Word: wontons
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...romantic tent complete with wooden pillars and fountains. Never mind that you're in China and not eating, you know, Chinese food: Shanghai prides itself on offering up the best of whatever global nosh you're craving. After all, this is the city where the favorite soup is not wonton but borscht - brought by the city's East European immigrants in the early 1900s and now proudly made by countless Shanghai grandmas. After you finish your phad thai or tikka masala, head to Face's bar, which opens out to a sweeping lawn. Sit in the Ming-style chairs...
...Animated wonton soup and flying chopsticks dance around the screen in the cartoon-like opening credits of "Double Happiness," writer/director Mina Shum's debut feature. Strangely, the tone of cutely-stylized disorder established in this stir-fry beginning sets the mood for the remainder of the film...
...Wonton soup...
...Their wonton soup is a good alternative to the sweet soups. $1.75 gets you a huge bowl of soup that serves about five people. (One thing to watch at Shanghai--the menu doesn't indicate how many servings you get from each item, so ask.) Mostly clear broth, the soup contains a generous number of wontons and some big leafy spinach. The wontons were a little skimpy on the meat filling, but on the whole were very tasty...
...Wonton-sized Nancy Ka Shen Kwan (5 ft. 2 in., 104 lbs.) is the most delicate Oriental import since Tetley's tender little tea leaves. Last week 2O-year-old Nancy was before the cameras in London filming The World of Suzie Wong, and from the first frame the part fitted like her own freckles. Furthermore, the new "yum-yum girl" has saved the movie...