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Screen golf to street market to banchan shops and Korean-Chinese comfort food! Make a day of it in K-Town. Read more...
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A selection of summer libations from Shanghai's classiest cocktails emporiums. Here's a few interesting options on the drinks menu... Read more...
The man. The brand. The don of frozen pizza and cookware. His restaurant just opened in Xintiandi... Read more...
Artsy, fartsy, fashionable and hidden way down in the depths of a Jing'an alleyway. Checking out GumGum for some ribs and burgers. Read more...
Here's a quick look at the latest from Jing'an, a hip, minimalist rotisserie chicken joint. Just in time for the grand opening tonight. Read more...
Out with the old in with the new. Three on the Bund has repurposed its seventh floor with an American-inpsired bistro concept. New food same views. Read more...
We took two DIY dinner delivery services into our kitchen and put them toe to toe for a home-cooked meal grudge match. Here are the results. Read more...
It's official. Shanghai now has that American campfire classic, s'mores. We found a stand serving them in a barely-open mall, all the way out in Gubei. Read more...
Excellent Thai noodles in the absolute last place you would think to look. Veering just off of Nanjing Dong Lu for a bowl of liquid fire. Read more...
Valentine's Day is this Saturday. We're pretty sure you haven't reserved a table anywhere yet because you're a horrible significant other. Read more...
Pizzas, pastas, and vino from the team behind Goodfellas, DVino, and Pervert Parties. A look inside the latest opening on Yanping Lu... Read more...
Newly opened in Jing'an. This one claims a connection to vaunted Copenhagen restaurant Noma. Let's see if it lives up to the hype... Read more...
The people behind Zen Massage are diversifying with an intimate little jazz room on Tai'an Lu. Cocktails and Classic Shanghai jazz riffs inside. Read more...
Shao Fan Fan is an iPhone app that lets you hire a professional chef to cook a meal for you in your own home. We gave it a test drive. Read more...
There is a new whisky and cocktail lounge in Xintiandi, and it's actually pretty good. Bellying up to the bar for a stiff drink. Read more...
How to make a sous vide salmon without a sous vide machine. Hamish Pollitt of M on the Bund shares a deceptively easy recipe from his arsenal. Read more...
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