that’s Shanghai 《城市漫步》上海版 英文月刊
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That’s Shanghai has been audited by ABC. Publisher’s statement: May 2015 print run: 60,000
Editor's Note Rolex-wearing, Porsch-driving, Gucci-bag-carrying, home-buying and Champagne-sipping: China’s new money is a thing to behold. They peer at you from RMB10,000 tables in the city’s showiest clubs. They sneer at your from the front of planes while you trudge toward economy. They are the Bling Dynasty, minted kids of the Mainland, the second-generation rich – fu’erdai – who have grown up buoyed by success and society’s infatuation with money. You probably think you know them.
Yet when we took a deeper look at their lives for this issue (check out p64 for an infograph on how they blow their cash), we discovered being a billionaire isn’t all about wine and leisure. These people have problems too, believe it or not. And there are many who are trying to shift from crass to class. Intrigued? Go to p56. As for the rest, Erik Crouch charts the history of scams in Shanghai on p14, while photographer Tim Franco takes you on a visual whirlwind tour of Chongqing on p17 – if you think the concept of ‘Blade Runner meets urban farming’ isn’t a thing, think again.
Style-savvies out there can find a complete guide to what we learned at Shanghai Fashion Week on p30, while Andrew Chin has made sure to quench
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all of your music, culture and arts fixes in the Arts section starting p42. Wanna read about Owl City coming to Shanghai? Check p44. Keen to hear about the next generation of Chinese art-rock? Go to p46. Interested to know what the West Bund museums have been up to? Read up on p52.
Food and Drink editor Betty Richardson has done her part too, and scoured the best alfresco spots in town to get your outdoor drinking on as the weather finally turns nicer. Jump to p68 if you want to start planning your summer weekends now. Finally, before I leave you with this packed packed issue:
We are selling tickets to Brawl on the Bund y’all, so get in touch to ensure you don’t miss the action!
And I’d like to send a big thank you to the incredibly talented Cruz Maria Vallespir of KTGA, who helped us illustrate this cover story, and our model, DJ Cavia, who offered to play the part of ‘rich pimp.’
Don’t hate him if you see him around – he’s a normal folk just like the rest of us, I promise. Marianna Cerini, Editor in Chief
Tickets for Brawl on the Bund on sale now! Shanghai's favorite black tie boxing bloodbath returns for another round. Brawl on the Bund will rock the Kerry Hotel Pudong on June 6 (p86), but tickets are going fast. More than 1,000 of Shanghai's finest will be in attendance, with 'white collar' boxers having been plucked from offices across the city and put in intensive training for three months, ready to show off their newly-mastered hooks, jabs and – importantly – ability to take a punch. It is a black tie attire affair – unless you're stepping into the ring – and tickets include a four-course meal, free flow wine, beer cocktails and soft drinks. Each table sits 10 people, and while ringside is sold out, we still have silver tables going for RMB8,000 a pop. Individual tickets are also available. For tickets or more information, contact Trista at 8023 2199 x 2806 or email tickets@urbanatomy.com.
RMB250 Sherpa’s voucher p12, UME tickets p42, tickets to Black is the Color of My Voice p42, FM94.7 Music Festival p43, Quorum Ballet p43, Mary Ocher p43, Owl City p44, Voca people p46, Hiperson p47, Shanghai Comic Con 48, Accrorap p50, Joyce DiDonato p51, a copy of Paint by Numbers p54, tickets to theBALL p55, three-course Italian dinner at Leonardo’s p86, tickets to Lit City Rave p84, Squarepusher p84, Paul Van Dyk p84, Lola Closing Party p84, DJ Sliink p85 Troyboi p85, Damacha p85, Brawl on the Bund p86, Tom Rhodes p91, TNA Wrestling p93, Paul Zerdin p94, Ghost: The Musical and more p96...
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10 CITY 14 ScaMLAND Wallet weighing you down? Con artists are here to help.
17 Changing Chongqing Tim Franco records a megacity in the making.
22 Colonial clubbing A look at the hedonistic nightlife establishments of Old Shanghai.
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26 LIFE & STYLE 28 Spring into fashion An edit of the clothes to fall for this season.
30 Shanghai Fashion Week SFW came and went. We were there. Here’s what we learned.
38 Russian minimal A family house blends art, color and Russian influences.
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42 ARTS 46 Transmission: Earth Singing, self-proclaimed aliens Voca People target Shanghai.
52 Industrial to cultural The museums that kick started the West Bund’s transformation.
55 Ballroom Blast Hyatt on the Bund brings back the Viennese Ball.
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66 EAT & DRINK 67 Millionaire munchies Find out the secret of Morton’s ‘Million Dollar Burger.'
68 Terrace time Our extensive roundup of the best spots to eat and imbibe outside.
80 New Bars Shanghai’s freshest watering holes, and where to get a decent pickleback.
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The wrap 56 COVER STORY
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Fu’erdai flush They’re rich, young and on top of the world – just don’t say ‘tuhao.’
Meet the fightin’ females of White Collar Boxing.
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QUOTE of the issue
“Any Chinese person stealing from a foreign visitor would not only be letting down his own country, but contradicting the widespread belief that socialism creates conditions which eliminate crime.”
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Fodor’s 1979 People’s Republic of China Guide may have been a bit optimistic. p14
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nightlife MAY 9
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May 31-June 7
More than Aware Fun Run
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Calendar 48
May 16-17 Sat-Sun
Shanghai Comic Con
Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Center
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Owl City
The Mixing Room
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TNA Wrestling
Shanghai Grand Stage
May 31-June 7 Sun-Sun
Shanghai Culture Square
Ghost: The Musical
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May 8 Fri Joyce DiDonato
May 22-23 Fri-Sat Paul Zerdin
Shanghai Grand Theatre
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May 8-9 Fri-Sat Tom Rhodes
Zapata’s/Kerry Hotel Pudong P94
May 26 Tue Compagnie Accrorap
The Camel
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Daning Theatre p50
May 9 Sat Shanghai Derby
May 30 Sat Paul van Dyk
Shanghai Stadium
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May 19 Tue Squarepusher Arkham
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May 31 Sun Lola Closing Party p84
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tales
tales of the city
BY erik crouch
TRANSIT
SPEED
Monorail madness
F1 fanatic A man was arrested at last month’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai after he ran across the race track, waving his ticket and shouting, “I have a ticket, I want a car!” After being informed that Formula 1 races don’t exactly work that way, the man was taken into custody. Fortunately, he was not hit when he crossed the track – as this photo shows, it was far from empty when he made his sprint, and those vehicles were traveling at about 250 kilometers per hour.
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Wild washers
Subway scandal
Two window washers at the Shanghai World Financial Center were given a terrifying 15-minute ride that would put any rollercoaster to shame as their 91st floor washing platform got sucked up by a strong wind. The men held on to the platform for dear life as it flew through the air and smashed against the side of the 492-meter-tall building. Amazingly, the pair walked away with only minor injuries – a few bruises and a sprained wrist – and a story they’ll be telling for the rest of their lives.
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More than 14,000 people have been caught sneaking onto Shanghai’s subway system since last summer, and more than 5,000 of those were found to be illegally using senior citizen cards, which provide free access to the system. City authorities have collected some RMB640,000 in fines from subway gate jumpers and seniorcard thieves – fines can be up to five times the price of each stolen ride, or RMB50 for using a senior’s card. Shanghai has one of the biggest, easiest and cheapest subway systems in the world – just pay the freaking fare, guys. STEAM
False alarm Photos and rumors circulated like wildfire online last month after smoke was spotted coming from the city’s newly-completed Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China. A thick white cloud coming from about two-thirds of the way up the 128-story skyscraper was certainly cause for alarm, but it turned out to be not so dramatic after all – it was simply steam released from the tower’s boiler system, as workers in the building ran some tests. A bit anticlimactic, but that’s the way we like it.
Shanghai planners are at work building several sprawling monorail lines in the city, which will ferry driverless cars filled with commuters throughout Jing’an, along the Huangpu and into Baoshan District. The cars will travel at a maximum of 30 miles per hour, and will be suspended above the city – those who get squeamish about heights may have a bit of difficulty with the monorail, as current plans have each cars’ walls made entirely of glass. Assuming all goes well, the program could be ready as soon as 2019. LEGO
Everything is awesome
For the theme park enthusiast, these are exciting times to be in Shanghai. Disney is slated to open in early 2016. The Hello Kitty park has opened in Zhejiang. And now, it has been announced that Shanghai will get its very own LEGOLAND in spring of next year. There will be more than 3 million bricks available for all of your construction needs, as well as family building workshops and themepark-style rides. Designers say that the park is aimed at “children from 3 to 10 years old,” but we might treat that as a loose suggestion.
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DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
snap city
HAZARDS
Hunan Hefner
This month's winner is...
Colossal kite
@lisbethklang
His name hasn’t been released, but the Hugh Hefner of Hunan is in for a world of hurt. The man was hospitalized following a car crash last month, and he was soon visited by his girlfriend. And then his other girlfriend. And another, and another. Ultimately, 17 women showed up – and they were not pleased to realize they weren’t his ‘one and only.’ One woman, named Xiao Lu, started a WeChat group for her 16 new friends, where they shared stories about their shared sweetie. Despite the man’s claims of being “a successful industrialist,” he had apparently asked more than a few of his dates to lend him money, which he never returned. A class act. Eventually, the man’s many (now ex-) girlfriends were asked to leave the hospital, so he could recover in peace. A week later, when he was finally healed (and/or built up the courage to go outside), the gentleman left the hospital with a police escort. His angry ex’s wanted blood after they realized that he had bilked a combined RMB500,000 from them. Upon leaving the hospital, with police in tow, he told the women, “Don’t blame me. You are all my wives.” We don’t think they bought it.
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Every month, we choose one excellent (read: funny) image from Instagram users who have tagged #thatsshanghai. Winners get an RMB250 Sherpa's voucher. QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“There is no new rule to ban customers sleeping on IKEA products in IKEA stores.”
There was panic in the air last month after rumors circulated that China’s IKEA establishments were planning a crackdown on customers getting some shut-eye in their stores. Sleeping Chinese visitors have become a summertime IKEA staple, and the sight of a Shanghairen on a Fjellse bed frame is how we always know that the seasons have truly changed. Fortunately, it turned out that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding – IKEA says sleep away!
One team at the Wulong International Kite Festival, held in Chongqing, got a little overenthusiastic in their task – they built a 6,000-meter long, 200 kilogram kite. The contraption consisted of 2,000 individual pieces, each one bearing the characters “China Dream.” When it came time to fly, however, the team received some bad news: local authorities were concerned that the kite was too massive, and could potentially disrupt air traffic. In the end, the team flew half of the kite – a piddling 3,000 meters worth – but kept the original (and thoroughly awesome) name: “Centipede with a Dragon’s Head.” RANDOM NUMBER
RMB5,000
That’s the amount of money burned by a Hubei four-year-old who mistook his great-grandparents’ birthday gift for some spirit money. Great-grandpa and grandma had placed RMB5,000 in the boy’s backpack as a surprise present, but forgot to tell him about it before they went to burn spirit money for their ancestors. When the boy’s time came, he grabbed the closest money on hand – and it turned out it was definitely not cheap spirit cash. His ancestors are surely counting their dough as we speak.
buzz » CITY
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Photoshopped
HEIGHTS
The city governments of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan thought they had a great idea – to make it easier to apply for government documents like an ID or a passport, they would allow citizens to submit their photos via WeChat, selfie-style. Then the citizens of those cities had an idea too – they could Photoshop those selfies, and make sure that only their best selves were appearing on government documents. Authorities cancelled the selfie program after only a few days, after far too many photos coming in were doctored up – not a wrinkle or blemish to be seen. Everyone looked great, but they didn’t look like themselves (and that’s kind of important for passport photos).
Skywalker Last month, Chongqing unveiled its epic new sky bridge – a 27-meterlong looping pedestrian walkway atop one of the area’s biggest mountains. The bridge is officially the longest skywalk in the world, passing a similar setup at the Grand Canyon by five meters (something that the Chongqing authorities were surely thinking about while planning this project). Atop the bridge, one can look down and see a river more than half a kilometer below – and if you’re under the bridge, you may notice its passing resemblance to a toilet seat.
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feature
how to make friends and lose money
illustration by cruz maria vallespir
BY Erik Crouch
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For as long as Shanghai has had foreigners, it has had con artists looking to charge them outrageous sums for tea ceremonies.
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or the first time in my life, I wish I owned a fanny pack. It would have completed the look. I’m standing at a busy intersection in Yu Yuan, watching Western tourists, maps in hands and baseball caps on heads, filtering through the streets. I’ve got a camera over my shoulder – a nice touch. I’m not here to take any pictures, though: I’m here to get scammed. “Hey, boy!” And so it begins. “Take my photo?” A skinny, smiling 20-something man is thrusting his phone towards me. He stands with his friend, a shorter man in a floral shirt. I snap a photo of Smiley and Floral in front of a drab building – not exactly a great shot. I give the phone back, and he doesn’t bother to check the photo. “So where are you from? How long in Shanghai?” The questions pour out – Smiley’s English is pretty good. Floral isn’t saying anything, and has an expression of boredom like he’s watching a movie he’s already seen a dozen times today. We’ve been talking for a little while now. Smiley says that they’re students, from Nanjing. I’m starting to get afraid that I’ve been too cynical, and this pair is actually just really friendly. Then, the line drops. “Do you want to see a Chinese tea ceremony?” Gleefully, I say “Yes.” The so-called ‘Tea Scam’ is modern Shanghai’s most notorious con. Meet a friendly young English speaker or two at a touristy spot, join them for some tea (at their suggestion) and end up with a bill as high as a few thousand RMB. The scam is mentioned in nearly every English-language guidebook of the city, and many of Shanghai’s foreignerfriendly hotels and hostels feature warnings about tea-offering locals. Despite its cover being thoroughly blown, the scam is still big business. “The tea scam is so well documented on the internet now that people are pretty well warned,” says Jamie Barys, co-founder and ‘Chief Eating Officer’ at UnTour Shanghai. “That said, tourists still sometimes fall for it because the scammers are so charming.” “In the lead up to the 2010 Expo, there was a crackdown on the tea scammers,” she continues. “The ‘Better City, Better Life’ campaign was trying to put a good face on China for foreign visitors, and there was a lot of police protection for the tourists coming into town.” Despite police efforts, the tea scam – and others like it – weren’t so easy to stop. English-language searches on Google for terms like “Shanghai scam” peaked in the summer and fall of 2010 as foreigners poured into the city for the Expo, only to find themselves indulging in some extremely expensive drinks. But they were hardly the first ones to get suckered; for as long as Shanghai has had foreigners, it has had con artists looking to charge them outrageous sums for tea cer-
emonies. In the early 1900’s, settlers living in the French Concession or International Settlement found themselves in a strikingly similar – although quite a bit less wholesome – scam. While today’s tourists pay through the nose at popular sightseeing destinations, the credulous foreigners of yesteryear often found themselves relieved of their money in the city’s many brothels. If a young woman was trained in the arts of conversation and pouring tea, the rates of her services skyrocketed – a fact not known to her clients while they enjoyed their cha and a chat. The thought of a foreign colonialist getting his wallet emptied while visiting a brothel certainly has a certain aura of ‘serves him right.’ Even today, many scams in Shanghai read like bad letters to Penthouse, and are more likely to give a listener schadenfreude than sympathy. The “massages” gone awry, the flirtatious bar flies with surprisingly expensive tastes. In Old Shanghai, “One way [for brothelseeking settlers] to avoid wallet-breaking tea ceremonies,” says journalist and Shanghaihistory expert Katya Knyazeva, “was to ‘accidentally’ meet a courtesan promenading inside Yu Garden.” Once a place of respite from marauding scammers, Yu Yuan now joins Nanjing Dong Lu and People’s Square as one of their favorite locations. It’s where I am as Smiley, talking up a storm, regales me with advice for Shanghai spots to visit (he’s under the impression I’ve only just arrived). Floral has yet to speak a word, but Smiley has gone all out, and is pointing at a tourists’ map that he’s brought along. There is a song and dance to Shanghai’s scams. It is very rare for a tourist to be mugged outright, and sometimes victims don’t even know that they’ve been had. “One visitor told me he had this amazing tea ceremony for RMB2,000,” says Barys. “I tried to explain to him that he got ripped off and should go to the police, but he was absolutely convinced that these people were super nice and hadn’t stolen from him. I think that’s the mark of a really good con artist – when the victim doesn’t even know he was conned.” The scams of Old Shanghai could be even more elaborate. “The ‘fur coat’ scam from the 1930s was both glamorous and decadent – just like Shanghai’s reputation,” says Knyazeva. A man passing his time at a foreign bar or club would be approached by a beautiful woman – typically a Russian. She would charm him, and they may even have a brief courtship. When the man was thoroughly lovesick, the woman would request that he buy her a fantastically expensive coat. “Afterwards the girl – actually, a saleslady in the coat shop – would hang the coat back on the rack and split the profit with her boss.” The man would not hear from her again. Scams and organized crime were ram-
pant in the Shanghai of the 1930s, leading to a sizable swath of the International Settlement being dubbed ‘The Badlands.’ According to Knyazeva, “even in daylight, The Badlands was a risky place to be.” Cons were common – notably, an abundance of ‘psychics’ who claimed abilities to communicate with the dead – but so were grittier crimes like kidnapping and gangland turf wars. The Badlands disappeared with the closure of the International Settlement in 1941, and scams against foreigners dropped to essentially zero in the years after the Communist Revolution – the country’s ‘red light districts’ were thoroughly destroyed, and there were virtually no Westerners in China to be scammed in the first place. Foreigners began trickling back into the country in the late 1970s, and much had changed since the wild days of Old Shanghai. One of the first modern guidebooks, Fodor’s 1979 People’s Republic of China Guide, noted “Any Chinese person stealing from a foreign visitor would not only be letting down his own country, but contradicting the widespread belief that socialism creates conditions which eliminate crime.” Much changed in the following years, and by the early 2000s, the scams were back in full swing. “Beware various scam artists who will use the pretext of practicing their English to try and befriend you, all with the goal of separating you from your money. As far as many Chinese are concerned, there’s no such thing as a poor foreigner,” wrote Frommer’s 2004 guide to Shanghai. As the Expo drew nearer, more foreigners than ever – mostly short-term visitors who didn’t speak the language or have proper street smarts – poured into Shanghai. Police may have cracked down during the Expo itself, but they were too late: the city’s scammers had already figured out what worked and what didn’t, and they were sticking with the tea scam. Smiley and Floral know exactly what they’re doing. We’ve walked down the street for a bit, and are about to turn into a mall. An image of a ‘tea house’ deep down some twisting corridor, with no easy exit, flashes through my mind, and I realize I’m pushing my luck. Tempting, as it is, to follow this story to the end, I opt to keep my RMB to myself. I bid my scammers-to-be goodbye as I duck into a nearby shop. After we part ways, I poke around a corner and spot the pair again – they’re back at the exact intersection as before, asking another foreigner to take their picture in front of the drab building. Smiley is chattering with excitement, and Floral is zoning out – the movie is playing again, with the same script, the same setting and supporting roles. All that’s changed is the lead, and he’d better keep his wits about him – or he’ll join the long line of foreigners who have been suckered in Shanghai. www.thatsmags.com / May 2015
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Business
SJTU-Antai Global Summer Program Interview with Dean Lin ZHOU
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he Antai Global Summer Program is one of China’s premier Englishlanguage business intensives. With students from around the globe and a combination of classroom and real-world education, the program allows both undergraduate and master’s students to learn the essentials of doing business in China. Professor Zhou Lin, the Dean of Antai College of Economics & Management, spoke with That’s Shanghai about the program.
Why has Antai launched a summer program? Professor Zhou: Over the years, we have seen a growing interest among foreigners hoping to study and learn more about China, including among our own international students in Antai’s programs. This three-week summer program works with students’ schedules and is flexible, which is essential because many students also have other coursework to complete. We hosted 40 students from 18 countries last year, and 48 students from 20 countries this year.
Student Testimonials: Aldo Martinez [USA]
China is a very relevant power in business, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of the best universities in China. It delivers a nice assortment of culture and education experiences. I am very impressed with the quality of the speakers and presenters, and the student body is very diverse. I was very excited to meet other students, engage with them and understand them on different levels. It broadened how I see the world, and helped develop my global perspective.
Christina Lupieri [Canada]
I have lived in Europe and North America. I really wanted to experience living in China and learning about the country. The company visits were absolutely phenomenal. The
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What draws students to Antai College? Professor Zhou: Firstly, China is a fascinating place and many young people are interested in coming here. Secondly, Shanghai is a very interesting, very cosmopolitan area. Thirdly, Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University is renowned for providing quality education for both domestic and international students. We are on many college rankings lists, and this recognition helps to market ourselves as one of the very top places for international students to come study. chance to actually meet with the CEO of a company that has become very successful in China was amazing. The cultural visits also give us rounded experiences during our time at the university. I have learned so much about China, and about the economic situation here as it changes.
What can students do? Professor Zhou: We have designed the program so that, in addition to core classes, there are features to fit students’ different needs. For most undergraduates, it’s more of a journey of exploring. For more mature master’s or MBA students, we provide more learning opportunities such as company visits to Boston Consulting Group and Yihaodian (an emerging successful company) to show them the ways which Chinese entrepreneurs do business, which they might also adopt later in establishing their own businesses.
ANTAI GLOBAL SUMMER PROGRAM
Liselotte Van Coillie [Belgium]
The balance between different activities we did in the program – the cultural activities, the company visits and more – is what makes Antai so interesting. It’s not one specific thing, but the fact that we do all of these things together that gives it a special value. The program selected students from all over the world, and I became friends with other students and learned about their different cultures.
Understanding China, communica ng with the World iceo@sjtu.edu.cn 021- 5230 2511 www.summerschool.sjtu.edu.cn
photo essay Âť CITY
Megacity
Farming in the shadow of skyscrapers in Chongqing BY Erik Crouch
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Photo essay
Urban farming, a fairly small phenomenon in other Chinese metropolises, is booming in Chongqing.
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hongqing is exploding – it’s bursting at the seams with workers from across the country, local farmers swept up in a tide of urbanization and the bridges, roads, skyscrapers and highways needed to make the whole thing work. Tim Franco has spent the past five years documenting the city’s changes, and not just the newest apartment complexes and train lines: he’s also been recording how the city’s boom has affected the millions of people who now
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call Chongqing home. “The city looks like something out of Blade Runner,” says Franco. “I wanted to show this rapid urbanization and its impact on the local society.” The photos present a whirlwind tour of Chongqing and its people. Fields grow in the shadows of giant, cookiecutter apartment buildings. People swim in water parks and in small lakes beneath highway overpasses. Construction cranes reliably dot the horizon.
“I often took a step back from portraits and tried to incorporate people into the city, to give a sense of scale.” The scale is staggering. While Shanghai is typically referred to as China’s biggest city – weighing in at around 24 million people – the municipality of Chongqing is home to nearly 30 million. That’s because Chongqing is more than just a city – it is a giant, heaving combination of districts, counties and autonomous zones, with more than 1,200 towns, townships and
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sub-districts. Its sheer size makes for some interesting contradictions. Urban farming, a fairly small phenomenon in other Chinese metropolises, is booming in Chongqing, as Franco documents. “A whole generation moved into the city at once, and some people couldn’t – or didn’t want to – adapt,” he says. “They started growing vegetables anywhere they could, on construction sites, on the sides of the road – wherever.” Franco’s photos show Chongqing in all its weird, eclectic, juggernaut glory. A metropolis massive beyond description, expanding, all-consuming – and filled with people who are just now figuring out life within it. The resulting photos are sometimes bizarre, sometimes overwhelming – but always interesting and captivating.
// tim Franco’s photos are published in Metamorpolis: Urban Rise, published by Pendant ce temps. the 112-page hardcover is available on his website, and will be for sale in shanghai later this month. For more info, check out www.timfranco.com
Franco’s photos show Chongqing in all its weird, eclectic, juggernaut glory.
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ight in Shanghai, night in Shanghai, you are a city that never sleeps. Bright lights, the car sounds, peaceful and prosperous song and dance.” These are the opening lines to Zhou Xuan’s ‘Shanghai Nights,’ still probably the most famous ballad to the ‘Paris of the East.’ You don’t earn praise like that without a popping nightlife – and if you think Shanghai delivers on that promise today, you should have seen it in the early 20th century. Of the roughly 200 dance clubs in town, The Paramount was the city’s most famous – and also among its most hedonistic. In keeping with its Chinese name “Gate of a Hundred Pleasures” (pronounced in Shanghainese as “pah-loh-men”), the club was a shimmering monument to glitzy, glamorous debauchery, with enough dances and raging parties to make Jay Gatsby blush. The club first opened with a fittingly extravagant golden-key ceremony by Madame Wu Tiecheng, wife of the city’s first Chinese mayor, on December 19, 1933. Crowds poured in to the tunes of the club’s in-house Russian orchestra, and the party was officially on.
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Located at the corner of Yuyuan Road and Jessfield Road in the former International Settlement, the building’s dramatic Art Deco design was the work of local architect S.J. Young. It featured the city’s first VIP room and first bar on a dance floor, which was reliably lined with The Paramount’s famed ‘taxi girls,’ vying to sell their services as dancing partners or escorts.
But the wild, freewheeling escapades of The Paramount would eventually be its undoing. In 1936, Sir Victor Sassoon was snubbed by a rude waiter during his visit to the club, and – this was an age when people took respect and honor extremely seriously – he started plotting its demise.
Sassoon was far from an average customer: he was perhaps the single biggest landowner in Shanghai, whose properties included the Cathay Hotel, many offices on the Bund and, by some estimates, more than 1,800 establishments throughout Shanghai. And he didn’t suffer rude waiters lightly. Sassoon hired British firm Palmer and Turner, the group behind the HSBC Building, Customs House and Cathay building, to build him a club to end all clubs. In 1936, he unveiled Ciro’s – the first building in Shanghai entirely devoted to a modern night club. The 1930s were truly the golden age for Shanghai’s night life. The decade – or, at least, most of it - brought a unity and calm that hadn’t been seen in the city for many years, and a ban on foot-binding in the new republic meant a generation of dancers was now coming of age. Competition between Ciro’s and The Paramount was fierce. If Sassoon’s mission was to take business from The Paramount, he succeeded; the year after Ciro’s opened its doors, The Paramount was facing bankruptcy, swapping out its management as it struggled to stay open. Ciro’s may have been the newest, hippest
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spot in town, but The Paramount – nearly bankrupt or not – still had a guest list second to none. The ‘Young Marshall’ Zhang Xueliang was a regular. The heir apparent to the ‘Tiger of Mukden’s’ northeastern fiefdom insisted on making a pilgrimage to The Paramount every time he headed south for R&R with his brother-in-arms Zhang Zongchang, aka the ‘Dogmeat General.’ Other regulars included Pockmarked Huang and Big-Eared Du, bosses of the infamous Green Gang that dominated the city’s extensive underworld. Some say the band would even observe a moment of silence when Du walked in, as a sign of respect (and/or fear). By the late 1930s, the glimmer of Shanghai’s nightlife began to fade. The city fell to the Japanese in November 1937, but the British and American-run International Settlement area that housed the Paramount continued until December 1941, when Tokyo declared war on the Allies and attacked Hong Kong and Pearl Harbor. When one of the Japanese occupiers marched into the club and asked taxi-girl Chen Manli for a dance, she said “No” – a crime for which she was shot dead in the middle of the dance floor, sending revelers fleeing in horror. The glory days of The
A ban on foot-binding in the new republic meant a generation of dancers was now coming of age. Paramount were officially over. Following the communist victory in 1949, The Paramount was closed and later reopened as The Red Capitol Cinema, showing revolutionary films. The building spent the latter part of the 20th century in obscurity, until it was extensively renovated and reopened as a night club in 2008, hoping to bring the old Shanghai spirit into the 21st century. Some has been lost in the transition – the original fittings have been removed, and the rosewood dance floor is covered with modern tables, more suited for drinking and playing dice than doing the foxtrot. Nevertheless, names like Ciro’s, The Paradise, Metropole, Canidrome and many more have been lost to the history books – only The Paramount has survived, in one form or another, to this day. Even if you aren’t won over by today’s
clubbing culture, you can still enjoy the Paramount’s iconic Art Deco airs and let your imagination replace the smartphone-tittering club goers with the glamorous, boozedout pleasure seekers from Shanghai’s golden age of clubbing. // the Paramount still stands at 218 Yuyuan lu, by Wanhangdu lu, 愚园路218号,近万航渡路. the photo (left) is from a 2010 reenactment of the club’s heyday.
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ew communities in Shanghai are as warm and close-knit as Green City Community. In addition to boasting a tradition of neighborhood activities like a mini World Cup, Halloween, Christmas and family day events, last month residents joined in a happiness Run in Jinqiao – an annual running event now in its 14th iteration. First held in 2002, this year’s event fell on a beautiful day in April. The starting gun fired, and the racers were off. Some dressed in funny, bizarre clothes while others wore matching t-shirts. The run was just 2.4 kilometers, but that doesn’t mean people weren’t taking it (somewhat) seriously. Shay Gieseker, from the United States, said she was using the run as a chance to get into shape in preparation for the Great Wall marathon outside of Beijing in May. Gieseker has been in Shanghai for exactly one year, and the 40-year-old mother of three said she especially loved the friendly and open atmosphere of the Green City community – she had just decided to extend her contract in the residence for a second year.
“We get to attend many activities and get to know people living around here,” said Domas Delfavero, a Chilean who also participated in the run. “It’s a very lovely neighborhood.” Delfavero moved to Green City one year ago, and, along with his six-year-old son, has embraced the chance to join in activities regularly held throughout the community. The runners were joined by enthusiastic cheerleaders and a man in a polar bear suit, who whooped and cheered as the first batch of runners crossed the finish line after just ten minutes. 17-year-old Gregory Gates, half-English and half-Dutch, was among the first to cross the line. “I’ve always enjoyed running,” he said. “It’s great to run in such a lovely suburb – I think everybody should run this course.” And there is more to the Green City community than its runners. Freek Boelen arrived 12 years ago with his wife and son. Always a big fan of football, Boelen created the Shanghai Premier League (SPL) which now includes 12 teams that often play on the field within the community. He says that the neighborhood offers a perfect opportunity for people to partake in sports or just grab a coffee and spend a laid-back, sunny afternoon watching others play. Also involved in the community are Mark and his wife Lily who, after traveling the world with their three kids, have settled in Green City and opened up a small cafe. Every Sunday, Mark hosts a series of tourism-themed lectures called “Learn the World,” where he shares his travel experiences with curious children and cafe-goers interested in learning about world cultures. Mark hopes his weekly stories will help people whet their appetites for adventure. Stories like Mark’s and Lily’s, or Freek’s, or Domas’ are just some of the hundreds, even thousands of tales that make up the international community in Green City. They run, they play, they eat – they live.
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LIFE & style Spotlight
Masha Ma, fashion designer
Overheard even have Vogue until 10 years ago. It takes time. The scene is growing at an incredibly fast speed, but there’s a lot more exploring to do.
Your spring/summer 2015 collection in a nutshell. I like to think of my latest line as a fusion of Oriental beauty and Western modernity. Chic, contemporary and rooted in Chinese aesthetics. The main inspiration for it was the Suzhou Museum designed by I.M. Pei. You spent 13 years studying and working in London. What have you learned from that experience? Self-mockery. I’ve learned to see things from different angles, and that has given me the courage to face criticism in a lighter way. Is there a figure in the industry you particularly admire? The late Louise Wilson [professor of fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London]. She had a huge influence on my journey as a designer. I learned a lot from her.
How would you describe the Masha Ma aesthetic? A blend of architectural shapes and simple cuts. My designs are for rational, modern women. Our brand motto is “Masha Ma’s ladies don’t shout, but they’d never choose to stay silent.” I think it fits my ideal of what any woman should be like.
What inspires you? Most designers are inspired by visual items, but I prefer to draw concepts and ideas from books. Texts allow you to create your own world, your own imagery. They are filled with and by imagination, which changes from person to person. They are way more inspiring than any pictorial stuff.
China’s fashion scene. Thoughts? In many ways, a lot of the industry’s standard systems and methods aren’t fully developed yet, but I’m glad to see it’s booming. The sector has been growing for less than 20 years – the West has spent 200 years on it. We didn’t
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You’ve recently worked on a livery design for British Airways as part of the UK’s GREAT Festival of Creativity. Tell us about it. I had never designed for an aircraft before – it was challenging, but pretty exciting. I was asked to create a design that would blend a sense of British royalty with traditional Chinese culture, and was only allowed to use five colors – red, white, yellow, black and blue. Nothing glittery, nothing too graphic. My first thought was to do symbolic Chinese calligraphy, but I then opted for a motif of British roses and Chinese bamboo.
Favorite fashion spot in Shanghai? The Bund. It shows a combination of Chinese and Western elements that really sets Shanghai apart from other cities in China. What is fashion to you? I think fashion isn’t about where you pick up an idea, but about where you bring it. Looking forward, I’d like to take my own fashion towards a more personal style – a release of my inner self. // www.masha-ma.com
“Is it a style representing the wealth of the nouveau riche or emerging middle class? Or maybe a style that represents traditional Chinese culture and its philosophy… Maybe the answer is somewhere in between.” // Hong and James Chang, founders of Shanghai-based womenswear label La Chambre Miniature, on the challenges of defining Chinese fashion. The PRC’s fashion industry came prominently under the limelight last month as both Beijing’s China Fashion Week and Shanghai Fashion Week captured the attention of international media and insiders. As the tastes of China’s rising middle class evolve and an increasing number of local designers are earning the respect of the sector’s upper echelons, many have been attempting to outline what ‘Made in China’ means. The answer, as you might guess, is very much still open to debate.
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No, the title is not a typo. It’s simply what came to mind when we were first introduced to Adidas Original’s latest S/S ‘15 ZX Flux collection (see? Don’t say it doesn’t sound weird). Perhaps we’re getting old, but the name of this undeniably cool shoe range – a redesign of the ZX 8000 model released by Adidas in 1989 – feels a tad too ‘hip’ to us. The design, however hits just the right spot: futuristic silhouettes, dazzling graphics, pixel art, mosaic and floral patterns - exactly what any sneaker should be like. We’ll forgive them the funny name for that. Starting at RMB749.
Warmer days call for bike rides around Shanghai or (why not?) outside our crazy city. If your Flying Pidgeon bike just won’t cut it, we’d suggest checking out xxvii.com, a pretty neat online bike shop we recently stumbled upon. Boasting some seriously professional gear and oh-so-hot two-wheels, it has plenty of choices to step up your game. We particularly like the Swift Clifton women’s city cruiser – a sleek ride that comes with an ultra-light aluminum frame and integrated suspension. RMB6,599. // www.xxvii.com
Wong Kar-wai Acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai has been appointed as artistic director of Chinese Whispers: Tales of the East in Art, Film and Fashion, an exhibition which opens this month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and runs until August 16. The show explores the centuries-old relationship between China and the Western world up to the present day, as well as China’s influence over various eras of fashion, art and film. Among the items on display are movie scenes depicting influential Chinese cultural items, as well as over 100 examples of ready-to-wear and haute couture garments juxtaposed with traditional costumes, paintings, porcelains and art.
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Denim and Festival Girl [Gucci]
Sharp Suit and Bold Colors [Burberry]
Midriff Baring and Gingham Style [Oscar de La Renta]
Zara Man shark tee, RMB199 > www.zara.cn
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Topshop rib crop top, RMB75 > www.topshop.com
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Zara narrow trousers, RMB359 > www.zara.cn
H&M slim fit jacket, RMB499 > www.hm.com
COS raw-edge cotton t-shirt, RMB350 > www.cosstores.com
Stradivarius fringe jacket, RMB399 > www.stradivarius.com
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Jeremy Scott superstar sneaker, RMB1,899 > shop.adidas.cn
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COS shirt, RMB590 > www.cosstores.com
H&M bell-shaped cuba skirt, RMB399 > www.hm.com
Reigning camp stretch nylon shorts, RMB1,050 > shop.projectaegis.com
Zara Man sweater, RMB199 > www.zara.cn
f you’re into fashion, you probably think sky-high heels and PVC garments are great. And yes, sure, they are. But try wearing them on your bike ride to work, or on a night out on Yongkang Lu, and you’ll soon realize they are not exactly apt for that ‘real’ (read: hipster) Shanghai life we’re all after. Here, we’ve sorted out some key spring fashion trends you can actually wear in your everyday lives. Because girly see-
through skirts and boys’ crop tops are ‘cool’ (well, sort of) but we’ll take garb that can carry us from desk to drinks any day.
t sheet Easy does it [Oliver Spencer]
Flower Power and Slouchy Dressing [Michael Kors]
Lee boyfriend jeans, RMB1,090 > www.lee.com.cn
Crisp White and Prints [Sankuanz]
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10 things we learned during Shanghai Fashion By Marianna Cerini, street style shots by gez sarvari
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hanghai Fashion Week came, saw, and conquered. After a hectic seven-day schedule of Fall/Winter shows, events, pop-ups and talks, here is the word from what we saw on the catwalks and out on the street. Drop these comments into any fashion-related conversation you might have and people will know you were in the front row. Even if you weren’t.
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Coats are upsizing It’s all about keeping your cockles warm next winter. Big, furry, snugly coats were seen on the catwalks of Ban Xiaoxue, Fake Natoo and Bee by Hebeeco, just to name a few.
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Missy Skins x YYO Foundation was all about badass leather skirts with asymmetrical zips, elbow-long leather gloves and edgy leather frocks. Three Society showed a similar vibe in its menswear, with a series of leather shirts we’d recommend wearing only when it’s really cold outside (imagine sweating in that). Leather is like the new cashmere. To be styled with attitude.
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Michael Kors once said, “Accessories are the exclamation point of a woman’s outfit.” How right he was. On the streets around Taiping Lake Park, where the white tents of SFW were holding the shows, cool styling was the citation du jour. We saw it in the riots of hip clutches, sunglasses, baubles and funky headpieces sported by ladies and guys alike. Two more keywords for you: geometric shapes.
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Like the 101 Dalmatians Well, almost. No one is comparing models to dogs here. But, from what we saw, black and white is the ultimate color combo for next season. The trend isn’t groundbreaking, but it was everywhere. What makes this season’s take interesting, though, are the various textures, patterns and silhouettes.
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Your hair should be blue Or minty green. Or coral. Funky hair dyes were seen on quite a few folks in and out of the shows. Add a bit of smudged eyeliner and killer lipstick (or a disheveled ponytail, if you’re a guy) and you’re all set.
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SFW was definitely April’s main highlight for the upper echelons of the style world, but the industry also stepped up its game with a number of spin-off events and independent happenings throughout the first two weeks of the month. Shanghai’s first Couture Fashion Week was held at Bund 22, displaying some pretty glitzy garments by designers like Guo Pei and the rising cluster of Chinese high fashion. On the hipster side of things, not-for-profit collective The Dark Mattress (TDM) organized TDM Alternative Fashion Week, partly in reaction to the exclusivity of the official Fashion Week, and partly as a way to boost local and up-and-coming designers who just came out of school.
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Chinese designers are getting it oh-so right Yes, some shows were definitely a miss, but the overall level was pretty high this season. Three names to remember: Zhang Na of Fake Natoo (one of the most anticipated collections, and a great one at that), Natasha Ivachoff of Missy Skins (Beijing-born, Australia-educated) and Han Lulu of the eponymous brand. For menswear, George Chen of Three Society nailed it.
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10 Chinese fashion is serious fashion Besides its sometimes-annoying exclusivity (this year’s edition was invitation only, no media passes) there was definitely an atmosphere of things being taken seriously at SFW. Shows went smoothly, productions were generally pretty solid and most of the ideas put out were genuinely interesting. It seems like the global industry is taking notice. Communication giant Ogilvy helped SFW organize an International Fashion Summit ahead of the seven-day extravaganza that saw four panels of international fashion insiders and professionals tackle issues like original Chinese design, the growth of China’s fashion industry and the country’s rapidly evolving consumer environment. CEO of fashion platform The Business of Fashion came to town for that (he hosted a couple discussions), as well as British fashion commentator Colin McDowell. Concept store 10 Corso Como hosted the launch of Fashion China, a book written by fashion curator Gemma Williams (who attended) attempting to document the country’s vibrant, albeit fledgling, fashion design industry. The boutique also organized a couple of interesting talks with local talents, and a pop-up display of their works. All really good stuff, if you ask us. Chinese fashion is a thing y’all, and it's getting BIG.
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Arrivals
Scene&Heard
By Marianna Cerini
Mon Grenier
Another month, another closet-sized treasure trove opens on Anfu Lu. This time is jewelry shop Mon Grenier, a tiny retail spot of indie baubles, trinkets and accessories. A lilac-colored storefront and minty green walls inside set a feminine, delicate mood for the entire boutique, reflecting the aesthetic of owner Wu Lulu. A former marketing executive for the luxury sector, the Taiwan native opened the place as a way to channel her love for pretty ornaments – Mon Grenier is her own label of necklaces and bracelets – and help promote fellow jewelry designers from China and abroad. Wooden cabinets, empty frames and stacked shelves showcase rings and charm-laden necklaces, such as those bearing a tiny dangling camera and gold-plated animal pendants. Part retail venture, part atelier, Mon Grenier offers an artfully picked edit of wares – bags by local brand Mozaik and headbands by Les Petites Shanghaiennes are also on show – with plans to change and expand the selection on a cyclical basis. Prices are on the affordable side, starting at around RMB300. // 249 anfu lu, by wukang lu 安福路145号，近武康路(159 2175 6374)
Celia B
Celia B’s fashion show for her Autumn/Winter 2015 collection ‘Midnight in the Oasis’ was one of the most fun, whimsical and happy happenings during Shanghai Fashion Week last month. Although conceived with the cold season in mind, the line has nothing of the drab, dark tones one often associates with winter. Drawing influence from Portuguese artist Natacha Duarte’s collection of prints inspired by the Botanical Gardens in Lisbon, garments show super happy prints, attention-grabbing motifs and flattering silhouettes. They come in a range of deep greens, blues and turquoises, with bold strokes of louder colors – hello orange and pink – splattered over playful dresses, skirts, rompers and jackets. Crochet – the Spanish designer’s signature mark – fur and patchwork all feature, but it’s a frosty metallic jacket that had us crushing hard. It might be hot outside, but we can’t wait to sport some of these garbs come chillier times. // 4/f takashimaya mall, 1438 hongqiao lu, by yili lu, 虹桥路1438号, 近伊犁路 (www.celiab. com)
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Indigo Living is one of Shanghai’s most relevant stores for interesting furniture and interior design ideas. For Spring 2015, the store has unveiled a series of eclectic trends set to cater to a number of diverse tastes: Tropics, Mixed Metals, ‘Left-Bank’ Chic, East Coast style, Modern Chinoiserie and European Living. Featuring a riot of bright hues, statement fabrics and pineappleinspired accessories, Tropics is a joyful initiation to summer, spanning handpainted jungle cabinets and palm treeembossed crockery. If bold and bright isn’t your thing, Mixed Metals combines copper, bronze, gold and brass to produce an artfully mixed interior décor. Within Parisian ‘Left-Bank’ Chic, a muted color palette of taupe furniture serves as tasteful backdrop to accessories like copper lanterns and sophisticated horn
boxes. East Coast goes ‘new’ Hampton-style with a fresh color scheme in indigo blue and white, slubby linen and recycled wood. Modern Chinoiserie offers do traditional pieces within a bright, light contemporary setting, while European Living is all about pared-back furniture in muted tones and minimal textures – think geometric glass sculptures and gleaming silver trays.
