OLD FRENCH CONCESSION/DOWNTOWN. This simple, three-story restaurant, in a renovated French Concession home, features several rooms full of large round tables that can seat parties of up to 20 people. One of the most popular restaurants in the area, wealthy businessmen and convivial parties often come here for dishes such as deep-fried snake. Be prepared: they bring them live to your table in a bucket before shaving off the scales to make a salad and deep-frying the rest! Or try basic favorites such as drunken shrimp or sweet and sour fish. METRO: Chang Shu Lu