Chef Zhu 老正兴

Chinese Restaurant Chef Zhu Opens at Torrey Highlands | Eater San Diego

"Decorated with photos of old Shanghai, the spacious restaurant and bar is now serving lunch and dinner in the Highlands Village Place complex as the newest endeavor for Shi-Liang Zhu. A graduate of a famous culinary school in Shanghai who opened Shanghai City on Convoy Street in 1999 and later ran the Del Mar spot, Zhu offers lunch specials like kung pao chicken and beef and broccoli alongside an extensive array of classic Shanghainese dishes, from soy milk and you tiao to lion’s head meatballs, braised pork knuckle, bean curd with malantou, and pan-fried glutinous rice cakes; he hopes his regulars from Kearny Mesa and Del Mar will seek him out." - Candice Woo