Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Amidst all the flashy food in Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai,it's the sweet, saucy, tender street snack of pork chops with rice cakes that becomes the staple craving of protagonists Ah Bao (Hu Ge) and Miss Wang (Tang Yan), as they frequently bond over the carby cubes on screen. Now their iconic appetite for the modest fare has ignited public obsession too!
These Shanghai pork chops with rice cakes have been a local legend for nearly 100 years — and we totally get why! Crispy deep-fried pork chops meet pillowy soft rice cakes, all cloaked in a sticky sweet and spicy sauce that’ll have your tastebuds doing a happy dance.
Amidst all the flashy food in Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai,it's the sweet, saucy, tender street snack of pork chops with rice cakes that becomes the staple craving of protagonists Ah Bao (Hu Ge) and Miss Wang (Tang Yan), as they frequently bond over the carby cubes on screen. Now their iconic appetite for the modest fare has ignited public obsession too!
These Shanghai pork chops with rice cakes have been a local legend for nearly 100 years — and we totally get why! Crispy deep-fried pork chops meet pillowy soft rice cakes, all cloaked in a sticky sweet and spicy sauce that’ll have your tastebuds doing a happy dance.