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Studio Impractical
Children of the 80s and 90s will feel right at home at Studio Impractical. Walking into the shop – a vintage boutique brimming with retro clothes, shoes and accessories – is like stepping back in time to that roaring era of logo tees and leather cowboy jackets some of us were lucky enough to grow up in. But it’s the oddly surreal collection of vintage Barbies that will really hit a sweet spot among you late twentysomethings out there. Owner Renee Chen says most of them aren’t for sale (and we don’t blame her: who would ever want to sell an Aerobic Instructor Barbie wearing a neon leotard?) but the dolls sure add a touch of extra quirkiness to the place – a refreshing change from the stiff pretentiousness of other vintage ventures. Browsing the racks, you’ll find fairly affordable garments imported from hipster-central cities like Seattle and Portland alongside pricier designer pieces from names like Fendi and D&G. Tucked at the back of a lanehouse, this is one playful retro shop worth checking out. // rm 107, bldg 25, lane 1412, huaihai Zhong lu, by fuxing Xi lu淮海中路1412 弄25号107室, 近复兴西路 (6447 3057)
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A playful nest
A family retreat in the heart of the city By Marianna Cerini, Photos by Nicky Almasy
Most pieces in the house are either gifts from the couple’s many artist friends or purchases Laletina has personally picked from markets and shops around China and Southeast Asia. “I am a bit of a collector,” she says, “but also a hoarder of quirky, random items I find around.” The hefty bookcase is a piece from Xinjiang. The cabinet was bought in Shanghai and Laletina repainted it yellow herself. DIY touches can be found throughout the house.
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ong-term Shanghai residents Maria Laletina and her husband Nicolas Dodet are aficionados of the former French Concession. This house on Fumin Lu is their third home in the area over the last 10 years – three beautiful stories boasting high ceilings, charming wooden floors and original 1930s window fixtures in every room. The perfect nest for the couple and their two daughters Ekaterina and Isabella, the place retains a décor that’s simple, art-filled and dotted with the odd flash of color.
In the master bedroom, a weighty red wood cabinet makes for a beautiful and bold statement piece.
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A close-up of a tattered but oh-so-charming Chinese cabinet reveals traditional style with a modern, fun edge.
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The view from a loft area reachable by a very steep ladder gives a perfect idea of the house’s incredibly high ceilings.
A 3D puzzle of Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral sits next to a half bust of 20thcentury Russian writer and political activist Maxim Gorky. Laletina is Russian French and a few, tasteful items in the house link back to her country of origin. Embracing her love for DIY, she gave Gorky a red-dotted blue tie and a hat.
Featuring a long dining table and no TV, the airy dining room is designed for socializing.
The entire house shows a palette of reds juxtaposed with subdued colors such as white, cream and beige. The bathroom – one of two – reflects that same aesthetic.
Minimal décor blends with an original art selection in the living area-cum-guest room on the house’s third floor.
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Portrait of china Zhang Yang, 20 I am a hairdresser. My dream is to become a celebrity stylist – you know, do makeup, advise people on what to wear. I really like this one Korean star – maybe one day he’ll be one of my clients.
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I don’t have much spare time, but when I do, I like to listen to heavy metal a lot. And buy clothes. I like to be trendy.
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Helen Nail Spa
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elen Nail Spa is everyone’s favorite secret: its manicures are top notch, its pedicures last a month without chipping and its fast service makes it a perfect pit stop for pampering on the go. We recently visited the Julu Lu branch and, having had our nails done just a couple of days before (at Helen’s Nanchang Lu outpost) we decided to try their waxing services – mostly to be able to finally bare our legs as the temperature rises. And let us tell you: if you like to keep your hair tidy and your skin feeling baby-smooth, Helen’s is the place to go. Expert waxers deliver skilled, speedy wax anywhere from you upper lip to your ankles. Bikini waxing offers three levels of hairlessness: basic bikini (RMB140); Brazilian, which removes everything sans the landing strip (RMB220); or the Playboy, which leaves nothing (RMB210). As for the rest of your body, there’s no spot the gals working here leave unturned. Full leg goes for RMB260, while arms are RMB160 and upper lip RMB50. Considering that even seasoned vets need to pop an Advil (or a Valium) beforehand, first-timers get plenty of hand-holding, as the staff is friendly, gentle and very understanding. Arrive early to unwind: each Helen salon stocks a wide assortment of herbal tea and a generous selection of magazines in the waiting area. MC // 6, lane 819, Julu lu, by fumin lu 巨鹿路819弄6号, 近富民路 (5403 7802）
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ARTS Coming to a theater near you
Made in Shanghai
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Black is the Color of My Voice
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The Marvelverse converges in what promises to be a visually spectacular sequel to the 2012 hit. With S.H.I.E.L.D. destroyed, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Marc Ruffalo) devise the self-aware, self-teaching Ultron. Things go awry when their creation decides that humans are the enemy. With Earth in the balance, Stark and Banner must transform into Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, recruiting their friends Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to help save the day. Hopes are high that the film will shatter the success of Avengers, which grossed over USD86 million in China en route to a global gross of over USD1.5 billion.
You Are My Sunshine
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While the release of the fourth chapter in the Tiny Times saga remains up in the air, its star Yang Mi headlines this highly anticipated romantic comedy. Based on the popular 2002 online novel, You Are My Sunshine has already inspired one of this year’s biggest TV hits. For the film version, they’ve kept the story about college lovers who reunite after several years apart when one returns from abroad. It’s a brand new cast though, which also includes Huang Xiaoming (The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, American Dreams in China) and model/singer/actress Angelababy. Critics may be skeptical that the film will transcend genre clichés, but expect it to dominate the box office during the May holiday. WIN We give away a pair of tickets for the UME International Cineplex in Xintiandi every week. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy. com with the subject ‘UME’ for your chance to win.
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Inspired by the music and life of Nina Simone, Apphia Campbell’s one-woman show has taken a life of its own. Since its 2013 debut at Anken Green, it has become an Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit and garnered a fourstar review from The Times. Just back from performing the show in Seattle and Barbados, Campbell laughs about encountering her first star-struck fan and marvels that the New York Post sent a reporter to attend. It’s a complete 180 from her time living in the Big Apple going through the grind of auditioning. “I love Shanghai’s theater scene,” she says. “People here are so receptive of new work. For an artist with an idea, all you need to do is to produce it somewhere.” “I’ve grown so much as an artist and as a person, being able to feel the freedom of expression here – which is pretty funny.” Ironically, the show’s success will take her away from our fair city. With a UK tour kicking off on May 23, Campbell is moving to Edinburgh, admitting “it’s just so much harder coming from Asia. I wanted to be
more central.” Before she leaves, Black is the Color of My Voice will take over On Stage from May 7-8 and 10, with the A Night of Apphia Campbell concert slated for May 9. “I’m just moving my base to the UK, but I will always want to come back and try some new work here,” she promises.
// May 7-10, 8pm-late, RMB200-250. On Stage, A2-101, Red Town, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu, by Hongqiao Lu 淮海西路570号红坊艺 术文化社区A2-101室, 近虹桥路
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Viewers got their first look at AMC’s loose adaptation of Journey to the West during the season finale of The Walking Dead. Daniel Wu (One Nite in Mongkok) stars in this modern interpretation and the show will premier later this year with six episodes. Wu Cheng’en’s classic epic has inspired recent Mainland blockbuster films by Stephen Chow and Donnie Yen.
Sina – you’ve been warned. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has singled out the mega-web portal after receiving more than 6,000 complaints since the beginning of the year for a variety of law violations from spreading false rumors to distorting news. With threats that their Internet news services will be suspended, Sina has pledged to publish more information with “positive energy.”
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Three years after making their international debut in London, the Richmond Ballet embark on a China tour that stops off at Shanghai Grand Theatre. They’ll be performing the joyful waltz Valse Fantaisie, the Adam and Eve-inspired After Eden and the electronically-remixed string quartet Swipe. Tulsa Ballet’s resident choreographer Ma Cong contributes Life the Fallen, inspired by the loss of his mother. The tour is part of a cultural exchange with two members of the National Ballet of China recently guesting on the company’s performances of Don Quixote.
This celebration of “admiring blossoms, appreciating music and enjoying life,” enters its third year. Make the trip to Songjiang and enjoy beautiful sounds at picturesque Chenshan Botanical Gardens – the city’s largest green space. The small stage will spotlight traditional nomadic music from Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Tuva. The big stage will feature majestic performances of Chinese and Western choral classics on Saturday. Award-winning cellist Mischa Maisky, worldrenowned conductor Jonathan Nott and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra take over on Sunday. We have a pair of tickets to give away. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘FM94.7 Music Festival’ by May 13 for your chance to win.
// May 30, 7.15pm, RMB80-580. Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre, 300 Renmin Da Dao, by Huangpi Bei Lu 人民大道300号, 近 黄陂北路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
// May 16-17, RMB150-260, 2pm-late. Chenshan Botanical Garden, 3888 Chenhua Lu, by Jiasong Lu 辰花路3888号, 近嘉松路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Correr O Fado What’s New After establishing a trip-hop neo-soul sound on their first two albums, Shanghai’s AM444 makes a drastic departure on Dark Show. Dutch producer Jay Soul provides buzzing, bass-heavy beats for Guizhou-born singer ChaCha to stretch out on. The EP enhances the duo’s reputation as one of China’s finest and will be supported by a June national tour. The disc is available on am444.bandcamp.com.
China’s favorite historic true-crime writer Paul French is back. The Midnight in Peking scribe details the unsolved 1907 murder of a foreign woman in Shanghai’s former International Settlement. ‘Murder in the Shanghai Trenches’ can be found in Truly Criminal. The Crime Writers Association of the UK anthology also features contributions from 2015 CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird and is available on Amazon.
It’s the end of an era, as the 15-time Emmy Award winning Mad Men marches to its May 17 series finale. Over seven seasons, viewers have witnessed advertising extraordinaire Don Draper’s lifestyle of whiskey drinking, chain smoking and mistress chasing become antiquated as the show moves alongside the massive social changes of the 1960s. Streamable on tv.sohu.com and tv.yoku.com.
The 2009 winners of Best Contemporary Dance Group in Portugal are still going strong. Founded by former Martha Graham Dance Company soloist Daniel Cardoso, Quorum Ballet has established a reputation for innovation. For Correr O Fado, they mix modern dance with traditional Fado folk music. Through a series of movements, the show will explore the nostalgic and melancholic connotations associated with the sounds. We have a pair of tickets to give away. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy. com with the subject ‘Quorum Ballet’ by May 13 for your chance to win. // May 16-17, 7-9pm, RMB180-580. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香 路425号, 近世纪大道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Mary Ocher The Moscow-born, Tel Aviv-raised singer-songwriter is bringing a blast of wild psychedelic rock to Yuyintang. The honorable King Khan discovered her at a Berlin karaoke bar and immediately invited her to record 2013’s Eden. Make sure to get to the show early as the outstanding Guren opens. It should be a busy month for the duo, thanks to the city’s leading Mongolia-phile Brian Offenther, who is lining up collaborative shows for them with Duck Fight Goose, The Horde, the Hot Club of Beijing and DJ Verse@ille. We have a pair of tickets to Mary Ocher to give away. For your chance to win, e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Mary Ocher’ by May 6.
// May 10, 10pm-late, RMB60. Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 凯旋路851号, 近延安西路
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Struggling with a bout of insomnia at his parent’s house in suburban Minnesota, Adam Young posted a few musical experiments onto MySpace eight years ago under the name Owl City. Now, the 29-year-old is about to embark on his third Mainland tour, returning to the Mixing Room on May 16-17. One of social media’s first music successes remains among its biggest, a fact that still baffles its mastermind.
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Ultimately this sort of life found me,” says Young. “When I was younger, my dad had the oldies on a lot, so I listened to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel and the Beach Boys. There’s something about them. All of the songs are catchy, rich with harmonies and so well-arranged. It was a big influence.” At 16 years old, he started the pop-punk trio Windsor Airlift. The group would shift to ambient post-rock, part of a musical journey that saw Young experiment with disparate genres from electronic screamo to comedy rap with self-released projects like Charlton Heston and the Blast Beats, the Wellington Giggle-Bomb Experience and Apes with Guns. “When I started making music, I had to dig around to figure out what felt right,” he explains. “I wound up in an electronic pop music world with Owl City, and couldn’t stop writing upbeat, hopeful sounding music that has a bit of whimsy. Until it starts becoming uninteresting – which I hope it never does – I’m going to keep on trying it.” Thanks to an accessible web presence, Owl City’s following rose alongside MySpace. By the time they signed a record deal with Universal Republic in 2008, their MySpace page had been viewed more than five million times, while their first independent hit ‘Hello
Seattle,’ was listened to more than 3.5 million times. Online success translated into the real world when the 2009 single ‘Fireflies’ topped the charts in 26 countries en route to selling more than 10 million copies. That year, Young made his first trip outside North America to perform sold-out shows in Beijing and Shanghai. “It was all so new to me,” he recalls. “When I showed up to the venue, there were all these fans who knew all of the lyrics to the songs. It was so surreal and continues to be whenever I come back.” Despite early criticisms that Owl City was treading on the same electro indie-pop terrain established by hipster-approved The Postal Service, the group has soldiered on. In 2012, they scored their second US Top 5 hit with the Carly Rae Jepsen assisted ‘Good Times.’ Collaborations have been kind to Owl City, which has worked with electronic music superstars (Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyke) and pop-punk icons (Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus). Recent singles have featured violinist/performance artist Lindsey Sterling, Christian pop star Britt Nicole and Japanese rockers Sekai no Owari. “I usually pick up on some kind of melodic sensibility that makes each song,” Young explains. “It could be a vocal melody or the way the WIN
When I started making music, I had to dig around to figure out what felt right. I wound up in this electronic pop music world with Owl City.
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When I showed up to the venue in Shanghai, there were all these fans who knew all the lyrics to the s ongs. It was s o surreal and continues to be whenever I come back.
synthesizers or guitar tracks are arranged. I usually gravitate towards really catchy music and try to further that.” There will be even more collaborations on Owl City’s fifth studio album, tentatively slated for a summer release. Young is elusive with the details, but has trouble containing his excitement for the disc. “There’s a lot of variety on the album, but I try to make sure each release is a continuation of the one before it. I want every album to feel current but also have a timeless quality,” he says. “I pay attention to what’s going on with the music world and EDM has become really popular on American radio. It was fun to try to channel that in my own way. It’s very dynamic and punchy.”
With the album “really close to being wrapped up,” Shanghai fans can only hope that a few new songs will make an appearance during the show. Regardless, Young promises that the touring quintet is a much different entity from the records, which he says have “more of a producer or DJ sound.” “The live sound is bigger and more like an anthem,” he explains. “I have this great guitar player who is so good at translating some of the synthesizer lines from the album onto guitar, so it’s more rock oriented. There’s more of a band feel where we switch around and play different instruments.” // May 16-17, 8pm, RMB480. The Mixing Room, Mercedes-Benz Arena, 1200 Shibo Da Dao, by Yaohua Lu 世博大道1200号, 近耀华 路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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The Kids Are Alright
Hiperson leads the next generation of Maybe Mars art-rock by andrew Chin, photo by xiao fu
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I feel like I’m in class and the teacher just called on me to answer a question,” laughs guitarist Liu Zetong during a break from band rehearsal. “A little nervous, at a loss for what to do, but very stimulated.” Few newcomers have accumulated as much cred as Hiperson. The group began three years ago in university when guitarists Liu and Ji Yinan recorded a couple of demos. Bassist Huang Rentao, drummer Wang Boqiang and frontwoman Chen Sijing later joined. Although it's each members’ first time in a band, the early twenty-somethings find themselves at the forefront of a Chengdu rock explosion alongside like-minded peers such as The Hormones and Stolen. “Chengdu’s a great place for bands. It’s very inclusive and there are plenty of opportunities for different types of music,” Liu says, praising acts like rockers Daredevil and Lanzhou folkies Gajin. Already, the group has been featured in documentarian John Yingling’s Mainland China episode of The World Underground series that covers underground music scenes across the globe. Domestic rock vets like Wang Wen’s Xie Yugang have taken the young upstarts under their wings, and the group is Maybe Mars-approved, joining
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stalwart domestic acts like Carsick Cars and Duck Fight Goose on the label. “We were deeply drawn to Maybe Mars and hoped to be like one of their bands: genuinely young, dynamic, sensitive, adept at communicating and willing to sacrifice for the sake of music,” Chen says. Label CEO and PK14 frontman Yang Haisong recorded and produced their album No Need for Another History and the disc will be available in double-vinyl form. “We wanted to structure the album as a timeline, beginning at the immature and reckless period from when we first started,” Liu explains.
If you want to be in a band, start one as soon as possible.
Their remarkably self-assured debut makes good on the group’s growing hype as keepers of the Mainland post-punk tradition established by acts like PK14 and RE:TROS. Musically, the band shows remarkable skill, disregarding the standard verse-
chorus-verse format for something more unpredictable. Their intensity and penchant for anthem-tune group “whoa-ing” is reminiscent of early Arcade Fire. The poetic and charismatic Chen demands attention on stage. She’s been dubbed “the female Yang Haisong,” which she is less than pleased with; afraid the moniker “will take attention away from the music.” However, she shares his passion and commitment to Mainland indie rock. “If you’re interested in rock music, get involved in the scene. If you want to be in a band, start one as soon as possible,” she implores, while shouting out likeminded young groups like Xi’an’s The Fuzz, Henan’s The Fallacy and Beijing’s Birdstriking. “If you’re young and want to be an artist in China, you will encounter three questions: how do you support yourself, how will you handle your family and society’s reaction, and do you have the passion? As long as the answer is yes to the third question, then you will be able to solve the first two.” // May 30, 9.30pm-late, RMB60-80. Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 凯旋路851号,近延安西路 // No Need For Another History is available at downloads. maybemars.org.
WIN We have a pair of tickets to Hiperson to give away. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Hiperson’ by May 27 for your chance to win.
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After months of accumulating hype, Chengdu quintet Hiperson is ready for their close-up. The winners of Douban’s Alibu Music Awards for ‘Newcomer of the Year’ have just released their debut album and will bring their first national tour to Yuyintang on May 30.
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Greetings from Outer Space
Voca People’s mission By Zoey Zha
“Voca is a planet where the language is music. People who live there are more musically developed than us and they talk in rhythm. When they stop, the rhythm goes away. They are sent on an endless journey to discover music on other planets.”
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reshly arrived in Shanghai, Shai Fischman is explaining his creation, Voca People, a self-proclaimed intergalactic a cappella group. As the only human connected to the alien planet, he handles the groups PR and communicates with us earthlings. “People from Voca have a way of recreating whatever they hear and adopting it into a harmony,” he continues. “It’s like staying here and listening to Chinese. As an Israeli, I don’t understand a thing but it sounds like music to me and has a pretty tone.” While the concept may sound preposterous, Voca People have become an international sensation. They stole the show at the 2010 Latin Grammy’s, thrilling a live audience of more than 10,000 and have eclipsed classics like Les Misérables and Mamma Mia as the longest running show in Paris. The eight-person group has thrilled crowds from New York to Naples by combining a cappella and beat boxing to replicate the sounds of an entire orchestra. Crowd participation is incorporated into their shows. They’ve drawn frequent comparisons to the Blue Man Group, due to their all-white appearance and flaming red lips – a product of their alien birth, Fischman claims.
“They are the types of aliens that would imitate any sound they heard and annoy others,” he notes. “Now, it’s paying off.” Much like his intergalactic charges, Fischman is strongly passionate about music. He began playing flute and trumpet as an eight-yearold, before switching to saxophone when he realized that was more attractive to the ladies. By the time he was 15, he had performed in several countries as a soloist. However, tragedy struck when a bus accidentally drove over his right hand. During the nine-month recovery process, he transferred from a music school to a regular one, where he became “the key person for music directing.” His skill and reputation drew the attention of award-winning comedian Lior Kalfo. “He suggested an a cappella show and allowed me to do it freely,” Fischman recalls. “I think that since I don’t come have an a cappella background, it allowed me to break from the norm.” A video from one of their early rehearsals garnered one million views within a month and 15 million views within a year. The group’s unexpected popularity forced Kalfo and Fischman to craft a show repertoire that would “interest a 7-year-old in France and resonate with a 90-year-old in China.” While the group performs only international hits, Fischman credits his parents for acting as an appropriate sounding board. “If they could even hum a little, the song is good to go,” he explains. Expect the tracks to come fast and furious as the group packs 100 songs within 85 minutes, with some bits lasting for seconds. It’s part of the group’s goal to keep audiences on the edge of their seats tracking these familiar melodies while soaking in the joyous mood. “Having this production run successfully for seven years really proves that we are all like little kids,” Fischman says. “If you give us good entertainment and make us forget about our troubles, then it works. Everyone wants to sing and dance by the end of the day.”
People from Voca have a way of recreating whatever they hear and adopting it into a harmony.
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// May 20-30, 7.30pm (plus Saturday matinee shows at 2.30pm). RMB150-1,080, ET Stage, 433 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu 延安东路433号, 近西藏南路 (6375 5666)
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convention Iron Man makes an appearance at the Shanghai Comic Con introductory press conference
the truth is... i'm iron man
Comic Con makes Shanghai debut By Andrew Chin
A storm of superheroes is approaching Shanghai. Parades of Iron Men, Supermen, Captain Americas and even Gotham’s own Penguin will converge at the Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Center from May 16-17 for the inaugural Shanghai Comic Con (SHCC). Organizers ReedPOP expect between 10,00015,000 attendees each day as they add to their global collection of Comic Cons with 25 planned for the year.
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t a time where The Big Bang Theory rules television and the upcoming Avengers sequel is expected to dominate movie screens, the popularity of comic conventions has exploded. The best known, San Diego Comic-Con, drew in 300 people when it started in 1970. In 2001, it surpassed the 50,000 visitor mark and now routinely sells out its 130,000 person capacity. Comic Cons have popped up in Moscow, Dubai and Salt Lake City over the last three years. As Global Vice President of Reed Exhibition, Lance Fensterman spearheaded the creation of New York Comic Con (NYCC) in 2006. Last year, it became the largest in the world, with more than 151,000 attendees. “The Comic Con community has grown dramatically and it’s a reflection of how comic culture has gone mainstream,” Fensterman explains. “Some of the biggest movies are superhero related. The video game industry is bigger than the film industry and many of the most popular TV shows are about zombies, superheroes or science fiction.” With Comic Cons across the world, ReedPOP is expanding ambitiously. Following Shanghai, they’ll be introducing the event to Paris and Vienna with eyes towards starting one in Beijing next year. “The market has been ready for a few years,” explains ReedPOP China’s SHCC Project Manager Michael Chen. “Movies like Iron Man have been super huge for Marvel. DC Comics has a lot of Mainland fans through TV shows like Arrow and Flash. Local publishers have been translating American comics into Chinese for a decade, and people find them exciting to read. They’re ready to experience the structure and experience of North American Comic Cons that we are bringing into China.” VIP tickets to meet celebrity guests like Gotham’s breakout star Robin Lord Taylor and Fast & Furious 6 villain Luke Evans sold out within hours, surfacing later on Taobao for up to RMB20,000. Special exhibitions will introduce BBC’s upcoming adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and commemorate the 30th anniversary world tour of Japanese sci-fi anime franchise Robotech. There will also be a new book launch by Momo Wang, creator of Tuzki, the illustrated rabbit brightening up your WeChat. Stars LeeAnna Vamp and Nicole Marie Jean will be among the judges of SHCC’s Cosplay Competition, with the winner invited to participate in a global competition held at next year’s Chicago Comic Con. Chen promises a multitude of the latest comic book titles will make their Mainland debut at SHCC, with on-site vendors like Jesse Yu Toys crafting limited-edition collectibles exclusive for the event. Comic artists and illustrators will get their turn in the spotlight at the SHCC Artist Gallery. Confirmed attendees include star artists like Adi Granov (Iron Man, Spider-Man) and Billy Tan (X-Men, Green
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Lantern). Acclaimed Chinese artists like Ding Yichen, Benjamin and Zhang Bayi will also participate. The artists will interact with fans while displaying and selling their work. It’s part of Fensterman’s goal to use “SHCC as a tool to help grow this market for creators of film, TV, books and video games.” Now based in Shanghai, Billy Tan admits “this is still the land of manga.” However, the Malaysian-born artist recalls how scarce American comic books were during his childhood, and credits Comic Cons in Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines for raising awareness of the medium in Southeast Asia. As a Comic Con veteran who averaged six a year while living in America, Tan describes the experience simply as “huge.” He implores attendees to dress up, and laughs at the memory of “one guy
wearing nothing but white underwear.” “It’s past the time to bring a worldclass celebration of pop culture to China,” Fensterman adds. “I have been to hundreds of Comic Cons and what I remember most is the general excitement of fans to be immersed in a community of people and content they love.” Chen is already eyeing the future, with ReedPOP planning to bring Comic Cons to three Chinese cities within three years. “We always respect the local demands at every Comic Con,” he says. “This year will be a test to see what fans are into, and we will develop something tailor-made for the fans in China next year.”
Some of the biggest movies are superhero related. Many of the most popular TV shows are about zombies, superheroes or science fiction.
// May 16-17, 9am-7pm, RMB180-600. Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Center, 2739 Guangfu Xi Lu, by Zhongjiang Lu 光复西路2739号, 近中江路 (400 821 3624, www.smartshanghai.com/smartticket)
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The Roots
Kader Attou's path from nobody to guru By Zoey Zha
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ome are born to dance. That has never been truer than for Kader Attou, the French/Algerian hip-hop dancer and choreographer. “Dance is omnipresent in my culture,” he says. “We could dance for days to celebrate important moments like weddings or baptisms. My taste for dance certainly comes from there.” The son of Algerian immigrants, Attou was born in the suburbs of Lyon. While DJs like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were giving birth to hip-hop half a world away in New York, the aspiring performer was enrolled at a circus arts school. Attou recalls first being exposed to hip-hop dance as a 10-year-old through the TV show H.I.P.H.O.P. Enamored, he and his friends began skipping class to practice. They began blending breakdance moves with acrobatic tricks they learned in school. “Hip-hop dance was born in America in the 1970s. As French hip-hop choreographers, we were largely inspired by and enriched with our own cultural elements. To me, hip-hop dance only started to develop in France beginning in 1984,” he says. Attou’s crew was among those pioneers. In 1989, they founded their first dance collective, Compagnie Accrorap. As a fresh hiphop dance group, they were determined to break out professionally and bring their new style to big stages. Their first piece, Athina, was a smashing success at the 1994 Lyon Biennale. Its unique and flawless mix of hip-hop, acrobatics and classic dance moves earned them their first world tour offer. Boundary-crossing performances in places like Palestine, Brazil and Cuba would be indispensable, transforming Compagnie
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Accrorap from a French dance collective to a more global-oriented crew. 1996’s Kelkemo was created in remembrance of refugee children, based on Attou’s experience helping at a Zagreb refugee camp. 2000’s Priere Pour un Fou (Prayer for a Crazy Man) was inspired by the group’s Algerian roots. Its mix of traditional elements of North African Gnawa culture with the group’s smooth hip-hop moves won praise from the New York Times. That same year, they toured India with Anokha – a mix of hip-hop and traditional Indian Kathak and Bharatnatyam dances.
Back then, hip-hop was pretty niche. Now, it has been recognized by everyone. What a journey!
Attou carries on with one simple belief: dance with free will. Apart from teaching, he collaborates with various cultural institutions from Paris to Phnom Penh, absorbing the essence of different genres. He believes that continued thirst for knowledge was perfect preparation for his role as director of the prestigious Centre Chorégraphique National de La Rochelle. “I am proud to be the first hip-hop choreographer chosen by such an authoritative institution.” he says. “Back then, hip-hop was pretty niche. Now, it has been recognized by everyone. What a journey!”
Compagnie Accrorap continues to be a big draw overseas. They’ll be traveling across the Mainland as one of the highlights of this year’s Croisements Festival, stopping off at Daning Theatre on May 26. “The Roots is a human adventure, a journey enacted by eleven exceptional hip-hop dancers,” Attou says of their upcoming show. “This creation digs into one’s history; each dancer has their strengths and their own path.”
// May 26, 7.30pm. RMB80-580, Shanghai Daning Theatre, 1222 Pingxingguan Lu, by Lingshi Lu 平型关路1222号大宁剧院, 近 灵石路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Croisements Festival 2015
China’s largest French cultural festival is celebrating their 10th anniversary with their biggest bookings yet. Kicking off last month, the Croisements Festival will feature 100 programs and 400 individual events across more than 20 cities throughout China until July 10. Shanghai highlights include a May 7 performance by the Symphonic Orchestra of the Music Academy of Rouen, a May 17 concert by dance-pop favorites Brigitte, a Rockbund exhibition from Chen Zhen starting May 31, and much more. // Visit croisements.faguowenhua.com for the full program.
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Joyce DiDonato
The Drama Queen has arrived
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onored with titles like ‘Gramophone Artist of Year,’ mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has assumed regal status within the opera world. For her May 8 show at Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Grammy Award winner will perform a program of 17th and 18th century arias fit for royalty.
The Times said your voice is “nothing less than 24-carat gold.” What do you think of all your acclaim? It’s difficult for me to think about it at this point, as I’m still completely immersed in the experience itself. The opportunities I’ve had have far exceeded my dreams and expectations, so I am fully enjoying every step of this remarkable journey! What’s the secret to mastering a wide spectrum of roles? I rely entirely on the composer and the librettist. The composer tells me so much through the harmonic choices, meter, intervals and melody. The text is the starting point for understanding the complex psy-
chology of the character. I try to stay very true to those two elements, marrying them in as seamless a fashion as possible, and then simply stay present on the stage – listening, reacting and soaring above the orchestra!
Do you agree with the trend of adding modern touches to classic operas? It’s a very worthwhile option and I’ve taken part in many interesting “modern” stagings. But I also think it’s fascinating to look at things in the historical context in which they were created. A great director will do their best to reach audiences while being true to the piece. My single criterion is to deeply and truthfully tell the story the composer and librettist has given us. Through imagination, that can take on a variety of forms. Do you find that opera has been marginalized? I do think the term ‘opera’ has lost some of its allure recently, but I equate this with
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what’s happening to fine art generally. The pop world rules in 2015, but when I take opera into schools, the students love it and are fascinated. I’d like to see my industry courageously and proudly dare to take opera into new and unexpected places.
// May 8, 7.30pm, RMB80-880. Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Dadao, by Huangpi Bei Lu 人民大道300号, 近黄陂北路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn). For the full interview, visit www. thatsmags.com/shanghai.
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Long Museum West Bund
Neighborhood Rising
The West Bund … one year later By Andrew Chin
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ast spring, the long-term plans for the cultural gentrification of the former Xuhui Riverside industrial area began in earnest with the opening of two giant privately-owned museums. Included in The Economist’s list of ‘Five Museums to See in 2014,’ the Long Museum West Bund and Yuz Museum are now ringing in their one-year anniversaries with impressive exhibitions that typify their founders’ grandiose ideas. Spanning over 33,000 square meters, the Long Museum West Bund is China’s largest privately owned museum. It’s the latest feather in the cap for super-collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei who, in April, purchased a Southern Song dynasty vase for USD14.7 million and had already opened the 10,000 square-meter Long Museum in Pudong in 2013. Their grand vision of “one city, two museums” typifies the Mainland elite’s growing interest in contemporary art. Already, the Long Museum West Bund has welcomed Prince William and has hosted exhibitions showing rarities from its collection like the Chenghua chicken cup, which Liu famously paid USD36 million for, then infamously took photos drinking from it. For their one-year-anniversary, they’re toasting one of Shanghai’s most important contemporary artists, Xu Zhen. The solo exhibition encompasses the career of the China Contemporary Art Award winner for ‘Best Artist,’ including new works created by his worldrenowned MadeIn Company. “Xu Zhen’s work is smart, avant-garde, bold and direct,” Wang,
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who also serves as the museum’s director, explains. “Choosing him for our first anniversary shows our ambitions for the future.” Further west on Longteng Da Dao lies poultry magnate Budi Tek’s Yuz Museum. Lauded by Art & Auction as one of the ten most influential figures in the art world, Tek has found a suitable home for the impressive installations that fill his personal collection. Myth/History II: Shanghai Galaxy includes impressive pieces from Italian satirical sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, Beijing conceptual artist Li Hui and rising Thai artist Pannaphan Yodman. The museum’s smaller gallery rooms are dedicated to showcasing the evolution of important local artists like Zhang Enli, Yang Zhenzhong and Zhang Jianjun. While Myth/History II is just the museum’s second exhibition, Deputy Director David Tung promises a flurry of activity in the near future. Current London MOMA hit Rain Room will come in September and its new atrium cafe Kopi will host the museum’s May 17 anniversary party. Although remnants of its industrial past remain, the West Bund’s time as one of the city’s hidden gems is on the clock. Plans are underway to extend its river walk up to the North Bund, while Dreamworks is set to open their ambitious USD2.4 billion Dream Center next year. // For more West Bund, check out our interviews with Long Museum West Bund co-founder and director Wang Wei and Yuz Museum’s Deputy Director David Tung at www.thatsmags.com/ shanghai.
art » ARTS
'Arrogance'
'European Thousand-Hand Classical Sculpture'
Long Museum West Bund “The West Bund is like Shanghai’s version of London’s South Bank – an area planned as a center and harbor of culture and art. The launch of the museums has brought great change, and artists are moving their studios here. The place is full of energy and possibilities.” - Wang Wei, co-founder and Director. 'Made In Curved Glass'
// Xu Zhen: Solo Exhibition runs until May 24, Tues-Sun, 10am-6pm, RMB50. Long Museum West Bund, 3398 Longteng Lu, by Fenggu Lu 龙腾路3398, 近丰谷路 (6422 7636, www.thelongmuseum.org)
'Eternity - Northern Qi, Standing Buddha, Amazon and Barbarian'
Inside the Long Museum West Bund
'Eternity: The Soldier of Marathon Announcing Victory, A Wounded Galatan'
View from the Yuz Museum's main exhibition hall
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Maurizio Cattelan, 'Felix'
“Our focus is on being in Shanghai, but looking at it from an international perspective. If you’re coming from Shanghai, you’re able to see the best of what’s being offered in New York, London and Paris. If you’re coming internationally, you’ll see the best to offer from China.” - David Tung, Deputy Director.
Li Hui, 'Cage'
// Myth/History II: Shanghai Galaxy runs until July 12, Tues-Sun, 10.30am-5.30pm, RMB60. Yuz Museum, 35 Fenggu Lu, by Longteng Da Dao 丰谷路35号, 近龙腾大道 (6426 1901, www.yuzmshanghai.org)
Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, 'Freedom'
Zhang Enli, 'Big Pipe'
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Paint by Numbers
Tracing China’s art factory from Mao to now By Aelred Doyle
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hina is damnably fractal – it sometimes seems like every aspect of its modern incarnation is a microcosm. Case in point: What to make of the modern art scene in China? Vibrant and booming, or built on shaky, distinctly corrupt foundations and heading for a crash? The wider world woke up to the scene in spring 2006, when a Sotheby’s auction in New York sold over USD13 million worth of contemporary Asian art, much of it Chinese – “rising from nothing to become a multi-million dollar industry in less than 30 years,” as Claire van den Heever puts it in her careful but pointed summary of the growth of contemporary art in China thus far. Big money was made for a while, and then when the global economy crashed, the party stopped. Now prices are rising again. In the Mao era, art was about serving the Party rather than individual expression. When universities opened again after the Cultural Revolution, it was year zero for the arts, and the foreign books about art and philosophy trickling into the country were eagerly sought-after. “Students at one art academy lined up to examine the academy’s only book in Impressionism; it was stored behind glass casing, with a single page turned each day.” While previously suppressed artistic voices began to be heard, the art academies lagged behind, in early years still focusing on rote copying and Soviet Realism. This was fertile ground for the avant-garde, and artists played prominent roles in calls for liberalization, until the “trampled optimism” of the late eighties set the scene back. Van den Heever provides an excellent step by step account of the rise of modern art since then, as controls were loosened, exposure to foreign art increased and artists found their voices. This is a serious, enquiring book, with plenty of enthusiasm for individual artists and the power of art to move and awaken. Yet disillusionment wafts off its pages. There’s no shortage of talent or ideas in Chinese art, of course; but van den Heever clearly thinks it has gone off track. The Chinese art bubble (if that’s what it was) distorted the market, and may have been manufactured in the first place – with auction sales arranged in advance by interested parties. Paying for exhibition space in the larger galleries is rife. Some top artists pretty openly pay assistants to do the actual work, and the author’s exasperation is clear when she points out that every apologist cites Jeff Koons as justification.
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Communities like Yuanmingyuan in Beijing that coalesced unplanned around a committed group of poor artists no longer exist; modern analogues like the 798 art district are neutered zones aimed at boosting cultural credibility, for tourists and commerce rather than creation. It’s worth quoting her at length: “Contemporary Chinese art [has] become synonymous with large paintings of people’s faces: Yue Mingjun’s smiley men, Fang Lijun’s yawning men, Zhang Xiaogang’s somber families and Wang Guangyi’s revolutionary men. This ‘big face art,’ as it is sometimes called, is easy on several levels. It is easy to copy, so it dominates Chinese fake markets... It is easily recognized, and becomes a reference point for the general public when they visit China’s commercial art zones. “These images also fit easily within the view of China portrayed in Western media, particularly Wang Guangyi’s politicized paintings and the pained expressions of Zhang Xiaogang’s Cultural Revolution-era families. These paintings and prints are easy to sell too, not least because they can be simply transported and displayed. As [artist] Qiu Zhijie said to me, ‘[These buyers] need to get something from China – they don’t really need art.’” But there’s still fun to be had (one chapter begins: “I walked into Shanghai’s Duolun Museum and was confronted by a large, pink penis”), and it’s fascinating to learn about the work of individual artists. In particular, the commitment of the more full-on artists like Sheng Qi and Zhang Huan back in the early days is still arresting (and arrest was often the result). Think cutting off a finger; think an artist sitting completely still in a filthy outhouse while flies cover his body. The verve and creativity of the artists behind the famous China/Avant-Garde exhibition in February 1989 impresses; we wish we’d been there to see Wu Shanzhuan (an unauthorized contributor) selling live shrimp just inside the door of the venue, naming this installation ‘Big Business.’ People complained about the smell interfering with their enjoyment of the art, until he was shut down for not having a business license; he surely couldn’t have been more pleased with how it played out, and his confrontational point about the commodification of art seems visionary now. There are plenty of puff pieces about the Chinese modern art scene out there; read Paint by Numbers for the straight dope.
There’s no shortage of talent or ideas in Chinese art, of course; but van den Heever clearly thinks it has gone off track. // Claire van den Heever: Paint by Numbers – China’s Art Factory from Mao to Now (Earnshaw Press) is available on Amazon.
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dance » ARTS
Belle of the BALL
Hyatt on the Bund celebrates the most authentic Viennese Waltz in town By Athena Rees
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or the third straight year, the Austrian Consul General and the Hyatt on the Bund join forces to host the city’s premier Viennese ball. To ensure that Shanghai experiences the full authenticity of this rich Austrian tradition, the finest talents will be flown over straight from the City of Music. Performers include the Schonbrunn Festival Orchestra, featuring violin soloist Linda Baich, who won her first international competition at just eight years old, as well as vocal performances from Andreas Schager and Marcelo Cerno. To top it off, all of the evening’s music will be conducted by Matthias Fletzberger, who was first accepted into the University of Music in Vienna as a five-year-old. No expense will be spared to uphold the event’s authenticity, from the cocktail reception to the five-course gourmet meal. The schedule will follow tradition with debutantes and their escorts opening the dance with a polonaise, which signified the start
Expect an evening filled with endless twirling, exquisite dresses and luxurious food. of court balls and royal functions from the 17th-19th centuries. In a mixture of high-end Austrian and Chinese culture, debutantes will wear a Swarovski tiara, entitled ‘Flower of Love,’ created by Ye Mingzi – wedding dress designer to the country’s elites. A strict dress code
will be enforced with men expected to wear a white tie (tuxedo with tails) and women adorning floor-length ball gowns. White gowns are reserved for debutantes. Expect an evening filled with endless twirling, exquisite dresses and luxurious food. For anyone interested in getting a head start, professional dance teacher Huang Nai Yi will lead a four-week preparation course focusing on traditional Austrian dances. Classes begin every Saturday from May 9 for RMB888 per couple.
// June 13, 6pm-late, RMB1,888. Hyatt on the Bund, 199 Huangpu Lu, by Wuchang Lu 黄浦路199号上海外滩茂悦大酒 店, 近武昌路 (6393 1234 x6890, wentao.qian@hyatt.com)
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Wor ds of w e a lth A LUXURIOUS LEXICON OF THE HOTTEST PHRASES TO DESCRIBE CHINA’S WEALTHY By Marianna Cerini, additional contribution by Mia Li
FU’ERDAI
/Fù’ èrdài / 富二代
Fu' erdai literally translates to "rich second generation." It refers to Chinese born into rich families after the 1980s – young and wealthy kids who tend to be eligible to inherit lots of money and assets from their parents. Fu’erdai are then broken down into groups: guan’erdai are the kids of government officials; xing’erdai are celebrities’ children; hong’erdai are children whose families have strong roots in the Communist Party and can “eat from both plates.” Unlike their parents, fu’erdai were born with silver spoons in their mouths, grew up in financially pampering conditions and, given China’s phenomenal economic growth over the last two decades, are currently getting richer by the day. For many in China, the term has somewhat of a disdainful character, as fu’erdai are often associated with negative stereotypes – arrogance, classism, self-indulgence, delusional ideals of entitlement – and lifestyle choices that are completely out-of-touch with reality. Scorn surrounds these kids, and there have been plenty of incidents of backlash against them. The most representative is perhaps that of Li Qiming, a rich youngster who, in October 2010, drunkenly drove his black Volkswagen Magotan into two rollerblading students outside Hebei University, killing one and injuring the other. When apprehended, he shouted “My father is Li Gang!” referring to a well-known local official. The phrase quickly went viral, and to this day symbolizes the arrogance of a spoiled generation. More recently, last month, a multi-million dollar crash in Beijing at the hands of two obscenely wealthy students driving a Lamborghini and a Ferrari at speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour through Chaoyang District made new, disparaging headlines nationwide. The drivers – Tang, 21, and Yu, 20 – were detained by authorities over the suspected road race and described simply as ‘unemployed,’ which certainly didn’t help things with online and offline commentators. And the ‘bad fu’erdai’ saga continues…
TUHAO
/ Tǔháo / 土豪
Tuhao is a derogative term for China’s crass nouveau riche – think gold iPhones and pink Porsches – or, as Urban Dictionary puts it, “New money, mostly not well spent.” “Tu” means dirt or uncouth; “hao” means splendor – in translation, they could be described as “billionbilly” or, if you’re into French, something in between an arriviste and a parvenu. The word was first found in the Song Dynasty chronicle The Book of Song, where it referred to the rural gentry or landlords who held great local power. In the mid20th century, the term came to describe rich landowners, enemies of the proletariat, and became synonymous with evil and bullying. In his essays, Mao Zedong defines tuhao as “the most devilish part of the landlord class.” The expression was pretty much unused until two years ago, when a joke about the PRC’s rising minted class went viral on Chinese social media. A young man asks a Zen master, “I’m wealthy but unhappy. What should I do?” The Zen master responds, “Define ‘wealthy.’” The young man answers, “I have millions in the bank and three apartments in central Beijing. Is that wealthy?” The Zen master silently holds out a hand, inspiring the young man to a realization: “Master, are you telling me that I should be thankful and give back?” The Zen master says, “No… Tuhao, let’s be friends!” The butt of jokes, the subject of ridicule and contempt, tuhao represents the opposite of good taste. The term has become so popular that it no longer serves as mere description for China’s emerging, high-profile nouveau riche: tuhao is any behavior that’s deemed expensive and lacking in class. It even applies to things, particularly if gold – from Apple's gold iPhone 5s to a a path paved with 200 gold bricks in a Wuhan shopping mall, the color is now often referred to as tuhao jin, or tuhao gold (土豪金). Derision and jealousy, dirt and splendor: that’s the stuff tuhao are made of. And, love it or loathe it, they are here to stay.
