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Shanghai Famous: How Jason Cai Quietly Built One of the City’s Biggest Restaurant Groups

From Surpass Court to Nasdaq dreams, how Jason Cai built Shanghai’s quiet restaurant empire.

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[Shanghai Famous]: Kathleen Lau, Yes... THAT Kathleen!

Wagas, Blue Frog, Cotton's, That's Shanghai, and yes... Kathleen's... she's had a hand in all of...

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[Shanghai Famous]: Marco Barbieri Da Marco

The chef behind Shanghai's most resilient Italian restaurant

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The Chef, Actor, and Author Looks Back on Ten Years in Shanghai

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Life lessons from 18 years of mistakes (and successes) in Shanghai.

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The globe-trotting chef on his stable of restaurants in Shanghai, on making quick decisions and...

[Shanghai Famous]: The Charles Behind Charlie's

Charles Zeng left New York thinking he'd make a quick restaurant sale. Eight years later, he's...

[Shanghai Famous]: Senator and Sichuan Citizen's Daisy Fei and Mike Chang

Fourteen years in F&B at Citizen Cafe, Senator Saloon and Sichuan Citizen

[Shanghai Famous]: The Grilled Cheese Guy, Greg Jurksztowicz

Don't call it a sandwich, it's been here for years. Meet Greg, the man behind Shanghai's best...

[Shanghai Famous]: Co-founder of Café des Stagiaires, Thomas De Bruyne

The young Belgian responsible for a series of staggeringly popular bars, a bakery and an F&B hub,...