Inside this small Shanghainese restaurant
is a chef with a big personality.
Meet Li Cong,
the owner of Cong Cai Guan.
His restaurant is known for serving traditional
Shanghainese dishes that few others still make,
like this plate of cooked fish liver,
which takes over a dozen fish to make.
Another signature dish is this plate of fermented tofu,
which Li calls “Chinese cheese."
Being a full-time chef is a career shift for the 64-year-old,
who retired from a job in telecommunications.
This pretty much sums up the philosophy behind Li’s restaurant.