MAI MAI MAI
GAOFU SHUAI AND BAIFU MEI
/ Mǎi Mǎi Mǎi / 买买买
/ Gāofù shuài and Báifùměi / 高富帅 and 白富美
A phrase referring to excessive purchasing, either individually or collectively, brought by and in reference to the emerging Chinese middle class’ massive spending power. Against a gray backdrop of post-financial-crisis recessions and austerity, one hub of activity shines brighter than all the rest: the frenzy of Chinese consumers. The generation of newly wealthy shoppers seems to be buying up everything, from milk powder and handbags to cars and real estate in faraway capital cities. Outside China, they can be found hurriedly pulling banknotes and credit cards from their LV fanny packs in exchange for various items. Back in China, they can be found piling newly purchased items into their homes until the front door is set to burst open with a tidal wave of consumer goods. No-one feels the frenzy more acutely than the Chinese themselves, who sum it all up in this straightforward but perfectly apt phrase: mai mai mai, ‘buy buy buy.’ The bluntness of mai mai mai encapsulates just how mindless, careless and repetitive the behavior is. No one looks too closely at exactly what they are buying or has the foresight to evaluate whether they really need it. They buy because things are on sale. They buy because so-and-so did. They buy tacky hats and T-shirts because they are on the Great Wall. They buy leather goods because they are in Italy. They buy jumpers at GAP because there is nothing else to do on a Sunday. Mai mai mai. Buying is the key to happiness, a security blanket, a marker of success, a show of prosperity, the hard currency of social status, the reward for hard work and – if you try hard enough – the answer to everything. Mai mai mai. The consuming must go on. Everything must be acquired and then endlessly upgraded. Otherwise what do you have to show for your hard work and achievements? In China, consumerism is the way to climb a level in the game called life. Everyone must mai mai mai.
Literally ‘Tall, rich and handsome’ and ‘White [in reference to an ivory complexion] rich and beautiful,’ gaofu shuai and baifu mei are the pretty faces of moneyed China, the ideal husband or ideal wife for those looking to have it all. They are fu’erdai too, of course, but belong to an even more exclusive clan: a clique bestowed with particularly good looks. You’ll find these gorgeous-looking folks at the best tables of the top clubs in town, sitting on the front row of fashion events and on social media, posting, posting, posting. Very much like the Rich Kids of Instagram, this self-identifying tribe of superrich youngsters is obsessed with letting the world know about their enviable lifestyles. This basically translates as a lot of snaps of them posing in swanky restaurants, at exclusive events or in their drive-through shoe cupboards and whatnot. They are aware of their looks and, just as they do with their money, they are not afraid to flaunt them. The sense that any existence is not really happening unless it is being selfdocumented in real time on the Internet is hardly something limited to those with the bank balance to absorb a super yacht charter, of course, but the level of selfinvolvement often shown by gaofu shuai and baifu mei is a thing to behold. Sometimes they upload their astronomical bar bills, or just photos of their actual money – lots of notes spread out on tables or beds in shots that, sadly, seem to be taken pretty seriously by their adoring peers. But look closer and you’ll see a studied, desperate attempt to rake in as many ‘Likes’ as possible online – if not in real life.
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TROUBLE IN PRIVILEGED PARADISE BY Erik Crouch
THIS ISN’T THE “TOP ONE PERCENT.” IT’S NOT QUITE EVEN THE TOP 0.1 PERCENT.
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f wealth in modern China had a motto, it would be “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.” The words would be printed out in a bold cursive typeface, in gold, bedecked with diamonds and dangled around the neck of a Tibetan Mastiff riding shotgun in a pink Bentley. Every few days, another headline outdoes the one before it. “Tianjin to host Snow Polo World Cup.” “Chinese Company to Offer 18-karat Gold iPhones.” “Hebei couple buys 30 Rolls-Royces for Wedding Party.” Here’s a quick test: Are you in the market for a Lamborghini? How about a private jet? Do you keep your money in a private bank? Can you name a private bank? Let’s be real: statistically speaking, the odds are against you. Welcome to the (comparatively) poor house. Population: Pretty much everybody. Their numbers are nearly impossible to pin down – offshore banks are like that – but China’s wealthy are a jetsetting, card-swiping force of nature. The typical dividing line between true “highnet-worth-individuals” (affectionately referred to as “HNWI” by doting banks and concierge services) and your standard, run-of-the-mill rich people is about RMB10 million (USD1.6 million) in assets. On the books, there are about 1.3 million people
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in the Mainland who are members of this exclusive, expensive club. 1.3 million sounds like a lot – but as a fraction of the population, this isn’t the “Top One Percent.” It’s not quite even the top 0.1 percent. Their population may be small enough to constitute a rounding error, yet their assets are anything but. They are the driving force behind each new Hermès shop and Ferrari dealership, each private wine cellar and art auction. In addition to contributing to China’s GDP, however, they produce one other thing in epic proportions: online scorn. “When the gold iPhone was released, many Weibo commenters called the color ‘tuhao gold,’” says Liz Flora, editor of Jing Daily, a website that follows the shopping trends of China’s wealthy. “The term [tuhao] is used to refer to someone obsessed with ostentatious displays of wealth and no real taste. They have logos emblazoned on everything, wear a big flashy watch and love gold and lots of bling.” China’s nouveau riche can get a lot of things, but respect isn’t one of them. Photos of ‘tuhao’ excess make for viral sensations online, where they meet the angry – some might say envious – wrath of China’s Weibo and WeChat commenters. But there is nothing particularly rare about a country’s nouveau riche being criticized for being too crass and uncultured –
take a look at “Rich Kids of Instagram,” an account that posts photos of, among other things, sixteen-year-old Europeans and Americans with Lamborghinis and wrists overflowing with Rolexes, tossing bottles of Dom Perignon around like it’s Gatorade. The account attracts hateful, enraged commenters faster than you can say Keeping up with the Kardashians. “Nouveau riche, by definition, will be associated with loud excess, no matter the nationality,” says Erwan Rambourg, author of The Bling Dynasty: Why the Reign of Chinese Luxury Shoppers Has Only Just Begun. “Coco Chanel once said, ‘Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.’” Vulgar they may be, but China’s scorned nouveau riche are different from their international counterparts in one important respect: they are trailblazers. The Communist Revolution of the mid20th century essentially hit the reset button on any accumulation of family wealth within the country. Prior to becoming an internet buzz word to degrade the goldplated-car type, the word “tuhao” had been used to describe local tyrants – typically landlords – who were to be overthrown by the revolutionaries. That’s what makes China’s nouveau riche unique: there is no old riche. ‘Rags to riches’ may be a cliché, but
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it’s harder to think of a more apt description of China’s first wealthy generation. In America, there is the legend of Andrew Carnegie arriving in the United States with nothing but a few cents to his name, and turning it into a fortune. Compared to what many in China experienced in the mid 20th century, though, ol' Andy had it easy. “I was taught not to waste any food, not even a bit of a bun,” says Zi Lu, a 27-yearold from Huaibei, Anhui Province. “[But now] if I go out with my friends, then six times out of 10, I’m the one who pays the bill.” Zi’s parents made a fortune in Anhui real estate and mahogany furniture, but didn’t grow up rich. Zi is part of the first generation of her family – and many others – to never need to worry about money, let alone food or shelter. “People are jealous, and I can feel it,” she says. “But the only difference between me and other people is that I had a higher starting point.” That may be the ‘only’ difference, but it’s also the only one that matters. Communism didn’t play well with the luxury lifestyle – the era of peasant mobilization campaigns and communal farming didn’t exactly mesh with yacht clubs and imported caviar. But in the last
quarter of the 20th century, the policy of “letting some people get rich first,” in the words of Deng Xiaoping, resulted in some of those first getting very, very rich. The difference between starting points began to grow wider. But what to do with those newly rakedin millions? The international brothers and sisters of China’s wealthy invested, bought property, sent their children to expensive universities and indulged in things like private jets and pampered international travel. For China’s millionaires, however, things were not as easy. The stock market is strictly regulated, property rights aren’t iron-clad, the nation’s airspace is largely controlled by the military and the Chinese passport does not make for particularly easy travel abroad. They were without many of the hallmarks of the international wealthy, but there was one opportunity to indulge: consumer goods. Louis Vuitton was one of the first foreign luxury brands in the door, opening in Beijing’s Peninsula Hotel in 1982. In the decades that followed, brands such as Gucci, Hermès, Burberry and the like all followed suit. Now, any first-tier Chinese city is a shopper’s paradise – as are many secondand even some third-tier locales. It might be difficult to convert your
renminbi into foreign currency or buy an estate to pass on to your children, but it sure is easy to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a few handbags. “I used to spend thousands of kuai on cosmetics in duty free shops,” laughs Zi. “I would just give them to people as gifts, because I couldn’t use them all.” China’s wealthy embraced luxury retail with a wide smile and the swipe of a wellworn UnionPay card. Throughout the first decade of the 2000s, even through the depths of the global financial crisis, China’s wealthy bought luxury items like they were going out of style – and, it turns out, they were. As the noughties came to a close, “Chinese customers have become more discreet and less willing to show off their wealth,” says Francesco Scardaoni, Head of China Market for Lamborghini. Consumers who once snatched up whatever designer goods they could get their hands on have matured, and are setting their sights higher than run-of-themill brands. In the midst of this general cooling, the nation’s ongoing anti-extravagance and anti-corruption campaign has made previously kosher activities – say, buying expensive hand bags as gifts to lubricate a business deal – a dangerous affair. The 2014 Hurun Rich List – an annual www.thatsmags.com / May 2015
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who’s who of China’s uber-wealthy – included some 18 people under investigation for corruption, including one man who had been sentenced to death and three who had fled the country. Entrenched wealth is under the longest sustained attack in a generation, and it has China’s superwealthy running scared. Whether fleeing the law or just looking for another market to spend their hardearned RMB, China currently leads the world in one peculiar export: millionaires. More than 76,000 wealthy Chinese have emigrated from the country over the past decade, according to a March 2015 report from Bloomberg. “Even though they’re at the top of the socioeconomic ladder, they still don’t have access to certain basics for quality of life at home: clean air, better food safety, education at the world’s best schools and topquality healthcare,” says Flora. “The only difference between them [the wealthy] and the average Chinese citizen in this regard is that they have the means to seek these things abroad.” “I’ve been considering moving abroad,” says Zi Lu, “but it’s difficult at the moment because it’s hard to get a visa.” If the big status symbol for tuhao in 2007 was a Maserati or the latest iPhone, these days it’s a foreign passport. And if you think China’s wealthy are waiting in immigration lines or applying for citizenship the old fashioned way, you’ve got another thing coming. A number of Western countries now boast ‘Golden Visa’ programs – accelerated routes to citizenship or residency for those willing to drop some serious coin into the host nation’s economy, with a name that would make Willy Wonka himself proud. When Portugal opened up its Golden Visa program in 2012, it was swamped with applications: eight out of 10 were from the Mainland. Hundreds of Chinese citizens were eager to drop the required 500,000 euros (about RMB3.4 million) and/or create 30 jobs in the country – a deal that grants residency (and easy travel in Europe) immediately, and full citizenship after six years. Canada had a similar program, which granted residency to anyone willing to invest CDN900,000 (RMB4.5 million) into the Canadian economy. The Canadian Immigrations Department faced a lawsuit last year from a group of Chinese millionaires after it cancelled the program following an overwhelming number – tens of thousands – of applicants from the
Mainland, citing concerns that there was “little evidence that immigrant investors as a class are maintaining ties to Canada or making a positive economic contribution to the country” according to the Ministry of Finance. Similar investment programs exist in the United States, the UK and Australia, and have not gone unnoticed. According to Hurun, 64 percent of Chinese millionaires have emigrated or are planning to do so – the greatest proportion of wealthy citizens searching for homes abroad in the world. The closest runner-up, Singapore, clocked in at a mere 23 percent. If China’s wealthy choose to stay in the country, they oftentimes opt for their Children not to do the same – as Hurun notes, some 80 percent of China’s wealthy send their children to private international boarding schools, the highest proportion in the world. “I didn’t spend much time with my par-
kids to go through the same bitterness – so they spoil them, to give them a better life,” he says. “But many families still expect their kids to be successful by their own effort.” It’s a weird contradiction – you don’t need to worry about affording that car or the latest iPhone, but you’d better get into the world’s best universities and boarding schools, lest you be considered a complete failure. Nouveau riche anywhere in the world have a difficult time leaving the privilege bubble, if they’re even interested in leaving it in the first place. Some things that others find nearly impossible – freewheeling international travel, buying the latest Apple product, raising money to start a company – come too easily. There is a certain level of wealth that is alienating, that places people a bit too far away from the daily lives of anyone not in their exclusive club. Hear too many conversations on how to get your private jet classified as a business expense, or how to go on an “extended vacation” to the United States while pregnant so your child can gain citizenship – these are the types of chats that the ‘normals’ don’t have, and which can really disconnect you from reality as lived by 99.9 percent of the world. The temptation to splurge is always there – on a new phone, flashy car or maybe even a less cumbersome passport. Society is literally begging them to do it: a billboard here, a newly-opened Burberry shop there. Get a few million yuan floating around in that bank account, and your anxieties, hangups and frustrations don’t go away, they just change to more extravagant ones. Just because it’s made of gold bricks doesn’t mean it’s easy street. For every new iPhone, there’s an anti-extravagance drive. For every new indulgence, a torrent of hate-fueled comments on Weibo. Get citizenship abroad, and then spend more time getting your international taxes figured out than laying on the beach next to your recentlypurchased Portuguese estate. Pamper your kids, only to turn them into aliens to anyone who wasn’t similarly spoiled. China’s wealthy have 99 problems, but being rich ain’t one.
CHINA CURRENTLY LEADS THE WORLD IN ONE PECULIAR EXPORT: MILLIONAIRES.
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ents when I was young, because they were always on business trips,” says Ni Zhen, the son of two extremely successful pharmaceutical salespeople. “And then, when I got older, I went away to boarding school.” The children of China’s wealthy may not have to worry about their money, but that hardly means they’ve got a free ride. The driven, no-bullshit attitudes that pushed their parents to earn millions of RMB aren’t necessarily the ideal qualities for a parent. It may not be easy to feel much sympathy for someone born with a set of golden chopsticks in their mouth, but many of China’s fu er dai are subject to a level of social and career pressures that make the stereotypical “Tiger” father or mother look like a doting sap. “Because my parents did so well, I always feel that I’m under constant pressure to do even better,” Zi Lu says. “Whatever I do, they don’t think it’s good enough, and it would be so hard to surpass what they’ve been able to achieve. I feel like I have pimples all over my face!” Ni agrees. “The older generations suffered so much, that they don’t want their
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POLISHING THE EDGES By Marianna Cerini
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t’s Friday night and a group of twenty-somethings in designer clothes recline on sleek couches in Linx, one of Shanghai’s glitziest nightclubs. Bentleys and Porsches are parked outside. Dom Perignon flows like water. A local DJ is playing house music. These are the kids of China’s new rich, the perfect poster children for what most people would associate with the word fu’erdai: self-confident, careless, minted youngsters who don’t give a hoot about spending RMB10,000 on a table and double that on champagne – ordering up to a 100 bottles per night, as a PR girl working for the place tells me. Now close your eyes and reopen them in Beijing, to a completely different scene: a bright room with another type of couch – a classy, upholstered number straight out of Downton Abbey – along with porcelain teacups, a handful of pretty clutches and elegant headpieces displayed in a showroom-like space. Upstairs, a sun-lit classroom, whitewashed walls and a few big tables. I’m at Institute Sarita, the capital’s very own version of a Swiss finishing school. Its students are the other face of rich China – not the gaudy, flashy sort, but a more discreet, high-class type. Here, they come to learn 'Western etiquette,' and a whole new code of behavior. “My students aren’t those loud, crass, well-off Chinese who make disparaging headlines abroad,” says founder Sara Jane Ho, a poised 30-year-old who speaks five languages and boasts a degree from Harvard Business School. “For somebody to want to study etiquette, they are already very wellmannered and very considerate. They are ahead of the wave and want to sharpen and refine their tastes to fit with the Western privileges money is granting them.” Ho opened the school in 2012, at a stage when “China truly needed something like this,” she says. Over the last three years, the Hong Kong native has created customized courses spanning hostessing, debutante and Chinese etiquette and also gentleman’s and ‘Young Ambassador’ programs - the latter targeting the fu’sandai, the third generation of wealthy kids who are increasingly leaving China to study abroad.
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WEALTHY DOESN’T MEAN ONLY ONE THING.
Among the classes taught by Ho and two other (impeccably mannered) teachers are the art of entertaining and organizing household staff, greetings and introductions, pronunciation of luxury brands and small talk, ‘precedence,’ travel etiquette, history of cutlery and table manners and lingerie, fur and jewellery lessons. Demos on Western table manners and how to eat tricky foods – from spaghetti and soup to bananas (how does one eat the fruit gracefully? With a knife and fork, slicing it into thin slivers) – are also on the schedule, and make for some of the most popular courses. Such exercises may seem silly and out of date. In Europe itself, finishing schools are fizzling – the remnants of a lost age of polished aristocratic pomp. Yet in China,
Institute Sarita is doing incredibly well. This month, Ho is opening a branch in Shanghai, right in the heart of the former French Concession – and courses have already filled up. “If finishing schools have a future at all, it is in emerging economies,” says Ho, who is a product of Institut Villa Pierrefeu, Switzerland’s last traditional finishing school. “My class at Institut Villa Pierrefeu was made up mostly of girls from countries such as India, the Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In China, many nouveau riche are keen to learn how to engage with foreigners and show respect and consideration for others through the right manners.” Access to such knowledge doesn’t come cheap – though Ho notes that, for most students, the hefty price can seem trivial. Aspiring attendees to her classes have to go through an admission process that requires a deposit of RMB18,000 to secure a space. Once they obtain that, Institute Sarita charges RMB80,000 for a 10-day debutante program, RMB100,000 for a 12-day hostessing course and RMB50,000/60,000 for male-oriented programs, whose duration varies between five days to a week. Affluent Chinese fly over from all across China – Kunming, Guizhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Guangzhou – to join the institute. Unsurprisingly, women make up the majority of the students. “The hostessing course is no doubt the core of our school,” says Ho. “The women who sign up for it are mostly ladies in their 40s who grew up in the Cultural Revolution and now have kids who enjoy privileged lives influenced by the West,” she continues. “They are caught between two generations – they are wives, mothers, daughters and businesswomen in this new drastically changed world – and have no precedents to refer to. What they need is a frame of reference, and this is what I provide.” Debutante classes are the second most popular, particularly in the summer, when wealthy Chinese come back from their studies abroad. “There’s an amazing willingness to learn from these young girls too,” she says. “They recognize that being viewed as ‘nouveau riche’ makes them vulnerable to popular criticism, and are eager to shake that off. Generalizations are what they are trying to move away from.” Zi Lu, a well-heeled 27-year-old from Anhui, is in complete agreement. “I don’t think people should put us all in the same basket,” she says. “I am who I am, and can only account for that. It’s
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all about the education you get.” Education has indeed become a spurring force for rich China – not just for all things etiquette but also, and increasingly, in terms of taste. Not so long ago, affluent Chinese would purchase the showiest bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux (and mix it with Coca-Cola) or sport the designer bag with the most logos. Today, a rising number of moneyed youngsters are choosing wine appreciation courses and less opulent designs. “Classes and experiences to refine taste and broaden one’s knowledge are becoming big in China,” says James Roy, Associate Principal at intelligence firm China Market Research in Shanghai. “Flashy is still very prominent, of course, but this is definitely becoming a very good market for a quieter approach to money. Many people in their late twenties and early thirties are eager to improve their levels of sophistication.” “The reason is partly political – Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption and conspicuous consumption has no doubt had an effect not only on government officials but also on the middle and upper classes,” he says. “But the shift is also related to a growing interest for the understated, and the desire by some young and wealthy individuals to join a global elite class they can identify with – if still outside of the public eye.” Going underground has become of pivotal importance for many rich kids and their families. The rise of private luxury concierge companies in China – with their promise of discreet services and exclusive experiences away from the masses – is testimony to that. Being part of members-only clubs allows them to go beyond showing their wealth simply by driving a Bentley or jetting to Europe for shopping sprees. British company Quintessentially Lifestyle, a major concierge firm with offices in more than 60 cities worldwide, has seen business boom since setting up its China branches eight years ago. “Our clients span from mature entrepreneurs who run global ventures to young urban socialites who spend time following their passions around the world,” says Managing Director for Greater China Vincent Lai. What they seek is mostly travel-related experiences – private trips to the Artic or stays at hidden resorts away from the beaten track - but also passion investments. “Most members are keen to learn more about art and jewellery from global private collectors and auction houses, options in real estate overseas and elite education. Their general taste is very much a discerned one.” But elite experiences and flawless manners aren’t the only shift in focus from some of China’s young money: health and
mental wellbeing are also coming on top of their priority list. As they get richer by the day, affluent youths from well-to-do families are starting to seek new meanings to their lives; perhaps in response to surrounding pressures, but also as a way to deal with their own privileged existence. “A peaceful state of mind is essential to be happy,” says Zi. “Studying, being downto-earth, doing good – that’s what is really important.” It doesn’t surprise, then, that faith and health are rapidly becoming the new luxury goods for a slice of the 0.1 percent, who are choosing philosophy classes and meditation holidays over MBA degrees and shopping excursions. At Fudan University, a one-year literature program for adults that started in 2006 grew so popular that it has been extended to two years. Students can make it a four-year program by double majoring in philosophy and arts. Chinese business schools, by contrast, are struggling to attract students after booming for years. Chinese moneyed, it seems, are looking for new forms of self-actualization. John Osburg, an Assistant Professor of anthropology at the University of Rochester and author of Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich agrees. “Perceptions about what matters are evolving, albeit slowly, and now that so many people can afford materialistic gratifications, some of China’s new rich are moving on to different pursuits and ways to distinguish themselves on a social level. Spiritual and moral cultivations are among some of these ways.” While researching his book in Chengdu, where he spent three years befriending local businessmen and tycoons, Osburg was surprised to discover the turn that many of China’s new moneyed have made toward Tibetan Buddhism and other forms of spiritual fulfillment. “Part of it is still about status competition,” he warns, “the idea to be different by way of a spiritual route. But, on a deeper level, there’s also a genuine interest in spiritual transformation and in becoming better, more moral people.” An underlying sense of anxiety and precariousness of their assets, Osburg continues, makes new rich in China particularly vulnerable subjects. Tibetan Buddhism, traditional Chinese philosophy and similar practices offer guidance to pivot points in life. “There’s a yearning for a more rewarding lifestyle,” Osburg adds. “That obviously still applies only to a small slice of wealthy in China, but it signifies a step forward in terms of societal development in the country.”
The gap between rich and poor might still be wide, but such subtle changes in the role of privilege in society might shed some positive light for the future. “Rich people aren’t all the same simply because they have money,” says Zi. “They come from different backgrounds and environments, just like anyone else. Wealthy doesn’t mean only one thing.” And fu’erdai is not only bling – taste, manners and a lesson in Buddhist teachings might be pushing Bentleys and Champagne out of the gilded spotlight. www.thatsmags.com / May 2015
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By Marianna Cerini, Additional research by Tongfei Zhang and Zoey Zha illustrations by Cruz Maria Vallespir
Fu’erdai, tuhao and anyone else loaded with cash – unite! Luxury brands, multinational corporations and the like are scrambling to get into the good graces of China’s uber-wealthy, and have delivered on some uniquely extravagant goods. Here is a humble selection from the crème de la crème of luxurious offerings aimed at China’s rich. Because, really, there’s nothing money can’t buy.
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Jade on 36 has a new business lunch available for classy Lujiazui rendezvous. It’s not as expensive as you might think, ranging from RMB108-168 including a drink (plus the obligatory 15 percent service). Try the rich carbonara pasta with bacon and egg yolk, finishing up with crêpes Suzette. Available Monday-Friday from 11.30am1.30pm at the Pudong ShangriLa Hotel.
Brother’s Kebab is expanding at an alarming pace; they’ve just opened their third branch, this one on Pudong’s Nanquan Bei Lu (no.528, by Zhangyang Lu). Offerings remain the same: RMB28-48 shawarma chicken, beef and lamb in laffa or pita bread. Open late night!
Bar Rouge is back with a raunchy new look, a revamped cocktail menu and kinky artwork inside. Mr & Mrs Bund is also open after its renovation, and the first signs of life have been seen at Atelier Joël Robuchon, opening this summer.
Calling Thai food fans: Marriott Hotel Pudong East (from May 6 - June 30)and Marriott City Center (until May 3) are holding a ‘Thai food festival.’ They’ve brought over the head chefs from the Bangkok branch to guarantee authentic flavors.
Leonardo’s Win! Luxurious Italian dinner for two, plus wine One of our favorite old school Italian restaurants is back, this time offering a chance to win a gourmet dinner for two. Leonardo’s, The Hilton’s Italian flagship restaurant emphasizes fresh fine dining complemented by organic vegetables. Ebullient chef Lily Liu – whose talents were honed at Le Cordon Bleu institute in Paris – heads the kitchen with dishes such as homemade agnulot pasta filled with juicy beef cheek, jus and roasted herbal butter (RMB128), slowbraised veal ossobuco with saffron risotto and sautéed baby vegetable (RMB268) and pan fried goose liver with fresh leaves and creamy black truffle mushroom sauce (RMB148). All prices subject to 10 percent service charge. // 1/F, Hilton Hotel, 250 Huashan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu, 华山
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Pig brains You are what you eat. So if you’re looking to bump up your IQ a few points before your gaokao, why not order some brain on the side? When it arrived at the table, a few of our fears were assuaged – it looked like food. And pretty good food, at that. It came wrapped neatly in a banana leaf, a clean rectangular package of stewed up cerebral matter. In fact, if we hadn’t ordered it ourselves, we wouldn’t have known we were looking at a brain. It looked like your everyday, run of the mill ambiguous Chinese stewed meat. Pleasant surprises are generally few and far between in the world of “weird” Chinese cooking, but we’re happy to say that pork brain is one of them. The dish is very doable, owing mostly to the sauce, which realized it had a job to do. The flavors in the sauce were complex and well crafted enough to make you forget you were eating some pig’s brain – what more could we ask for? Besides that, the brain itself wasn’t bad at all. The texture was soft and easy to chew, with a kind of melt-in-your mouth quality. Honestly, we wouldn’t be opposed to eating it again. So chalk one up for Yunnan on the Questionable Exotic Delicacies scoreboard. All things considered, there are probably worse brains to eat out there. AD // Deep South Yunnan Ethnic Cuisine, 5F, Bailian Shimao International Plaza, 819 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 南京东路819号, 近西藏中路 Nearest metro: People’s Square, 2 mins. Open daily 11am-2pm, 5-9pm. Local cards accepted. (6333 1519).
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1515 West Tasting Bar A tapas concept born from steakhouse classics
“Baoism is a modern take on Chinese food; a menu rooted in Chinese culture, with influences from all around. We want our food to be relevant to Chinese millennials, transparently sourced and, most importantly, affordable.”
One of our personal favorites for bar snacks, 1515 West has a new tasting room with a menu of tapas. Our recommendations: black pepper shrimp with pineapple (RMB72) bourbon beef tartar on crispy rice (above, RMB78) and Sichuan pork belly (RMB52). Even the most pedestrian dish imaginable – “salted potato” (RMB38) – proved surprisingly flavorful. Whoever is shaking the cocktails has an affinity for Latin American concoctions – the 1515 Mojito with homemade vanilla syrup, El Diablo (tequila, ginger beer, syrup and Chambord) and pisco sour (all RMB88) pair well and pack serious heat. Some may visit the tasting bar for a pre-steak snack, but there’s enough toothsome variety on the menu to make for a full meal. And keep those cocktails coming. EC // Jing An Shangri-La, 4/F, 1218 Yan’an Zhong Lu, by Tongren Lu 延安中路1218号4 楼, 近铜仁路. Nearest Metro: Jing’an Temple, 2 mins. Daily 5.30-10.30pm. (2203 8889)
Intoxycake Home baked alcoholic cupcakes Alcohol and cake. Together. If you’re like us in believing the whole ‘detox’ spiel is a marketing ploy, Intoxycake cupcakes will hit the spot. Fresh baked from founder Jennifer Chen’s kitchen, these beauties come with pipettes of alcohol to inject into their cakey goodness. We tried the delicious ‘smooth operator’ with Reese’s Pieces, chocolate cake and Bailey’s liqueur (available at Sofia pizzeria on Beijing Xi Lu by Shaanxi Bei Lu). Others available to order include ‘white girl wasted’ (RMB340 per dozen, vanilla cake with vanilla bean icing) and ‘Nutella fixation’ (RMB400 per dozen, chocolate cake, Nutella buttercream icing and Ferrero Rocher). Spiked with Bailey’s or Kahlua, other liquor available at request. We’re personally rooting for Cointreau or Honey Jack Daniels. Add the Wechat: Intoxycakeme.
Amelia’s/Pie Society/British Kitchen British Sunday breakfast club England is famous for its hearty weekend breakfasts, but sadly the real deal is hard to track down in Shanghai. Luckily, Amelia’s Marketplace (an artisanal food company) is teaming up with Pie Society and The British Kitchen for a series of Sunday pop-ups starting from May 10 (followed by the 17, 24, and 31). Amelia’s is doing a classic English breakfast, sandwich towers, sausage and mash. British Kitchen is supplying cakes and brownies, and as for Pie Society, well, clue’s in the name. // Kota’s Kitchen, L102, Henderson 688 Plaza, 688 Nanjing Xi Lu by Qinghai Lu 南京西路688号恒基688广场L102近青海 路 Nearest metro: Nanjing Xi Lu, 10 mins. Check www.piesociety.co for more info.
Enterprising duo Alex Xu and Jenny Gao, the folks behind Baoism plan to launch their brick and mortar shop in Hubindao Shopping Center attached to the 1 Corporate Avenue buildings, tentatively set to open in July. The wait has been long for fans of Baoism’s steamed bun ‘burgers,’ teasing Shanghai foodies for months with numerous, fleeting pop-ups. Xu tells us the menu will include ‘hongshao carnitas,’ Korean fried chicken, Xinjiang fish and even an okonomiyaki bao. Sit tight and wait til July! (www.baoism.com.cn) nom nom NUMBER
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Cost of Morton’s ‘million dollar burger’ Perfectly timed for our ‘Young Money’ issue, Morton’s has gone and designed a burger for the tuhao in us all! Aptly titled ‘The Million Dollar Burger,’ the RMB228 mega sandwich consists of Australian prime beef topped with thick slices of foie gras and hunks of braised short rib, drizzled with black truffle butter and served on a lightly toasted brioche bun. Oh, plus a side of hand-cut fries. Jokes aside, we’re loving how they put the vegetables on the side. Yours for RMB228 only until May 31.
// IFC Pudong: 4/F, 8 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 世纪大道8号, 国金中心IFC商场4楼, 近 陆家嘴环路. Nearest metro: Lujiazui, 2 mins. (6075 8888) // IAPM Mall: 4/F, 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu 淮海中路999号4楼 近陕西南路. Nearest metro: Shaanxi Nan Lu, 2 mins. (6067 7888)
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A peak down an alley terrace at Zhang Court
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Casual Ginger by the Park
A favorite of weekend brunch seekers, Ginger by the Park has a beautifully serene terrace overlooking a quaint park. An eclectic menu of Southeast Asian dishes and Western classics awaits.
// 91 Xingguo Lu, by Hunan Lu 兴国路91号, 近湖南路. Nearest metro: Shanghai Library, 10 mins. Mon-Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-10pm. Local and international cards accepted. (3406 0599)
Cambio Coffee Delightfully fresh single origin coffee with a conscience, sourced direct from farmers by entrepreneur Sebastian Martin. Bask in the sunshine on their secluded ground-floor and rooftop terraces. // 861 Jiangning Lu, by Haifang Lu 江宁路861号, 近海防路. Nearest metro: Changping Lu, 15 mins. Mon-Fri 8.30am-7pm, Sat-Sun 9.30am-8pm. Local cards accepted. (182 1701 3647)
Café Mingqian This airy little cafe has a sun-drenched terrace lined with seats, perfect for alone time with a book or a secluded catch-up with friends.
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// 218 Fengxian Lu, by Nanhui Lu 奉贤路218号, 近南汇路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Xu Lu, 5 mins. Open daily 8am-10.30pm. Local cards accepted. (5273 5855)
Henkes Serving owner Craig Willis’ popular brand of Mediterraneanmeets-Australian dishes, Henkes is a particularly popular choice for brunch on weekends. // 1601 Nanjing Lu, by Changde Lu 南京西路1601号1楼, 近常德路. Nearest metro: Jing’an
Temple, 5 mins. Open daily, Cafe 10am-10pm, Restaurant 11am-11pm. Local and international cards accepted. (3253 0889)
Commune Social Consistency is our favorite word when it comes to restaurants, and Jason Atherton’s casual Jing’an restaurant delivers every time with contemporary, delicious food that won’t destroy your budget. Open for drinks, lunch, dinner and brunch. // 511 Jiangning Lu, by Kangding Lu 江宁路511号, 近康定路. Nearest metro: Changping Rd, 10 mins. Open for lunch, Tues-Fri 12-2.30pm, Sat-Sun 12-3pm. Open for dinner Tues-Sat 6-10.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6047 7638)
POP at Three on the Bund
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Cafe Mingqian in Jing'an Tsukiji Aosora on Changle Lu
Isola Looking for the best view of the Pearl Tower? Head to Isola’s excellent patio high up in the Lujiazui IFC mall. Better value frequented at lunchtime, where diners can make use of the lunch set, antipasto and dessert buffets. // 4/F, IFC Mall, 8 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 世纪大道8号, 国金中心IFC商场4楼, 近陆家嘴 环路. Nearest metro: Lujiazui, 2 mins. Open daily 12-11pm. Local and international cards accepted. (5012 1277)
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Excellent bread, patisserie, cakes, coffee and thick chocolat chaud from Franck Pécol. Expect a wait on the weekend, but if you can get a seat outside, this place is an exquisite slice of French cafe culture in Shanghai. //378 Wukang Lu, by Tai’an Lu 武康路378号1楼, 近泰安路. Nearest metro: Shanghai Library, 10 mins. Open daily 7am-8pm. Local cards accepted. (6433 5798)
Bella Napoli (Changle Lu branch) Weather too hot to sit directly in the sun? Mid-range Italian Bella Napoli’s sunny little patio is encased in glass, with a cool breeze from the aircon.
// Lane 946 Changle Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu 长乐路946弄, 近乌鲁木齐路. Nearest metro: Changshu Rd, 10 mins. Open daily 11:30-am-3pm, 5:30-11pm. Local cards accepted. (6248 8985)
Tsukiji Aosora Hands down our favorite non-omakase mid-range sushi spot, Tsukiji Aosora’s Shaanxi Lu branch has a stunning terrace and landscaped garden out back, complete with babbling brook, shaded pavilions and manicured lawn. A must try. // 191 Changle Lu, by Maoming Nan Lu 长乐路191号1-2楼, 近茂名南路. Nearest metro: Shanxi Rd, 5 mins. Open daily 11.30am-2pm, 5.30-10pm. Local and international cards accepted. (5466 1817)
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Candlelit dinner at Hongqiao State Guest Hotel
ElEfante Local chef célèbre Willy Trullas’ Donghu Lu restaurant is a mainstay of rich, great quality Spanish food in Shanghai. Set in a Concession-era villa, the parasol-dotted patio is a great spot to drink their house sangria.
// 20 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Lu 东湖路20号, 近淮海路. Nearest metro: Shaanxi Lu, 10 mins. Tues-Sun 11am-2pm, 6-10.30pm, weekend brunch 11am-3pm. Local and international cards accepted. (5404 8085)
Coconut Paradise Another Shanghai mainstay in a renovated villa, the gorgeous tree-lined garden feels truly tropical in the evening and compliments a menu of classic Thai dishes.
// 378 Wukang Lu, by Tai’an Lu 武康路378号, 近泰安路. Nearest metro: Shanghai Library, 15 mins. Open daily 11.30am-2pm, 5.30-10.30pm. Local cards accepted. (5424 5886)
Fifty 8o Grill Headed up by the exceptionally capable Jason Oakley, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong’s flagship steakhouse is a consistently excellent choice for special occasions. Don’t expect it to be cheap, but do wear stretchy clothing. // 111 Pudong Nan Lu, by Yincheng Lu 浦东南路111号, 近银城路. Nearest metro: Lujiazui, 15 mins. Open daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (2082 9938)
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One of the city’s best loved happy hours (RMB45 martinis and free steak sandwiches, anyone?) Morton’s IFC branch has, well, branched out to the roof, which is huge.
Brand new at Three on the Bund, this socalled ‘American brasserie’ is headed by David Chaveau, previously of The Peninsula. He damn well knows what’s up when it comes to the kitchen, and serves contemporary dishes alongside a spectacular Pudong skyline.
// IFC Mall 4/F, 8 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 世纪大
道8号, 国金中心IFC商场4楼, 近陆家嘴环路. Nearest metro: Lujiazui, 2 mins. Local and international cards accepted. (6075 8888)
Light & Salt This chic bistro at Rockbund benefits from a charming rooftop terrace with some fantastic views. Go for cocktails at their hidden bar in the evening, or the excellent weekend brunch.
// 6/F, 133 Yuanmingyuan Lu, Beijing Dong Lu 圆明园路133号 6楼, 近北京东路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 10 mins. Open daily, 6-10.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6361 1086)
Sir Elly’s Shanghai’s resident ‘one percenter’ restaurant has a magnificent terrace with unparalleled views of the Bund and Pudong. Impress hot dates, out of town guests and clients with the fabulously old school cocktails. // 13/F 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu 中山东一 路32号13楼, 近北京东路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 15 mins. Open daily, 12-2.30pm. Sun-Thurs 6-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 6-11pm. Local and international cards accepted. (2327 6756)
Hong Qiao State Guest Hotel
Looking for a perfect candlelit dinner for a romantic occasion? Head to picturesque Hong Qiao State Guest Hotel. An array of candlelit dinner sets can be customized as you dine in a private and quiet environment with a terrific garden view. //1591 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1591号虹桥迎宾 馆, 近水城路. Nearest metro: Shuicheng Lu, 10 mins. Local and international cards accepted. (6219 8855)
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Table No.1 Slightly out of the way but well worth the trip, Jason Atherton’s other Shanghai concept is similarly consistent in quality, headed up by Tennessee-born chef Christopher Pitts. Try the crispy pig’s ears and beef brisket. // 1-3 Maojiayuan Lu, by Zhongshan Nan Lu 毛家园路1-3号1
楼, 近中山南路. Nearest metro: Xiaonanmen, 15 mins. Open daily 12-2.30pm, 6-10.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6080 2918)
Jing’an garden terrace The Zen-est spot in Jing’an, the PuLi Hotel’s minimalist landscaped garden, complete with a lake, offers a delightful place for drinks, coffee, lunch and dinner.
// 7/F, 17 Guangdong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 广东路17
号, 外滩三号7楼, 近中山东一路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 20 mins. Open daily 11am-11pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6321 0909)
Villa le Bec This splendid renovated Concession-era villa has been home to chef Nicolas Le Bec’s restaurant since 2013. Serving French regional bistro classics, the villa benefits from a romantic patio in front and a landscaped be-fountained garden in the back.
// 321 Xinhua Lu, by Dingxi Lu 新华路321号, 近定西路. Nearest metro: Jiaotong University, 15 mins. Tues-Sun 6-10.30pm. Local cards accepted. (6241 9100)
// 1 Changde Lu, by Yan’an Zhong Lu 常德路1号, 近延安中路.
Nearest metro: Jing’an Temple, 5 mins. Open daily, 7am-1am. Local and international cards accepted. (2216 6996)
M on the Bund No list of the city’s best terraces would be complete without a mention of the oldest Bund restaurant. Classy but not overpriced (the lunch set is under RMB200) M on the Bund is the full package. Make sure you try the pavlova.
// 7/F 20 Guangdong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 广东路20号, 外滩五号7楼, 近中山东一路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 20 mins. Lunch, Mon-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm, Sat-Sun 11.30am3pm. Afternoon tea, Sun 3.30-5.30pm. Dinner, daily 6.1510.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6350 9988)
Afternoon tea at TOPS
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Vue @ Hyatt on the Bund
Bar Rouge on the Bund
Frequently touted as one of the city’s best vantage points, VUE bar is almost equally famous (or is that infamous?) for having a hot tub, which has played host to many a champagne fuelled revel.
// 199 Huangpu Lu, by Wuchang Lu 黄浦路199号, 外滩茂悦大 酒店32-33楼, 近武昌路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 30 mins. Sun-Thu 6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-2am. Local and international cards accepted. (6393 1234)
TOPS @ Banyan Tree Blessed with panoramic views of Shanghai’s holy trinity (the Bund, Pudong and the shimmering Huangpu River) the Banyan Tree Hotel’s rooftop bar and lounge plays host to cocktails and a popular afternoon tea in private tented pavilions. // 19 Haiping Lu, by Gongping Lu 海平路19号, 近公平路.
Nearest metro: Yangshupu Lu, 1 min. Mon-Thurs 2.30pm-
1.00am, Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Sun 11am-1am. Local and international cards accepted. (2509 1188)
Bars Char Steakhouse par excellence with a classy rooftop bar on the top of Hotel Indigo, Char is special occasion worthy. // 585 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Dongmen Lu 上海外滩英迪
格酒店, 中山东二路585号29-31楼, 近东门路. Nearest metro: Yu Yuan, 20 mins. Open daily. 6-10.30pm (dining), 6pm-late (bar). Local and international cards accepted. (3302 9995)
BeerGRDN A new addition to the URBN hotel on Jiaozhou Lu, BeerGRDN has a fantastic openair courtyard with tables and couches. Open for brunch on the weekends too. // 183 Jiaozhou Lu, by Xinzha Lu 胶州路183号, 近新闸路.
Nearest metro: Jing’an Temple, 10 mins. Sun-Thu, 7am-11pm Fri, 7am-midnight. Local and international cards accepted. (5172 1300)
Paulaner Fenyang Lu
Bar Rouge
The flagship store of this German brewery in the former French Concession is a great choice for families, with an expansive kids’ jungle gym adjacent, plus gardens that frequently play host to outdoor events during the summer.
