Lumpiang Shanghai is a Filipino deep-fried appetizer consisting of a mixture of giniling with vegetables like carrots, chopped scallions or red onions and garlic, wrapped in a thin egg crêpe. Lumpiang Shanghai is regarded as the most basic type of lumpia in Filipino cuisine, and it is usually smaller and thinner than other lumpia variants.
Lumpiang Shanghai with pancit Canton, another Filipino dish with a misleading Chinese name
Lumpia are various types of spring rolls from Indonesia and the Philippines. Lumpia are made of thin paper-like or crepe-like pastry skin called "lumpia wrapper" enveloping savory or sweet fillings. It is often served as an appetizer or snack, and might be served deep-fried or fresh (unfried). Lumpia are Indonesian and Filipino adaptations of the Fujianese rùnbǐng and Teochew popiah, usually consumed during Qingming Festival.
Top: Fried and unfried lumpia Semarang from Indonesia Bottom: Fresh lumpiang ubod made with heart of palm from the Philippines
Lumpia in Indonesia might be served in various dipping sauces, from sweet palm sugar sauce, savoury tauco or peanut sauce, to popular chili sauce. This one is served with sweet hot and spicy sambal chili sauce.
Lumpia Semarang, specialty of Semarang city, Central Java.