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Writer Jean Yung chats with the guy behind the Xi'an pork sandwiches: Chef Ma Ning cooks up three dishes daily from a hole-in-the-wall outside Pengpu Xincun station on line 1 in northwest Shanghai Wha...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Dave Taylor and Gary Bowerman have been combing through the city’s carts for their upcoming book on Shanghai's street food Why do you love Shanghai street food? DT: Street food is the culinary measure...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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What Expo means for the street food scene In the early '90s, Shanghai street food wasn’t nearly as multitudinous as it is now. But with the opening up of the city to migrant workers, new populations s...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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French bakery PAUL has been a staple in Shanghai for years now, and while others have tried to replicate its success, nobody has really been able to supplant it. But they've got some new competition c...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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We reported earlier in Issue 6 that Bubba's will be opening a new spot in the Expo (headed by John O'Toole, formerly of Southern Belle) with a huge patio and an 80-person staff, and now other restaura...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Most of us go to a massage centre or spa for relaxation, but in China the trend has always been towards massage as a form of healing. Traditionally, Chinese massage aims to treat hundreds of ailments ...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Guangzhou
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Many foreigners living in China for extended periods decide after some years that they would like to settle their roots here. One of the common ways of doing this is by transitioning from renting an a...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Expat Corner
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On Friday, April 2, the new Shanghai International Hospital opened in Jinqiao. The facility, an affiliate of Huashan Hospital associated with Fudan University, will have an international care center (...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Last year was the inaugural installment of China's take on The Amazing Race. It generated a decent amount of buzz and some people even took the dramatic step of actually turning on ICS to watch it. Th...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Dear Readers, Since we put up our nomination list for this year's Restaurant and Bar Awards, we've gotten a lot of feedback about all the great venues and hidden favorites which were not included amon...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Just got word from the fine folks at Le Platane that they've just been bought out by a Chinese couple from Hangzhou and that they closed their doors for the last time last Sunday. The deal happened li...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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★★★★✩ This place looks like a modern English pub–high tables, polished wood and a bit more light and space than a typical boozer. It’s been designed for sports fans, with 16 huge TVs tuned to differen...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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★★★.5✩ The space that used to be Bling has relaunched and rebranded as Lotus, but things seem to be business as usual. Tables crowd the first floor, where DJs drop hip-hop for bottle-drinking gaggles....
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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As ever, Shanghai is buzzing with nighttime activity. From a night of Britpop by Puressence to hip hop by Japanese DMC world champion DJ Kentaro, or a set of saucy electro rock by Peaches to screaming...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Shanghai
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Xi’an certainly doesn’t have the biggest or most famous nightlife scene, but this is something that, like in many other cities around China, is changing fast. There’s an ever-increas...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Xi'an
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As you may know, all dogs in Beijing must be registered, and the registration must be regularly renewed. Already registered dogs can have their registration renewed between May 1-31 this year. This Sa...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Beijing,Peking
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Taiwanese films are worlds full of sentimental plots and artistic cinematography. When the two come together well, the result is a film irresistible to audiences and critics alike. Leon Dai’s Can’t Li...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Beijing,Peking
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The salmon salad (¥46) at Purple Haze Bistro—newly relocated to a hutong home—has been on the menu for almost a year now and has slowly become a crowd favorite. The centerpiece is a pile of pea sprout...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Beijing,Peking
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While the Beijing debut of this American West Coast burger joint has been hyped for years, Fatburger is basically just another fast food chain. The burgers (¥40 for a single patty, ¥60 for two, ¥80 fo...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Beijing,Peking
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OK... as of late, the stories are more about prices going through the roof — as in the places where you can park. It's time, then, to look at where you can't park. And nope, it's not just where there'...
Posted April 7, 2010 Tags: Beijing,Peking
