
there must be some stories behind these four restaurants
New Shanghai is a pretty big franchise across Australia, there’s a few in Sydney and other cities like Brisbane. What really surprised me though was going to Shanghai and actually finding the New Shanghai restaurant! Obviously it’s a super generic name so I was super suspicious it wasn’t actually the same franchise, but the logo was the exact same and the menu even mentioned their stores in Australia. Just like here the ambience in the Shanghai restaurant was pretty fancy, definitely more of a department store restaurant than a small street stall. Their xiao long bao were also better in their Shanghai restaurant 😂
OMG I used to live in this suburb, so many Shanghai dinnings...
Here in Singapore I know of a great xiaolongbao place that sells 6 for S$3.50
Miss xiaolongbao, would like to back then try
到时在上海隔离quarantine，希望可以试试
I missed the Shanghainess food in Ashfield.
You and your mom are very good food rangers!
Hi，Blondie. I really recommend you to go to the Homeway in Burwood and try their Henan lamb soup noodle. I can promise you will be amazed. Henan is my hometown，also know as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Guys, try xiaolongbao in Lanzhou Beef Noodle, Westfield Bondi. The best I ever tried in Sydney. I'm from Shanghai btw, and never like those restaurants with a name of Shanghai :)
Man if I'm ever craving Stangyuan in fermented gluhnus nce soup I'll know where to go
Could you please do a video on how to get a permission to travel overseas as well as a visa in this pandemic time?
Super video! I applauded for A$2.00 👏
以前，上海商市有一种现象叫“齐同行”，即最早开办的商店挂出的招牌叫什么名称，获得成功后，很快就会有人跟上来，开设第二家、第三家同名、经营同类商品的商店，形成一个行业。当时，人们不仅不会去区别谁真谁假，谁冒谁牌，反而把它看作是专卖某类商品或具有某一帮派特色的标志。譬如说鲜肉铺的招牌都叫“陆稿荐”，什么“姑苏陆稿荐”、“张记陆稿荐”、“李记陆稿荐”……人人都知道陆稿荐是卖肉的。大人叫唤孩子，孩子没听见，大人就会骂：“叫你没听见，耳朵挂到陆稿荐去啦？”听到叮当、叮当打铁声，用不着去看，就知道铁铺的招牌叫“张小泉”。上海最早出名的本帮菜馆叫老正兴（今仍在经营，现址福州路），后来开设的都叫老正兴，一看这个招牌就知道是本帮菜馆。
最典型的要数“老大房（茶食糖果店）”。苏式糕点以老大房开业最早。几乎稍有名气的街市都有“老大房”。据1953年的调查统计，当时尚在经营有名有姓正儿八经挂着“老大房”招牌的商店有48家，这中间除了一二家有相互关系，绝大部分都是独立存在，毫无关联，但都得到当地消费者的认同。
‘Shall-we-bow’ to another great video of Chinese cuisine? :D
I sure hope all those online reviews were meant for the correct Shanghai...