Nearest metro: Shaanxi Nan Lu, 15 mins. Open daily, Mon-Tues:
You didn’t think we’d write this list without including Shanghai’s most famous rooftop, did you? Bar Rouge is back after renovations and it’s sleeker than ever before. Come enjoy the Lujiazui lightshow at 6.30pm and linger as the night progresses to full-blown nightclub debauchery.
11am-11.30pm, later on weekends. Local and international
10 mins. Sun-Wed 6pm-3am, Thu-Sat 6pm-late. Local and
cards accepted. (6474 5700)
international cards accepted. (6339 1199)
Starling
8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana
// 150 Fenyang Lu, by Fuxing Lu 汾阳路150路, 近复兴路.
This splendid cocktail bar in trendy Zhang Court on Taixing Lu is reminiscent of a colonial bar in the tropics of yesteryear, perfect for sipping summer cocktails.
// 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu 中山东一路18 号外滩18号7楼, 近南京东路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu,
Nearest metro: Nanjing Xi Lu, 5 mins. Open daily 6pm-1am.
The patio of this high-end Italian benefits from a rooftop deck open during the summer, with a range of typical Italian aperitivos and a happy hour from 5-8pm.
Local cards accepted. (6217 0189)
mins. Open daily, dinner 6pm-midnight and terrace bar 5pm-
// 99 Taixing Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu 泰兴路99号, 近南京西路.
// 6-7/F, 169 Yuanmingyuan Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu 圆明园路 169号, 7楼, 近北京东路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 10
1am. Sun brunch 11.30am-3pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6087 2890)
VUE @ Hyatt on the Bund
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Citron
Art Deco cafe hits the lunchtime sweet spot By Betty Richardson
Chocolate fondant molten cup, RMB40
Pepperoni and spinach 'tortilla pizza,' RMB50
The place
Value for money
Having come a long way from this location’s previous incarnation as a Coffee Bean cafe, Citron is a new cafe and bar on the alwaysbusy intersection of Changle and Fumin Lu. A rather determined effort seems to have gone into making Citron feel like a 1920s Art Deco cafe, with the curious effect of looking like an extra set from the most recent Great Gatsby film. Ultimately, it comes off as fun and quaint, rather than a tacky pastiche.
For its timely service and quality food, Citron is a good choice for lunch and casual drinks with friends, particularly during the coming sunnier months. Its ‘petit salads’ currently don’t rival nearest competitor Sproutworks, so come for sandwiches, and the delicious molten chocolate cake instead. 1/1
The food
Wisely ignoring the temptation to have a rambling menu of overreaching dishes, Citron offers a deftly put together little list of sandwiches, salads and ‘tortilla pizzas’ that start from RMB50 up to RMB60. Our smoked salmon and cream cheese toasted ciabatta (RMB60) was perfectly acceptable and generously portioned, since it also came with two ‘petit salads.’ Said ‘petit salads’ seem a little heavy on the carbs to be healthy, most of them being pasta based (at least on our visit). Nevertheless, the soba noodle and Asian vegetable number and chopped cherry tomatoes are certainly worth a try. Citron is trying something highly unorthodox in the pizza department: tortillas instead of a conventional dough base (pictured above right) We can tell you first hand this makes for a very structurally precarious and messy eat. Fine but unremarkable Limoncello jelly topped panna cotta (RMB40) struck as something of a missed opportunity for a restaurant called ‘Citron,’ but the chocolate fondant molten cup (RMB40) with orange dusted whipped cream was as molten as advertised and decadently good. 1/3
TOTAL VERDICT: 3/5
Price: RMB50-150 per person Who’s going: lunching office workers, French expats Good for: lunchtime, hot sandwiches, spiked coffee, casual drinks
// 291 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu 富民路291号近长乐路 Nearest metro: Changshu Lu, 10 mins. Mon-Thu, 10am-10pm, Fri-Sun, 10am-12am. Local and international cards accepted. (6121 2606)
The vibe
Blessed with a prime location, Citron is already a popular spot during lunchtime. Aiding this is a sunsoaked terrace and an excellent people watching spot. After hours activity is accounted for by a cocktail list. 1/1
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Smoked salmon & cream cheese toasted ciabatta, RMB60
Wishbone
Hipster rotisserie in north Jing’an BY Betty Richardson
The place Where do rotisserie fiends find their fix in this city? It used to be Brasa’s citywide locations before that dwindled down to one shop on Taixing Lu, but now Wishbone is here, selling juicy birds from a compact shopfront in Jing’an. Decidedly hipper than aforementioned Brasa, Wishbone is managed by Brit chef Sam Norris, whom some of you know from excellent street-side taco den Dog Town.
The food
We kicked off with a couple of cocktails, the ‘hawthorn’ and ‘kumquat,’ both RMB55. We’re going to go ahead and say these were simply not good. They took ages, were too sweet, not cold enough and not nearly strong enough (at least for our grizzled palates). Wishbone keeps the menu concise, and rightly so for such a tiny kitchen. Country style pâté was peppery, fatty and delicious.
Pulled pork croquettes with cheddar were also a big hit. Less good was the pickled mackarel crostini with pear. Also strange were the hot wings, served languishing in an exceptionally sour vinaigrette sauce. To their credit, all sides are reasonably priced at RMB35. At last whole chicken stuffed with gremolata butter, (RMB280 plus a choice of four sides, half/quarter with two sides: RMB150/78). We were convinced the white meat would be dry as hell but happily, Wishbone proved us wrong: the bird was juicy throughout, and the skin crispy. 2/3 .
The vibe
Set in a tiny space, on our visit Wishbone was full to capacity. Service is sketchy at this point, which is to be expected – it’s still early days. Here’s a hint, though: don’t let people smoke inside if your restaurant is this small. On our visit, two people proceeded to chain
smoke the whole way through our meal after a waitress opened the window next to them, effectively blowing smoke inside the restaurant and onto surrounding tables. A steady gust of cold wind and fag smoke does not a pleasant experience make. 0/1
Value for money
Service needs to be improved for this place to reach its potential. However, the rotisserie chicken was undeniably good and well executed, albeit a touch more expensive than we expected. 1/1
TOTAL VERDICT: 3/5
Price: RMB78-200 per person Who’s going: local hip kids, chain smokers Good for: roast chicken, casual dinner
// No. 3, 888 Changde Lu, by Changping Lu 常德路888弄3号, 近昌平路 Nearest metro: Changping Lu, 5 mins. Open daily 12pm-2am. Local cards accepted. (6257 8511)
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Mammamia!
Scialatielli vongole, RMB78
Top value Italian by Capo masterminds BY Betty Richardson
Diavola pizza, RMB88
The place For those unfamiliar with Capo, it’s one of Shanghai’s upmarket Italian restaurants, specializing in very good pizzas and pricey cuts of steak. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that premium ingredients in an exclusive environment equals a hefty bill. However, for those seeking to enjoy owner/chef Enzo Carbone’s dishes outside of a special occasion, there is Mammamia!, launched as a cheaper spinoff selling the same brand of Capo-style cooking at everyday prices. The first branch already opened in Lujiazui, and we went to take a look at this new one on Huaihai Lu.
The food
Contrary to its cliché name, Mammamia! is a refreshing change of pace from the multitude of Italian spots in Shanghai. We don’t shock easy, but low, low prices on the menu stunned us. Tagliatelle con prosciutto cotto e panna was a simple pasta with nothing but cream and meat, but comfort food never tasted so good at RMB68. Same for the scialatielli vongole at RMB78, laden with clams and fresh zucchini. Both were made with fresh, chewy textured pasta cooked to al dente perfection. The diavola pizza with mozzarella, salami, basil and parmesan was equally good as those found at Capo, and for a fraction of the cost at RMB88 (the cheapest is the marinara at RMB58). Similarly sim-
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'Contadina,' poached egg, prosciutto, asparagus and torn basil, RMB58
ple and generous was salsiccia grigliata e friarielli (RMB98) AKA grilled pork and fennel sausage with broccolini. 2/3
The vibe On our visit we found service to be relaxed and courteous, and it’s clear the team is well trained from the Capo camp. They’ve also got a little salumeria to the side with a nice selection of wines by the bottle, which you can take home or drink right at your table. 1/1
Value for money
Given the extremely affordable prices coupled with the ‘just trendy enough’ atmosphere, it’s hard to deny that Mammamia! is one of the best value Italian venues we’ve eaten at recently. Our only worry is that, considering Mammamia!’s affordability, this place may might start to eclipse Capo. 1/1
TOTAL VERDICT: 4/5
Price: RMB90-250 per person Who’s going: locals, Italians, friends of management Good for: casual dinner, big groups, good value
// 1333 Huaihai Lu by Changshu Lu, 淮海路 1333号, 近常熟路. Nearest metro: Changshu Lu, 3 mins. Open daily: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm. Local cards accepted. (5081 0966)
The Press
Chic high-ceilinged cafe on Hankou Lu BY Betty Richardson
The place Do you prefer a statelier abode in which to drink your cup of Joe? Look no further than The Press, a spacious and impressively renovated spot off Nanjing Dong Lu. A major draw is the ornate double vaulted ceiling, whose 19th century period details miraculously survived to this day. Comfy sofas line the walls, big windows flood the space with natural light, and a cozy mezzanine (plus free Wi-Fi) make this spot perfect for working, studying or meeting people.
The food
The press consists of a surprisingly substantial menu of Italian food, including pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, salads and other staples. Perhaps to our fault we opted for an ambitious-sounding main of whole calamari stuffed with rice and vegetables (RMB108), which we’d have skipped in hindsight. Best opt for more cafe-appropriate options like pumpkin pie with crème fraiche (RMB28). Our iced latte was pricey at RMB35, but The Press is an elegant space in a premium location, so fair enough (consider that Sumerian’s iced coffee is RMB36). 1/3
The vibe
Service, while nothing to write home about, is pleasant and efficient enough; helpful English-speaking manager Thomas is on-hand to help out. The team tells us a further space upstairs is being turned into a bar, and having seen it, we agree it’s a great idea. An enormous fourstory atrium rises up from a tile brick floor to create an impressive open space, almost rivaling the main room out front. 1/1
Value for money
This serene cafe wouldn’t look out of place in London. It’s a pleasure to see sympathetic restoration of period architectural features in Shanghai, a city where modernity often trumps the classical.We could easily while away several hours reading, working, or hanging out in The Press, and as such, it gets a spot on our new favorite cafes list. 1/1
TOTAL VERDICT: 3/5
Price: RMB25-150 (depending on consumption) Who’s going: local bookworms, expats, creative types Good for: meetings, coffee dates, Wi-Fi, working, studying
// A1-03, No. 309 Hankou Lu, by Shandong Zhong Lu, 汉口路309号1楼A1-03, 近山东中路. Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 5 mins. Open daily, 10am-9pm. Local cards accepted. (5169 0777)
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Atto Primo
Shanghai’s foremost food blogger dishes on new Bundside Italian BY Shanghai Girl
Date visited: April 2015 for dinner Price: RMB400-500 per person Will return: Yes What to get: • Beef tartare (RMB138) • Calzone (RMB128) • Mussels in spicy tomato sauce (RM158) • Seafood linguine (RMB158) • Apple strudel (RMB68)
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Recommend: No Our friends referred to this as the mindblowing dish from their previous visit, but said it tasted completely different during this time around. When we ate it, the dish tasted like deli roast beef topped with tuna.
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Vitello tonnato / thinly sliced veal, tuna sauce, capers (RMB128)
Recommend: Maybe A ring of warm sardines with potential if made less fishy.
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Calzone fiorentino / creamy spinach, mozzarella, parmesan cheese porchetta calzone (RMB128)
Recommend: Yes Favorite of the night was breakfast in a calzone larger than our faces. Egg, cheese, spinach and porchetta enveloped by thin dough baked crisp on top. Enough cheese but not overly creamy.
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Ziti al sugo di costine di maiale pancetta, e pecorino, rafano / ziti pasta, pork ribs sauce, pancetta, pecorino cheese, horseradish (RMB138)
Recommend: No Sounded hearty on paper but ingredients were disjointed on the plate. We would have much preferred ragu to pulled pork sauce and the horseradish flavor seemed out of place.
Price: RMB250-500+ per person Who’s going: well-heeled mix of locals and expats Good for: dates, groups, business dinners
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Sarde gratinate al verde / parsley crumbed baked sardines (RMB148)
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Linguine alla pescatora aglio e prezzemolo / linguine, mixed seafood, garlic & parsley (RMB158)
Recommend: Yes Seafood linguine, however, redeemed the pasta section with its buttery sauce full of umami. Great to soak up with foccacia. Overall, pastas could have been more al dente, but soft pasta has unfortunately become a standard in Shanghai.
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Strudel di mele caldo, creme caramel, gelato nocie miele / hot apple strudel, caramel cream, walnuts-honey ice cream (RMB68)
Recommend: Yes A unanimous yum for this take on crispy apple strudel with ice cream.
// 2F Bund 5, 20 Guangdong Lu by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu,外滩5号广东路20号2楼近中山东一 路 Nearest metro: Yuyuan, 15 mins. Open daily, 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30pm-midnight. Local and international cards accepted. (6328 0271)
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The place Originally from Taiwan and brought to Shanghai by the same crew as Green & Safe, Qimin Organic Hotpot has opened its second branch at Reel Mall, offering a brand new ‘farm to table’ experience. Venture in and you’ll see Qimin still keeps its tradition of welcoming guests with a shout of “Chu guolo!” (Fire the pot!)
The food
Open the magazine-like menu and start by selecting your broth. Brewed with seasonal vegetables, beef bones or pork bones for at least five hours, the pots with less salt and zero additives are a healthy treat, with roasted tomato beef bone broth (RMB32) the most popular. Other options include lightly-flavored organic vegetable chicken broth (RMB18), dense pork bone broth (RMB28) or the rich Mongolian-style broth (RMB28). Hailing from the Horqin Steppe, a mighty portion of Inner Mongolia Grassland beef (RMB48) comes highly recommended. Dunk it in soup and quickly eat it – it melts on the tongue. Try grass-fed lamb roll (RMB38) or organic prime Matsuzaka pork (RMB38) which comes from organic black pigs in Anhui. Fennel and squid paste (RMB28) is made from wild cuttlefish, but used a bit too much fennel, and the original taste of the fish was lost. ‘Self-harvest’ fresh wood mushroom (RMB48) sees a huge eight-month-old log delivered to the table. You get to pick the fresh mushrooms from the log yourself. 2/3
Qimin Organic Hotpot Marketplace
A tantalizing hotpot spot at Reel Mall By Tongfei Zhang
The vibe
The service was quite friendly and courteous on our visit. An organic grocery by the door is where you get to select fresh veggies and other organic products, and you also get to select seafood straight from the stand in the dining hall. Designed by Taiwanese designer Yu Qingye, the bustling and lively place is reminiscent of the old Shanghai vibe relaxed, laid-back and absolutely dynamic. 1/1
Value for money
Given the thoughtful service and delightful dining experience – we ended up super full. Perfect to bring along families without spending too much – a place we're heading back to someday for sure. 1/1
TOTAL VERDICT: 4/5
Price: RMB150 per person, more with seafood Who’s going: office workers (lunch), local families Good for: business lunch/dinner, family dining
// 4/F, Reel Mall, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu 南京西路1601号芮欧百货4 楼, 近常德路 Nearest metro: Jing’an Temple, 3 mins. Open daily, 11am-2pm, 5-9pm. Local and international cards accepted. (6258 8777)
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on the grill
Like every Michelin starred chef, the prospect of losing my stars sometimes keeps me awake at night.
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pening 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong 2008 was terrifying. The economic crisis raged on and we had just signed the lease on a restaurant. People told me not to make it too expensive, but I never could have imagined that it would be this successful. People perceive us as expensive, but we have a HKD400 (RMB317) set menu. I’ve actually been criticized by journalists and bloggers for doing it. People expect so much from our restaurant, and for that price you cannot give much, sadly. But I do it because it’s important the restaurant feel alive, rather than a spot for special occasions. To me, all ingredients are important. But when people come in our restaurant, they want super tender beef, not something chewy. They want to have caviar – something expensive. We should cook with less expensive items, but it’s very difficult for people to accept [humbler ingredients] as high quality food. If I used grain-fed beef, probably 40 percent of the customers would be disappointed. ‘8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana’ might be a mouthful for some people, but I’d rather name my restaurant after a beautiful expression of sixties Italian culture [after the famous 1963 Fellini film] than something clichéd like ‘Prego’ or ‘Mamma Mia.’ Receiving my three Michelin stars felt amazing. It was more than a dream come true – it is the biggest achievement in the career of any professional chef.
The Michelin star studded chef on ingredients, work pressure and what keeps him awake at night Edited BY Betty Richardson
It’s also a tremendous burden. Every day I face enormous pressure to be my best and have it come naturally. All I can do is keep doing what I’m doing and if I get the stars again I’ll be very grateful. Each year is a different story for me. We chefs get our Michelin stars for the year that passed, not the upcoming one. I might have three stars for 2014 but currently zero for 2015 – I have to win them all over again.* Like every Michelin starred chef, the prospect of losing them sometimes keeps me awake at night.
* The Michelin Guide for Hong Kong and Macau has since been released; 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana retained its three stars. // 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, 6-7/F, 169 Yuanmingyuan Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu. 圆明园 路169号6, 7楼, 近北京东路 Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu, 10 mins. Mon-Sat 4pm-late (restaurant 6pm-12am). Local and international cards accepted. (6087 2890)
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Three star delight: fassone veal tenderloin braised celery with black winter truffle, jus and whipped potato from the Hong Kong Otto e Mezzo.
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A very Sproutworks summer Roasted heirloom beets, citrus and goat cheese salad with honey mustard dressing BY Betty Richardson
Sproutworks is famous for being one of the best places to get healthy food on the quick. Their head Chef Leo showed us how you can whip up this delectable fresh salad perfect for lunch, dinner or summer parties.
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Wash and peel red and golden beets. Bake at 200oC (390oF) for 20 minutes till soft, and remove peel by hand. Cut red beets into 6 pieces, golden beets into 4 pieces.
Slice citrus into segments, roughly chop the parsely, then mix in a bowl with the other dry ingredients.
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Serves 4 Salad • 400g roasted red chioggia beets • 400g roasted golden beets • 400g grapefruit slices • 320g orange slices • 20g crushed walnuts • 20g goat cheese • 3 sprigs Italian parsley • 16 mixed sprouts or salad leaves
For the dressing, put all wet ingredients into a mixing bowl or jar. Whisk, blend or shake the jar to emulsify the mixture for a creamy textured dressing.
Dressing
• 60ml olive oil • 30ml lemon juice • 20ml white vinegar • 1 tbsp honey • 1 tsp Dijon mustard • Salt and pepper (to taste)
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Serve immediately or place in refrigerator for later use.
Toss and mix the dressing with the dry ingredients.
Sproutworks uses organic beets and other vegetables from Soleil Villa farm. They don’t use pesticides or chemicals, and specialize in growing heirloom veggies. For orders contact Soap Zhuang at 87083526@qq.com, and get next day delivery seasonal veggie boxes (2.5kg for RMB60). Follow their Wechat (ID: Soleil Villa) for more info.
Spoutworks Xintiandi: 185 Madang Lu by Zizhong Lu 马当路185号, 近 自忠路. Nearest metro: Xintiandi, 5 mins. (6890 5966) Sproutworks Pudong: IFC Mall B2/F, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 陆家嘴西路168号B2楼, 近陆家嘴环路. Nearest metro: Lujiazui, 2 mins. (6339 0586) Open daily Mon–Fri, 10am–10pm. Local and international cards accepted. www.sproutworks.com.cn
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Straight Down the Hatch no chaser Do you even pickleback, bro? FashionTV Babyface, a new club from the international FashionTV channel, known for its near constant stream of scantily clad models, has opened at Infinity Plaza on Huaihai Lu (by Pu’an Lu). Basically looks like a new incarnation of Rich Baby/the old Babyface but with more models. Sounds like a great place to find your next tuhao boyfriend! In more somber news, Malone’s, one of Shanghai’s longest standing venues is closing. Yes, that RMB50 Monday burger deal is no more (then again, you can always go to CU2+ and get a burger, fries and cocktail for RMB88). A loss nevertheless, we’ll be keeping an eye on that bit of prime real estate on Tongren Lu to see what takes its place.
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hose up to date with the twists and turns of American drinking culture will be well versed in the current trend of drinking ‘picklebacks’ to kick off a night’s revelry. Just what is a pickleback? Well, it’s essentially a sequence of shots, the first being whisky followed by a chaser of real pickle juice, the idea being that the tart pickle brine obliterates the whiskey aftertaste. That’s the idea anyway. A bracing affront to the senses, challenging friends to picklebacks is guaranteed to get the night off to a raging start. Find
them at Shaanxi Bei Lu’s Dog Town bar for RMB30, at Shanghai Pickleback Co.’s regular pop-up events (1/RMB40, 3/RMB100) and Yuyuan Lu’s Co. Cheese Melt Bar sandwich shop (RMB25). Meanwhile, Logan’s Punch at 99 Taixing Lu sells ‘deconstructed picklebacks’ (RMB60 for a 45ml shot). As Logan himself explains: ”We take dehydrated sliced pickles, grind them with salt and spices, then rim a Jameson shot glass with the powder.” Pickleback connoisseurs only need apply.
Listen up, beer swillers: the Shanghai International Beer Festival (this time sponsored by Corona) is back this month, taking place from May 7 to 10 over what will hopefully be a sunny, spring weekend. The last one in October drew in crowds of 30,000 people and is usually a rolicking good time, definitely worth the trip out to the Cool Docks. Check organizer Bevex's website at: www.bevexmarketing.com. Modern Sky, the record label behind Strawberry Music Festival is opening up live houses in Beijing, Chengdu and now Shanghai. Called Modern Sky Lab, the plan is to make a multi-concept cultural venue with live music, fashion and record stores all under one roof. No location or opening date set for the moment. We’ll dish the deets as they come.
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The RMB30 pickleback at Dog Town
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Classy French Concession corner to keep an eye on BY Betty Richardson
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elightful Yongfu Lu, in the former French Concession, has a new bar/ lounge addition, kinda. Why do we say kinda? Well, because it’s not technically ‘open,’ in the uh, traditional sense of the word. It’s actually an office, albeit set in a renovated villa. Belonging to behemoth alcohol importer Dxcel, the ground floor, patio, garden and private room have been opened up to the public from Wednesday through Sunday, with drinks from RMB50. Another catch is that one can’t simply show up – apparently reservations must be made in advance, according to one (hopefully reliable) manager on site.
However, those willing to oblige will be rewarded in the form of a secluded, very private spot in which to drink. The outside deck and garden is great, and the wood-paneled inside feels befitting of a Tennesseean senator. Even better if you catch the two-for-one happy hour from 6-9pm.
Price: RMB50+ Who’s going: nobody… yet Good for: privacy, outdoor and casual drinks
// 17 Yongfu Lu, by Wuyuan Lu 永福路17号, 近五原路 Nearest metro: Shanghai Library, 15 mins walk. Open Weds-Sun, 6pm-1am. Local cards accepted. Reservation essential. (138 1652 3848)
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XTD ELEVATED
Chic wine bar pops its cork BY Betty Richardson
Living the high life in Xintiandi
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ine. It’s having a bit of a moment in China. More specifically, China is now the world’s largest consumer of red wine, glugging 1.865 billion bottles of the stuff in 2013. That’s more than the French, according to a report commissioned by VinExpo. Not much of a surprise, then, that a fair few wine bars are opening up in Shanghai, the newest of which is Pleos in the former French Concession. Chic and spacious inside, being here feels like entering a wealthy Eurocrat’s wine cellar. House wine by the glass starts at RMB40, and is quaffable and fairly priced, but you’re at a wine bar – ordering a variety of vintages for sampling is the whole point. Order these directly from the iPad menu. Pleos is a place packed with potential, but has thus far failed to realize much of it. Both our visits were fairly dead, but with any luck management will get their act together and start promoting it better. Watch this space, wine aficionados. Price: RMB40-500 for wine by the glass and bottle Who’s going: not many, at the moment Good for: wine tasting, dates, groups
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serene terrace above the hustle and bustle of Xintiandi, XTD elevated is one of Shanghai’s chicest outdoor spots, and feels more befitting of a tropical resort than an urban downtown bar. A covered bar and expansive decked patio is the beating heart of the place, but private cabanas and day beds are perfect for luxuriating in the late afternoon sunshine, being served on hand and foot by attentive waiters. When the sun sets, however, the action steps up a notch with a soundtrack of funky house and electro dance. Cocktails come courtesy of XTD elevated’s top mixologists, with over 16 different types of mojitos, a ‘goldentini’ (with vermouth, port, vodka and pear brandy) and even ‘English breakfast tea,’ (served in a glass tea pot with Earl Grey gin, grapefruit, lemon and mint) all at RMB90. A menu of bar snacks includes a trio of spicy BBQ sliders (RMB88), The Langham’s signature giant Nutella éclair (RMB68) and a duo of Irish coffee cupcakes with almond parfait (RMB78).
// XTD elevated at The Langham Shanghai, Xintiandi is open from 5pm-1am daily, prices subject to 15 percent service charge. 99 Madang Lu by Taicang Lu, 马当路99号 近太仓路 Nearest metro: Xintiandi, 5 mins. Local and international cards accepted. (2330 2288)
// 19 Shaoxing Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu 绍兴路19号, 近陕西南路 Nearest metro: Shaanxi Nan Lu. Open daily, 11am-midnight. Local cards accepted. (3363 6899).
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Grand Reopening Party @ Bar Rouge
F1 Party @ Bar Rouge
One year Anniversary Party @ Hakkasan
Nicky Romero Concert @ Fusion
nightlife
In tha Club
Fine music for your nightlife diet
A couple of very different electronic music legends make their way to Shanghai in a jam-packed month full of underground favorites and a farewell bash for one of the city’s top clubs. For more nightlife events, check out our Weekly Party Planner every Thursday at www.thatsmags.com/shanghai.
BY Andrew Chin
MAY 9 Lit City Rave J-Cush returns to the scene of the crime after blowing minds last year at The Shelter. The Lit City boss is one-fourth of the Future Brown supergroup that includes forward-thinking peers Fatima Al Quadiri and Nguzunguzu. He’ll be supported by his prodigy Drippin, Subculture Shanghai boss Howell and guests. We have a pair of tickets to give away. For your chance to win, e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Lit City Rave’ by May 6. // May 9, 10pm-
late, RMB80. The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu 永 福路5号, 近复兴西路 (6437 0400)
MAY 15-17 Taihu MIDI & Electronic Festival MIDI’s throwing a couple of festivals in Suzhou this month including this non-stop 48hour celebration of electronic music. Over 80 artists will rock nine stages including outstanding German livetronica trio Brandt Brauer Frick, Dutch tech-house favorite Kamara and Belgian duo Mumbai Science. Mainland favorites like Sulumi, Ben Huang and Duck Fight Goose will attend, while Beijing’s Subs battle their same-named Belgium counterparts in what might be the festival’s most intriguing set. Dragon Events are running private busses departing from Jing'an for RMB60, available at yoopay.cn/midbusplus
// May 15-17, 11am-late, RMB120-150 (single day tickets), RMB300-350 (three day passes). Taihu
Midi Park, Wujiang, Suzhou 苏州市吴江区七都镇格林乡村公园 (yoopay.cn/event/midielectronicfestival)
MAY 19 Squarepusher In a brilliant career, Squarepusher has pushed the boundaries of acid house, drum and bass and improvisational electro-jazz, while shaping the sound of intelligent dance music (IDM). He’s still going strong, releasing his 14th studio album Damongen Furies last month. His frantic live show will see him rocking out on his bass and other instruments complemented by stunning visuals. R3, Downstate and LON support. We have a pair of tickets to give away. For your chance to win, e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Squarepusher’ by May 13 for your chance to win. // May 19, 10pm-late, RMB150-200. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁木齐路1号, 近衡山路 (6211 6317 www.smartshanghai.com/smartticket)
MAY 30 Paul Van Dyk The Grammy award-winning German DJ and producer is one of dance music’s first superstars. He’s topped DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJ list twice and is credited as trance pioneer. His music continues to evolve with fans salivating for the May 4 release of his seventh studio album, The Politics of Dancing 3. We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show on WeChat. For your chance to win, add Thats_Shanghai or scan the QR code. // May 30, 10.30pm-late, RMB180. MYST, 1123 Yanan Zhong Lu, by Fumin Lu 延安中路1123号, 近富民路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 31 Lola Closing Party It’s been a glorious five years for Lola at their Surpass Court location. They’re going all-out for one last month of parties but are leaving the final rager in the hands of their residents Toni Aparisi, Alecs Marta and Frank Costello. Expect it to be a wild time. We have a pair of tickets to give away. For your chance to win, e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Lola Closing Party’ by May 27. We’re also giving away tickets to Lola’s other parties in May. Check out page 96 for details. // May 31, 10.30pm-late, RMB100 with two drinks (free entry before midnight). Lola, Bldg 4, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu 永嘉路570号4号 楼, 近岳阳路 (138 1692 7970)
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MAY 8 DJ Sliink Yeti present the pioneer of Jersey Club. With releases on esteemed labels like Fools Gold and Mad Decent, the Newark talent incorporates aggressive up-tempo rhythms with soothing pop and R&B, for an irresistible hybrid dance mix. We have a pair of tickets to give away. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘DJ Sliink’ by May 6 for your chance to win. // May 8, 10pm-late, RMB100. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁木齐路1号 近衡山路
MAY 15 Troyboi
1LVSH brings in one of South East London’s most closely guarded secrets for his China debut. He’s collaborated with the likes of ILoveMakonnen, Flosstradamus and Diplo. Expect heavy bass, trap, 808s, hip hop and a crazy crowd. Conrank, Cavia and Yeti B support. We have a pair of tickets to give away. Simply e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Troyboi’ by May 13 for your chance to win. // May 15, 10pm-late, RMB60-100. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁木齐路1号 近衡 山路 (fam@1lvshanghai.com).
MAY 22 Damacha The prolific Shanghaibased producer hooks up with SVBKLVT for his newest release. TuHaoJin is 11-tracks of footwork, bass and Chinese club. Limited edition VIP box-sets available with table service, dice games and specials on Chivas and green tea all night long. TzuSing of L.I.E.S. plays an Asian pop set while Howell and guests support. We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Damacha’ by May 20 for your chance to win.
// May 22, 10.30pm-late, RMB40 (with CD). The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu 永福路5号, 近 复兴西路
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White collar warriors
Meet the women in the ring at this year’s Brawl on the Bund By Erik Crouch
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rawl on the Bund’s White Collar Boxing is back, and the city’s working squares will shed their suits and skirts to don gloves and shorts – and proceed to kick some ass. This June’s iteration has a bit of a twist – eight of the contestants are women, and these fightin’ females aren’t holding back any punches. “I never thought I would become a passionate white-collar boxer,” says Stefanie Candela, an event manager at the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. “Until two and a half years ago, I went to the gym once a week, mostly because I felt like I had to.” Since joining the White Collar Boxing team, she has taken it up a notch. “I’ve never felt so powerful in my life,” Candela says. “Now, whenever I don’t have work obligations at night, you’ll find me in the gym." Former Miss Earth contestant Gu Yi Jing knows a thing or two about training for a big public event. “Miss Earth and boxing training actually have a lot in common,” she says. “You and the other contestants are sisters, but you’re also opponents. You have to find your skills – whether it’s a smile, or the length of your hook or jab.” That’s a common theme among White Collar Boxing participants: the big fight is certainly exciting, but it’s a dot on the horizon. The daily life of a boxer-in-training is just that: training, training, training. “I’m in the best shape of my life,” says Sarah ‘Touch of Terror’ Thompson, an international pre-K teacher. “I’d never boxed before. My reflexes have become faster, I have more mental focus – taking up boxing is one of the best things I’ve ever done.” Heidi Johnson, a consultant at Pacific Prime Insurance Advisors, agrees. “I played a bunch of different sports growing up, and this is one of the best workouts I’ve ever had,” she says. “I had never boxed before, but
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always wanted to try. It sounded like a fun challenge, and a unique opportunity to perform in front of all my friends.” Friends in the audience are good and all, but some are even more supportive – if you want to call it that. “I’m fairly new to Shanghai, and I had only vaguely heard of White Collar Boxing,” says Ingrid Chen, a fashion designer. “My friend suggested I participate, and she basically signed me up!" It may not have been her idea, but it’s still empowering as hell. “The women in the gym are supportive of each other, and the trainers are amazing,” Chen says. “So many men have told me that they will participate next season, as a reaction to me boxing… I tell them I’ll believe it when I see it.” It’s a bit of a strange community: they support each other, they help each other learn and improve – but they also beat the crap out of one another. “The hardest part was undoubtedly learning to take a hit,” says Lauren ‘The Viking’ Himle, who works in sales at Ecolab, a water and hygiene company. “When a fist is coming at your face, the natural thing to do is turn away and close your eyes. I learned very quickly that those are the last two things you want to do inside the ring.” Gu Yi Jing agrees. “When I started, my biggest fear was getting hit in the face,” says the former Miss Earth contestant. “I’m still afraid of that, but now my biggest concern is keeping up the stamina to last three rounds.” There’s a bit more to boxing than just getting socked in the face, of course. “It isn’t just about breaking noses and KOs,” Himle says. “It’s one of the most efficient and empowering forms of fitness I’ve experienced.” After months of training, these ladies are ready for the big fight on June 6. But they’ve also got a few other fights in mind. “If I could fight anyone, I’d choose Manny
My reflexes have become faster, I have more mental focus – taking up boxing is one of the best things I’ve ever done. Pacquiao,” says Thompson. “He is my all-time favorite boxer.” “I’d fight P!nk,” says Johnson. “She seems feisty and would be fun to fight.” “Napoleon Bonaparte,” says Himle. “Who doesn’t love a good US vs. Euro match up?” Candela opts for Muhammad Ali. “He’s had such an amazing career,” she says. “Sparring with, or even talking to that legend would be out of this world.” Chen sets her aim a bit closer to home: “I would fight my friend who signed me up for this,” she says. “I love her for getting me involved in White Collar Boxing, but I’m also getting my butt kicked because of her.” Brawl on the Bund will be held on June 6 at the Kerry Hotel, Pudong. The event raises money for Leo’s Foundation, a charity that helps low-income families afford healthcare for premature infants. Tickets are going fast: ringside tables have already sold out, but there are still seating options available. Black tie dress is strictly enforced – unless you’re in the ring. // Saturday, June 6, starting at 6.30pm. Kerry Hotel, Pudong. 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu, 花木路1378号, 近芳甸路.
TICKETS: Tables (10 seats) for RMB8,000 (silver) or RMB12,000 (gold). Seating per couple: 2 people, RMB1,800 (silver) RMB2,600 (gold); 4 people RMB3,500/5,100; 6 people RMB5,200/7,600. Contact Trista at 8023 2199 x2806 or email tickets@urbanatomy.com
We have a pair of tickets to Brawl on the Bund to give away! Simply add Thats_Shanghai on WeChat or scan the QR code.
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the Rotary Leadership Award Gala
Supporting the Shanghai community BY Erik Crouch
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he Rotary Club of Shanghai will hold its annual Leadership Awards gala dinner this month, a fun filled night celebrating leaders in the community and raising funds for important causes. The awards will be held on Friday, May 22 at the Grand Swissôtel Shanghai. Since 2010, the Rotary Leadership Awards have been one of the most important projects hosted by the Rotary Club of Shanghai. The annual event honors socially responsible and community-minded corporations, organizations and individuals acting throughout the Mainland. Previous well-known winners have included Shanghai Roots & Shoots, The Baobei Foundation, Operation Smile and Standard Chartered Bank (China). RMB400,000 is expected to be raised at the Leadership Awards. The collected money will be distributed to the Gift of Life program, which provides free heart surgeries for children, the Rotary Youth Leadership scholarship program and the award winners themselves. Guests will be treated to a night of fine dining and live jazz music and a chance to network with Rotary executives and local business leaders. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle – with some truly high-end prizes on offer. Among the many raffle prizes, the winner of the grand prize will get flights for two to Osaka, Japan, with a 3-night hotel stay at the Swissôtel Osaka – a good enough reason
in itself to attend the ceremony. The grand prize is courtesy of Japan Airlines and Swissôtel. The Rotary Club of Shanghai is also looking for sponsors for the event. Interested organizations can donate between RMB25,000 and RMB200,000 to become a ‘Go Social,’ Gold, Silver or Platinum Sponsor. The Shanghai branch, established in 1919, is part of Rotary International, one of the largest humanitarian service organizations in the world, with more than 1.2 million members. The Rotary Leadership Awards are supported by KEA, the American, British, German, European and Canadian chambers of commerce and have no political or religious affiliation. The Rotary Club holds weekly meetings in Shanghai. Attend the awards to support local community leaders and – if you’re lucky – win something for yourself as well!
// Friday, May 22. Tickets required: RMB1,250/seat or RMB10,000/table. Contact edithdu@outlook.com for tickets or sponsorship inquiries. Grand Swissôtel Shanghai, 1 Yuyuan Lu, by Changde Lu 上海宏安瑞士大酒店, 愚园路1号, 近常德 路. (event.rotaryshanghai.org)
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tiger father
Some much-needed bro time
Seeing how the other half lives By Trevor Marshallsea
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hen you’re the father of girls, and their friends are girls, and their cousins are girls, and their mother may well be a feminist but is still a girl, things can get a bit... girly. Depressingly, few acts are performed for the sake of a dare. People seem content to ride bikes without building even one suicidal, Evel Knievel-style “action ramp.” Common, everyday smells are offensive, rather than funny. And “parkour fail” videos are viewed with derision, rather than sheer awe and respect. So, it’s always fun to throw a few boys into the mix. I learned this on a recent holiday in Thailand with another family, who brought their kids Boy 12, Boy 10 and Boy 8 (not their real names), to play with our daughters, Girl 9 and Girl 8 (not their real names either). It was there I also learned that just as boys are a welcome addition, there are two things you should definitely do without on such group holidays: the kids’ club and the kids’ table. What would you rather listen to? A couple of 40-something couples bang on about how deliriously happy and unstressed they are as they balance mortgages, school fees and an opposing force of children? Or someone who insists their best friend is a Martian? Being with boys feels like you’ve suddenly been dropped behind enemy lines. You can now see their weapons and hear their plans. Having been there, I can now report these seem to almost exclusively revolve around two things: A. The human butt, and B. What comes out of it. This was shown in breathtaking fashion when three of the five kids were corralled for lunch one day, which was not a bad success rate. My wife (Woman 43) began a game to keep them occupied. Using successive letters of the alphabet, we had to state a (hopefully, but often not very) interesting fact about ourselves. Woman 43 started the ball rolling with an easy “A” - that she was from Australia. Now the fun would begin, except Boy 8 had a load of trouble coming up with one for B. After several minutes, he said: “Can I do D instead?” We all licked our lips and moved on to Boy 10. “I’ve got a great one for B,” said he. “I have one butt, but two buttockses!” I had to let him down gently. I pointed out that buttholes were like opinions, in that everyone has one. Thankfully, before he could table his evidence, we moved on to Girl 8. Her countenance grew
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serious, and everyone leaned in for what would clearly be a weighty C-word: “I ALMOST got swiped by a stray cat once!” There were gasps all round, as we made sure she was physically and emotionally okay. But now we were at D, and could finally hear Boy 8’s much awaited contribution. Holding the floor, he looked around, and slowly delivered: “My brother doesn’t think so, but... I’m really a dog.” Sometimes you don’t ask for an explanation. E went again to Girl 8, on the grounds that we had got out of order. “For E, our car once got egged!” She announced, to more widespread jaw-dropping. This was already far more entertaining than any adult conversation we’d had on the holiday, but I had a lot to live up to for my turn. I felt I had a sure-fire winner for this lot. “For my F-word... I like using the F-word!” I said, for I too am a boy. Cue gasps and giggles all round, from both sides of the gender floor.
“My brother doesn’t think so, but... I’m really a dog.” Sometimes you don’t ask for an explanation.
After a suitably sanitary “mom” effort concerning a giraffe, Boy 8 had to think hard for his H, but eventually returned to a favorite theme: “I like to go higher and higher and higher into the air... just by farting.” Yes, we really were having this conversation, with a person who believed he was a dog, and who could apparently travel using only his own flatulence. What a dinner party guest he’d make! Forget about the fact he’s eight. “So how did you get to Thailand?” someone might have asked. “I farted there,” he’d have said. The game continued along similar lines. In fact, so did the whole holiday, bless it. Give me girls any day, for overall they’re easier to manage, and less smelly. But it’s nice to see how the other half lives.
// Trevor Marshallsea was a foreign correspondent in Beijing in the 1990s and returned a decade later. This time around he stays at home to grow the kids. Read more of his domestic adventures at www.thetigerfather.com
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boosted
All about vaccines By Dr. Lincoln Sakiara Miyasaka
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here is a common misperception that vaccinations are solely for the young. On the contrary, vaccinations are recommended for people of all ages. Improved vaccination coverage can result in a healthier, longer life, with a much-reduced chance of catching many preventable illnesses. For instance, the annual seasonal flu vaccination is recommended for everyone over the age of six months. There are also travel-specific vaccines depending on the area you are going to, such as for yellow fever, typhoid, polio or rabies. Immunization schedules differ from country to country but are generally similar. Since we live in China, we need to follow the recommendations of local public health authorities: Japanese encephalitis vaccine: First dose at eight months old; second dose at two years. Measles (two options): 1) Measles vaccine: First dose at eight months; second dose at 18-24 months. 2) Measles and rubella/MMR vaccine: Eight months or older. Meningitis ‘Group A’ vaccine: Primary immunization at six months; second dose three months later. For age three or older, only one dose. Tetanus vaccine: Children seven or older who need primary series doses of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine should receive Td or Tdap, as age appropriate. People of all ages need tetanus vaccine boosters every 10 years.
Modern vaccines are safe and effective. Other recommended vaccines: BCG (for infants), diphtheria, haemophilus, hepatitis A and B, HPV (can prevent cervical and other genital cancers), herpes zoster (for adults 50 years of age and older), pneumococcal, rabies and varicella. Modern vaccines are usually safe and effective. The most common side effects are local reactions, particularly redness or pain near the injection site. Systemic reactions (e.g. fever) occur less frequently than local reactions, and severe allergic reactions are the least frequent. Severe adverse reactions are very rare. If a patient has a moderate or severe illness, the vaccination should be postponed. A child or adult should consider skipping a vaccine if they have a history of severe allergic reactions to previous vaccinations. Pregnant women and severely immunocompromised patients should not receive live vaccines. As always, keep your vaccination records up to date and consult with your physician should you have any questions or concern.
// Dr. Lincoln Sakiara Miyasaka is a family medicine physician at Shanghai United Family Hospital and Clinics.
