CHELI MANHATTAN 浙里
Chinese restaurant · East Village ·
Wine-braising method with Zhejiang vinegar & Shaoxing wine
Wine-braising method with Zhejiang vinegar & Shaoxing wine
"CheLi spotlights the seafood-dominant cuisine from the larger region around the city of Shanghai—all in a serene, waterfall-clad room on St. Marks Place. Our favorite ordering method here relies mainly on fish and crustaceans, like the meaty Atlantic blue crab soaked in floral Shaoxing wine. But there’s plenty of delicious pork to be eaten, too—the stacks of red braised pork belly coated in a dark soy sauce, in particular, are requisite ordering." - will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, kenny yang, neha talreja
"Located in St. Marks Place, CheLi is known for elegant Shanghainese cooking and a menu that includes chicken soaked in Shaoxing wine and house special fish stew with Sichuan peppercorns." - MICHELIN Guide
"The dumplings are surprisingly thick-skinned and sturdy at this luxury Shanghai restaurant on a balcony overlooking St. Marks, which takes a historic view of the cooking of Shanghai and surrounding areas (don’t miss the epic Song Dynasty steamed bun). Refreshingly, only the two traditional kinds of soup dumplings are offered: pork and pork with crab." - Robert Sietsema
"CheLi spotlights the seafood dominant cuisine of the region around Shanghai, all in a serene, waterfall-clad room in the East Village. Our ordering method here is to prioritize fish and crustaceans, like the meaty Atlantic blue crab soaked in floral shaoxing wine. But there’s plenty of delicious pork to be eaten, too: the stacks of red braised pork belly coated in a dark soy sauce, in particular, are requisite ordering. There’s another location in Flushing." - neha talreja, bryan kim, will hartman, sonal shah, willa moore
"On St. Marks Place, I find that Che Li always has a crowd." - Luke Fortney