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Over ten years of articles critiquing this city we live in, from activity lists to deeper culture reads.

F&B Crumbs: The "What's Been Taking Them So Long" Edition

2018-09-18 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Sometimes the city just has these little bits and pieces of news from the F&B world that you want to know but don’t belong anywhere. They are F&B crumbs. We’ve cleared the table and wadded them up for you. This week, it's mostly a bunch of places... Read more...
Ultraviolet, Fu He Hui Rank in Asia’s 50 Best Awards

2018-03-28 - By Christopher St Cavish

Breaking news from the fine-dining circle jerk world: there are two restaurants in Mainland China worth going to! Two! That’s the finding from the Asia’s 50 Best people, a regional award just teetering on the edge of relevance, no doubt made after... Read more...
Peet's Replacing Franck's Old Farine Flagship in Ferguson Lane

2018-03-26 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

What's in the title, folks. The hot new San Francisco coffee chain Peet's has put up a hoarding over that corner spot that's been lying fallow since Read more...
60% Off at Where Gastro Club, Buy 1 Get Free Flow at Yasmines, and Awesome Yoga Deals This Week

2017-12-05 - By SmSh

Here are new deals added this week to SmartShanghai's SmartDeals service: Where Gastro Club in Sinan Mansions is Read more...
Yannick Alleno's Opens, Found 158 Has Its First Casualty, Organic Kitchen Ups Digs, and CDS Turns 6 Years Old

2017-11-10 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

End of another week, Shanghai! It feels like it's been Wednesday for three days, is it just me? Anyway, we've got a couple of new high-end openings in Changning Raffles City. One's the first mainland spot by Read more...
SmartDeals: A Very Important Platform For Your Life is Launching Today

2017-08-15 - By Jacob Flowers

Starting today, you can get your hands on some sweet discount action on SmartTicket with our new product, SmartDeals . We're launching with 5 different deals this week including Read more...
KFC Goes Green, Hi-Tech, Crazy: K Pro in Hangzhou

2017-07-27 - By Christopher St Cavish

What the hell is KFC doing? The Chinese chicken chain has opened a green-and-healthy store in Hangzhou called K Pro, with quinoa salads, salmon sandwiches and QR codes in place of menus. Has it lost its mind? Is it a desperate attempt to stay... Read more...
[Tested]: Delivered DIY Cocktails from DrinKuaidi

2016-11-30 - By Morgan Short

Hey, there’s a new app that delivers cocktail packages to your home or place of business. Yes, this life is good. We tested it out. Here’s how that whole thing went. Read more...
Next Generation Chicken: Inside the New, Baidu Robot-Powered KFC Original+

2016-05-10 - By Jin Qian

A few weeks ago, KFC partnered with China internet giant, Tencent and opened up their first QQ-themed KFC in Shenzhen. At pretty much the same time, the popular fast food... Read more...
In Case You Missed It: 2018 F&B Developments to Keep an Eye On

2015-01-02 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

New year, same idea; fnb fnb fnb fnb fnb. If you missed Chris St. Cavish's attempt to get the final word for 2017 (hah!), here's the in-brief... Read more...

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