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Events
Pick of six art exhibitions
Michael Chow: Voice for my Father
// Until June 28. Power Station of Art, 200 Huayuangang Lu, by Miaojiang Lu 花园港路200号, 近苗江路 (3127 8531, www.powerstationofart.org)
Pang Yun and Luming: Of Woods and Wonderlands
// May 8-June 14. Art + Shanghai, 191 Nan Suzhou Lu, by Sichuan Zhong Lu 南苏州路191号, 近四川中路 (6333 7223)
Marc Riboud: Liulichang 50 Years
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// May 16-June 11. Noeli Gallery, 150B Yueyang Lu, by Yongjia Lu 岳阳路150B, 近永嘉路 (6431 9442)
Van Gogh Alive
// Until Aug 30, RMB80. Taiping Lake, Xintiandi, Hubin Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu 湖滨路, 近黄陂南路
// Until Aug 31. Beuageste Gallery, Rm 519, Bldg 5, Lane 210 Taikang Lu, by Sinan Lu 泰康路210弄5号楼519室,近思南路 (6466 9012)
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Pan Xi: SHANG XIA - Floating Wine Cups // Until June 22. Maison Shang Xia, 2/F, 233 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Songshan Lu 淮海中路233号「上下」之家, 近嵩山路 (8017 9777)
Events APR 30-MAY 2
To list your events email events@urbanatomy.com
NIGHTLIFE
ARTS Festival: JZ Spring JZ Club presents the second edition of their Spring Festival. The Shanghai Centre Theatre welcomes the Jeremy Monteiro-led Asian Jazz All-Stars on Apr 30, British singer Tina May on May 1 and guitarist Lawrence Ku on May 2, with free local bills during the day at Jingan Park. Free entry, 10.30am-7pm. Jingan Park and Jing An Kerry Centre, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu 南京西路 1515号, 近常德路 RMB80-680, 8-11pm. Shanghai Centre Theatre, 4/F, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu 南京西 路1376号上海商城4楼, 近西康路 (400 821 3624, www.smartshanghai.com/ smartticket)
may 1-24 ARTS Art: “Home” in Global Harbor Fancy a close touch with lovely Oh and Tip from <Home>? Find them at Global Harbor. This exciting themed exhibition just landed at the Global Harbor and is scattered in five different zones within the mall, including a movie memento selling area on the first floor decorated like a supermarket where Oh and Tip first met in the movie. Go explore and have fun! Free entrance. 10am-10pm. Global Harbor, 3300 Zhongshan Bei Lu, by Jinshajiang Lu 中山北路3300号上海月 星环球港, 近金沙江路 (5108 0888)
MAY 1 NIGHTLIFE Party: Gorillaz Sound System It’s hard to believe that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated band is 17 years old. The critically and commercially successful project will make its debut in this DJ set and audiovisual show. Russel Hobbs (aka. Remi Kabaka Jr.) will spin in what promises to be an intriguing production. RMB120, 9.30pm-late. M2, 4/F, Hong Kong Plaza, 283 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu 淮海中路283号香 港广场4楼, 近黄陂南路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 1-3 ARTS Festival: MIDI Taihu Festival MIDI brings their festival to Suzhou boasting a strong lineup featuring metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage, Chinese rock legends Tang Dynasty and current domestic stalwarts like Nova Heart, Brain Failure and Subs. RMB120-150 (single day passes), RMB300-350 (three-day passes), 11am11pm. Taihu Midi Park, Wujiang, Suzhou City 苏州市吴江区七都镇格林 乡村公园 Festival: Strawberry Music Festival Modern Sky’s annual music festival features The Hives, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dinosaur Jr and Tricky, as well as top domestic acts like Secondhand Rose, Queen Sea Big Shark and The Big Wave. RMB240-300 (single day passes), RMB600-800 (three day passes), 1-11pm. Expo Park, Shibo Da Dao, by Changqing Bei Lu 世博公园, 世博大道, 近长清北路, 浦东 (buy.modernsky.com)
LIFE/STYLE Sports: Kia World Extreme Games In what promises to be the largest edition yet, Asia’s biggest action
sports showcase wraps up with street skating and biking competitions, the MiniMega Jam finals and other extreme behavior. RMB60-200 (RMB580 for Grand Stage seats), 11am-4pm. KIC Jiangwan Sports Center, 346 Guohe Lu, by Zhengli Lu 国和路346号, 近政立路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Stand-up is full of second acts but few have been as glorious as Tom Rhodes. The formerly long-haired comic crashed and burned alongside his NBC sitcom in the 1990s before finding refuge in San Francisco’s alt-comedy scene and reinventing himself as a trail-blazing traveling comic. He returns to Shanghai for a fifth time after a triumphant year that includes prestigious performances at London’s SOHO Theater. While he’s prepping a book and a Netflix comedy hour special, he’s taking time for a three-city jaunt across China. When did you first come to Shanghai? 1999. I was here for 48 hours, but I came back ten years ago and absolutely fell in love with the place. Everyone raves about the nightlife, but I stopped drinking over a year ago and I still find it to be exciting. Having lively conversations with the coolest, eclectic artistic people is the most thrilling thing about visiting Shanghai, other than the food. Last time, I met a Swiss filmmaker, a French writer and a Lithuanian video game creator. What will you do this trip? Stuff my face with Sichuan Citizen! God, I love that place. I would actually fly in just to eat there. You’re an Asia veteran. What do you think of the comedic boom happening here? It’s exciting. It’s the true mark of civilization if you have a stand-up scene. Last year, I went to a couple of Mandarin open mics. I didn’t understand half of it, but they remind you that just getting on stage is a victory. Any funny stories of Shanghai? I’m ashamed to admit it. I was on Nanjing Dong Lu and these people came up to me. They were nice, from Shenzhen, on vacation, their English was excellent and they asked if I wanted to go to some cultural tea exhibition. I thought I’m always too guarded when I travel, so I went. It was cute until they dropped the bill. What was the damage? RMB700! They did me a favor because now I know that USD5 for a cup of coffee at a Starbucks is a really good deal. // May 8-9, 8pm, RMB170-200. The Camel, 1 Yueyang Lu, by Dongping Lu 岳阳 路1号, 近东平路 (137 6176 4438, 247tickets.cn).
WIN We have a pair of tickets to the show to give away. Simply e-mail win@ urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Tom Rhodes’ by May 6 for your chance to win.
Fair: Second Annual Jinqiao MiniMaker Faire Concordia International School hosts this creative fair inviting creators, tinkerers and inventors of all sorts to show off their creations. Free entry, 11am-3pm. Concordia International School, 999 Mingyue Lu, by Yunshan Lu 明月路999号, 近云山路 (5899 0380, jinqiaomakerfaire.com) Gala: Shanghai Sevens 2015 PostTournament Gala Dinner The Shanghai Rugby Footballl Club invites legendary ex-internationals David Campese and John Allan for their post-Shanghai Sevens threecourse gala dinner. Free-flow soft drinks, wine and Heineken included. Tables for ten are available for RMB9,000. RMB1,000, 7pm-midnight. InterContinental Shanghai Puxi, 500 Hengfeng Lu, by Yutong Lu 恒丰路500 号, 近裕通路 (138 1667 8541)
EAT/DRINK Dinner: Cinco de Mayo Cantina Agave rings in one of Mexico’s most colorful holidays with an RMB200 all-you-can-drink special on margaritas, sangria, beers and Mexican snacks. RMB200, 7pm-late. Cantina Agave – Fumin Lu, Suite01, A2-2, 291Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu 富民路291号01套房A2-2, 近长乐路 (6170 1310, www.cantinaagave.com)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Farewell Dear Ghost This Austrian indie group has topped their country’s alternative radio charts with hits like ‘Fire.’ They’ve been touring relentlessly lately and
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will make their Mainland debut. RMB50, 10-11.30pm. Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 凯旋路851 号,近延安西路 Party: DJ Dyro With high profile fans like Hardwell and Laidback Luke, the young DJ and producer is among the leaders of the new generation of Dutch house. No. 27 in DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJ list, Dyro’s music is a high-octane mix of driving bass line, enchanting melodies and highly charged drops. RMB100-150, 10pm-late. M1NT, 24/F, 318 Fuzhou Lu, by Hankou Lu 福州路 318号高腾大厦24层, 近汉口路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn) Party: Bloodzboi The SWIM label member may be known as The Saddest Boy Alive, but the 20-year-old is making a name for himself as a rapper, DJ and producer. He’ll be taking over this month’s edition of Who Dat, which brings China’s leading underground bass producers to Shanghai. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212) Party: Skinnerbox This duo cut their teeth in Berlin’s neo-hippie rave scene creating futuristic techno. They’ve released a couple of live instruments with Ableton. RMB100 with two drinks (free entry before midnight), 10.30pm-late. Lola, Bldg 4, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu 永嘉路570号4号楼, 近岳阳路 (138 1692 7970) Party: Tessela Bassis presents a rising UK talent
who boasts a unique sound that has elements of jungle, house, dubstep and UK garage. RMBTBA, 10pm-late. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁 木齐路1号, 近衡山路 (www.arkhamshanghai.com)
MAY 2-3 EAT/DRINK Festival: Kerry Wine Beer & Food Fest Sample over 50 wines and popular craft beers from all over the world at the Kerry Courtyard. Solidaz provides live entertainment. Free entry, noon-9pm. Kerry Hotel Pudong, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu 花木路1378号, 近芳甸路 (6169 8886, fbreservations.khpu@thekerryhotels. com)
MAY 2-7 ARTS Theater: Fight Club In their most ambitious production to date, Urban Aphrodite brings the David Fincher and Chuck Palahniuk classic to life in an immersive show. RMB200-220, 8-11pm. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁木 齐路1号, 近衡山路 (www.smartticket. com)
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Stock up on handmade cakes from The British Kitchen, fresh cheeses from Abrosia’s Dairies, imported wines from Staxx and other goodies from local vendors at this bi-weekly community market. Free entry, 11am-4pm. Jiashan Market, No. 37, Lane 550, Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Shaoxing Lu 陕西南路550弄37号, 近绍 兴路 (www.shanghaisaturdaymarket. com)
MAY 3 ARTS Concert: Camerata Salzburg The Austrian orchestra will perform a program of Haydn and Mozart. RMB180-500, 8pm. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Baoqing Lu 复兴中路1380号, 近宝庆 路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn) Concert: The Magnets The six-piece British a capella group has established a global following mixing original songs with sublime covers of artists ranging from Blur to Beyoncé. RMB120-480, 7.30pm. Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu 延安东路523号, 近西藏 南路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: David James Hoffman & Yampapaya Tribe The godfather of Chinese rock Cui Jian has invited the American singersongwriter back to the Mainland for a tour. While living in China during the mid-80s, Hoffman was a fixture in the country’s rock scene with his multiracial Beijing Underground group. He’s continued his musical melting pot with the Yampapaya Tribe, who mixes Congo rhythms with reggae, rock and Hawaiian folk. MathLotus supports. RMB120-150 (RMB100 for students), 8-10.30pm. MAO Livehouse, 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu 重庆南路308号, 近建国中路
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More than Aware Fun Run The city will turn pink and green once again for More Than Aware’s third annual Family Fun Run. Around 5,000 participants are expected to take part in this community event designed to empower families and prevent breast cancer. 500 local survivors from the Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club will take part. Proceeds and donations will go to support that organization’s cancer prevention and recovery programs. There will also be live music, kid’s activities, awards and plenty more with pink and green donation boxes available throughout the site. Pre-register at 247tickets. cn/race. // May 9, 8am, RMB150. Century Park, 1001 Jinxiu Lu, by Huamu Lu 上海市锦 绣路1001号, 近花木路 (www.morethanaware.com)
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Fundraiser: Smile Asia Week The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong is offering specially crafted cakes to raise funds for Future Smile and Operation Smile to assist children with cleft lips or palates. Pick up a one pound Valhrona Chocolate and Banana Cake for RMB288 and help a needy child smile again. Last year, the Ritz-Carlton raised USD400,000 across its 21 Asia-Pacific hotels. RMB288, pickup available from 10am8pm. The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 世纪大道 8号, 近陆家嘴环路 (2020 1717, www. smileasiaweek.com)
MAY 5 EAT/DRINK Specials: White Asparagus at Käfer by The Binjiang One To celebrate the Royal Vegetable season, Käfer by The Binjiang One is offering a tempting menu featuring classy and innovative culinary
creations of asparagus specialties. Available while supplies last. Käfer by Binjiang One, Fucheng Lu, by Huayuanshiqiao Lu 富城路由隆花园滨 江一号, 近花园石桥路 (587 7500) Party: Cinco de Mayo Mayita celebrates their one-year anniversary with this Cinco de Mayo party. Enjoy free flow margaritas, sangria and other drinks with RMB150 tickets, and snack on wellpriced Tex-Mex staples on a gorgeous terrace. RMB150, 6pm-late. Mayita, Level 6, 98 Shouning Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu 寿 宁路98号6楼, 近西藏南路 (6334 3288, mayita-rob@cosmogroup.cn)
MAY 7 ARTS Concert: Qi Baoligao Orchestra The world’s first Morinhuur orchestra is a year away from celebrating its 30th anniversary. RMB80-380, 7.30-10pm. Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu 延安东路523号, 近西藏 南路 (5386 6666, www.shanghaiconcerthallorg)
MAY 8 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Little Wizard The domestic psychedelic post-rock group celebrates the release of their debut EP. Mo Fei and Smoking Area support. RMB60, 9-11.30pm. Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 凯旋路851 号,近延安西路 Party: Dannic As one of the leading DJs and producers in the next generation of Dutch electronic artists, Dannic’s music is a staple in sets from superstars like Tiësto and Avicci. Last year, he rose 44 spots to reach the Number 30 spot in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list. RMB100, 10.30pm-late. MYST, 1123 Yan’an Zhong Lu, by Fumin Lu 延安 中路1123号, 近富民路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn) Party: The Drop One of Beijing’s top bass music nights makes its Shanghai debut with Arkaik and Oshi. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212)
MAY 8-10 LIFE/STYLE Sports: Longines Global Champions Tour After last year’s successful debut, the world’s Top 30 ranked show jumpers return to China Art Palace to battle for supremacy on the fourth leg of this global tour to determine this year’s Champion of Champions. RMB1,440-1,880, 11am (Fri), 10.15am (Sat), 9.30am (Sun). China Art Palace, 161 Shangnan Lu, by Guozhan Lu 上 南路161号, 近国展路 (400 821 3624, www.smartshanghai.com/smartticket)
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ARTS Concert: Leif Ove Andsnes The legendary Norwegian pianist and Gramophone Hall of Fame inductee leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra through a night of Beethoven. RMB80-500, 8pm. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Baoqing Lu 复兴中路1380号, 近宝庆 路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
ARTS Concert: The King’s Singers This British a capella group has appeared on The Tonight Show and performs around 125 concerts a year, recently adding Mainland China to their world tour. RMB150-580, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 9 EAT/DRINK Class: Shanghai Young Bakers For their latest public class, the talented chefs of Shanghai Young Bakers share their newest recipe for French-style walnut Hokkaido bread. It was developed by their own professional trained chef Zhang Zhenghai. The class will also include a section on cereal bread. All proceeds will go to support the program that provides underprivileged youth with professional French baking training. RMB500 (plus RMB100 for optional lunch), 9am-4pm. Shanghai Young Bakers, 889 Suide Lu, by Qilianshan Nan Lu 绥德路889号, 近祁连山南路 (136 8168 7194, baking@shanghaiyoungbakers.com) Tour: On the Traces of Heroes and Gangsters in the FFC Rémi Mazourine leads this Frenchlanguage walking tour that will change the way you look at the former French concession. Discover the stories of the famed French journalist Albert Londres and his mysterious death, heroic Father Jacquinot de Besange and Du Yuesheng’s rule over the underworld of Blood Alley. RMB300 (RMB180 for students), 10am1pm. Meet at 9 Zhongshan Dong No. 2 Lu, by Jinling Lu 中山东二路9号, 近 金陵路 (138 1892 2040, publicwalks@ shanghai-flaneur.com)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Zhong Lifeng The urban folk troubadour and his Borges Band celebrate the recent release of his sixth album, Hunted Traveler. RMB120-150 (with album), 8-10pm. MAO Livehouse, 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu 重庆南路 308号, 近建国中路 Party: Happy B’day Ghostface Killah The Yeti crew celebrates Pretty Tony’s birthday with a night of Wu Tang bangers and Ghostface sample drops. Free entry, 10pm-late. Kulou, 222 Xiangyang Nan Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu 襄 阳南路222号, 近复兴中路 Party: Markus Schulz Named by DJ Times as America’s Number 1 DJ of 2012, Schulz returns to Shanghai after thrilling fans at last year’s Top 100 DJ Festival with his EDM supergroup New World Punx. The “unicorn slayer of trance” has topped the Billboard club charts with infectious remixes of Jewel’s ‘Intuition’ and ‘Stand.’ RMB100, 10.30pm-late. Fusion, 5/F, Bldg 6, South Block, 123 Xingye Lu, by Madang Lu 兴业路123号6号楼5楼, 近马 当路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling One of the world’s largest independent pro wrestling companies takes over Shanghai Grand Stage for a night of shenanigans. Former Olympic gold medalist and WWE stalwart Kurt Angle currently holds the TNA World Heavyweight belt, and the Nashville company boasts other big names of the squared circle like Jeff Hardy and Bobby Lashley on their roster as well. We’re giving away a pair of tickets on WeChat. For your chance to win, add Thats_Shanghai or scan the QR code. // May 22, 7.30pm, RMB200-1,280. Shanghai Grand Stage, 1111 Caoxi Bei Lu, by Ciyun Lu 漕溪北路1111号, 近慈云路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
ARTS Dance: Movement Workshop This ShanghaiPRIDE fundraiser uses contemporary dance techniques for a workshop that focuses on body flow and partnering. No dancing skills are required, with a focus on discovering something new about physical trust with relaxation techniques like massaging and touching. Space is limited to 15 couples with a film screening to cap off the night starting at 8pm. RMB80-120, 2-4.15pm and 5-7.15pm. Factory 54, 5/F, 195 Guangfu Lu, by Wuzhen Lu 光复路195号5楼, 近乌镇路 (www.shpride.com)
MAY 10-11 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Sheryl Bailey Trio Described as a “sizzling guitar goddess,” Bailey brings her inaugural China tour to JZ Club. Free entry, 9.30pm-late. JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu 复兴西路46 号, 近永福路 (6431 0269)
MAY 12 COMMUNITY Film: End of the Line Green Drinks screens this engrossing documentary exploring the threatening extinction of the bluefin tuna, caused by increasing demand for sushi and the possible affect on maritime communities. RMB50 (with snacks and beverage, 7-9pm. New Haworth Space, Jing An Kerry Center Tower 1, 32/F, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Tongren Lu 南京西 路1515号, 近铜仁路 (www.greeninitiatives.cn)
MAY 12-15 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw The jazz and funk band is an Amsterdam institution known for being adept at switching from modern to traditional big band jazz. RMB120, 10pm-late. JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu 复兴西路46 号, 近永福路 (6431 0269)
MAY 13-14 ARTS Concert: Elvis Presley 80th Birthday Celebration Concert Celebrate the King with this concert that features classics from ‘Hound Dog’ to ‘Suspicious Minds.’ RMB180-580, 7.15pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 14 EAT/DRINK Workshop: Cocktail Master Class Award-winning mixologist Nelson Bernades shares some techniques and advice on how to make classic or new, innovative cocktails. Expect a detour into the history of some of the main spirits. Reservations required. RMB288 plus 15 percent, 7pm. Long Bar, 1/F, Waldorf Astoria, 88 Sichuan Zhong Lu, by Guangdong Lu 四川中路 88号, 近广东路 (6322 9988, shawa.fb@ waldorfastoria.com)
Party: Black Eyeliner Bacon Soundspade’s party welcomes special guest Laozhao of the pioneering Chinese ambient duo FM3. He’s teaming up with local faves Cavia and Alan Shanyinde for a trip to the darker side of techno and cold wave. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212)
MAY 16 NIGHTLIFE Cabaret: Heaven & Hell The exotic performers behind The Lair and Tales from the Forest bring their latest cabaret show to The Pearl. RMB150-200, 9pm-late. The Pearl, 471 Zhapu Lu, by Wujin Lu 乍浦路471号, 近武进路 (www.smartshanghai.com/ smartticket) Gigs: Maximum Rock and Roll Global Benefit Concert The long-running punk zine is still a DIY force. They’re asking fans from around the world to help out and six of Shanghai’s gnarliest creatures have answered the call. The stellar bill features Torturing Nurse, Loudspeaker, Round Eye, Smoking Area, Zi Lu and Pinball City. RMB60, 9pm-late. Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 凯旋路851 号,近延安西路 Party: Connect The Norwegian-Chinese hip-hop crew is embarking on a two-week national tour that stops off at The Shelter. Guests include duo Xiao Ou & DJ Peewee, Yin San member Jia Wei and the Grammy nominated Son of Light. RMBTBA, 10.30pm-late. The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu 永福路5号, 近复兴西路 Party: Mia and Unjin One of Shanghai’s top underground DJs teams up with Seoul’s Unjin to celebrate the release of their coproduced EP, Storm. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212) Party: XXXY F.O.B. brings in one of the most trusted names in dubstep to headline their latest party. RMBTBA, 10pm-late. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁 木齐路1号, 近衡山路 (www.arkhamshanghai.com)
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ARTS Concert: Benjamin Nuss The German pianist has stepped out of the shadow of his father and renowned jazz trombonist Ludwig Nuss, accumulating a global fanbase with celebrated renditions of legends like Gershwin and Ravel. RMB120-150, 7.45pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
LIFE/STYLE Market: DADA Night Market Stock up on vintage fashion, accessories and records at DADA’s popular monthly Night Market. Expect more new vendors to keep it fresh. Free entry, 8pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212)
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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Monaco’s top orchestra stops off at Shanghai Oriental Art Center for a night of Rossini, Ravel and Beethoven. RMB180-880, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Keren Ann The celebrated Israeli singersongwriter has become a Mainland favorite thanks to her frequent tours of the country. RMB180-480, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
COMMUNITY Pets: SCAA Adoption Day Come meet some happy and healthy foster cats and dogs looking for a longterm home. For people who aren’t ready to adopt, find out how you can help through fostering or sponsorship programs. Free entry, 1-3pm. Shanghai Brewery – Hengshan Lu, 15 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu 东平路15号, 近衡山路 (www.scaashanghai.org)
LIFE/STYLE Sports: IAAF Diamond League Shanghai This premier track and field event celebrates the 10th anniversary of its inaugural Shanghai edition with the same mix of international star athletes and emerging Chinese talent. Confirmed attendees include Olympic gold medalists Shelly-Ann FraserPryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Aries Merritt and Greg Rutherford, with more to be announced. RMB150-980, 7-10pm. Shanghai Stadium, 1111 Caoxi Bei Lu, by Ciyun Lu 漕溪北路1111号, 近慈云路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 17-18 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Jonas Seetoh Quintet The popular Shanghai based singer is back after completing a national tour to celebrate his debut album Come to the Island. A special guest will join. Free entry, 9.30pm-late. JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu 复兴西路46 号, 近永福路 (6431 0269)
MAY 20 COMMUNITY Tours: Newman Tours Ghost Tour special Discover Shanghai’s supernatural past with Newman Tours’ popular walk. Highlights include the Guardian Lions of Jing’an Temple and a stroll through an old Concession-era cemetery. For their fifth birthday, the company is offering a RMB50 special. To get the deal, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter or contact
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them at info@newmantours.com. RMB50, 7-9pm. For location of meeting point, contact Newman Tours at 138 1777 0229 or info@newmantours. com.
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Paul Zerdin The UK’s top ventriloquist brings his colorful crew of characters back to Shanghai with Punchline Comedy. In an impressive career, Zerdin has resurrected the art form while cracking up the esteemed likes of the Royal Family and the audience of The Jerry Springer Show. Check out our full interview with the man with the hand and also our conversations with his puppets at www.thatsmags.com/ shanghai. What’s it like being a ventriloquist on the comedy scene? It’s great. I get so much work for being different. My show is like a one man Muppet stand up sitcom. There’s stand up about my life as a ventriloquist and then there’s my relationship with the different characters. I try to keep them from getting me into trouble with the audience. The material comes from the relationship between us all – like a dysfunctional family rather than just a bloke with a puppet doing jokes for the sake of it. How did you get into ventriloquism? I was a fan of The Muppets and Sesame Street as a kid and knew I wanted to do something that involved those type of characters. When I saw an American ventriloquist on British TV I thought, that’s it! I learned from a book and it took me
roughly two years to get the basics down. I’ve been doing it for 25 years now and I’m still not perfect. Did you face any cynicism when you first started out? Loads. I wanted to play the Comedy Store in London but they said they didn’t want a ventriloquist. My agent begged to let me have five minutes. I got in and tore arse, as we say. I’ve played it for 16 years and it’s one of my favorite gigs. Could you tell us about the puppets in your show? I have a prepubescent kid who likes taunting me and the audience. He looks cute but has quite a mouth on him. Albert is his 85-year old grandad who still chases women but just can’t remember why! There’s a baby who wants to be breastfed by a woman in the front row. Is there anything you would like to add? I enjoy being spanked. // May 22, 8pm, RMB290. Zapatas, 5 Hengshan Lu, by Dongping Lu 衡山路 5号, 近东平路 (5456 2471, 247tickets. cn) // May 23, 8pm, RMB290. Blossoms, 2/F, Kerry Hotel Pudong, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu 花木路1378号, 近 芳甸路 (6169 8886, 247tickets.cn)
WIN We’re giving away a pair of tickets to Zerdin’s shows on our WeChat. For your chance to win, add ThatsShanghai or scan the QR code.
Theater: The Adventures of Pinocchio The Ukraine Children’s Ballet Troupe performs its rendition of the classic childhood tale. RMB80-380, 7.30pm. Daning Theatre, 1222 Pingxingguan Lu, by Lingshi Lu 平型关路1222号, 近灵石路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Lucite Tokki-Sounds The charming Seoul based female duo show off a folksier side of K-pop RMB120-150, 8.30pm. QSW Culture Center, 179 Yichang Lu, by Jiangning Lu 宜昌路179号, 近江宁路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 22-23 NIGHTLIFE Comedy: Ben Gleib Shanghai Comedy Club brings in the Chelsea Lately round table regular. The new school alt-comic recently performed a sold-out North American tour opening for Dane Cook and is a CNN guest correspondent, sharing his comedic take on politics. RMB150-200, 8.30pm-late (Fri), 8pm and 10pm (Sat). Shanghai Comedy Club, 5/F, Masse, 219 Jinxian Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu 进贤路219号5楼,近陕西 南路 (5212 5971, www.shanghaicomedyclub.com)
MAY 23 ARTS Concert: David Stern’s Mahler & Bloch Concert The former music director of the Israel Opera and founder of the Opera Fuouco teams with the Shanghai Quartet for a concert of Mahler and Bloch. RMB180-380, 8pm. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu,
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by Baoqing Lu 复兴中路1380号, 近宝庆 路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
Concert: The Karpenters Since forming in 2002, this group has been celebrated for retaining the integrity and style of The Carpenters. Expect renditions of hits like ‘Close to You’ and ‘Superstar.’ RMB80-580, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
Dance: Swan Lake The Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre adapts the Tchaikovsky classic. RMB180-880, 7.15pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
COMMUNITY Party: British Chamber Shanghai Centenary Charity Ball Dress up in Old Shanghai style and celebrate with an expected 1,000 guests for the British Chamber Shanghai’s annual charity ball. RMB1,800 (RMB1,550 for British Chamber Shanghai members), 6.30pm-late. Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Mingshang Lu 浦东新区富城路33号, 近名商路 (6218 5022, lucy.ye@britishchambershanghai.org)
EAT/DRINK Party: International Children’s Day at Paulaner Let the kids run around Paulaner – Fenyang Lu’s garden while playing games and taking part in activities. The little guests will get all of their favorites in an all-you-can-eat kids’ buffet that includes limitless ice cream. Meanwhile, parents can relax in the beer garden enjoying freshly brewed drafts and an-all-you-can-eat buffet spread featuring Bavarian and international specialties. RMB228 (RMB78 for kids 3-9 years old, RMB108 for kids 10-15 years old), 10am-2pm. Paulaner – Fenyang, 150 Fenyang Lu, by Yueyang Lu 汾阳路150 号, 近岳阳路 (6474 5700) Dinner: Two Valleys Wine Grand Hyatt Shanghai presents an exquisite four-course dinner featuring Australian oysters, Australian beef and other delicacies perfectly paired with boutique wines from Napa Valley and Barossa Valley. RMB498 (RMB398 for Club at the Hyatt members) plus 15 percent, 6.30pmlate. The Grill, 56/F, Jin Mao Tower, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, 88 Shiji Dadao, by Dongtai Lu 世纪大道88号金茂君悦大 酒店56楼, 近东泰路
NIGHTLIFE Party: Let’s Get Naked and Rat On Two of Shanghai’s top underground forces team up for this fusion of live music and drone-heavy electronics. A D&B sound system and special lighting will be set up with speakers added to Factory 54’s outdoor terrace. Bands include The Psyders, Nahash, Spill Your Guts, Torturing Nurse and Nonplus of Color with support from DJs MauMau, Laura Ingalls and Sacco. RMB50, 9pm-late. Factory 54, 5/F, 195 Guangfu Lu, by Wuzhen Lu 光复路195 号5楼, 近乌镇路.
MAY 23-24 ARTS Theater: The Ugly Duckling Lightwire Theatre uses the power of electroluminescent wire and stage puppetry for a dazzling adaptation of
songs from the film with tracks from Mozart’s opera-comedy Bastien and Bastienne. RMB80-680, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
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Party: Bass Sekolah Antidote introduces a new series of events bringing some of Asia’s top electronic talents to Shanghai. The first edition features Malaysian duo Bass Sekolah that mixes soulful vocals with bass. DJ Cee supports. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212)
To coincide with the global TedWomen event hosted in California, TEDxShanghaiWomen toasts some of the women making a difference in Mainland China. Spend the evening being inspired by stories from speakers like Chunhui Bo Ai Children’s Foundation CEO Cindy Shueh Lin, opera singer Ying Huang, PwC Global Vice Chairwoman Nora Wu and other guests speaking on the theme ‘Momentum.’ During the afternoon, talks from the main event will be live-streamed. Tickets are available now at the Shanghai Centre Ticket Booth. // May 29, 1.30-7.30pm, RMB250. The Portman-Ritz Carlton, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu 南京西路1376号, 近西康路 (www.tedxshanghaiwomen.com) the Hans Christian Andersen classic. RMB80-480, 2.30pm and 7.30pm (Sat), 10.30am and 2.30pm (Sun). Shanghai Children Art Theatre, 800 Miaojiang Lu, by Xizhang Nan Lu 苗江路800号, 近 西藏南路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 24 ARTS Concert: 5+1 Cellists from Vienna Philharmonic Expect an eclectic program with music by Bach, Beethoven, Strauss, Gershwin and more RMB180-580, 7.30pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu 丁香路425号, 近世纪大 道 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
COMMUNITY Tours: Newman Tours French Concession Tour special To celebrate their fifth birthday, Newman Tours is offering their French Concession tour for RMB50. Discover the area’s rich history and get your answers to questions like why did three women kill themselves at movie star Ruan Lingyu’s funeral and other fascinating stories. To get the deal, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter or contact them at info@newmantours.com. RMB50, 10am-noon. For location of meeting point, contact Newman Tours at 138 1777 0229 or info@newmantours.com.
MAY 25 ARTS Dance: Beauty and the Beast The innovative State Street Ballet comes all the way from California for an edgy take of the childhood classic. RMB120-380, 7.30pm. Shanghai Poly Theatre, 159 Baiyin Lu, Yumin Nan lu 白银路159号, 裕民南路 (400 610 3721,
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MAY 28 LIFE/STYLE Networking: Beach Creative Night This colorful design agency is celebrating 500 days with a networking party for creators, thinkers, makers and dreamers. Mingle with some of the city’s most innovative minds and get inspired by ideas born of passion. RMB100-120, 7pm-late. Cottons, 132 Anting Lu, by Jianguo Xi Lu 安亭路132 号, 近建国西路 (backoffice@beachcreative.com)
NIGHTLIFE Gigs: tricot Hotpot Music brings the Kyoto post rock trio to MAO Livehouse as they celebrate their newest album A N D. While they may look like pop stars, the all-female trio play stirring music akin to Explosions in the Sky. RMB150-200, 8.30-10.30pm. MAO Livehouse, 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu 重庆南路308号, 近建国中路 Party: Voltage Divider One of Beijing’s top acts White +, led by Carsick Cars’ Zhang Shouwang takes over DADA alongside FM3’s Lao Zhao, Charm, Pen Zhuang and Soundspade. Expect an experimental mix of electronics and live music. Free entry, 10pm-late. DADA, 115 Xingfu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu 幸福路115 号, 近法华镇路 (150 0018 2212)
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Party: Thomass Jackson Holly Sh*t brings in a rising star of nu disco. Jackson has released several acclamed EPs on respected labels like Gomma, is pals with Tiger & Wood and has played mega festivals like Burning Man. RMB50, 10pm-late. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁 木齐路1号, 近衡山路 (www.arkhamshanghai.com)
MAY 31 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: Magma The French psychedelic rock legends and their 70-year-old leader Christian Vander bring their Endless Tour to China for the first time. Hugely influential in the late 1970s, the group reemerged in 2001 with an acclaimed live album that showcased their unique fusion of free jazz, classical and world music with rock. RMB240-300, 9-10.30pm. MAO Livehouse, 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu 重庆南路308号, 近建国中路
JUNE 3-7 EAT/DRINK Guest Chef: Alfred Prasad The Michelin-starred chef presides over London’s acclaimed Tamarind Restaurant and will be cooking up a storm at the Waldorf-Astoria for four days only. Enjoy an inspired lunch set for RMB388 or indulge in a dinner tasting menu for RMB688. RMB388-688 plus 15 percent, 11.30am11pm. Grand Brasserie, WaldorfAstoria, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Yan’an Dong Lu 中山东一路,近延安东路 (6322 9988, shawa.fb@waldorfastoria. com)
ARTS Concert: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Concert The acclaimed French boys’ choir voiced the acclaimed soundtrack to 2004’s Les Choristes and will mix www.thatsmags.com / May 2015
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Mother’s Day
MAY 4-10 EAT/DRINK New World Shanghai Hotel Enjoy Mother’s Day with freshly imported, succulent Normandy oysters. Moreover, at their NONG Cafe, mothers can expect to be spoilt with seafood, grilled meats, and decadent desserts. If dining with two adults, children under four go free. Oysters cost CNY58 per piece and the Mother’s Day buffet is CNY168 per adult and CNY78 for children 4-12 years old. New World Shanghai Hotel, 555 Dingxi Lu 定西路1555号 (8888 8212)
MAY 10 EAT/DRINK Grand Hyatt Shanghai Spoil your mom with a high class brunch featuring Australian beef, Japanese sushi and Italian antipasto. Leave the kids at the Children’s buffet while mum enjoys free-flowing champagne and live jazz music. RMB368 for adults (RMB538 with free flow Mumm champagne), RMB438 for Hyatt Club members and RMB198 for children over six, plus 15 percent service charge.
Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Jin Mao Tower, 88 Shi Ji Da Dao, by Dongtai Lu 世纪大道88号金茂大厦, 近东泰路 (5047 1234)
Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai 1515 West Chophouse is serving up a family brunch with complimentary sparkling wine packages for all mothers for RMB388 per person. Café Liang is offering a carnationfiled family brunch for RMB328 per person. Moms will receive a complimentary Swarovski Crystal when ordering an afternoon tea set at the Lobby Lounge, while Calypso is preparing a Mother’s Day dining feast with complimentary carnations for the moms. Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai, 1218 Yanan Zhong Lu, by Tongren Lu 延安中路1218号, 近铜仁路 (2203 8899) JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Tomorrow Square Spend the afternoon, enjoying a luxurious tea with Mom while taking part in fun-filled activities led by the hotel’s master chefs for RMB238 or RMB358 for two people. Stick around in the evening and indulge in a sumptuous buffet dinner with imported seafood, freshly sliced sashimi, live carving stations, homemade Indian curries and decadent desserts for RMB358 plus service.
The first 40 guests to make reservations at the Marriott Café will be invited to a welcome cocktail reception prior to the dinner and enjoy a Spanish tapas demonstration by Chef Joan Ruiz Alba, Chef de Cuisine of the JW’s California Grill. JW Marriott Shanghai Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Bei Lu 南京西路399号, 近黄 陂北路 (5359 4969) Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre Celebrate Mom’s big day with a special marketplace Sunday brunch. All mothers wearing pink will received a 50 percent discount, a pink carnation and free Sparkling rose. A special Kids Corner will help the little ones make cards for the occasion. RMB368 per person or RMB498 with Sparkling wine, soft drinks and beer. Price is subject to 15% surcharge Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre, 555 Xizang Zhong Lu, by Beijing Lu 西 藏中路555号,近北京路 (2312 9888) Waldorf-Astoria What better way to spoil your mum than with some bubbly? Check out The Waldorf Astoria’s lavish seafood lunch, breakfast favorites and delectable desserts, accompanied by Perrier Jouet champagne for RMB888 for adults and RMB418 per child plus 15 percent. Or spend the
afternoon indulging in 16 varieties of loose leaf tea, fresh finger cut sandwiches and warm scones straight from the oven. Kids will receive a teddy bear on their way out! CNY688 per two and CNY128 per child from 1.306.30pm. The Waldorf Astoria Spa is also offering an 80-minute massage and 60-minute oxygen infusion facial package for two all month for RMB1,488 plus 15 percent. Waldorf Astoria, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu 中山东一路2 号, 近广东路(6322 9988) Paulaner Enjoy a brunch full of traditional Bavarian dishes and international favorites, accompanied by bottomless juice, tea and coffee. The children’s playground is waiting for the little ones so moms can have a well deserved break. RMB78 for kids 6-9 years old, RMB149 for kids 10-14 years old and RMB298 for adults, from 10am-2pm. Paulaner, 150 Fenyang Lu, by Yueyang Lu 汾阳路150号, 近岳阳路 (6474 5700) For our full Mother’s Day guide, visit our family website, www.urbanfamily.com or scan the QR code.
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MAY 16 NIGHTLIFE Party: Alex Flatner The Berlin underground veteran is responsible for avant-garde hits like ‘Oriental Dreams’ and ‘Perfect Circles.’ We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy. com with the subject ‘Alex Flatner’ by May 13 for your chance to win. RMB100 with two drinks (free entry before midnight), 10.30pm-late. Lola, Bldg 4, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu 永嘉路570号4号楼, 近岳阳路 (138 1692 7970)
MAY 31-JUNE 7 arts Theater: Ghost: The Musical West End rising star Liam Doyle teams up with X-Factor stand-out Lucie Jones for this Tony Award nonimated adaptation of the classic romantic film. Check out our interviews with the stars on www. thatsmags.com/shanghai. We’re giving away a pair of tickets on WeChat. For your chance to win, add ThatsShanghai or scan the QR code.
// May 31-June 7, 7.15pm (plus weekend matinee shows at 2pm), RMB80980, Shanghai Culture Square, 597
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Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu 复兴中路597号, 近陕西南路 (400 610 3721, en.damai.cn)
MAY 7-10 eAT/DRINK Festival: Guozhou Shanghai International Beer Festival More than 200 beer brands from 26 countries and Shanghai favorites like DJ B-Kut, DJ Verse@ille and Skinny Brown take over Wharf 1846. We have pairs of tickets to give away. For your chance to win, simply e-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Shanghai International Beer Festival’ by May 6. RMB50 per day, 6pm-midnight (ThuFri), 2pm-midnight (Sat-Sun). Wharf 1846, 601 Waima Lu, by Maojiayuan Lu 外马路601号, 近毛家园路
MAY 23 NIGHTLIFE Gigs: This Will Destroy You Live The Texan post-rock group is back with their critically acclaimed new disc, Another Language. We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘This Will Destroy You’ by May 20 for your chance to win. RMB80-120, 8.30-10.30pm. MAO Livehouse, 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu 重庆南路308 号, 近建国中路 (newnoise.taobao. com) Party: Tyree Cooper The Chicago house pioneer continues to go strong from his new home in Berlin. We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy. com with the subject ‘Tyree Cooper’ by May 20 for your chance to win. RMB100 with two drinks (free entry
before midnight), 10.30pm-late. Lola, Bldg 4, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu 永嘉路570号4号楼, 近岳阳路 (138 1692 7970)
MAY 28-31 ARTS Theater: Heroes East West Theatre presents this Tom Stoppard translation of Gérald Sibleyras’ tragic-comic story following three retired World War I veterans reflecting on their lives. We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Heroes’ by May 27 for your chance to win. RMB150-180, 8pm (Thurs-Sat) and 4pm (Sat-Sun). Strictly Designers United, 55 Fuxing Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Nan Lu 复兴东路55号, 近 中山南路 (182 0216 4553, east.west. info@gmail.com)
MAY 29 NIGHTLIFE Party: Fnoob Radio Podcast 1st Anniversary Asia Vibes founder Yoshinaga celebrates the first birthday of his podcast with a few of Shanghai’s top DJs and Japan’s Drunken Kong.We have a pair of tickets to give away. E-mail win@urbanatomy.com with the subject ‘Fnoob Radio Podcast’ by May 27 for your chance to win. RMB50 (free entry before 11pm), 10pm-late. Arkham, 1 Wulumuqi Lu, by Hengshan Lu 乌鲁木齐路1号, 近 衡山路.
travel deals Seven days Da Nang, RMB8,900+ Located between Hoi An and the historical city of Hue, Dan Nang offers both ancient heritage and a tropical paradise. Package includes seven nights accommodation, return airfare with tax, return airport transfers and daily breakfast. // Expats Holidays, 9/F, 1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号 9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays. com)
Seven days Boracay, RMB8,900+ Today, Boracay is one of the world’s most famed tourist destinations and rightly so, with two fantastic main beaches boasting some of the whitest sand and finest blue skies ever encountered by man. Package includes return airfare, six nights accommodation,daily breakfast, return airport transfer and hotel tax. // Expats Holidays, 9/F,1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays.com) Seven Days Cebu, RMB8,900+ Cebu is the home to world-class beach resorts and beautiful tropical diving sites. Adjacent to Cebu, Mactan Island has become a hot spot among travelers looking for a slice of paradise. Package includes six nights hotel accommodation, return airfare and air tax,return airport transfer. // Expats Holidays, 9/F,1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays.com)
Seven Days Koh Samui, RMB8,900+ Koh Samui is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Gulf of Thailand. This tropical island is famous for it beautiful long stretches of glistening white sand beaches and crystal clear waters. Package includes return airfare, six nights accommodation,daily breakfast, return airport transfer and hotel tax. // Expats Holidays, 9/F, 1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号 9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays. com) Seven days Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi, RMB7,900+ Malaysia is a verdant land, home to ancient rain-forests and a diverse landscape. You can rub your toes in powdery white sand on tiny Rawa Island or seek relief from the country’s tropical climate in Cameron Highlands’ lush tea plantations. Those looking for a temporary escape from city life will love Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi, particularly if you stay at four or five stars hotels. // Expats Holidays, 9/F, 1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号
9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays. com)
Seven days Bali, RMB 8,900 + Enjoy Bali’s stunning beaches, friendly people and beuatiful nature. Package includes return airfare, six nights accommodation, daily breakfast, private airport transfers and hotel tax. // Expats Holidays, 9/F, 1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号 9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays.com,www.expatsholidays. com)
Seven Day Bali, RMB 6,900 + Take a direct flight to one of the most beautiful beach destinations in Asia. Package includes air tickets without tax, six nights accommodation, daily breakfast and private airport transfers. // RDT Holiday, 9F, Agile International Plaza, 88 Fengyang Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 凤阳路88号9楼, 近西藏中路 (400 8216 826, info@rdtholiday.com, www.rdtholiday.com)
Seven Days Krabi, RMB8,900+ Krabi is a very good beach destination for families with kids: it boasts well protected bays and innumerable beaches with fine white sand; crystal clear waters on the shallow shore line, boating and great snorkeling facilities. Package includes return international flight, six nights hotel accommodation, daily breakfast and return airport transfer. // Expats Holidays, 9/F,1730 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu 南京西路1730号9楼, 近华山路(60547788, info@expatsholidays. com,www.expatsholidays.com)
Six days Boracay, RMB4,900+ Take a direct flight to Boracay, less than four hours away from Shanghai and Immerse yourself in a tropical paradise considered one of the top 25 beach destinations in the world. Package includes airfare without tax, five nights accommodation, breakfast, airport transfers. // RDT Holiday, 9F, Agile International Plaza, 88 Fengyang Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 凤阳路88号9楼, 近西藏中路 (400 8216 826, info@rdtholiday.com, www.rdtholiday.com) Seven days Lombok, RMB7,200+ In recent years, the island of Lombok in Indonesia has become a popular travel destination for its beautiful beaches, volcanoes, history, and varied landscape. Lombok is a perfect holiday spot for those yearning a private location away from the hustle and bustle of a regular tourist vacation. Package includes air tickets without tax, six nights accommodation, daily breakfast, private airport transfers. // RDT Holiday, 9F, Agile International Plaza, 88 Fengyang Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 凤阳路88号9楼, 近西藏中路 (400 8216 826, info@rdtholiday.com, www.rdtholiday.com) Four days Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, RMB6,900+ Take a direct flight to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province, China. Both Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Jiuzhaigou is one of Sichuan’s main landmarks, best-known for its dozens of blue, green and turquoisecolored lakes. Huanglong has pristine forests, snow clad mountains and is dubbed ‘Fairy Land on Earth.’ Package includes air tickets with tax, three nights accommodation, daily Breakfast, two-day private tour, entrance fee to scenic spots, local English-speaking tour guide, private airport transfers. // RDT Holiday, 9F, Agile International Plaza, 88 Fengyang Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 凤阳路88号9楼, 近西藏中路 (400 8216 826, info@rdtholiday.com, www.rdtholiday.com) Eight day Sri Lanka, RMB10,900+ Sri-lanka has been a favorite destination for tourists for more than 30 years. Travel to this charming country and enjoy its wilderness, nature and golden beaches, as well as its more cultural and historical side. Four-day private tour followed by relaxing at a beachfront resort for three days. Package includes return airfare without tax, seven nights accommodation, daily breakfast, private airport transfer, four days private tour with English speaking guide, entrance fees to scenic sights and train tickets. // RDT Holiday, 9F, Agile International Plaza, 88 Fengyang Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu 凤阳路88号9楼, 近西藏中路 (400 8216 826, info@rdtholiday.com, www.rdtholiday.com)
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On March 28, FIJI Water collaborated with Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund, by hosting an “Earth Hour” event involving lighting up an “earth” made of 2,015 recycled FIJI Water bottles.
