Boxing Cat Brewery
Add: 82 Fuxing Xi Lu, near Yongfu Lu / 復興西路82號, 近永福路
Tel: 6431 2091
Hours: [Mon-Thu] 5pm-2am [Fri] 3pm-2am [Sat-Sun] 11am-3am
Website: www.boxingcatbrewery.com
Price: [brunch] 50~100 RMB/person, [dinner] 150~250 RMB/person
Visited: Oct 2010
While living in the South (of the USA), I developed an affection for buttermilk biscuits and everything deep-fried: fried chicken, fried mac ‘n’ cheese, fried oreos, fried cheesecakes, fried burgers, and the list goes on and on. While Boxing Cat Brewery can’t compete with Southern state fairs in terms of deep-fried food variety, this restaurant does offer some decent Southern comfort dishes worth your stomach space.
Grilled Steak Salad (65 RMB) with mixed greens, blue cheese, grilled mushrooms, fried shallots, roasted baby tomatoes and buttermilk roast tomato dressing. Boxing Cat serves American (read: huge) portions. The salad is overall ok, though the steak is a bit too tough to chew.
BCB’s Burger Masterpiece (80 RMB) with grilled mushrooms, sauteed onions, roasted tomatoes, guacamole, cheddar and garlic aioli. Not bad, but I much preferred the burgers over at Bistro Burger, which are juicier, more flavorful, and better looking. The thick cut fries, on the other hand, are excellent and come automatically with the burgers.
Reuben the Almighty (80 RMB), lean brisket, sliced and stacked up high on rye bread with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, homemade Russian dressing & whole grain mustard. Too salty for me.
Fluffy Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes (50 RMB) were my favorites of the meal. Fluffy, slightly sweet, and had just the right amount of blueberries (though I would’ve liked more blueberry sauce on the top).
Service wasn’t the best. While the waitress did what we asked her to do, everything was done half-heartedly. We asked for four plates, and she gave us one plate. We asked for ketchup, and she handed us a brand new bottle without first peeling off the outer plastic coating. Well, this is Shanghai.
Oh those fluffy pancakes..still think they have the best pancakes in SH
Yes they are quite heavenly :) Have you been to Mr. Pancake House? A very popular (and relatively cheap) pancake place but surprisingly their pancakes aren’t as good even though it specializes in pancakes..
I think you left with a better impression than I did because you did not try any of the beer at Boxing Cat Brewery. I tried the 2 beers that were described as the least bitter. But they were too bitter. The taste is like Chinese medicine.