3 Tasty Twists on Fried Rice
Who says you have not the talent of a cook? Anyone can cook fried rice, but can you take it to the next level? Start
5 Don’ts for Red Wine During Winter
Red wine boosts your appetite and speeds up digestion. It should be especially nourishing in the coming cold winter months. Except in these situations… 1. NOT
Get Hyped For: Shanghai Disneyland Rides
How many of you come to shanghai for the Disneyland castle, we won’t have to travel to Hong Kong to stand in long lines to
Review | Juicing, Yes or No? Something I tried…
Some thoughts on supplements & fasts Even nutritionists recommend juicing, but ONLY under certain conditions… Last week, we got a package of eight bottled fluids—ranging
7 Reasons Star Wars Should be Filmed in Shanghai
So the latest numbers suggest that Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke China’s box office debut over the weekend with about 53 million dollars or
The Mad Chefs at Firmament Etoile
Tucked away in another one of Shanghai’s almost-hidden commercial squares sits a French restaurant in shanghai that’s anything but ‘just another one.’ It holds its
Sick? 4 Chinese Characters to Know
For whatever reasons—slight cough, headache, or even impending sense of death—you’ve ended up in a Chinese pharmacy, and you can’t read a single character of
Top 5 Shanghai Street Snacks to try
Welcome to 2020! A good year for gastronomers (yummy) in China! Life on the streets remains hard and fast, though. Only the thorniest of street
Bored this CNY? 5 Great Walking Tours around Shanghai
Spring Festival is fast approaching, and that means it’s time to ask that question everyone in China asks themselves at this time of year: stick
What Should I Watch?” | To Live by Zhang Yimou
It can be an intimidating process to approach Chinese cinema with a view to extracting cultural clues to the psychology of the Middle Kingdom. When
Shanghai’s Most Romantic Street
Tianjin Road, literally “Sweet Love Road,” is a tree-lined strip in the Japanese-expat neighborhood of Hongkou District. It is no stranger to graffiti, but
Pictures that Burn | ‘Brulures’ by Gabriel Gauffre
People throw around the label ‘happy accident’ either in the event of an unplanned but welcome pregnancy, and somewhat less often when it comes to
Best Air Pollution Masks for China
Foreigners might be creeped out by China’s mask-wearing masses, but they just don’t understand how cool it is to breathe worry-free in China’s polluted air.
Review | AuraCoolzey has Great Aura, Uncool Food
Pros: the great location, in the very core of the city the architecture carved out of what seems to be a decently preserved early 20th-century
What Should I Watch?” | Suzhou River by Lou Ye
Shanghai, like all cities, is a place of contrast. There are the box-fresh skyscrapers and shopping malls, and the damp corners they step on. One
4 awesome WeChat tricks that you’ll never stop using
After nihao, xiexie and laowai, one of the first Chinese words you’re going to learn after arriving in Shanghai is probably Weixin – the Chinese word for WeChat. WeChat is often
Shanghai I love you…
Shanghai I love you… In Shanghai, everyone gravitates here for a reason. Sometimes it is an opportune moment and for others, it could be that
How to watch TV shows for expats in China
No matter how “international” Shanghai gets, the local TV is as Chinese as it gets—non-stop Song Dynasty soap operas, WWII dramas, and the worst sports