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Events
Robert Hamer, General Manager of Andaz Xintiandi, Shanghai, welcomes famed actor Jackie Chan.
Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake kicked off their “West Lake Romance” hotel re-launch ceremony on March 31. Mr. Paul Richardson, Chief Operating Officer at Accor Greater China, and Mr. Stanley Liang, Owner of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake attended this event, along with more than 100 guests.
InterContinental Shanghai Expo celebrated its 5th birthday on April 18. The hotel management team expressed their appreciation to hotel staff and guests during the event.
On April 18, Hotel Pravo’s CEO Steven Wang welcomed Jiang Rener, a worldclass aesthetics master and contemporary abstract artist.
Bushi celebrated its two-year anniversary by holding series of exhibitions at Bushi art museum and Longhua temple.
Mr. John O’Shea, General Manager of The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi, welcomed Australian football player Mr. Tim Cahill to the hotel.
Jiuguang City Plaza held an event called “Seeking Mr. Right” on International Women’s Day.
10 CORSO COMO fashion show, along with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 EDGE, marked the closing of Shanghai Fashion Week.
Crowne Plaza Shanghai Harbour City played host to the “Jing Tian Po” film crew. General Manager Mr. Philip Zhu welcomed The International Yoga Conference Shanghai press conference was held the team, which included Hong Kong celebrity Nicholas Tse. at Y+ Xintiandi studio on April 9. www.thatsmags.com / May 2015
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listings restaurant American AE kitchen One of the most popular brunch place! Especially the Pancake, French toast, Omelets! Bakery is available everyday! 1) 491 Yuyuan Lu (62413233) 2) 1632-5 Huaihai(m) Lu (31235633) 1) 愚园路 491 号 2) 淮海中路
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Beef & Liberty A burger restaurant offering hand-made , premium hamburgers made from grass-fed, Australian Certified Angus beef that is ground in-house, twice a day. Suite 111, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing West Lu, by Xikang Lu Daily 11am to 11pm 南京西路 1376 号上海商城 111 单元，近西康路
10.30pm; Sat: 8am-11pm; Sun 8am-10.30pm 9) 1/F 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (2022 2537) Mon-Thurs: 9am-10.30pm; Fri 9am11pm; Sat 8am-11pm; Sun 8am-10.30pm 10) unit 2, building 18, north block xintiandi, 181 taicang Lu Sun-Thurs 8am-12pm; Fri-Sat 8am-2am (6326 0950) 11) Shop 402, 4/F, K11 Art Mall, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu Daily 10am-10pm (6315 2070) 12) Unit N1-12, N2-11, Jing’an Kerry Centre, 1551 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Tongren Lu Sun-Thurs 8am11pm; Fri-Sat 8-12am (6139 8297) 1) 南京西
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Fat Cow Featuring a wide variety of healthy "grazing" salads and some of the best burgers in Shanghai using imported Australian beef, Fat Cow is a comforting and pleasant restaurant that boasts great steaks, delicious chili caramel fried chicken, great ice cream sundaes and a lot more. No.7 Hongmei Lu Laowai Jie, 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Zhong Lu (3422 1700) Sun-Thurs 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat: 10am-11pm. 虹梅路 3338 弄 7 号 , 近延安中路
Bistro Burger Bistro Burger serves 100 percent Australian beef patties with special spices and fresh ingredients and milkshakes made with New Zealand ice cream. The bistro also functions as a bar where a wide selection of beers and cocktail concoctions can be best enjoyed. 1/F, 291 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (6170 1315) Sun-Thu: 10-12am; Fri-Sat: 10-2am www.bistroburger.com.cn 富 民路 219 号 1 楼 , 近长乐路
Blue Frog 1) Lower Level, Unit 12, 131 Tianyaoqiao Lu, by Xingeng Lu (3368 6117) Daily 10am-late www.bluefrog.com.cn 2) 30, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Hongxu Lu (5422 5119) Daily 10am-late www.bluefrog.com. cn/ 3) Green Sports & Leisure Center, R3633 Biyun Lu, by Yunshan Lu (5030 6426) Daily 10am-late 4) 6/F Daning Life Hub, 1918 Gonghe Xin Lu, by Daning Lu (6631 3920) Daily 10am-late 5) B109, 100 Century Avenue, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6877 8668) Daily 9-2am www.bluefrog.com.cn 1) 天钥
Hooters Great food, great beverages, and pretty HOOTERS Girls. -This is HOOTERS! 1) 1/F, Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Fucheng Lu (5049 0199) 2) 1/F, 1498 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Wulumuqi Nan Lu (6437 9811) 3) 3/F, L’Avenue, 99 Xianxia Lu, by Zunyi Lu (6212 0296) 4) 201, China View Building No.1,East Worker's Stadium Lu,Chaoyang District,Beijing (010 6585 8787) 5) 1F, Lippo Tower, No.62 North Kehua Lu,Chengdu (028 6281 8877) 1) 陆家嘴西路 168 号正大广场一层 ,
近富城路 2) 淮海中路 1498 号 1 号楼一层 , 近乌鲁 木齐南路 3) 仙霞路 99 号尚嘉中心三层 , 近遵义路 4) 北京市朝阳区工人体育场东路，中国红街 1 号楼 201 5) 成都市武侯区科华北路 62 号力宝大厦一层
Pentalounge A so-called “lifestyle lounge” in Changning District where you can meet friends for drinks and dishes or share relax with unlimited free WiFi and your favorite Chinese and Western “comfort foods”. 1/ F, 1525 Dingxi Lu, by Changning Lu. (6252 1111) Daily 6-12am 定西路 1525 号 1 楼 , 近长
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Dakota French Bistro with a New York slant, with seasonal changing menu, its understated yet fresh brunch menu, fresh Oysters, its quaint and snob free. 38 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (5403 8906) MonSat:11-2am; Sun 11-10pm www.dakotabistro. com 东湖路 38 号 , 近淮海中路 Element Fresh Chain of restaurants and one of the longest running with quality ingredients and good service. One of the mainstays in Shanghai. 1) Rm.112, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6279 8682) Mon-Thurs: 7am-11pm; Fri-Sat: 7-12am Sun 7am-11pm 2) 4/F, 1028 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Donghu Lu (5403 8865) MonThus: 8am-11pm; Fri-Sat: 8-12am; Sun 8am11pm 3) 1/F Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5047 2060) MonThurs: 9am-10.30pm; Fri 9am-11pm SatSun: 8am-10.30pm 4) 1/F, Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu (6407 5992) Mon-Thurs: 7am-11pm; Fri-Sat: 7-12am; Sun 7am-11pm 5) 6/F, 228 Xizang Nan Lu, by Taoyuan Lu (6334 3598) Daily 7am-10.30pm 6) 2/F, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6877 4001) Daily 10am-10pm 7) 1/F, 2088 Yanan Xi Lu, by Yili Lu (6083 7436) Mon-Thurs: 9am10.30pm; Fri 9am-11pm; Sat 8am-11pm; Sun 8am-10.30pm 8) Green City, 331 Hongfeng Lu, by Biyun Lu (3382 1700) Mon-Fri: 9am-
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POP A generous and playful all-day dining American Brasserie with spectacular Bund views. Opening daily 11am-1am. 7/F, 3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6321 0909) pop@on-the-bund.com www. threeonthebund.com 中山东一路 3 号 7 楼 , 近 广东路
Shanghai Slims One of the more reasonably priced steakhouses around town, Chef Adam Levin ages his meat beautifully. Also serves up lobster mac&cheese and other haute takes on American grub. 10-12, Sinan Mansion, 523 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Sinan Lu (6426 0162) Daily 11.30am-10pm info@daibiao.com 复兴中路 523 弄思南公馆 10-12 号 , 近思南路
VESPERTINE A Modern California Kitchen located on the South Bund is headed up by executive chef Chris Hora who boasts an enviable track record in high-end eateries. His menu continues that tradition with simple,
yet elegant, dished, perfectly complemented by a spacious environment and modern decor. Building 3, 505 Zhongshan Nan Lu, by Maojiayuan Lu. Every Wed-Sun, 10.30am10.30pm (6315 0325) 中山南路 505 号 3 号楼， 近毛家园路
Bakery Baker & Spice Excellent fresh-baked pastries and spot-on baguettes. Brought to you from the makers of Wagas. 1) 1/F, 195 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (5404 2733) Daily 7am8.30pm. 2) Unit 118, 1/F, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289 8875) 1) 安福路 195 号 1 楼，近乌鲁木齐路 2) 南 京西路 1376 号上海商城 1 楼 118 单元 , 近西康路
Baker One A member of the Fairchild Group, founded in 1984, this Canadian company has over 28 years of prestigious history turns out tasty baked goods that use all-natural and fresh ingredients. 1) 559 Nanchang Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (6211-8217, www.bakerone. cn) 2) 300 Hankou Lu, by Jiujiang Lu 1) 南昌路 559 号 , 近陕西南路 2) 汉口路 300 号 , 近九江路
glo London Bakery Cafe Freshly-baked bread, croissants, pastries, cakes and scones plus fresh juices & roasted coffee. 1/F, 1 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Dongping Lu (6466 6565) Daily 7am-10pm shanghai@ glolondon.com www.glolondon.com 乌鲁木
齐南路 1 号 1 楼 , 近东平路
Gourmet High class sweets and other baked goodies. Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, Level 1, Tower 2, 33 Fu Cheng Lu, by Yincheng Dong Lu (5888 2957) Daily 8am-8pm 富城路 33 号香 格里拉酒店 2 号楼 1 楼 , 近银城东路
La Boulangerie This charming and authentic little French-style bakery has fresh bread, croissants and pastries every morning. RMB16 for an Americano. More French than France itself. 54 Yongkang Lu,by Xiangyang Lu (3425 0210) 永康路 54 号，近襄阳路 Sunflour Bakery & Café (Anfu) Not only has excellent baked goods but also serves good breakfast and lunch options. 322 Anfu Lu, by Wukang Lu (6473 7757) 7am-10pm sunflour@sunflour.com.cn www.sunfour. com.cn 安福路 322 号 , 近武康路
BBQ Latina Latina pulls out all the stops with their endless portions of gaucho-style grilled meats. It’s easily one of the best Brazilian churrascarias in town. 1) 2/F, La Villa, 165 Lujiazui Huan Lu, by Lujiazui Dong Lu (3383 0577) 11am-11.30pm 2) 166 Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Zhaojiabang Lu (6447 2260) Mon-Fri 11am-11pm; Sat-Sun 11-12am 3) 1/F, 633 Biyun Lu, by Lan’an Lu (5030 6672) 11am-11.45pm 4) Unit101-201, Block5, Lane123 Xingye Lu, by Madang Lu (6320 3566) Daily 10-2am 5) B1-B2, 2002 Shiji Da Dao, by Yingchun Lu (6854 5484) 11am-9pm 6) Latina Center 66 Wuxi, 1/F, 139 Renmin Zhong Lu, Chong'an District, Wuxi (0510 8185 6996) 1) 陆家嘴环路 165 号 2 楼 , 近陆家嘴 东路 2) 虹桥路 1 号港汇广场 1 楼 166 商铺 , 近肇 嘉浜路 3) 碧云路 633 号金桥碧云体育休闲中心 1 楼 , 近蓝桉路 4) 兴业路 123 弄新天地南里 5 号楼 单元 101-201, 近马当路 5) 世纪大道 2002 号亚 太盛汇广场 B1-B2, 近迎春路 6) 无锡恒隆店 , 无锡 市崇安区人民中路 139 号恒隆广场 1 楼
Bubba’s Texas-style Bar-B-Que and Saloon 1) 2262 Hongqiao Lu, by Jianhe lu (6242 2612) Daily 11am-12pm, Dining until 10pm www.bubbasasia.com/ 2) Rm. 101, 1011 Xueye Lu by tangzijing lu (2206 0338) Daily 11am-12am 1) 长宁区虹桥路 2262 号 , 近剑河路 .
2) 雪野路 1011 号 101 室，近塘子泾路
glo London Rooftop BBQ Spend a pleasant weekend dining on hickory-oak smokepit BBQ on an open rooftop. 4/F, 1 WulumuqiNan Lu, by Dongping Lu (6466 6565) ThursSun: 11am-Midnight shanghai@glolondon. com 乌鲁木齐南路 1 号 4 楼 , 近东平路 Riveria Enjoy weekend BBQ brunches, English afternoon teas and Mediterranean dinners served at this green and modern waterfront villa-style restaurant. Bld 21, 1888 Pu Ming Lu, by Longyang Lu (6100 2097) 浦 明路 1888 号 , 近龙阳路
Cafes Alfie’s by KEE With a selection of simple but high quality European food, this relaxing high-end spot is perfect for business lunch, coffee and afternoon tea. A concept lounge and dining room under Alfred Dunhill and runs by the Private Members Club--KEE Club. Unit 111A, Alfred Dunhill Flag Shop, Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu ((6288 3822) Mon-Sat 10am-10pm 南京西路 1266 号
恒隆广场 111A 室 , 近西康路
Bistro Sambal Located at the new Eco Village Area, this daytime cafe - proudly being part of the Cafe Sambal Team, serves modern Malaysian dishes in a open kitchen, highlighting satay in the bun, nasi Lemak (coconut rice), a variety of curry set meals and sweet savory comes with fresh blended juices. Daily 5-8pm, all drinks buy-one-get-one-free. Bld6, 485 Fenglin Lu, by Zhongshan Nan Er Lu (3137 3840) 枫林路 485 号，近中山南二路 Brioche Doree Offering great baguettes, breads and savory meals, this French chain is a good option for those looking for a quick bistro fix. 1) 7 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6472 8977) 2) 98 Yanping Lu, by Xinzha Lu (6272 1008) 1) 东湖路 7 号 , 近淮海中路 2) 延
平路 98 号 , 近新闸路
Café 1188 Treat yourself to an inspired buffet offering a variety of international delicacies at Café 1188 at InterContinental Shanghai Expo. Kids will have fun with creative arts projects provided by Awesome Kid’s Club and even attend a private swimming class in hotel’s swimming pool. Sunday brunch, 11.30am-3pm. 1188 Xueye Lu, by Shibo Dadao (3858 1208) expo@ interconti.com, www.intercontinental.com/ shanghai-expo 雪野路 1188 号 , 近世博大道 Cafe Barbera With more than 140 years’ perfection in coffee, Cafe Barbera is delighted to bring Barbera tradition, art and passion from Italy to China. 102 Wanke Square, 17 Shuicheng Nan Lu, by Huangjin Chengdao (5206 8001) 水城南路 17 号万科广场
102, 近黄金城道
Citizen Café & Bar Charming Euro-style cafe offering fine coffees, teas, cocktails as well as sandwiches and pastas. First floor is smoky, but the terrace is lovely on a nice day. 222 JinXian Lu, by Shanxi Nan Lu (6258 1620) Daily 11-12.30am www.citizenshanghai.com/ 进贤路 222 号 , 近陕西南路
Coffee Tree With a light and airy European look, the cozy spot offers an array of fresh and homemade items including salads, sandwiches, quiche, pasta, and cakes using the finest ingredients. Ferguson Lane, 376 Wukang Lu, by Tai’an Lu (6466 0361) MonSun 9am-10pm www.coffeetreecafe.com.cn 武康路 376 号 , 近泰安路
Éclair Éclair offers the largest selection of gourmet éclairs in classic and innovative flavors. There’re also chocolates, cakes, freshly baked breads, sandwiches, etc available. The outdoor terrace facing Songshan Lu is a nice place for friends’ gettogether. 1/F, Andaz Shanghai, 88 Songshan Lu, by Taicang Lu (2310 1720) Daily 7am10pm www.andazshanghai.com 嵩山路 88 号
1 楼 , 近太仓路
Gloria Jean’s Coffees An Australian owned global specialty coffee shop with over 1,000 coffee houses worldwide, who runs its own coffee university and is dedicated in handcrafting each drink to perfection. 1) 106, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Pu’an Lu (3330 1599)2)1/F, 506 Shangcheng Lu, by Pudong Nan Lu (5011 5232) 3)1/F, 68 Yincheng Zhong Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5091 7926) 1) 淮海中路 138 号无限度广场 106 室 , 近普安路 2) 商城路 506 号新梅联合广场 1 楼 123-B 单元 , 近 浦东南路 3）银城中路 68 号时代金融中心 1 楼 , 近陆家嘴环路
House of Flour A consistent winner of our Readers’ Choice Awards, this bistro/cafe serves some of the city’s best desserts as well as some great sandwiches, salads and pastas. We love their chocolate cake. Unit2, 1/F Shanghai Legend, 635 Bibo Lu, by Zu Chongzhi Lu (5080 6230) Daily 7am-9pm 碧
波路 635 号上海传奇 1 楼 2 号店 , 近祖冲之路
OPEN DOOR Lapis Cafe Unique rooftop glasshouse with an amazing afternoon tea set and affordable menu selections. 6/F, 818 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Shimen Yi Lu (3203 1377) Daily 11am - 6pm 南京西路 818 号 6 楼 , 近石门一路
Le Crème Milano Offering real Italian handmade artisan gelato in Shanghai since 2008, you can see the sweet treats being made daily at their open factory on Shaanxi Lu, or enjoy their products in their other eight branches in town. 1) 434 Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (6433 5208) 2) 173 Fumin Lu, by Julu Lu (5403 3918) 3) Huangjin Chengdao Pedestrian entrance, by Gubei Lu (3255 0371) www.lecrememilano.com 1) 陕 西南路 434 号 , 近永嘉路 2) 富民路 173 号 , 近巨 鹿路 3) 黄金城道步行街口 , 近古北路
Marks & Spencer Café 1) 2/F, 98 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Liulin Lu (6191 3322) 2) 4/F, 863 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Taixing Lu (6217 8866) 10am-10pm 1) 淮海中路 98 号 2 楼 , 近柳林路 2) 南京西路 863 号 4 楼 , 近泰兴路
MoMo Café Bring your friends and treat yourselves to an all-you-can-eat weekend feast at MoMo Café where you may find both local and international seafood, crisp salads, carving delights and delicious desserts including endless scoops of New Zealand Natural. Weekend seafood dinner buffet is on offer every Friday through Sunday evening at just RMB228+15% per person. 2/F Courtyard By Marriott Shanghai Xujiahui, 100 Hongqiao Lu, by Yishan Lu (6129 2944) Fri-Sun: 5.30-9pm 虹桥路 100 号
上海西藏大厦万怡酒店 2 楼 , 近宜山路
Henan Zhong Lu (3366 5026) Mon-Fri: 7am8pm; Sat-Sun: 9:30am-6pm 6) Shop 201, 169 Wujiang Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6267 0339) 8am-10:30pm 7) 283 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Jiashan Lu (5466 8312) 7am-8pm 8) G104, 999 Pudong Nan Lu, by Zhangyang Lu (5134 1075) 7am-9:30pm 9) 1/F, 1233 Lujiazui Huan Lu, by Dongchuan Lu (5879 4235) Mon-Fri: 7am-6pm; Closed on Sat&Sun 10) 1/F, 265Jiaozhou Lu, by Xinzha Lu (6272 0353) 7am-11pm 11) L102, 1/F Channel One, 155 Changshou Lu, by Shanxi Bei Lu (3131 5008) Mon-Sun: 7am-11pm 1) 南京西路 1168
号 , 近江宁路 2) 芳甸路 199 弄大拇指广场 31 号 , 近丁香路 3) 仙霞路 86 号万都商城 108 室 , 近哈密 路 4) 淮海中路 300 号香港新世界广场 , 近马当路 5) 九江路 288 号 , 近河南中路 6) 吴江路 169 号 201 商铺 , 近南京西路 7) 建国西路 283 号 , 近嘉 善路 8) 浦东南路 999 号新梅联合大厦 104 号 , 近 张杨路 9) 陆家嘴环路 1233 号汇亚大厦 1 楼 , 近东 川路 10) 胶州路 265 号 1 楼 , 近新闸路 11) 长寿路 155 号调频壹广场 1 楼 L102, 近陕西北路
Whisk Choco Cafe While best known for its sumptuous chocolate desserts, Whisk also does a brisk business with risottos, pastas, panini and pizza. 1250 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huating Lu (5404 7770) Daily 10.30am11.30pm www.whisk.com.cn 淮海中路 1250 号 , 近华亭路
WK Hawaii Cafe A Hawaii-themed cafe providing a variety of local food from eight of Hawaii islands, highlighting the most representative pancakes, authentic locomoco and more. 2/F, Building1, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu (6073 7626) 10am-5pm 永嘉路 570 号 1 号楼 2 楼 , 近岳阳路
Nar Cafe & Yoga Lounge Rm108, Block 6, 999 GaoJing Lu, by Huqingping Gong Lu (5988 9814) Mon-Thurs: 9am-9pm; Fri-Sun: 10am-10pm regina@nar-sh.com 高泾路 999
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号 6 号楼 108 室 , 近沪青平公路
Napoleon Chocolate Bar A chocoholics paradise providing one of the town’s best chocolate mud cakes, fondues, macarons, hot chocolate and chocolate cocktails. A good selection of fresh salads, sandwiches and pastas are also available in store. 1) 242 Julu Lu, by Ruijin Yi Lu (3256 7078) 2) B2, Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6184 3449) 1) 巨鹿路 242 号 , 近瑞金一路 2) 陆家嘴正大广场 B2 层 , 陆家嘴西路 168 号 , 近陆家嘴环路
Pacific Coffee Inspired from the coffee culture from Seattle, Pacific Coffee serves great Italian espresso based coffee in generous American sizes, cakes and other great offers in a welcoming ambience. 1) Rm102, 1/F Lansheng Building, 208 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu (3315 3296) 2) Rm211-212, 2/F, 300 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Henan Zhong Lu (6045 2218) 3) 1/F, 618 Xujiahui Lu, by Ruijin Er Lu (6093 2219) 4) 1/ F Thumb Plaza, No.11 Lane 199 Fangdian Lu, by Dingxiang Lu (6892 0007) 5) 1F-A, 367 Pucheng Lu, by Qixin Lu (5062 3701) www. pacificcoffee.com 1) 淮海中路 2-8 号蘭生大厦
1 楼 02 室 2) 南京东路 300 号名人购物中心 2 楼 211-212 室 3) 徐家汇路 618 号 1 楼 , 近瑞金二路 4) 芳甸路 199 弄大拇指广场 11 号 1 楼 , 近丁香路 5）浦城路 367 号 1F-A, 近启新路
Pudong City Bistro The all-day-dining casual restaurant features interactive show kitchens and live cooking stations for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which is complimented by an extensive a la carte menu. 2/F, 15 Xinjinqiao Lu, by Hongfeng Lu (6036 8855) 新金桥路 15
号 2 楼 , 近红枫路
Simply Bakery Cafe Nestled in the tranquil neighborhood of Jinqiao, this one-year old café is gaining popularity with its array of freshly baked bread, pastries and cakes. With an appealing and healthy lunch menu of salads and sandwiches, the cafe has the best croissants, chocolate éclairs and carrot cakes to offer. 1) 576 Biyun Lu, by Yunshan Lu (6105 2968) Mon-Sun 7am-7pm 2) Unit 107, 1/F, K11 Art Mall, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (4009216088) 8am-8pm 3) Unit 316-317, 3/F L’Avenue, 99 Xianxia Lu, by Zunyi Lu (4009216088) 10am-10pm 4) Unit 102, 1/F, 900 Yishan Lu, by Guiping Lu (4009216088) Mon-Fri 8am-7pm 5) 159 Madang Lu, by Taicang Lu (4009216088) 8am-10pm 1) 碧云路 576 路 , 近云山路 2) 淮海 中路 300 号上海 K11 购物艺术中心 L1 楼 107 室 , 近黄陂南路 3) 仙霞路 99 号尚嘉中心 3 楼 316317 单元 , 近遵义路 4) 宜山路 900 号科技产业大 楼 1 楼 102 单元 , 近桂平路 5) 马当路 159 号 , 近 太仓路
The Dining Room Creating a new Shanghai dining scene, the Dining Room is where you get a taste of new Shanghainese cuisine in a simple but modern environment. Shop A-003, L'Avenue, LG2, 99 Xianxia Lu (6067 3751) 仙
霞路 99 号尚嘉中心 LG2 层 A-003 室 , 近遵义路
Wagas 1) 1168 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Jiangning Lu (5292 5228) 7am-10pm 2) 199 Fangdian Lu, by Dingxiang Lu (5033 6277) 7am-10pm 3) Rm108 Maxdo Center, 86 Xianxia Lu, by Hami Lu (5208 1978) 7am-10pm 4) 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Madang Lu (6335 3739) 7am-10:30pm 5) 288 Jiujiang Lu, by
beijing Jing Hui Cui Parent company Xinwang Group has departed from their Cantonese roots to bring Shanghai excellent Beijing duck, plus an array of dishes that will please both northern and southern palates like handpulled noodles and marinated sea whelks. 8001, Cloud Nine Shopping Mall, 1018 Changning Lu, by Kaixuan Lu (6212 6986) 长宁路 1018 号中山公园龙之梦购物中心 8001 商铺 , 近凯旋路
Cantonese Cha Canting With its bright, chintzy interior, awesome HK diner-style dishes and more variations on tea and soda than you ever knew, Cha’s is a definite Shanghai favorite. Expect a long line during traditional meal hours. 1) 1/F, 30-32 Sinan Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6093 2062) Daily 11-2am 2) Novel Plaza B18, 131 Tianyaoqiao Lu by Xingeng Lu (3461 5868) Daily 11am-2am 1) 思南路 30-32 号 1 楼 , 近淮海中路 2) 天钥桥路 131 号 B18 室近辛耕路
Gui Hua Lou A meld of Shangri-la’s impeccable service and well-made Sichuanese, Shanghainese and Cantonese cuisine. 1/ F, River Wing, Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Yingcheng Dong Lu (5888 3697) Lunch: Mon-Fri 11.30am-3pm, SatSun 11am-3pm, Dinner: Daily 5.30-10.30pm www.shangri-la.com 富城路 33 号浦东香格里拉
酒店 1 楼 , 近银城东路
Manchuria Upscale, new-age Cantonese cuisine with excellent soups and other delicacies. 3-4/F, Bldg 11-12, 889 Julu Lu, by Changshu Lu (6445 8082) Daily 11am2.30pm; 5.30-10pm 巨鹿路 889 号 (11-12 幢
3-4 层 ), 近常熟路
Mao This restaurant works to blend modernity with local tradition. Its plethora of Cantonese specialties are elegantly presented 5/F Sofitel Hyland Hotel, 505 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Fujian Zhong Lu (6351 5888) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm sofitel-catering@hyland-shanghai.com www. sofitel.com/gb/hotel-1603-sofitel-shanghaihyland/index.shtml 南京东路 505 号索菲特海仑 宾馆 5 楼 , 近福建中路
Man Ho With a good selection of traditional Cantonese dishes and Shanghai favorites, Man Ho provides five private lake-view rooms that are perfect for both private and business parties. 5/F, 15 Xinjinqiao Lu, by Hongfeng Lu (6036 8866) 新金桥路 15 号 5 楼 , 近红枫路
Ming Yuan A contemporary upscale Chinese culinary journey for epicures, serving traditional Cantonese cuisine paying homage to classic Chinese influences in a contemporary style. Ming Yuan offers a range of dining options varying for private dining rooms and large group tables. Lunch 11.30am – 2.30pm; Dinner 5.30-9.30pm. 2nd floor, Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund, 19 Haiping Lu, by Gongping Lu (2509 1188)
T’ang Court at The Langham Xintiandi Shanghai meets Canton
Tranquil T’ang Court, the Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi’s flagship restaurant takes Shanghainese dishes and Cantonese dim sum to a heightened level of precision. This is traditional fine dining with an eye for detail and an almost architectural exactness. Split between the two culinary traditions, one can eat Hong Kong roasted meats (烧味，from RMB68) side by side with Shanghainese crab roe in rice wine sauce (花雕熟醉膏蟹，RMB158) at T’ang Court, headed by a chef (Tony Su) whose journeys to the heartland of dim sum in Hong Kong aid his task of bringing the two cuisines together. Four perfect har gao shrimp dumplings （虾饺， RMB38) arrived, with a beyond delicate, translucent wrapping edged with at least 15 pleats, a feat reserved for the most masterful of dim sum chefs. Next an altogether more Shanghainese delicacy, a giant xiaolongbao (小笼包，RMB68) accompanied by a fine consommé soup served a la table. A deviation on tradition came in the form of deep-fried Shanghai-style fish in a sweet and viscous soy sauce ( 老上海熏鱼， RMB68). Usually served as a cold appetizer, this warm rendition packed in all the juiciness from the fish filet and made us wonder if we’d ever be able to eat a cold one again. Finally a true Shanghainese showstopper of paper-thin sliced pork in soya sauce with dried bamboo shoots (笋干宝塔肉配栗子薄饼，RMB138) in an elegant ziggurat, accompanied by a steamer basket of fresh chestnut pancakes in which to envelop the meat. Quite how this feat of culinary engineering was performed we don’t know, but food of this kind is rare in Shanghai. (All prices subject to 15% service charge.) // 5/F, The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi, 99 Madang Lu, by Taicang Lu. 5楼新天地 朗廷酒店,马当路99号近太仓路 Nearest metro: Huangpi Nan Lu, 5 mins. Open daily, 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm. Local and international cards accepted. (2330 2288)
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Lunch 11.30am – 2.30pm; Dinner 5.30– 9.30pm. banyantree.com 海平路 19 号悦榕庄 2
尔曼大酒店 2 楼 , 近柳州路
楼 , 近公平路
号 , 近丽水路
Shanghai Uncle Perfect for a big group, with large tables and red decor, it’s a fancy setting for a lively dinner. 1) 211 Tianyaoqiao Lu, by Nandan Lu (6464 6430) Lunch: 11am2pm Dinner: 5.30pm-10.30pm 2) Bund Center, 222 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Jiangxi Zhong Lu (6339 1977) Daily 11am-2.30pm; 5-10.30pm 1) 天钥桥路 211 号 , 近南丹路 2) 延安
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Molokai With an infusion of signature Cantonese dishes and continental cuisine, Molokai is a Hong Kong bistro that offers a distinct menu with flavors from both the east and west. 3/F, Xintiandi South Plaza, Bldg 6, 123 Xingye Lu, by Zizhong Lu (5321 0881) Daily 11am-11pm 兴业路 123 号新天地南
东路 222 号外滩中心 , 近江西中路
里 3 楼 , 近自忠路
Whampoa Club This Bund institution specializes in modern reinterpretations of Shanghai classics. Great view, fancy eats. 5/F, 3 on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6321 3737) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm www. threeonthebund.com/ 中山东一路 3 号 , 外滩三
Pearl Chinese Restaurant offers Cantonese and local cuisines that one shouldn’t miss. In addition to authentic specialties,the chef team led by executive chef Kang Jian develops seasonal dishes that suit contemporary tastes and flavor. 2/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu, by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6200) 上海新发展亚太 JW 万豪酒店 2 楼，大渡河
号 5 楼 , 近广东路
路 158 号 , 近光复西路
Qianyue Court This hidden gem of a Shunde restaurant commands two floors of Cantonese cuisine. They offer everything from dim sum to congee hot pot. Enjoy! 2-3/ F, 1414 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6418 9196) 11am-2.30pm; 5.30-11pm 淮海中
路 1414 号 2-3 楼 , 近复兴西路
Sheng Hui Tang A Chinese restaurant with spectacular view of the Huangpu River and Nanpu Bridge, offering authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fusion with Sichuan and local flavors prepared by Hong Kong Master Chef Pan Xianwen. Boasting six elegant private dining rooms, it’s an ideal venue for social gatherings and business entertainment. 1188 Xueye Lu, by Shibo Dadao (3858 1218, www.intercontinental.com/shanghai-expo) 雪野路 1188 号 , 近世博大道
Shen Yue Xuan 1) 4/F, Central Plaza, 381 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Madang Lu (5382 2222) Daily 11am-2.30pm, 5pm-11pm 2) 849 Huashan Lu, by Fuxing xi Lu (6251 1166) Mon-Fri 11am-midnight, Sat-Sun 7.30am midnight 1) 淮海中路 381 号 , 中环广场 4 楼 , 近
马当路 2) 华山路 849 号 , 近复兴西路
Summer Palace Combining Cantonese and South-Eastern Chinese cuisines, the Summer Palace enhances gastronomical sensations with a poetic visual dreamscape with the 3 distinct chambers. Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai, 1218 Yan'an Zhong Lu, by Tong Ren Road (2203 8889, www.jinganshangdining.com) 静安香格里拉大酒店，延安中路 1218
号，近铜仁路
T’ang Court A signature Chinese restaurant at The Langham, Xintiandi which is rebranded from its former name Ming Court that provides authentic Cantonese cuisine for discerning local and international guests. 5/F, The Langham Xintiandi, 99 Madang Lu, by Taicang Lu Mon-Fri, 11.30am-2pm; 5.3010pm. Sat-Sun, 11am-2.30pm; 5.30-10pm 马
当路 99 号新天地朗廷酒店 5 楼唐阁 , 近太仓路
Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant Contemporary, elegant and comfortable, Wan Hao Chinese restaurant showcases fine Cantonese cuisine and contemporary market fresh Shanghainese specialties. It is a place where people demonstrate passion for Chinese cuisine. The restaurant's five private rooms with magnificent city views cater to any special occasion in need of an exclusive setting. 39/ F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (5359 4969, www.jwmarriottshanghai. com) 上海明天广场 JW 万豪酒店 39 楼，南京西 路 399 号，近黄陂北路
Yi Long Court Themed on the residence of a 1930’s Shanghainese nobleman (complete with a coveted chefs’ table and six different private rooms), celebrated Hong Kong Chef Dicky To serves authentic dim sum and Cantonese cuisine. 2/F, The Peninsula Shanghai, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2327 6742) Daily 11.30am– 2.30pm; 6-10.30pm peninsula.com 中山东一 路 32 号上海半岛酒店 2 楼 , 近北京东路
Yue Xuan Savour the most authentic Cantonese food in Shanghai in the elegant surroundings of our Yue Xuan restaurant. From traditional dim sum treats to delectable steamed fish, selected fresh from our seafood tanks, the diverse menu will satisfy. 1/F, Tower 2, 1116 Hongsong Dong Lu, by Songyuan Lu (3323 6574) Lunch: 11.30-2.30pm; Dinner: 5.30-10pm SHASH.FB@hilton.com www.hilton.com.cn/ shanghaihongqiao 红松东路 1116 号 2 号楼 1
楼 , 近宋园路
YUE 1525 Traditional Cantonese fare with excellent dim sum, clay pot dishes, doubleboiled soup and and chef specials. 2/F, 1525 Dingxi Lu, by Changning Lu (6225 8665) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30pm-10pm 定西路
1525 号 2 楼 , 近长宁路
YUE The Chinese Restaurant offers an exciting blend of local & traditional dishes served in a modern atmosphere. 2/ F, Pullman Shanghai South, 1 Pubei Lu, by Liuzhou Lu (2426 8888) 浦北路 1 号上海中星铂
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Qimin Organic Hotpot Marketplace This Taiwanese hotpot restaurant's motto is to provide customers with the experience of "From Farm to Table". Qimin is focused on providing organic and fresh local produce, which includes organic vegetables from the restaurant's own farm. Customers can select their choice of broth and order from a variety of meats, organic vegetables, and seafood. 1) 7/F, Takashimaya Department Store, 1438 Hongqiao Lu, by Manao Lu (6295 2117) 2) (NEW) 4/F, Reel Department Store, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu (6258 8777) Daily 10.30am11pm 1) 虹桥路 1438 号高岛屋百货 7 楼 , 近玛瑙
路 2) 南京西路 1601 号芮欧百货 4 楼 , 近常德路
Mahota Kitchen The farm-to-city store of Mahota Farm serves hotpot using freshly harvest safe ingredients and offers a range of fresh produce direct from the farm. 1/F, M-Town, 680 Huaihai Xi Lu, by Hongqiao Lu (5267 9988) www.themahota.com 淮海西路 680 号新淮海坊一层泰生天地 , 近虹桥路
Hunan Di Shui Dong 1) 2/F, 56 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6253 2689) 2) 5 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu (6415 9448) 3) Unit 22, 300 Guyang Lu, by Yili Nan Lu (5175 3067) 1) 茂名
南路 56 号 2 楼 , 近长乐路 2) 东平路 5 号 , 近衡山 路 3) 古羊路 300 号 -22，近伊犁南路
Gu Yi 87 Fumin Lu, by Julu Lu (6249 5628) Daily 11am-2pm; 5.30pm-10.30pm 富民路 87
号 , 近巨鹿路
Hunan House A very pretty Hunan restaurant by Cotton (of Cotton’s) located in a converted Concession villa. No.2, Lane49, Fuxing Xi Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (3461 1377) Mon-Fri: 4.30pm-11.30pm; Sat-Sun 11am11.30pm www.cottonshunanhouse.com 复兴 西路 49 弄 2 号 , 近乌鲁木齐路
Shanghainese 1221 A consistent contender for our Readers’ Choice Best Shanghainese Award. This tucked-away restaurant has a die-hard laowai following. 1221 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Panyu Lu (6213 6585, 6213 2441) Daily 11am2pm; 5-11pm 延安西路 1221 号 , 近番禺路 Bao Luo Some may carp that it has become an expat trap over the years. But, this place is still wildly popular with locals. Don’t miss their mammoth-sized shengjian bao. 271 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (5403 7239) Daily 11-4.30am 富民路 271 号 , 近长乐路 Club Jin mao One of the most prestigious Shanghainese restaurants offering the finest facilities, traditional Chinese elements and authentic cuisines. Six private dining rooms and A La Carte area overlooks views of the city skylines. 86/F JinMao Tower, 88 Shiji Da Dao, by Dongtai Lu (5049 1234) Lunch: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; Dinner: Daily 5.30-10.30pm 世纪大道 88 号 86 楼 , 近东泰路
The Crystal Garden Bathed in natural light, the Crystal Garden is a Chinese restaurant offering the very best of authentic Chinese cuisines. Enjoy the variety of provincial cuisines on offer plus high-quality seafood straight from the tank. The restaurant's garden-style setting and professional, friendly team makes The Crystal Garden a popular venue for intimate wedding banquets and private partities. 5/F, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, 88 Henan Zhong Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6103 5048) Lunch: 11am–2.30pm (Mon-Fri), 11am– 2pm(Saturday & Sunday, Dim Sum buffet); Dinner: 5.30pm-10.30pm (Daily). 河南中路 88 号上海威斯汀大饭店 5 楼，近广东路
The Chinoise Story A unique restaurant featuring radically fused cooking styles. Lovely space. Expect classic Chinese dishes served in individual portions rather than family style. Cathay Building, Jin Jiang Hotel, 59 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6445 1717) 11am-2.30pm; 6-10.30pm 茂名南路 59 号锦江饭店北楼底层 , 近长乐路
Dragon Phoenix Looking over the Pudong skyline and fabulous Huangpu River, this distinguished piece of Shanghai history was the finest Chinese restaurant in town when the hotel opened, and it remains an exquisite dining destination to this day. Enjoy Shanghainese and regional Chinese delicacies in the ornate dining room or one of our four decadent private rooms. 8/ F, Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu ( 6138 6880 ) Lunch: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; Dinner: Daily 5.30-10pm, www.fairmont.com/peacehotel 南京东路 20 号上海和平饭店 8 楼 , 近中山东一路
Hai Pai The neighborhood restaurant in Xintiandi provides delicate Shanghainese cuisine with a modern flavor. Created by Executive Chef Jacqueline Qiu and Chef de Cuisine Johnny Xiang, the menu features delicious home style cooking using fresh local products and carefully sourced specialty ingredients from around the country. 1/F, Andaz Shanghai, 88 Songshan Lu, by Taicang Lu(2310 1700) Breakfast: Daily 6.30-10.30am; Lunch: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; Dinner: Daily 5.30-10.30pm 嵩山路 88 号上海安达仕酒店 1 楼，
近太仓路
Shanghai Min A Shanghainese restaurant grown up from a local dining venue to a national phenomenon, Shanghai Min has dedicated in local cuisine for 26 years and is known for authentic Shanghai flavor and excellent food quality. 1)Room 304, 3/F, CITIC PLAZA, 1350, Sichuan Bei Lu, by Wujin Lu 2) L225, 2/F, Kerry Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Jinxiu Lu 3) 2/F, Enterprise Square, 228, Meiyuan Lu,by Gonghe Lu 4)3/F, Building 8, 1968, Gonghexin Lu, by Daning Lu 5) 588, Dalian Road, by Zhoujiazui Lu 6) 7/F, Shanghai Golden Eagle Square, 278,Shaanxi Bei Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu 7) 2-5/F, Shanghai Oriental Centre, 699 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Wujiang Lu 8) 2/F, South Block Plaza, 123 Xingye Lu, by Madang Lu 9) 4/F, 999 Changning Lu, by Huichuan Lu 10) 4/F, Wharf 2, 579 Waima Lu, by Zhuxingmatou Jie 11) 9/F, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 12) 7/F, 2727 Binjiang Dadao, Oriental Riverside Hotel, by Oriental Pearl Tower 13) 4/F, 500 Pudong Nan Lu, by Lujiazui Dong Lu 14) 2/F, Building 6, 3611 Zhangyang Lu, Jinqiao International Commercial Plaza, by Jinqiao Lu 15) 4/F, 777 Jiamusi Lu, WH Ming Hotel, by Yingkou Lu 16) 3337 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu 17) Building A, 565 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Dongmen Lu (400 820 9777) 1）四川北路
