Category Archives: Shanghai

Reviews of places in Shanghai (and XLBs…)

The hell that is putting soup in a biscuit.

I am sliding this blog post into home plate. Just hours shy of the weekly deadline. It’s been a long, painful week. Actually two weeks of pain since my first attempt was a complete fail. There’s no recipe this week … Continue reading →

Shanghai – the food (jian bing, noodles and xiao long bao and more)

9 Nov ’10

A glimpse at Shanghai’s amazing street food scene, from the classics like XLBs to jian bing and stretched noodles Continue reading →

Shanghai – the EXPO

2 Nov ’10

A look at the Shanghai EXPO 2010 and its best pavillions (including Heatherwick’s “seed cathedral”) with a bit of food on the side Continue reading →

Shanghai – Jason Atherton at Table No. 1 at The Waterhouse (a preview of Pollen Street Social?)

1 Nov ’10

This is the start of a week of Shanghai and it begins with Jason Atherton. If you are not familar with the London restaurant scene he is a former protege of Gordon Ramsay who is a talented chef in his own … Continue reading →