Meet Echo — Your +1 Chopsticks Host

I’m a Shanghai local and I love home cooking.

I cook for my family every day and often host relatives during holidays. My cooking is typical Chinese home-style food-simple, comforting and meant to be shared.

This would be my first time hosting international guests, but I’d love to open my home and share a real family- style Chinese meal and everyday stories about life in Shanghai.

We live in a beautiful apartment in Pudong, not too far away from Huangpu River. We are a family of three - my husband, my daughter, and our friendly dog.

The +1 Chopsticks Experience

1. Your dietary restrictions / preferences: Upon booking, we'll get in touch and confirm your dietary restrictions. We've hosted not just vegetarian, but also non-mammalian!

2. We'll send you the detailed instructions on how to get here, and of course our contact info (phone number and wechat), so you won't get lost

3. Two days before the experience, you'll receive Home Dining Cheat Sheets (beautifully designed by +1 Chopsticks. We've heard lots of foreign guests asking basic questions about Chinese dinners, hence our courtesy to provide some little knowledge prior to your experience

4. On the day, you will come, sit and leave having a full stomach, happy experience and stronger connection to local culture in China.

5. We don't stop here - after the experience, you'll receive +1 Chopsticks Tasting Cards where we share all the pictures and ingredients of the dishes you had. So you'll bring this memory home and can share with your family and friends!

Sample Menu

Echo's Private Kitchen - 2026 Special

前菜 Starter

1. Cucumber Salad（拍黄瓜）
   (Crisp cucumber lightly smashed and tossed in a tangy garlic and sesame dressing)

2. Roasted Gluten（烤麸）
   (Braised wheat gluten with mushrooms, peanuts and wood ear in a savory-sweet soya sauce)

主菜 Main Course

1. Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs（糖醋小排）
   (Succulent pork ribs in a rich, velvety caramelised glaze)

2. Steamed Yellow Croaker（清蒸黄鱼）
   (Whole yellow croaker gently steamed with ginger, scallion and a light soya dressing)

3. Mapo Tofu（麻婆豆腐）
   (Silken tofu in a spicy, numbing sauce of fermented black bean, chilli and minced pork)

4. Braised Pork Chop（红烧猪排）
   (Tender pork chop slow-braised in a rich soya and rock sugar sauce until deeply flavoured)

5. Stir-Fried Pork with Garlic Scapes（蒜苔炒肉）
   (Sliced pork stir-fried with crisp, fragrant garlic scapes in a savoury sauce)

6. Stir-Fried Snails（炒螺蛳）
   (Fresh river snails wok-tossed with ginger, scallion and spicy bean paste — a classic Shanghai street flavour)

主食与甜点 Staple & Dessert

1. Homemade Dumplings（手工饺子）
   (Hand-folded dumplings filled with seasoned pork and vegetables, boiled or pan-fried to order)

Real connection is the next luxury! Come join us at the dinner table.