1350 号第三层 304 单元 , 近武进路 2）花木路 1378 号浦东嘉里城 2 楼 L225, 近锦绣路 3）梅园 路 228 号企业广场 2 楼 , 近共和路 4）共和新路 1968 号大宁国际 8 座 3 楼 , 近大宁路 5）大连路 588 号 , 近周家嘴路 6）陕西北路 278 号金鹰国际 购物中心 7 楼 , 近南京西路 7）南京西路 699 号 东方有线大厦 2-5 楼 , 近吴江路 31 号 8) 兴业路 123 弄新天地南里商场 2 楼 , 近马当路 9) 长宁路 999 号 4 楼 , 近汇川路 10）外马路 579 号 2 号楼 4 楼 , 近新码头街 11）陆家嘴西路 168 号正大广场 9 楼 , 近东方明珠 12）滨江大道 2727 号东方滨江 大酒店 7 楼 , 近东方明珠 13）浦东南路 500 号国 家开发银行 4 楼 , 近陆家嘴东路 14）张杨路 3611 弄金桥国际商业广场 6 座 2 层 , 近金桥路 15）佳 木斯路 777 号小南国花园酒店 4 楼 , 近营口路 16） 虹梅路 3337 号 , 近延安西路 17）中山东二路 565 号 A 栋 , 近东门路
Shang-High Cuisine Understated and elegant Shanghainese food with some pleasant surprises like beef cheek with truffles. 6/F, Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel, 1108 Meihua Lu, by Fangdian Lu (3858 0888) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30- 10.30pm 梅花路 1108 号 6 楼 , 近芳甸路
Shanghai Classic Restaurant Open since 1875, this restaurant is located on the second-floor atrium of a three-star hotel. Be sure to try the eight treasure duck or fried shrimp. 242 Fuyou Lu, by Lishui Lu (631 1177 7205) Daily 11am-2pm, 5:30-10pm 福佑路 242
Ye Shanghai An ostensibly sleek and shiny restaurant specializing in modern Shanghaicuisine. They also offer a pretty decent weekend dim sum. 338 Huangpi Nan Lu, by Taicang Lu (6311 2323) Daily 11.30am2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm yss@elite-concepts. com 黄陂南路 338 号 , 近太仓路 Yin par Le Garcon Chinois A quiet oasis on an otherwise blaringly loud street, Yin pulls out all the stops with its quaint oldworld decor, genteel service and quality Shanghainese food. Sushi is also a must try. 2/F, 4 Hengshan Lu, by Wulumuqi Nan Lu (5466 5070, 5466 0087) Daily 12-2pm; 5pm12am 衡山路 4 号领馆广场 2 楼 , 近乌鲁木齐南路 Yongfoo Elite Impress guests with this utterly regal affair. It’s got a beautiful garden, classical decor and a beautiful bar. Also sports one of the fuzziest walls in the city. 200 Yongfu Lu, by Hunan Lu (5466 2727) Daily 11.30am-10.30pm; bar open till midnight www.yongfooelite.com 永福路 200 号 , 近湖南路
Sichuan Pin Chuan 1) 47 Taojiang Lu, by Wulumuqi Nan Lu (6437 9361) Daily 11am-2pm; 5-11pm 2) 5/F Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Shanxi Bei Lu (6288 8897) Daily 10.30am10pm 3) Unit 312B, 3/F, L’Avenue Shanghai, 99 Xianxia Lu, by Zunyi Lu (400 820 7706, delivery: 6209 6209) Mon–Sun: 11am-10pm 4) Daily 11am-10pm S801-1B, Level 8, Jiu Guang Department Store, 1618 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Jingan Temple (4008207706) 1) 桃江
路 47 号 , 近乌鲁木齐南路 2) 南京西路 1266 号恒 隆广场 5 楼 , 近陕西北路 3) 仙霞路 99 号上海尚 嘉中心 3 楼 312B, 近遵义路 4) 南京西路久光百货 1618 号 8 层 S801-1B, 近静安寺
Shu Di La Zi Yu 1) 187 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Zhong Lu (5403 7684) Daily 11am-2pm; 5-10.30pm 2) 53 Fengxian Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6267 0097) Daily 9.30am-10pm 3) 2/F, 1 Shuang Feng Bei Lu, by Xietu Lu (6487 1015) Daily 11am-2pm; 5-10.30pm 1) 安福路 185187 号 , 近乌鲁木齐中路 2) 奉贤路 53 号 , 近南京 西路 3) 双峰北路 1 号 2 楼 , 近斜土路
Yu Xin 3/F Zhaoshangju Plaza, 333 Chengdu Bei Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (5298 0438) Daily 11am-2pm; 5-9.30pm 成都北路 338 号招商局广
场 3 楼 , 近南京西路
Sichuan Citizen The people who brought you Citizen Cafe and Bar have gone native with this Sichuan eatery. Here you’ll find all the classics amply spiced and served in bamboo-clad dining room. 30 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (5404 1235) Daily 11am-10.30pm 东湖路 30 号 , 近淮海中路 Sichuan Spice Rooted in traditional Chinese food culture, Sichuan Spice offers a pleasant and memorable dining experience featuring innovative Sichuan cuisines served in an elegant vibe. Sichuan master chef brings authentic Sichuan flavors with local ingredients at its best. 3/F, InterContinental Shanghai Puxi, 500 Hengfeng Lu, by Tianmu Xi Lu (5253 9999 – 6358, www.intercontinental.com) Mon-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.3010pm 上海浦西洲际酒店 3 楼 , 恒丰路 500 号 , 近 天目西路
OPEN DOOR Taiwanese Din Tai Fung Taiwanese chain restaurant that offers delicious Chinese snack foods, especially their xiaolongbaos are to die for 1) Unit 24, 3/F, Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5047 8883) Daily 10am-10pm www.dintaifungsh.com.cn 2) Unit 318, 3/F, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6877 6886) Daily 10-1am 3) 5/F Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu (3469 1383) Daily 11am- 2.45pm; 5-11pm 4) 168 Fangbang Zhong Lu, by Zhoujin Lu (6334 1008) Daily 9am-10pm 5) 3/F, MIXC, 701Fuchun Lu, by Jiangjin Lu, Hangzhou Daily 9am-10pm 6) South Block Plaza, 2/ F, Lane 123 Xingye Lu, by Madang Lu (6385 8378) Daily 10-1am 7) 1/F, Shanghai Center, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289 9182) Daily 10am-10pm 8) 1/F,Buliding F, 268 Min’andong Lu, by Shengmo Bei Lu, Jiangdong District, Ningbo Daily 11am-10pm
translation. Private classes and cooking parties are ideal for friends gathering or corporate teambuilding. Kids party available for 8-12yrs. Puxi Downtown Kitchen: 3F/Bldg 20, Lane 383 Xiang Yang Nan Lu, 64332700. Closed on Sun & Mon. Check program online: www.thekitchenat.com 襄阳南路 383
弄 20 号楼 3 楼 , 近建国西路
Deli Shops Deli and Leisure Prompt yourself with the fine herbs and ingredients; the combining European and Southeast Asian Cuisine at our relaxing European-styled dinning area. SUN.-THU. 8:00-23:00; FRI.-SAT. 8:00-24:00. No.184 Fucheng Lu, PuDong New District, Shanghai by Hua Yuan Shiqiao Lu (5081 5700) 上海浦东新区富城路 184 号，近花园石桥路
1) 陆家嘴西路 168 号正大广场 3 楼 24 单元 , 近陆 家嘴环路 2) 世纪大道 100 号上海环球金融中心 3 楼 317 单元 , 近陆家嘴环路 3) 虹桥路 1 号港汇恒 隆广场 5 楼 503, 近华山路 4) 方浜中路 168 号 , 近 昼锦路 5) 杭州市富春路 701 号 3 楼 , 近江锦路 6) 新天地南里广场 2 楼 , 兴业路 123 弄 , 近马当路 7) 南京西路 1376 号上海商城 1 楼 , 近西康路 8) 宁波 市江东区民安东路 268 号 F 座 1 楼 , 近盛莫北路
Bellagio 1) 101 Shuicheng Nan Lu, by Hongqiao Lu (6270 6865, 6270 6866) Daily 11-4am 2) 111 Xikang Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6247 2666) Daily 11-12am 3) 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Pu’an Lu (6375 6696) Daily 114am 4) 68 Taicang Lu, by Songshan Lu (6386 5701) Daily 11am-10pm 5) 778 Huangjin Cheng Dao, by Gubei Nan Lu (6278 0722) Daily 11-4am 1) 水城南路 101 号 , 近虹桥路 2)
西康路 111 号 , 近南京西路 3) 淮海中路 138 号 , 近普安路 4) 太仓路 68 号 , 近嵩山路 5) 黄金城道 778 号 , 近古北南路
Charmant Taiwanese food in a faux Provence-style dining room. Decor aside, the food is pretty good and served until the wee hours to boot. 1418 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6431 8107) Daily 11-4am 淮海中 路 1418 号 , 近复兴西路
Yunnan Lapis Yun Specializing in Yunnan cuisine, Lapis Yun boasts an exotic Yunnan bamboo forest ambiance, which is set to provide you a whole new experience on Yunnan cuisine 6/F, 818 Nanjing Xi Lu by Shimen Yi Lu (3203 1377) Daily 11am - 11pm 南京西路 818 号 6 楼 , 近石门一路
Legend Taste A small, unassuming eatery specializing in the delicacies of Yunnan’s many ethnic tribes. They also have an exotic selection of Yunnanese sticky rice wines and beers. 1025 Kangding Lu, by Wuning Nan Lu (5228 9961) Daily 11am-2pm; 7-9.30pm 康定 路 1025 号 , 近武宁南路
Shanghai Beer Factory
Making more than just high-quality brews Green & Safe With an organic farm in Kunshan, this organic store provides daily delivered vegetables and a variety of local and imported organic goods, such as organic extra virgin olive oil, white and red balsamic vinegar, organic pasta, muesli and more. 30% off on all breads after 7pm everyday in Dongping branch. 1) 6 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu 5465 1288, 1/F: 8am-10pm; 2/F: 6pm-12am 2) 2) 4/F, 1438 Hongqiao Lu, by Hongbaoshi Lu 10am–9.30pm 1) 东平路 6 号 , 近衡山路 2) 虹桥 路 1438 号 4 楼 , 近红宝石路
Slice This up-market deli/cafe specializes in sandwiches and salads with Mediterranean flare. 1) 688 Biyun Lu, by Lan’an Lu (3382 0653) Mon-Sat 8am-10pm; Sun 9am-10pm. 2) 1517 Huqingping Gong Lu, by Zhuguang Lu (5988 7007) 9am-9:30pm 1) 碧云路 688 号 , 近
蓝桉路 2) 沪青平公路 1517 号近诸光路
Urban Soup Kitchen In case the name didn’t clue you in, soup is the order of the day here. They offer a vast variety of gourmet style sandwiches and salads too.Delivery available. 1) 280 Madang Lu, by Zizhong Lu (5382 2978) Daily 10.30am-10pm 2) 17 Nanquan Bei Lu, by Laoshan Lu (3331 1861) 11am-10pm 2) 17 Nanquan Bei Lu, by Laoshan Lu (3331 1861) 3) 280 Madang Lu, by Zizhong Lu (5382 2978) 1) 马当路 280 号 ,
近自忠路 2) 南泉北路 17 号 , 近崂山路 2) 南泉北 路 17 号 , 近崂山路 3) 马当路 280 号 , 近自忠路
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Do you want good beer, or do you want good food? Too often, it’s one or the other. Nothing ruins a good meal quicker than some watery suds, and you don’t want to disrespect the taste of a premium ale with sloppily-prepared bar food. Fortunately, Shanghai Beer Factory has managed to serve up some utterly delicious culinary options, matched with a selection of ales and lagers that doesn’t disappoint. The first sight to welcome a visitor walking up to the venue are the massive, metal beer brewing vats set up proudly in the shop’s front window. Inside, it’s all about the dark wooden tables, relaxed atmosphere and, of course, the bar. If you’re at a place called “Beer Factory,” you’re probably going to want a pint. The establishment boasts a selection of brewed-in-house craft beers, as well as a solid list of imports – there’s even a small grocery store-like hallway in the back if you’re interested in buying in bulk to take home. The beers cover the whole spectrum – stronger samplings like the 6.4 percent alcohol No. 9 Dunkel Lager boast a rich, deep flavor, while lighter glasses like the No. 11 Specialty Elderflower Beer sport a lighter, sweeter taste. Also worth sampling are the No. 8 Amberweizen and No. 5 Hefeweizen - both crisp, flavorful Belgian wheat ales. (Beers from RMB25 for 300cc to RMB55 for 500cc.) There is also a selection of cocktails, ranging from classic martinis to unique, beer-based concoctions like the What a Gay Day (RMB95), a slushy combination of beer, tequila, blue curacao, lemon juice and strawberry syrup, served iced. You don’t want to be drinking on an empty stomach, and fortunately enough, Shanghai Beer Factory takes its food menu as seriously as its drinks. The Iberian ham cured 24 months with scallops (RMB178) is a fresh, rich starter that couples well with a cold beer. That’s a recurring theme on the menu – beer-friendly eats, but a definite cut above your standard pub fare. Tartare steak sashimi with chocolate sauce (RMB72) sees chilled slices of Australian Angus topped with a lightly dressed combination of arugula and cabbage, drizzled with chocolate and a black truffle sauce. The SBF Dunkel’s pork ribs (RMB86, or supersize it for RMB139) is also not to be missed, a savory, BBQ-laden set of ribs accompanied by onion rings and seaweed-sprinkled French fries. Other tasty offerings include the So many mussels cream soup (RMB106), a heaping bowl of juicy, flavorful mussels mixed in with a buttery soup and the pork knuckle (RMB118) sports a perfect crispy skin encasing soft, juicy meat and a tantalizing onion sauce. Top if off with a fondants au chocolat (RMB60), an oozing dark chocolate confection served with homemade ice cream. When you’re in the mood for beer and a meal, but are aiming higher than a Bud and some fries (although, by the way, they have that too) Shanghai Beer Factory delivers, with top-notch food and impressive craft brews. // No. 1 Shanghai Indoor Stadium, 1111 Caoxi Bei Lu, by Lingling Lu, 漕溪北路1111号 上海体育馆11号, 近零陵路. Open daily, 4pm-1am. (3356 5005)
Lost Heaven 1) 17 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Sichuan Nan Lu (6330 0967) 2) 38 Gaoyou Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6433 5126) Daily 11.30am2pm, 5.30-10.30pm 1) 延安东路 17 号 , 近四川
南路 2) 高邮路 38 号 , 近复兴西路
Southern Barbarian Enjoy home-style Yunnan classics like crossing-the-bridge noodles and fried goat cheese with one of the city’s best beer selections. 2/F, Ju’Roshine Life Arts Space, 169 Jinxian Lu, byMaoming Nan Lu (5157 5510) Daily 11am-2pm; 5pm-11pm www.southernbarbarian.com.cn 进贤路 169 号 2 楼 , 近茂名南路
Cooking class The kitchen at… cooking studio Every week since 2007, we offer exciting scheduled cooking classes of different cuisines, pastry and dumplings. 5-star hotel chefs teach hand-on classes with step-by-step demonstration, bi-lingual or with English
B REAL Pho Real's little sister serving fast food variation. Boasting a mini and warm environment,B Real has a relaxed and cozy ambiance which provides Vietnamese fusion sandwiches, summer rolls and stewed beef broth. Free delivery within 3 km from B Real. 185 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu Daily 11am9pm (3419 0220) www.phorealgroup.cn 富 民路 185 号 , 近长乐路
City Deli City Deli serves a variety of sandwiches, burgers, and salads including Steak & Cheese, Reuben, and Turkey Avocado. 6/F, Golden Eagle Mall, 278 Shanxi Bei Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6288 3912) Daily 11am-9pm www.citydeli.cn 陕西北路 278 号 6
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Delivery Hero The German transplant Delivery Hero helps you with online delivery from hundreds of restaurants without extra charge. (189 1895 0360) www.DeliveryHeroChina.com Elders Fine Foods An Aussie importer specializing in quality meats, fresh seafood and fine wines from the land down under. Building 9, 550 Jinhai Lu, by Donglu Gong Lu (3872 0368) Daily 9am-6pm www.elders.com. cn 金桥工业区金海路 550 号 9 幢 , 近东陆公路 Mealbay Thanks to the company’s wide variety of participating restaurants, you can order cuisines that’are French or from the Philippines. Online service available. Rm1212, 68 Xinqiao Lu, by Nan Suzhou Lu (5158 0168) Daily 10.30am-11.30pm www. mealbay.com.cn 新桥路 68 号 1212 室 , 近南苏 州路
Element Fresh Delivery (5116 9887) Sherpas Shanghai’s first delivery service that has over 100 restaurants in Puxi, Pudong, Hongqiao, Suzhou SIP and SND and Hangzhou. Fees range from RMB15 to RMB30. 3D, 489Xiangyang Nan Lu, by Jianguo Xi Lu (6209 6209) Daily 10.30am10.30pm. www.sherpa.com.cn 襄阳南路 489
号 3D, 近建国西路
Sushi’O Sushi’O offers a free delivery service (with a minimum order of RMB50) for a wide range of creative maki rolls, sushi, sashimi, hot dishes and appetizers. Free delivery within the inner ring and the south of Suzhou Creek. 21 Yongkang Lu, by Jiashan Lu (15000 820 420) Daily 1.30-2pm, 5.3010pm. Online order available on www. sushi-o.com 永康路 21 号 , 近嘉善路
English glo London Gastro Grill Sizzling grills, stone baked pizzas and other international favorites. 2/F, 1 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Dongping Lu (6466 6565) Daily 11am-12am shanghai@glolondon.com 乌鲁木齐南路 1 号 2 楼 , 近东平路
glo London Rooftop BBQ Enjoy food from hickory Oak burning smoke pit while taking in the views across the city skyline. Daily Mon- Fri: 5pm-late; Sat- Sun: 11pm–late.4/F, 1 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Dongping Lu (www. glolondon.com) 乌鲁木齐南路 1 号 4 楼 , 近东平 路
com, www.jinganrestaurant.com) 上海璞丽酒
店 , 常德路 1 号 , 近延安西路
Madison We love how Austin Hu creates fine fusion cuisine from mostly local ingredients. His dining room is also very, very pretty. 3 Fenyang Lu, by Huaihai Lu Daily 6-10pm 汾阳路 3 号，近淮海路浦东香格里
拉大酒店紫金楼 36 楼 , 近陆家嘴环路
M on the Bund This Bund pioneer serves up impeccable service and a menu peppered with Continental, Aussie and Moroccan inspiration. Try the pavlova for dessert. 7/F, No.5 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6350 9988) Mon-Fri: 11.30am-2.30pm; 6.15-10.30pm; Sat-Sun: 11.30am-3pm; 6.1510.30pm reservations@m-onthebund.com www.m-onthebund.com 中山东一路外滩 5 号 7 楼 , 近广东路
NAPA Wine Bar & Kitchen Bringing the best in creative European cuisine from Chef Martin Bentzen together with one of the widest selections of fine wines in China at the prestigious South Bund 22. Lunch TuesSun: 12pm–3pm; Dinner Mon-Sun: 6pm11pm. 2/F, South Bund 22, 22 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Xin Yong'an Lu 南外滩中山东二
路 22 号 2 楼 , 近新永安路 (6318 0057)
Roosevelt Sky Restaurant Ultimate Panoramic Views of Pudong and Bund; International and Asian Fine Dining. Executive Lunch: RMB138/two-course-set. 8/F, The House of Roosevelt, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2322 0800) info@27bund.com, www.27bund.com 中山东 一路（外滩）27 号罗斯福公馆 8 楼 , 近北京东路
Oceans Dining in a romantic and contemporary setting, an extensive array of selected premium products from the sea. A distinct and innovative gourmet experience to satisfy the most discerning of tastes, Ocean fully realizes the art of cooking. Lobby floor, Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund, 19 Haiping Lu, by Gongping Lu (2509 1188) Lunch 11.30am – 2.30pm; Dinner 5.30– 9.30pm. banyantree.com 海平路 19 号悦榕庄 1
楼 , 近公平路
Pelham’s Celebrated Chef Jean-Philippe Dupas presents modern French cuisine with a brand new menu, highlighted a mix of premium, local ingredients with contemporary flair. 1/F, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6322 9988) Lunch Mon-Fri: 11.30am-2pm; Dinner daily 6-10pm www.waldorfastoriashanghai.com 中山东一路 2 号外滩华尔道夫酒店 1 楼，近广东路
European Jade on 36 Restaurant This stunning restaurant makes traditional French fare a bit more lighthearted. Excellent wine list, beautiful views and a sumptuous weekend brunch. 36/F Grand Tower, Pudong ShangriLa, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6882 3636) Sunday:11:30am-3pm, Sunday brunch: RMB788+15% service charge per person, 11.30am-3pm, www.shang-rewards.com/ aspx/RestaurantBarJade36.aspx 富城路 33 号
Fine Dining 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana An extension of the three Michelin Star venue (by the same name) in Hong Kong, a fantastic fine dining fare that will leave you both comforted and breathless. 6-7/F, 169 Yuanmingyuan Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (6087 2890) 圆明园路 169 号 6-7 楼 , 近北京东路 BAY LEAF A stylish signature restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as a la carte delicacies, serving international fare by various open live stations. Sheraton Shanghai Waigaoqiao Hotel, 28 Jilong Lu, by Xinlan Lu, China (Shanghai) Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (3121 9678) Breakfast daily 6-10.30am, lunch daily12-2.30pm, dinner daily6-9.30pm 上海外高桥喜来登酒店 , 中国（上
海）自由贸易试验区基隆路 28 号 , 近新兰路
Dining Room serves up elegant European provincial cuisine paired with an extensive wine list above the roof of Shanghai on level 87 of Park Hyatt Shanghai. 87/F, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6888 1234 ext. 4559) 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm. parkhyattshanghai.com 世纪大道 100 号上海柏
Sir Elly’s Restaurant & Bar Dine on fine modern European cuisine while overlooking the Huangpu River. Expert cocktails offered at both the circular bar and the expansive 14th floor terrace. 13/F The Peninsula Shanghai, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu (2327 6756) Lunch daily 122.30pm; Dinner Sun-Thurs: 6-10.30pm; Fri-Sat 6-11pm www.peninsula.com/Shanghai/en/ Dining/Sir_Ellys_Restaurant/default.aspx 中山
号 , 近东湖路
Franck Classy yet casual, and perhaps a touch overpriced, owner Franck is obsessed with quality and it shows. As authentic a bistro as you’ll find in Shanghai. Ferguson Lane, 376 Wukang Lu, by Tai’an Lu (2167 6767) Le Petit Franck: Daily 11 am-1am; Franck Bistrot: Daily 6pm-1am (last order: 11pm) www.franck.com.cn 武康路 376 号 , 近 泰安路
Jean Georges Jean Georges first signature restaurant outside of New York and a classy one at that. Bringing us his signature French cuisine, with an Asian twist, this is one topnot restaurant, not to be missed. 4/F, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6321 7733) Mon-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm, Dinner Mon-Sun 5:30-11pm, Brunch SatSun, 11:30am-3pm, Bar Mon-Sun, 11:30-1 jgreservation@on-the-bund.com www.jeangeorges.com/ 中山东一路 3 号 4 楼，近广东路 La Brasserie A French-style restaurant and terrace bar with simple food made from the finest ingredients in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. It is committed to provide customers with excellent quality, first class service and competitive prices with pleasant surroundings. 6/F Ascott Service Apartment, 282 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Songshan Lu (6091 9893) Mon-Fri:10am-12am; Weekends & public holidays: 10am-1am 淮海中路 282 号雅
诗阁酒店 6 楼 , 近嵩山路
La Creperie A charming Brittany-style crêperie. A cup of dry cider and a savory gallette make a great Sunday brunch. Try their set lunch; RMB78 gets you a main, dessert and drink. 1) 1 Taojiang Lu, by Fenyang Lu (5465 9055) Daily 10.30am-late 2) UnitD, 1/F, Réel, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Jingan Park (3253 7978) www.lacreperie.com.cn1) 桃江路 1 号 ,
近汾阳路 2) 南京西路 1601 号芮欧百货 1 楼 D 座 , 近静安公园
La Rue Embracing a casual and chic ambience with the look of a French local brasserie, La Rue at InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin presents "a journey around France" with a seasonally changing menu. Executive Chef Dimitri Bastiani prepares the finest seafood of the Mediterranean, foie gras terrine of South-west France, and duck dishes from Normandy. Daily 11.30am–10pm. 1/F, Reception Building, InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin, 118 Ruijin Er Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (6043 5222) 瑞金洲 际酒店 , 瑞金二路 118 号 , 近黄陂南路
La Table This beautiful 8th floor dining room serves classic Southern French cuisine with a bit of contemporary flair. Owned by twins Jacques and Laurent Pourcel. 8/F, 35 Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6215 8777) Daily 5.30-10.30pm www.maisonpourcel.com 陕西
南路 35 号 8 楼 , 近长乐路
The Cathay Room Blending casual elegance 1.5
Le Saleya Old timer offers simple, homestyle French cuisine. The draw is the quaint garden , which is almost always full in nice weather. 570 Changle Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (5403 6957) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 6.30pm-10.30pm www.saleya.com.con 长乐
French Brasserie la Fourchette A lovely French bistro serving up excellent eggs florentine at brunch and some hearty offerings at dinner. The chef Peter Gong (formerly of Kathleen’s 5 and Avalon) does the classics, with a bit of a twist, well. 1 Xiangyang Bei Lu, by Julu Lu (6418 6389) Daily 11am-11pm www. lafourchettesh.com 襄阳北路 1 号 , 近巨鹿路 Café Montmartre This historic family-owned bistro offers authentic French cuisine in town since 2001, serving traditional French fare, an array of Brittany-style crêpes, and a good selection of imported meat and sweet treats. The signature hand-made dishes like foie gras, indulgent chocolate fondant are not to be missed! 1) 68 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu, by Changle Lu (51589377) Daily 11am10.30pm 2) 3911 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (54047658) Daily 11am-10.30pm www. café-montmartre.com/ 1) 乌鲁木齐中路 68 号 , 近长乐路 2) 虹梅路 3911 号 , 近延安西路
Cheese & Fizz Unit 101, 119 Madang Lu, North Block Xintiandi, by Taicang Lu (6336 5823) Daily 10am-midnight. 马当路 119 号
101 单元 , 新天地北里 , 近太仓路
Jing’an Restaurant The PuLi’s acclaimed Executive Chef Michael Wilson presents a seasonal and changing international menu with subtle elements of Asian influence. Wilson delivers old favourites in brand new guises, placing an emphasis on local ingredients and fusion texture from the East and West. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. 1 Changde Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (2216 6988, taste@jinganrestaurant.
Chelsea & Co. A contemporary take on a Euro Bistro Bar concept offering a refreshing and reinvigorated new choice, using only the finest fresh, imported and seasonal ingredients and products. 1 Yueyang Lu, by Fenyang Lu 11am-1am 岳阳路 1 号 , 近汾阳路 Chez Nous by City Super Home-style French restaurant inside the City Super grocery store serving traditional French dishes and desserts. LG 2, Shanghai IFC Mall, 8 Shiji
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Des Lys No-frills home-style French cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. 178 Xinle Lu, by Donghu Lu (5404 5077) Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-12am 新乐路 178
东一路 32 号上海半岛酒店 13 楼 , 近南京东路
悦酒店 87 楼 , 近陆家嘴环路
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Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5012 0983)
Daily 11am–11pm 世纪大道 8 号国金中心商场地 下 2 楼 , 近陆家嘴环路
路 570 号 , 近襄阳北路
Zhong Lu (6280 7598) Daily 11am-2:30pm, 5-11:30pm 兴国路 372 弄 1 号 , 近淮海中路 Mavilla Enjoy a daily french selection of fresh and seasonal product cooked traditionally. Rm106, Building 1, 999 Gaojing Lu, by Gaoguang Lu (5988 7857) Tue-Thurs: 10am-9pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-10.30pm; Sun: 10am-3pm; Monday closed 高泾路 999 号 1 楼 106 室 , 近高光路 Nougatine Nougatine is a smart, upscale bistro that delivers Jean Georges’ signature cuisine in more relaxed surroundings. The stylish space is anchored by a dramatic carved stone bar, which offers an extensive drink selection and creative cocktails. The premium value menu features comforting bistro fare such as gourmet salads and the classic JG burger. 4/F, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu by Guangdong Lu (6321 7733) Daily 6-11pm. 中山东一路 3 号 4 楼 , 近广东路
Mr. & Mrs. Bund Molecular madman Paul Pairet takes a more laissez-faire approach with this modern French eatery. Expect straightforward food and a great wine list. 6/F Bund 18, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu (6323 9898) Dinner: MonSun 5.30-10.30pm (last order); late night: Thurs-Sat 11pm-2am (last order); no lunch available. www.mmbund.com 中山东一路外滩 18 号 6 楼 , 近南京东路
Nova This authentic French brasserie is known for its warm, family-style service, nice outdoor seating and traditional French dishes. 1) 418 Dagu Lu, by Chengdu Bei Lu (3376 6377) Hours, 12pm-12am Lunch, MonSat, 12-2:30pm Brunch, Sun, 12-2:30pm Dinner, 6:30-10:30pm www.nova-sh.com 2) 677 Waima Lu, by Wangjia ma tou Lu (3376 6377) Hours, 12pm-12am Lunch, Mon-Sat, 12-2:30pm Brunch, Sun, 12-2:30pm Dinner, 6:30-10:30pm 1) 大沽路 418 号 , 近成都北路 2) 外马路 653 号老码头 4 号库 207 室 , 近中山南路
Paris Rouge Café & Restaurant La Cuisine Traditionnelle Francaise The very best of luxurious French brasserie-style food on the bund which celebrates authentic traditional french cuisines with modern techniques, seasonal ingredients and a lighter hand. Room102, Y.W.C.A Building, 133 Yuanmingyuan Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (5386 6011) open hours: Tue-Sat 10:30-23:00, Sun 10:30-18:00 圆明园路 133 号女青年会大楼 1 楼 102, 近北京东路
Soleil De Provence Opened by the chef Serge Alain of Le Paris that closed two months ago, its RMB298 ‘discovery menu’ (starter, main, dessert) proved a journey fraught with hazards. 302 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Jian’guo Xi Lu 乌鲁木齐南路 302 号 , 近建国 西路
Villandry French Restaurant Aside from the veneer of gloved waiters,antique furniture and white linen napkins,the restaurant boasts a rich history of the building with exuberantly pretty and high-end cuisine. 47 Nanchang Lu, by Sinan Lu (3126 8801) 南昌路
47 号，近思南路
Vue Restaurant Enjoy classic European fare with one of the city’s best skyline views. 30/ F Hyatt on the Bund, 199 Huangpu Lu, by Wuchang Lu (6393 1234-6328) Daily 6-11pm 黄浦路 199 号 , 上海外滩茂悦大酒店西楼 30 楼 , 近武昌路
German Maison Camus Lounge Offering a casual and chic dining experience, Maison Camus Lounge offers a premium value menu that features comforting bistro lunch, afternoon tea and chic dining. With an extensive drink selection and fine crafted cocktails, the stylish lounge and terrace which is located in Shanghai center offers a panoramic street view of the busy Nanjing Xi Lu. Unit 206A, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289-8298) Daily 11am-late 南京西路 1376 号上海商城
207, 近陆家嘴环路 2) 陕西北路 288 号 1 楼 , 近奉 贤路
Mardi Gras Japanese owned, but they do French cuisine by the books. Don’t miss the single malts and cocktails in their upstairs lounge, or the chocolate torte in the garden. Block1, Lane 372 Xingguo Lu, by Huaihai
Papa’s Bierstube Decent German food in enormous portions and for reasonable prices in a cozy atmosphere. 22-24 Hongmei Food Street, 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6465 8880) Mon-Fri: 10.30-1am; Sat-Sun: 9.30-1.30am www.papas-bierstube.com 虹梅
206A, 近西康路
Brotzeit® your home to authentic German food and the place to enjoy the best imported German beer in a modern and relaxed ambiance. 1) 2/F, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu 10am-1am (5895 2887) 2) 1/F, 288 Shaanxi Bei Lu, by Fengxian Lu 10am-11pm (6034 7890) 1) 世纪大道 100 号环球金融中心
OPEN DOOR 路 3338 弄虹梅休闲街 22-24 号 , 近延安西路
Paulaner Brauhaus Enjoy Bavarian food (and more importantly, beer) in a warm, wellpopulated atmosphere. 1) House19-20, North Block Xintiandi, Lane181 Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu (6320 3935) Daily: 11am-2am www.bln.com.cn 2) 2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Binjiang Da Dao (6888 3935) Sun-Thu: 11am1am; Fri-Sat: 11am-2am 3) 150 Fenyang Lu, by Yueyang Lu (6474 5700) 3) Mon & Tue: 11am–11.30 pm; Wed & Thurs: 11am-12am; Fri: 11am-1.30am; Sat: 10am-1.30am; Sun: 10am-11.30pm 4) 3/F, 555 Shibo Da Dao, by Guozhan Lu (2206 0555) Sun-Thurs: 11am10pm; Fri-Sat: 11am-12am hellauer@bln. com.cn 1) 太仓路 181 弄新天地北里 19-20 号楼 ,
近马当路 2) 陆家嘴西路 2967 号 , 近滨江大道 3) 汾阳路 150 号 , 近岳阳路 4) 世博大道 555 号 3 楼 , 近国展路
Drei Kronen 1308 brewery One of the world’s oldest breweries located in North Bund brings up German beer into Shanghai with a unique brewery house restaurant and exquisite Bavarian and international dishes. 1929 Art Space Building, 687 Dongdaming Lu, by Xinjian Lu (5521 5355) Sun-Thurs 11.30am-midnight, Fri-Sat 11.30am-Late (opening at the end of May) 东大名路 687 号 1929 艺术空间 , 近新建路
Greek/ Mediterranean Azur Azur chefs have decided to get in shape, they searched high and low for the highest quality locally grown organic produce, the freshest seafood, and the finest meats, and prepared it all in the lightest Mediterranean fashion. 26/F Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel, 1018 Changning Lu, By Kaixuan Lu (6115 8818) 6am-11pm 长宁路 1018 号 26 楼 , 近凯旋路 Azul Tapas & Lounge Perched on top of Ferguson Lane's new eight-story building, Chef Eduardo Vargas' tapas restaurant offers a number of delicious original Mediterranean and South American dishes. Every weekend, enjoy the view from the terrace while discovering or rediscovering the most popular brunch in town. 8/F, Ferguson Lane, 378 Wukang Lu, by Taian Lu (5405 2252) 武康
路 378 号 8 楼 , 近泰安路
Mi Casa The new brand from Lapis group. The chef from Spain creative spanish and italian home made food. Shop 710, No 1438 Hong Qiao Rd. Shanghai (6233 7062) www. lapisgroup.net 长宁区虹桥路 1438 号高岛屋 710 铺
Greek Taverna 1) Thumb Plaza, Unit 41, 199 Fangdian Lu, Century Park, by Dingxiang Lu (5033 7500) Daily 8.30am until late www.greektaverna.cn 2) Villa 1, 3911 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Lu (6262 5011) Daily 10am until late 3) 1 Yueyang Lu, by Dongping Lu (6431 7751) Daily 10am-late 1)
芳甸路 199 号 , 大拇指广场 41 铺 , 近丁香路 2) 红 梅路 3911 号 1 号 , 近延安路 3) 岳阳路 1 号 , 近东 平路
The Langham Xintiandi, 99 Madang Lu, by Taicang Lu (2330 2288) Daily 6.30am-11pm xintiandi.langhamhotels.com/restaurants/ cachet.htm 马当路 99 号新天地朗廷酒店 1 楼 , 近太仓路
ECCO ECCO is a contemporary all-day dining venue serving a huge selection of western and Asian favorites ranging from cheese, salad, cold cuts, abundant spread of fresh seafood to various mouth-watering dishes plus splendid desserts. 1/F, InterContinental Shanghai Puxi, 500 Heng Feng Lu, by Tianmu Xi Lu (5253 9999 – 6338, www. intercontinental.com) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-9.30pm 上海浦西洲际酒店 1 楼 , 恒丰路 500 号 , 近天目西路
Marriott Café A perfect place for buffet and Sunday brunch. Marriott Café offers a choice of an international buffet selection featuring mouthwatering seafood, salads, pizza, carving station and traditional Indian curries, as well as an extensive à-la-carte menu. 38/ F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (5359 4969, www.jwmarriottshanghai. com) 上海明天广场 JW 万豪酒店 38 楼，南京西 路 399 号，近黄陂北路
MoMo Cafe Jiading International Seafood Dinner Buffet is offered at MoMo Café in Courtyard by Marriott Shanghai Jiading. Enjoy your night with mouthwateringseafood and cakes. 3101 Huyi Gong Lu, by Yecheng Lu (3991 6499) 沪宜公路 3101 号 , 近 叶城路
Park Café With its contemporary and delicate buffets, the restaurant offers a full array of delicacies – Seafood, Asian specialties, carving, BBQ, soups, various desserts and more. 1/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu, by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6230) 上海新发展亚太
THE STAGE The modern approach to local Chinese, Asian and International flavors is reflected in the a la carte menu and buffet at The Stage. Come and enjoy lunch buffet at The Stage and you will find a great surprise everyday with country-themed delicacies from Monday to Saturday. Palatable signature dishes from nine countries in rotation are absolutely not to be missed. 1/F, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, 88 Henan Zhong Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6103 5048) Sunday Brunch: 11.30am-2.30pm. Opening hour: daily 6am-10pm 河南中路 88 号上海威斯
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Hotel Buffets Cachet Catering to a taste of diversity, Cachet offers a variety of culinary concepts from around the world. Food is served from live cooking stations versus the standard steam table buffet and there are menu options suitable for everyone. 1/F,
F, La Villa,165 Lujiazui Huan Lu, by Lujiazui Dong Lu (3383 0577) Daily 11am-11pm 陆家
嘴环路 165 号 1 楼 , 近陆家嘴东路
汀大饭店 1 楼，近广东路
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Savor Providing Western and Eastern buffet and a la carte, the interactive open kitchen highlights seafood, Western, Japanese, Chinese, noodles and desserts. The popular Seafood station showcases various seafood favourites while the dessert station is over indulged with sweet sensations including Teppanyaki Ice Cream, hand-made chocolates and 20 other creations from pastry Chefs. 2/F, Pullman Shanghai South, 1 Pubei Lu, by Liuzhou Lu (2426 8888) 浦北路 1
Tikka Brought to you by the team behind Nepali Kitchen, Tikka serves up lush, well executed Indian cuisine. Steamy spices wafting admist cushioned sofas offer a warm atmosphere. Awarded as 1212 iDEAL Shanghai one of the best new Asian Restaurant in 2012 by Shanghai Daily. 1/F, 56 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6054 2114) Lunch: Tue-Sun, 11am-2pm; Dinner: Daily 5.30-10.30pm 茂名南路 56 号 1 楼 , 近长
Bacco Italian Restaurant Pizzeria Following original ingredients and recipes hailing from Italy, this cozy Italian restaurant features fresh Australian beef, various homdmade pastas and pizzas, tagliatelle bolognese, spaghetti carbonara and a lot more. 374 Dagu Lu, by Chengdu Bei Lu (6340 1386) www.baccoitaliano.com 大沽路 374 号 , 近成都
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Vie All Day Dining The Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental’s all day buffet featuring fresh seafood and international cuisines. The food is as luxe as the surroundings. 1/ F, Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental, 3388 Sichen Gong Lu, by Jiasong Gong Lu (3761 8888-1911) 24/7 泗泾镇泗陈公路 3388 弄东方佘
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A4 Green Sports Center, 633 Biyun Lu， by Yunshan Lu (5030 2005) Daily 11am10pm kebabsonthegrill@gmail.com www. kebabsonthegrille.com 1) 中山南路 505 号 , 近
Bella Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria With a neighborhood ambience, the restaurant offers Southern Italian food made with high quality ingredients. Enjoy the home made pastas and authentic Neapolitan pizza. 1) 73 Nanhui Lu, by Beijing Xi Lu (5289 0806) Daily 11am-3pm; www.bellanapoli-sh.com 2) No.4, Lane 946 Changle Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (6248 8985) Daily 11.30am-3pm; 5.30-11pm
Bollywood Indian Restaurant Salivate over Indian cuisine and Bollywood movie stars during their lunch buffet or dinner. For parties, there are nice rooms in the back with a private bar. 2/F, 326 Hongfeng Lu, by Biyun Lu (3872 6176) Daily 11am-11pm www.bollywood-restaurants.com 红枫路 326
Mythos A Greek-style taverna with cute,kitschy decor, a selection of standard, rather pricey fare and sparkling views of the Huangpu River. Bldg 6, 505 South Zhong Shan Rd, by East Fuxing Rd (6152 6755) Daily 10am-10pm (restaurant); Mon-Thurs: 10am1am, Fri-Sun: 10am-2am (bar) 中山南路 505 弄
The EPWS Annual gala was held on April 18. With the theme ‘Evening in the Sky,’ the gala celebrated the achievements of professional women. Congratulations to Women Leadership Award winners Grace Lin Xu, Katia Steilemann, Christine Nacnodovitz, Kiersten Robinson and Cindy Schueh Lin. Thanks to the guests’ generosity, gala benefactor the “World Academy for the Future of Women” will be able to enroll young talented women to develop for leadership roles.
