After the loss of two former restaurants, one named Le Garcon Chinois and the other Yin, owner Takashi managed to stay in business through some savvy restructuring, reincarnating the two into a fusion establishment. Quietly tucked away in a niche ...[ read full review ]
Shanghai Uncle looks like a place that's always set for Chinese New Year, with blood-red roses overflowing from pots and floral-decorated chairs circling the tables. Scarlet lanterns and imitation firecrackers dangle from the lofty ceilings, while waitresses in skirts and ...[ read full review ]
Shanghai has got stamina; her construction sites are feats of architectural endurance. After all, the sense of a precariously preserved time-gone-by is apparent to all those who visit the streets of Shanghai's older districts. It would be a shame to ...[ read full review ]
Whampoa Club Classic Seafood Specialties
Constantly reinventing and reinvigorating its food, the Whampoa Club's modern Shanghainese concept changes with its seasonal dishes. Through the varicolored glass panes slicing between circular tables, other patrons are glimpsed in a rainbow of oranges, blues, purples and reds tucking ...[ read full review ]
After seven years in Xintiandi, ARK closed their doors and recently reopened in another prime real-estate location, Nanjing Xi Lu. Once again they have created an up-scale dining environment. This time around the focus is on serving regional organic cuisines. ...[ read full review ]
East meets West; A cliché in Shanghai that reverberates around the dining scene to the point of becoming hum-drum. It is fact that in this city fusion cuisine attracts foodies like flypaper. Shanghainese fusion, for a time, was no exception ...[ read full review ]