JW 万豪酒店 1 楼，大渡河路 158 号 , 近光复西路
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J Pasta & Steak specializes in Italian wheaten food and imported beef. RMB228 speical menu for two. 258 Yunnan Zhong Lu, by Hankou Lu (139 186 65855) 云南中路 258
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G water front Located at the riverside of the South Bund and embraced by the history and culture of the ancient quay, G Water Front is dedicated to offering a modern, elegant and enjoyable dining experience with the gorgeous river view, the authentic food and friendly service provided by the Indian chefs and waiters. Rm206, Block 3, Wharf 1846, 601 Waima Lu, by Zhuhangmatou Jie (3302 0007/ 3302 0166) Daily, 11.30am-11pm 外马路 601 号 3 号楼 206 室 , 近竹行码头街
Kebabs On the Grille Indian eatery specializing in grilled fare and situated in the picturesque environs of the Cool Docks. 1) The Cool Docks, 505 Zhongshan Nan Lu, by Fuxing Dong Lu (6152 6567) Daily 11am-10.30pm kebabsonthegrille@ gmail.com www.kebabsonthegrille. com/ 2) Unit103, 227 Huangpi Bei Lu, inside Peoples Square (3315 0132) Daily 11am-10pm kebabsonthegrille@gmail. com www.kebabsonthegrille.com 3) Unit
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Masala Indian cuisine at reasonable prices served in a warm, hospitable atmosphere. 8 Jinan Lu, by Taicang Lu (6384 6838) Daily 11.30am-2pm; 5.30-10.30pm 济南路 8 号 , 近太
1) 南汇路 73 号 , 近北京西路 2) 长乐路 946 弄 4 号 , 近乌鲁木齐路
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Tandoor Shanghai’s first, and arguably one of the best, Indian eateries features dance performances, first-class service,great classic curries and tasty tandoori meats. Jin Jiang Hotel, 59 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6472 5494, 6258 2582) Daily 11.30am-2pm; 5.30- 10.30pm www.tandoorchina.cn 茂名南
Basilico A must-try Italian restaurant where one can savor the authentic delicacies of Italian while enjoying panoramic views of both the Huangpu River and Nanpu Bridge. 3/F, Inter Continental Shanghai Expo, 1188 Xueye Lu, by Shibo Dadao (3858 1228) WedSun 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-9.30pm; Mon-Tue Closed 雪野路 1188 号上海世博洲际酒店三楼 , 近
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Punjabi Wide range of Indian dishes, from Northern to Southern India, also caters and hosts parties to give you a great time 1) 5F, 627 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Sinan Lu (6472 5464) Daily 11am-11.30pm china@shanghaipunjabi.com www. shanghaipunjabi.com 2) 12-20 Shuicheng Lu, by Hongqiao Lu (6278 8626) Daily 11.30am11.30pm. china@shanghaipunjabi.com 3) 1099 Meihua Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6075 1970) Daily 11.30am-11.30pm 1) 淮海中路 627-635
号 5 楼 , 近思南路 2) 水城路 12-20 号 , 近虹桥路 3) 梅花路 1099 号博览会广场 , 近芳甸路
Vedas A consistent winner of Readers Choice Awards, Vedas offers countless classic Indian dishes and a classy environment. 3/ F, 83 Changshu Lu, by Julu Lu (6445 8100) Daily 11.30am-2pm; 6-10.30pm info@ vedascuisine.com www.vedascuisine.com 常 熟路 83 号 3 楼 , 近巨鹿路
Italian Alcove 1982 A unique character on quiet Panyu Lu, Alcove 1982 provides a wide selection of Italian and French fusion cuisine in a warm-hearted and homey atmosphere. 11am-2.30pm (lunch Mon-Fri), 11am-3pm (lunch Sat-Sun), 2.30-5pm (afternoon tea), 6-10pm (dinner Mon-Sun), 10pm-1am (Bar) 390 Panyu Lu, by Fahuazhen Lu (6215 5531) 番禺路 390 号 , 近法华镇路
Alla Torre Laid-back trattoria with good wood fired pizzas and homemade pastas. 1/
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Briccocafe 1) International Airside B10, Terminal 1, Hongqiao Airport Daily 10-12am www.briccocafe.net/ 2) China Art Palace Branch, 10/F, 161 Shangnan Lu, by Guozhan Lu (2025 2131) 1) 虹桥机场国内出发禁区 B10 登
机口 , 近空港二路 2) 上南路 161 号中华艺术宫 10 楼 , 近国展路
Bocca A Sytlish Italian restaurant with a spectacular view on the Bund, where you may enjoy the Contemporary Italian cuisine prepared by creative Italian Chef and dine in a casual and fine dining ambience. South Bund 22 5/F, 22 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Xin Yong’an Lu (6328 6598) Daily 12pm2.30pm; 6pm-11pm www.bocca-shanghai. com 中山东二路 22 号 5 楼 , 近新永安路 Casalingo Offering authentic Italian dishes prepared by Italian Executive Chef Gianluca Piaggi and his team, Casalingo features an open kitchen with pizza oven, a sumptuous antipasto counter and a gelato coffee bar with both indoor and outdoor seating areas with beautiful tree lined canal-view. 1/F, 15 Xinjinqiao Lu, by Hongfeng Lu (6036 8838) 新金桥路 15 号 1 楼 , 近红枫路
Ciao Dining Room and Ciao Bambino A classy cucina serving authentic Italian cuisine. Pop in for a quick coffee and pastry at their adjoining cafe. 1/F, The Langham Yangtze Boutique, 740 Hankou Lu, by Yunnan Lu (6080 0743) Dinning Room 6.30–10pm; Bambino 6.30–11pm 汉口路 740 号朗廷扬子精品酒店 1 楼 , 近云南路
Casanova Located in a villa on Julu Lu, since
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2004 Casanova has been featuring fresh, innovative concepts as well as classic Italian favourites. A clean décor and gentle lighting create a cozy ambiance by Mediterranean art. Chef Fabio and Chef Manuel ensures the best result and taste is reached by using top quality ingredients from Italy and other countries. 913 Julu Lu, by Changshu Lu (5403 4528) www.casanova.com.cn 巨鹿路 913 号 ,
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deCanto A chic and modern Italian restaurant overlooking the magnificent landscape of the Bund. Enjoy the fine dining with affordable prices plus an extensive wine list. 11.30am till late. RMB398 for a twoperson set menu after 9pm everyday. 4B/F, 6 ZhongShan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6346 3686) 中山东一路 6 号，近广东路 Da Marco 1) 1/F, Golden Bridge Garden, 103 Dong Zhu’anbang Lu, by Jiangsu Lu (6210 4495) Daily 12-11pm www.damarco.com.cn/ 2) Grand Gateway Square, 1/F, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu (6447 7577) Daily 10am11pm 3) 350 Yushan Lu, by Taolin Lu (5860 8170) Daily 12-11pm 1) 东渚安浜路 103 号 1 楼 ,
海中路 988 号 黄金世界商厦 6 楼，近陕西南路 3）华山路 630 号，近上海戏剧学院 4) 龙腾大道 3222 号 , 近东安路
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Danieli’s Italian Restaurant Upscale Italian with comfortable, elegant dishes. Classic dining room and lovely desserts. The Hongta Hotel, 39/F, 889 Dongfang Lu, by Weifang Lu (5050 4567) Mon-Fri 11.30am–2pm; Sun: 11.30am–2.30pm; Mon-Sun: 6–10.30pm www.luxurycollection.com/hongtashanghai 东方路 889 号 39 楼 , 近潍坊路
Dolce Vita Prime, pricey Italian food in the French Concession. 291 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (6170 1318) Daily 12-2:30pm; 6pm-12am (10.30pm last order) 富民路 291
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Isola Bella 1) Restaurant Huaihai Rd. 2/ F, No.41, Lane 816 Huaihai Lu, by Guotai Cinema (5467 0170) 2) Isola Bella Barbeque Restaurant 6/F, Gold World Commercial Building, 988 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (5424 3531) 3) 630 Huashan Lu, by Shanghai Theater Academy (6248 3613) 4) 3222 Longteng Dadao, by Dong’an Lu (136 7156 9780) 1) 淮海中路 816 弄 41 号 2 楼 2）淮
Il Bambino With a real taste of Italy and using top food ingredients, this restaurant provides a warm and nice ambience that is perfect for parties and friends’ meetings. 903 Julu Lu, by Changshu Lu (6445 3656) Daily 10am-4am. 巨鹿路 903 号 , 近常熟路 La Strada Brought to you by Craig Willis (of Wagas), this trendy 10-table pizzeria offers thin crust pizza and simple selection of antipasti and salads. 1F, 195 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (5404 0100) Daily 11am-11pm info@mrwillis.com.cn 2) 225 Xikang Lu, by Beijing Lu (6266 7909) 安福路 195 号 1 楼 , 近 乌鲁木齐路 2) 西康路 225 号，近北京路
Mercato This newly opened coastal Italian restaurant offers vibrant cuisine, stylishly rustic décor, and breathtaking Bund views. The menu created by three Michelin Star Chef Jean Georges Vongerichten, features amazing light-as-air pizzas, house made pastas, and the freshest seafood, graced with the true flavor of Italy. 6/F, 3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6321 9922) 5.30pm-1am 中山东一路外滩 3 号 6 楼 , 近广东路
Osteria Another concept from the prolific Eduardo Vargas, this restaurant has a great wine list and amazing oysters. 226 Jinxian Lu, by Maoming Nan lu (6256 8998) Daily 11am-10:30pm 进贤路 226 号 , 近茂名南路 Palladio Regional Italian favorites by Italian Chef Gianluca Serafin in a gorgeous dining room. Lobby Level, The Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6279 7188) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/ Shanghai/Dining/Palladio/Default.htm 南京 西路 1376 号波特曼丽嘉酒店 1 楼 , 近西康路
Goodfellas 7 Yan’an Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (6323 2188) Daily lunch, 11.30am-2.30pm, dinner, 5.30pm-12am 延安
东路 7 号 , 近中山东一路
Gaia This vibrant restaurant guarantees all diners a delightful dining experience in a casual and fun asmosphere by serving contemporary Italian classics. L6-605, 613, L7-703 iapm mall, 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (5466 1699) 淮海中路 999 号 环贸广场 L6-605, 613, L7-703, 近陕西南路
Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore 1) 3896 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6262 5620) Daily 11.30am- 2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm www.pastafresca.com/ 2) 4 Hengshan Lu, by Wulumuqi Nan Lu (6473 0772) MonFri: 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-11pm; Sat-Sun: 11.30am-11pm 3) Rm.14, 2/F, The Thumb Plaza, 185 Fangdian Lu, by Yanggao Zhong Lu (5033 9001) Mon-Thurs: 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10.30pm; Fri-Sun: 11.30am-11pm 1) 虹
梅路 3896 号 , 近延安西路 2) 衡山路 4 号 , 近乌鲁 木齐南路 3) 芳甸路 185 号大拇指广场 2 楼 14 室 , 近杨高中路
PastaMania PastaMania is about making great tasting Italian food conveniently at affordable prices. From features like Edicola to Alimentari, coupled with Italian inspired decoration designs, this restaurant will captivates the interest of most the discerning dinerwww.pastamania.com.cn 1) Unit25, 3/F, Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5019 0081) 10am10pm 2) Unit13A, B&C, 4/F, Metro City Mall, 1111 Zhaojiabang Lu, by Caoxi Bei Lu (5419 9358) 10am-10pm 1) 陆家嘴西路 168 号正大广
场 3 楼 25 室 , 近陆家嘴环路 2) 肇嘉浜路 1111 号 美罗城 4-13A,13B&13C, 近漕溪北路
Porta Nova With traditional Italian food and pizzas made in the wood oven, Porta Nova uses imported high quality ingredients and provides a corner of traditional Italian atmosphere. Daily 11.30am-11pm. No.40, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Hongxu Lu 虹梅路 3338 弄 40 号 , 近虹许路 (6465 7788)
Gemma The GEMMA PIZZERIA (3356 5118) on the first floor focuses on making the best pizza in town, accompanied by antipasti, cold cuts and homemade gelato to be enjoy with quality wines, cocktails and lounge music. GEMMA OSTERIA (3356 8118) on the second floor acts as a high quality traditional restaurant with fresh homemade pastas, grilled meats and unique seafood recipes. 20 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu 东湖路 20 号，近华淮海中路
Gondola Good place to pop in for a bit of antipasti. 16Henan Zhong Lu, by Yan’an dong Lu (6321 9803) Daily 11am-10:30pm 河南中路 16 号 , 近延安东路 Isola bar + grill A chic and trendy Italian restaurant located in IFC mall sporting an opulent interiors and terrace overlooking a breathtaking view of the Huangpu River. 4/F, IFC, 8 Shiji Da Dao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5012 1277) 11.30am10.30pm reservations@isolashanghai.com, www.gaiagroup.com.hk/isola-shanghai 世纪
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Segafredo Italian Caffè Bar & Restaurant Authentic Italian restaurant providing extensive food menu and exclusive selection of Italian wines 2/F, S2-03, S2-07K, South retail building Jing’an Kerry Center, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu Daily 10am10pm, www.segafredo.it (6380 3280) 南京
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Settebello An old-style Italian alcove with lively fine dining. 193 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu 安福路 193 号 , 近乌鲁木齐路 (3356 2587) Seve Sit in the heart of former French Concession just few steps away from Shanghai Theater Academy, the homey restaurant with 70 seats inside and two outdoor alfresco balconies is designed in a modern and simply elegant style, providing a comfortable and cozy ambiance for all. 600 Huashan Lu,by Zhenning Lu MonSun 11.30am-11pm (6249 3638, www. seveshanghai.com) 华山路 600 号上海戏剧学院
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The Prego is offering a weekly ‘Martini Aperitivo' where Aperitivo lovers get to enjoy free-flow signature Martini cocktails every Thursday night, accompanied by a light Italian antipasto buffet. 6.30-8pm. 2/F, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, 88 Henan Zhong Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6103 5048) 河
南中路 88 号上海威斯汀大饭店 2 楼，近广东路
Tavola This hip new Italian restaurant offers great service at a beautiful location. Located in a quiet area just minutes from the Lujiazui metro station, Tavola has a wonderful view right on the Huangpu river. Food is prepared in an open kitchen right before you. 2500 Binjiang Dadao, by Dongyuan Lu (2022 8288) Mon-Fri: 11.30am-2.30pm; 6-10.30pm; Sat-Sun: 11.30am-3pm, 6-10.30pm www. tavola.cn 滨江大道 2500 号，近东园路 The Kitchen by Salvatore Cuomo Fantastic pizzas and Italian food by lauded Chef Cuomo in Lujiazui with a beautiful Bund view 2967 Binjiang Da Dao, by Fenghe Lu (5054 1265) Daily 11am-2:30pm, 6pm-10pm www.ystable.com/ 滨江大道 2967 号近丰和路 Tima Harbour 11 Zhenning Lu, by Huashan Lu (6225 8684) Daily 7-1am info@ timaharbour.com 镇宁路 11 号 , 近华山路 Va Bene Enjoy everything from classic standards to creative cuisine in this Xintiandi stalwart. Va Bene Shanghai has set a new trend for Italian fine dining using quality Italian ingredients with authentic Italian culinary tradition. Block 7, 181 Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu (6311 2211) Daily, 12-3pm, 6-10.30pm info@vabeneshanghai.com, www.gaiagroup.com.hk/va-bene-shanghai 太仓路 181 弄新天地北里 7 号楼 , 近马当路
Velluto 3/F, 66 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (6192 0265) 南京东路 66 号 3 楼 , 近中山东一路
Venexia Quiet and long-time neighborhood resident, Venexia offers Italian staples. 1/ F, 127 Panyu Lu, by Pingwu Lu (6282 2220) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 6-10.30pm 番禺路 127
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Japanese Ambrosia Meet Shanghai’s finedining crowd for Japanese Teppanyaki in a European-style mansion. 2-3/F, 150 Fenyang Lu, by Yueyang Lu (6431 3935) Daily 5.3010pm 汾阳路 150 号 2-3 楼 , 近岳阳路 Benkay Authentic and fine presented Japanese cuisine in an elegant hotel. 3/F, Hotel Nikko Shanghai, 488 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Zhenning Lu (3211 9999-6620), 11.30am2.30pm, 5.30-10pm www.nikkoshanghai. com 上海日航饭店 3 楼 , 延安西路 488 号 , 近镇
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Chin-Agiku Specializing in traditional Japanese charcoal grill, various seafood and daily imported top grade sashimi and sushi, Chin-Agiku is a well established international cuisine restaurant providing healthy Japanese and Thai fusion food in a luxury and contemporary dining atmosphere. LG183, IFC, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (3381 7878) 世纪大道 8 号国金中心 LG1-83, 近
lush surroundings. 1/F, Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel, 1108 Meihua Lu, by Fangdian Lu (3858 0888) (3858 0888) Daily 11.30am- 2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm 梅花路 1108 号 1 楼 , 近芳甸路 Kagen Teppanyaki Haiku by Hatsune’s upmarket teppanyaki concept. Choice cuts of meat and fresh fish prepared at your table. 28D Taojiang Lu, by Hengshan Lu (6433 3232) Daily 6-11.30pm; Sat-Sun: 11.30am3pm 桃江路 28 号丁 , 近衡山路 Kagura Japanese cuisine with a bit of Thai, Korean, and Vietnam cuisine. Lunch set starts at RMB40. 390 Shanxi Nan Lu, by Fuxing Zhong Lu (5171 9539) Daily 11.30am–2pm; 5–11.30pm 陕西南路 390 号 , 近复兴中路
Kappo Yu A beautiful high-end alternative to its sister restaurant, Sushi Oyama. There is only one daily menu of 10 courses that will set you back RMB690. Expect beautiful food and excellent service for the price. 33 Wuxing Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6466 7855) Daily 6-10.30pm 吴兴路 33 号 , 近淮海中路 KOI KOI will light up your senses by sizzling Teppanyaki , fresh Sashimi, Sushi, BBQ and Sake. Reasonable-priced business lunch sets also available. 2/F, InterContinental Shanghai Puxi, 500 Hengfeng Lu, by Tianmu Xi Lu (5253 9999-6326, www.intercontinental.com) Mon-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10pm 上海浦 西洲际酒店 2 楼 , 恒丰路 500 号 , 近天目西路
Koyama Though the menu is extensive,Koyama’s conservative flavours and passable fare do not justify its premium prices. Unit 6, 3/F, South Block, Lane 123 Xingye Lu, by Madang Lu (5382 1125) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30pm-12am 兴业路 123 弄 新天地南里广场 6 号 3 楼 , 近马当路
Miyabi Japanese Restaurant & Sky Bar Nested on the 37th floor boasting a stunning night view of the Bund and Lujiazui area, Miyabi Japanese restaurant sees open teppanyaki stations and exquisite Japanese cuisines in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. A guest DJ plays live lounge music every night from Tuesday to Saturday, making Miyabi a perfect choice to enjoy the night over a cocktail or a Japanese whisky. 37/F, Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel, 59 Siping Lu,by Hailun Lu (2601 0088, sheraton. com/shanghaihongkou) 5.30-10.30pm 四平路
59 号虹口喜来登酒店 37 楼 , 近海伦路
MIYABI Offering an extensive menu complimented with unmatched Japanese delicacies, Miyabi provides a combination of modern flavor with a traditional twist. The delicacies freshly cooked from the Teppanyaki counter will delight your day. Sheraton Shanghai Waigaoqiao Hotel, 28 Jilong Lu, by Xinlan Lu, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (3121 9679) Mon-Fri 12-2pm 上海外高桥喜来登酒店 , 中国（上海）自
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DOZO A transplant from Taipei that specializes in izakaya cuisine. Wheelock Plaza 2/ F, 17171Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu (3127 8558) Noon: 12-2.30pm; Dinner Sun-Thurs: 6pm-1.30am; Fri-Sat: 6pm-2.30am service. sh@dozoizakaya.com www.dozoizakaya.com 南京西路 1717 号 , 近华山路
En Grill & Bar A pint-sized, friendly Japanese joint with fresh sashimi, organic vegetables, great set meals and an open kitchen. 1) 20 Lane 248, Taikang Lu, Tian Zi Fang (5466 0857) 2) 30 Sinan Lu (6385 0707) Daily 11am2pm; 6pm-2am 泰康路 248 弄 20 号 Haiku by Hatsune A perennial Readers’ Choice Award winner. This wildly popular restaurant is best known for it’s Cali-style sushi. 28B Taojiang Lu, by Hengshan Lu (6445 0021) Sun-Thu 11.30am-2pm, 5.30pm10pm; Fri-Sat 11.30am-2pm; 5.30-11pm Wifi available, RMB250/person via Sherpas delivery. info@haikushanghai.com www. haikushanghai.com 桃江路 28 号乙 , 近衡山路 Hanano Japanese Restaurant Fill up here are decent sushi and teppanyaki. 2F, 5 Zunyi Nan Lu, by Hongqiao Lu (6275 8888) Daily 11.30am-2pm; 5.30pm-12.30am 喜来登豪达上 海太平洋大饭店 , 遵义南路 5 号 2 楼 , 近虹桥路
Gintei Teppanyaki Sushi All you can eat hibachi-style cooking and boatloads of reasonably-priced sushi. One of the better teppanyaki joints in town. 75 Nanhui Lu, by Beijing Xi Lu (6218 1932) Daily 11.30am2pm, 5.30-10.30pm. 南汇路 75 号 , 近北京西路 J-Mix The sushi/teppanyaki dining option of the Jumeirah. Beautiful dining room and
Ooedo Japanese Restaurant Serving authentic and high quality Japanese cuisine since 1994, Ooedo serves an extensive à la carte menu and “all-you-can-eat” buffet at RMB268 per person for dinner and RMB248 per person for lunch. Drinks included, wifi available. lunch: 11.30am-2pm (last order: 1.45pm); dinner: 5.30-10pm (last order: 9.30pm) 1) 30 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (5403 5877) 2)Room104E, Lujiazui Investment Tower, 366 Pudian Lu, by Dongfang Lu (6841 6377) 1) 东湖路 30 号 , 近淮海中路 2) 浦电
路 366 号陆家嘴投资大厦裙楼 104E, 近东方路
Roosevelt Ichiban Modern Izakaya offers contemporary Japanese cuisines and a variety of Japanese drinks. With unique Art & Jazz music at Whiskey Lounge, it provides a Ginza Style indoor & outdoor dining experience. Free wi-fi,Valet parking.6pm-2am. 1/F, The House of Roosevelt, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2322 0800) info@27bund.com, www.27bund.com 中山东 一路（外滩）27 号罗斯福公馆 1 楼 , 近北京东路
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God Mr.Kawamura, RYU, meaning jewels, is located on the Bund 5 which presents a unique type of Cuisine du Japon - a sumptuous infusion of Japanese and French cuisine. Monday to Sunday lunch set from RMB98. 3/F, 5 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6333 7633) 中山东一路 5 号外
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TSUBASA A fusion of traditional & modern offerings featuring a TeppanyakiIsland and a sake bar matched with creative sushi rolls and traditional Japanese food like sashimi, udon noodles, tempura, grilled fish and an array of set menus. 2/F, Pullman Shanghai South, 1 Pubei Lu, by Liuzhou Lu (2426 8888)
Xenri No Tsuki A high-end Japanese restaurant serving new kaiseki cuisine in a homey and contemporary environment. Lot 309-311, 3/F, Ciro’s Plaza, 388 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Chengdu Bei Lu (6318 1388) 南京西路 388
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4104) 东平路 5 号，近衡山路 Maya Voted “Best Latin American Cuisine” in our 2009 & 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards, Maya was arguably the first restaurant in Shanghai to start doing Mexican right. Grand Plaza Club House 2/F, 568 Julu Lu, bu Shanxi Nan Lu (6289 6889) Daily 5pm-12am; kitchen closes 10.30pm (Sun 9.30pm); bar food until 11pm 巨鹿路 568 号 , 近陕西南路 Mexo at bund Mexo adds elegance and the unexpected to everything from ceviche to tacos to create a Mexican fine dining experience unlike anywhere else in Shanghai. Wharf 1846,Bldg3,601 Waima Lu, by Zhuxingmatou Jie (3330 0977) 11.30am-2.30pm 外马路 601 号 3 号楼 114 室，近竹行码头街
Mexico Lindo Cantina & Grill The colorful Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant has updated its menu for the colorful season, featuring spicy chili, jalapeno poppers, green chicken enchiladas, tacos and more, accompanied with over 40 different types of margaritas. Bookings for parties & other catering are accepted. 1) Unit 39, Laowaijie, Lane3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6465 9336) Daily 11am-12am 2) Unit104, No.8, Lane 569 Yunle Lu, by Lianyou Lu (5484 6562) 10am-10pm. www.mexicolindo.com. cn 1) 虹梅路 3338 弄 39 号老外街 , 近延安西路 2) 运乐路 569 弄 8 号 104 单元 , 近联友路
Takumi Robata & Sake Skilled Robatayaki chefs from Japan grill seasonal fish, meat and vegetables over an open coal fire, serving authentic Japanese sake-cuisine pairings. Wifi available. 1) L4-22, ifc mall, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Yincheng Zhong Lu Daily 11.30am2.30pm, 5.30-10pm (5011 1677) 2) N3-14, Jingan Kerry Centre, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Anyi Lu Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm (6259 5177) 1) 世纪大道 8 号国金中心 4 楼 , 近银
城中路 2）南京西路 1515 号静安嘉里中心北区 3 楼 , 近安义路
Sakitori Japanese Restaurant The newly renovated Japanese restaurant with four private dining rooms is where guests get to indulge themselves in authentic Japanese cuisine complemented with a variety of sake. Chef Hideki Kamata with over 22 years of culinary experience is well versed in traditional Kaiseki cuisine, Teppanyaki and Sushi. 2/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu, by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6250) 上海新发展亚太 JW 万豪酒店 2 楼，大渡河路 158 号 , 近光复西路
Shari New Japanese cuisine served with flair, plus a lovely outdoor courtyard. 630 Yongjia Lu, by Wulumuqi Zhong Lu (5466 0320) 11:30am-11pm www.shari-shanghai.cn 永嘉
路 630 号 , 近乌鲁木齐中路
Shintori Null II Fresh, elegantly prepared food and one of the best vantage points for checking out Shanghai’s urban cognoscenti. 803 Julu Lu, by Fumin Lu (5404 5252) MonFri 6-10.30pm, Sat-Sun 11.30am-2pm, 6-10.30pm. 巨鹿路 803 号 , 近富民路 Sushi Ichi No.5, Lane 50 Gaoyou Lu, by Hunan Lu (5411 1713) Lunch 12-2.30pm; Dinner: 5.30-11pm 高邮路 50 弄 5 号 , 近湖南路 Sushi Hisago Chef from Tokyo uses fishes from Nagasaki to serve authentic Edomae sushi. No.1, Lane 372 Xingguo Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6280 7598) Daily 6pm-12am 兴国 路 372 弄 1 号 , 近淮海中路
Sushi’O With American flavor infused into traditional Japanese sushi, Sushi’O offers 26 different rolls and heart-warming winter udon noodles, seafood soups and more hot dishes. 21 Yongkang Lu, by Jiashan Lu (150 0082 0420, 400-820-2160, www.sushi-o.com ) 永康路 21 号 , 近嘉善路 Sushi Oyama An exquisite little restaurant slicing up some of Shanghai’s best Sushi. A prix fixe menu changes nightly according to availability and freshness. 2/F, 20 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Lu (5404 7705) Mon-Sat: 5.3010.30pm 东湖路 20 号 2 楼 , 近淮海路 Sutekiya A Japanese restaurant infused with Western and Japanese Teppanyaki, Sutekiya provides delicate steaks and a wide variety of fresh seafood. 3/F, Jiadun Plaza, 2088 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Yili Lu (6029 0518) 5.30-11pm 延安西路 2088 号嘉顿广场 3 楼，近伊犁路
UMINOSACHI Refined Teppanyaki. Chains around the country offering all-you-can-eat classics. Promotion: RMB168/per person: Everyday starting at 8.30pm. 1) 2890 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Zhonghuan Lu (6262 5777) 2) 169 Xinle Lu, by Donghu Lu (5403 0303) 3) Rm 428, 333 Tianyaoqiao Lu, by Xietu Lu (6426 3300) 4) 123 Nanyang Lu, by Xikang Lu (6279 3777) 5) Rm401, 8 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu (6319 0178) 6) Rm511, 5001 Dushi Lu, by Mincheng Lu (6480 2588) 7) Bld 20, Jinjihu Da Dao, Suzhou (0512-62622708) 8) 1/F, Bld 5, No.1912 Baijiahu zone, 1680 Longdong Da Dao, Jiangning district,
Pistolera Pistolera is an experience like no other. With original recipes, a great atmosphere and friendly staff, it is truly a Mexican Cantina. 1) 855 Biyun Lu, by Huangyang Lu (5030 4228) 2) 3307-2 Hongmei Lu, by Huaguang Lu (6221 6392) 1) CHI-Q Latest project by Three on the Bund. With culinary concept developed by Marja and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, it is a gourmet’s embrace of the strong and long-lasting Korean BBQ culture in the intent of bringing it to a new international dimension. 2/F, 3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6321 6622) Dinner: Monday - Sunday 6:00pm-10:30pm 中山东一路 3 号 2 楼 , 近广东路
碧云路 855 号 , 近黄杨路 2) 虹梅路 3307-2 号 , 近华光路
Middle Eastern 1001 Nights Here, some of the city’s best Middle Eastern cuisine is served in a fun, festive atmosphere. Come for the kebabs, stay for the belly dancers. 4 Hengshan Lu, by Wulumuqi Nan Lu (6473 1178, 6473 8289) Daily 11-2am 衡山路 4 号 , 近乌鲁木齐南路
Latin American Cantina Agave Voted “Best New Restaurant” and “Restaurant of the Year” in our 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards for their great tacos and bar full of artisan tequilas. Suite01, A22, 291Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (6170 1310) Daily 11-11pm www.cantineagave.com 富民
号 2 楼 , 近广东路
Malaysian Cafe Sambal Shanghai Café Sambal embraces and surpasses all the clichés of a chic Shanghai eatery - an old loft house turned stylish restaurant and lounge, decorated with modern furnishings, offering relaxed service and a well-balanced yet authentic Malaysian menu. Jiashan Market, No.37A, Lane 550 Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (3368 9529, www.cafesambal.com) 陕西南
路 550 弄 37A 号 , 近永嘉路
Mexican & TexMex Hacienda A fun Mexican eatery adjoining Zapatas catering to Shanghai’s love of all things Mexican. Serving up favorites and a few surprises. They’ve got a party menu that’s perfect for birthdays and celebrations, starting at RMB150/person. Daily 5pm - very late. 5 Heng Shan Lu, by Dong Ping Lu (6433
Café LIANG & mezzanine The two-level CAFE LIANG & mezzanine treats diners with multiple dining options and cuisines. The buffet style concept on the first level features a “tick box” menu card for main courses integrated with buffet for appetizers and desserts, while the mezzanine level serves contemporary Japanese-inspired cuisine. Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai, 1218 Yan'an Zhong Lu, by Tong Ren Road (2203 8889, www.jinganshangdining.com) 静安香格里拉大 酒店，延安中路 1218 号，近铜仁路
Ginger by the Park The latest branch of Ginger continues to offer a mix of international dishes in a vintage three-storey building. With a bistro on the first floor and al fresco terrace on the second, guests get to enjoy the picturesque view of the well manicured park from cozy dining rooms. 91 Xingguo Lu, by Hunan Lu Mon-Sat: 8am11pm; Sun: 8am-10pm. (3406 0599, info@ gingerfoods.com, www.gingerfoods.com ) 兴国路 91 号 , 近湖南路
100 Century Avenue Restaurant Situated as one of the highest restaurants in mainland China, 100 Century Avenue Restaurant on 91st floor offers an ultimate dining experience overlooking the city through 25-meter floor-to-ceiling windows. Boasting one of the most dynamic show kitchens in town and an extensive wine list of over 500 labels, it specializes in steak, Chinese wok items, steamed specialties, Japanese sushi and sashimi and more. 91/F, Park Hyatt Shanghai, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6888 1234 ext. 4560) 世纪大道 100 号环球金融中心 91 层上海柏悦酒店 , 近陆家嘴环路
Green Kitchen Using the freshest seasonal food and vegetables coming directly from its organic farm, Green Kitchen provides a homey atmosphere in the most authentic taste. 6 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu (5465 9135) Mon-Fri 5:30-11pm, Sat-Sun 11am4pm, 5:30-11pm) 东平路 6 号 , 近衡山路 Greyhound Café was the first fashion café in Bangkok offering the fashion, service and food concept - 'Thai with a twist' as a casual dining experience. With various outlets between Hong Kong, Beijing and now Shanghai - Greyhound Café is the modern take on fusion cuisine. 11am-midnight. 503, IAPM, 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (5466 6105, www.greyhoundcafe.com.hk)
淮海中路 999 号 IAPM mall 503 商铺 , 近陕西南路
Fountain The bistro and wine bar situated in the heart of Gorgeous Xintiandi offers gourmet-style burgers, sandwiches and international cuisines, as well as a wide selection of cocktails and wines. Unit 4, Building 10-12, Lane 181, Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu daily 11am - late (6326 8800) 太
路 291 号 01 套房 A2-2, 近长乐路
Chala Tapas & Bar Bringing a taste of South and central America, Chala combines excitement of Latin American cuisine with a modern and urban flavor. Join for tapas complimented by traditional Pisco cocktails. 4B, 1/F, 291 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (6076 1925, Annwang@chalatapasbar. com) 富民路 291 号 1 楼 4B, 近长乐路 Unico by Mauro Colagreco The largest tapas lounge in Asia is reflecting the trendiest part of Latin contemporary culture with unique cocktail creations, stunning interior design, special music compilations, and exquisite selections of tapas by Chef Mauro Colagreco. Located at Three on the Bund, the prestigious address in Shanghai, UNICO is committed to enlarge the Latin culture, while inviting people to feel and share passions within the space. Here, discover a new experience in Shanghai nightlife, where food and feelings naturally merged. 2/F, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (5308 5399) Mon-Fri 6pm-2am; Sat-Sun 6pmlate. www.unico.cn.com 中山东一路 3 号外滩三
(6886 7376) Daily 10.30–2am 1) 浦东金桥碧云 国际社区蓝天路 689 号 2) 浦东新区芳甸路 199 弄 17 号大拇指广场
仓路 181 弄 10-12 号楼 4 单元，近马当路
Kervan From imported ingredients to traditional Turkish and Mediterranean dishes, everything here has a fun and exotic authenticity. This is the Turkish go-to spot for Shanghai’s Turkish residents and visitors. Belly dance Tue & Sun 7.30pm. 711 JiuJiang Lu, by Yunnan Zhong Lu (6351 3309) 九江路 711 号 , 近云南中路
Habibi Shisha Bar & Cafe New opened on Yongkang Lu, the restaurant provides authentic Middle Easten food in a nice and relaxing environment. 131 Yongkang Lu, by Xiangyang Nan Lu (6472 0210) 永康路 131 号 ,
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Id Kah Muslim Restaurant Specializing in authentic muslim cuisine, the restaurant sees beef and lamb flown in daily from the prairie of Inner Mongolia to ensure the freshness. Opening 24 hours a day. 665 Changping Lu, by Changde Lu (6299 7887) 昌平路 665 号 , 近常德路
Modern Barbarossa Built on a pond in People’s Park, this beautifully decorated three story lounge offers amazing skyline views, cocktails and fragrant shisha pipes and modern Morroccan fare. 231Nanjing Xi Lu, inside People’s Park (6318 0220) Sun-Thurs: 11-2am; Fri-Sat 11-3am 南京西路 231 弄 , 人民公园内 Blue Marlin Bar & Restaurant Blue Marlin Bar & Restaurant offers an exceptional environment for all with live music at night, great food and drinks, and an ambiance making you want to come back again and again. The food is a global cuisine with great flavors from all over the world. 1) No.689 Lantian Rd. Green City Jinqiao Pudong10.30–2am www.bluemarlin.cn 2) No.17/199 Fangdian Rd.Thumb Plaza Pudong
mizzi A new and pioneering lifestyle brand integrating multimedia, entertainment and vogue elements into the flagship cafe restaurants which serve creative desserts, specialty drinks and healthy meals. Mizzi brings three different styles to diners: pure and fresh Shanghai SML Store, IAPM Store and Chengdu IFS Store; romantic and sweet Lujiazui Riverside Store, and sexy Shanghai Times Plaza Store. 1) No.182, Fucheng Lu, by Huayuan Shiqiao Lu (6261 1117) 2)Shop E04, Xujiahui Lu, by Ruijin Er Lu (6285 1117) 3) Shop 513, 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (6259 1117) 4) L605, 99 Huaihai Middle Lu, (6233 1117) 5) LG108, IFS Mall Chengdu (028-86721117) 1) 富城路
182 号，花园石桥路 2) 徐家汇路 618 号日月光中 心广场 1 楼 E04 室 , 近瑞金二路 3) 淮海中路 999 号 513 室 , 近襄阳北路 4) 黄浦区淮海中路 99 号 L605 5) 成都市国际金融中心商场 LG108 号
Kathleen’s 5 Rooftop Restaurant & Bar Enjoy contemporary American cuisine in a stunning setting– an art museum overlooking People’s Park. 5/F, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Xi Lu, by People’s Square (6327 2221) Daily 11.30-12am events@kathleens5. com www.kathleens5.com 南京西路 325 号 , 上海美术馆 5 楼 , 近人民广场
Morton’s Steak and Seafood Grille The world’s first Oyster Bar and Seafood Grille by Morton's focuses on presenting the city’s finest seafood dining experience with premium seafood flown in fresh daily. L4403, iapm Mall, 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (6067 7888) 淮海中路 999 号
iapm 环贸广场 , 近陕西南路
Mr Willis An inviting kitchen-dining room offers straightforward homey mains and lovely starters. Served family style. Expect a small seasonal menu that is market and whim driven. 3/F, 195 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Zhong Lu (5404 0200) Mon-Fri 11am-2pm 5pm-12am, Sat-Sun 11am- 12am 安福路 195 号 3 楼 , 近乌鲁木齐中路
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dining bistro behind the all-time favourite chocolate cake brand Awfully chocolate, serves a contemporary selection of western favourites such as fish and chips, and hearty beef bourginion with a touch of Asian influence in a modern setting. Unit306, 3/ F, K11 Arts Mall, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (6312 9038) 10am-10pm 淮
海中路 300 号 K11 购物中心 3 楼 306 室 , 近黄陂 南路
Sasha’s Steeped in history, this hugely popular bar is located in a 1920’s mansion that formerly housed the famous Soong sisters and boasts one of Shanghai’s largest and favorite alfresco terraces. Huge beer list, diverse food offering and 24 wines by the glass. 11 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu daily 11am – 2am (6474 6628) 东平路 11 号， 近衡山路
Shook! Restaurant & Rooftop Terrace Matthew Ona serves up creative international cuisine with beautiful views and the biggest Terrace on the Bund. 5-6/F, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel (Bund 19), 23 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (2329 8522) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 6-11pm www.shookrestaurantshanghai.com 南京东路 23 号上海斯沃琪和
平饭店艺术中心 5-6 楼，近中山东一路
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Nepali Kitchen Still the friendliest service this side of Kathmandu. Enjoy authentic food delivered with the necessary spicy punch in a pleasant atmosphere. 4 Lane 819 Julu Lu, by Fumin Lu (5404 6281) Mon 6-11pm, Tues-Sun 11am-2pm, 6-11pm 巨鹿路
Albero El Albero, located in the Grand Kempinski Hotel, offers some excellent beautifully-presented high-end Spanish cuisine. Decorated in traditional Andalusian style. 2/F, Grand Kempinski Hotel, 1288 Lujiazui Huan Lu, by Yincheng Zhong Lu (3867 8888) 11am- 2.30pm; 5-11pm 陆家嘴环
819 弄 4 号 , 近富民路
Pizza California Pizza Kitchen Straight from America’s shopping mall to Shangers. This chain-restaurant has all the classic pizza, pasta and salad favorites, plus some more Asian oriented offerings. 1) 2/F, Bldg. 3, Lane 507, Sinan Mansions, Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Sinan Lu (5465 4800) Daily 11am-11pm www.cpk.com.cn/home_en.html 2) Rm. L231, 2/F, Kerry Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (5036 1177) Daily 10am-10pm cpkchina@hotmail.com 1) 复兴中路 507 弄思 南公馆 3 号 2 楼 , 近思南路 2) 花木路 1378 号浦 东嘉里城 2 楼 L231 室 , 近芳甸路
La Pizzeria Specializes in traditional and original thin-crust Italian Pizza, you’ll enjoy authentic handmade pizza, Panini, Gratin, snacks and all kinds of desserts made by the Italian chef! 166 Grand Gateway Plaza Inner Street, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu (6447 2267) 11.30am-9.30pm 虹桥路 1 号港汇广场内
路 1288 号新天哈瓦那大酒店 2 楼 , 近银城中路
La Cocina by Lapis Lazuli Spanish restaurant & bar with authentic Spanish dishes and the full Spanish pinchos bar. 9 DongPing Lu, by HengShan Lu (6473 1021) Daily 11am - 2am 东平路 9 号 , 近衡山路
Las Tapas Typical Spanish tapas served in a pleasant, if slightly predictable atmosphere. 1) C6, Building 59, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu, by Kaixuan Lu (6415 9567) 2) 259 Hongfeng Lu, by Biyun Lu (3382 1686) 3) House33, Laowai jie, 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu. Daily 11-12am www.las-tapas.cn 4) Building 32, Sinan Mansion, 45 Sinan Lu, by Fuxing Zhong Lu (6426 0660) 1) 淮海西路 570 号红坊
59 幢 C6, 近凯旋路 2) 红枫路 259 号 , 近碧云路 3) 虹梅路 3338 弄老外街 33 号 , 近延安西路 4) 思南 路 45 号思南公馆 32 幢 , 近复兴中路
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T Modern Chinese Tea Cuisine As the first Chinese restaurant that sees various teas mixed into dishes, T Modern Chinese restaurant creates a serious of tea menus using natual tea ingredients and seasonal food materials, providing a light and pleasant tea-in-food experience and healthy dining concepts to all. RMB365 speical menu for two. Rm401, Hongkong Plaza, 282 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (15900629276) www.kervanchina.com 淮海中路 282 号香港广 场北座 401 室 , 近黄陂南路
The COOK The COOK at the Kerry Hotel Pudong offers 11 live theater kitchens and a gourmet delicatessen with a la carte dining options. Offerings include a Chinese wok and steam baskets, Asian noodles, sushi, yakitori and an excellent cheese vault. Wine by the bot 1388 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6169 8886) 6.30am-11pm jeyawati.ibrahim@thekerryhotels.com www. thecookthemeetthebrew.com 花木路 1388 号 , 近芳甸路
Table No. 1 by Jason Atherton Former Gordon Ramsay lieutenant and chef of the Michelin star-studded Maze restaurant set up his own venture in the first floor of the Waterhouse Hotel. Expect creative, excellent Euro-style cuisine with local sensibility. A stellar experience. 1-3 Maojiayuan Lu, by Zhongshan Nan Lu (6080 2918) Daily, 11am2.30pm, 5pm-10.30pm www.tableno-1.com/ 毛家园路 1-3 号 , 近中山南路
The Spot Bar & Restaurant Attractive terrace and pleasantly refreshing interior with an international menu, televised sports and affordable drinks. 331 Tongren Lu, by Beijing Xi Lu (6247 3579) Sun-Thurs 11-2am; Fri-Sat 11-3am 铜仁路 331 号 , 近北京西路 TMSK Art and sculpture gallery by day and graceful wine lounge by night. Whenever you go, you are sure to impress your date here. Unit 2, House 11, North Block Xintiandi, Lane 181 Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu (6326 2227) Daily 2pm- 12:30am 太仓路 181 弄新天地北里 11 号楼单元二 , 近马当路
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New York Style Pizza 1) 336 Hongfeng Lu, by Biyun Lu (3872 6606) Daily 12-10.30pm 2) No.23-4, Lane 248 Taikang Lu, by Sinan Lu (5466 0969) Daily 12-10.30pm 3) B/F, Email Fashion Plaza, 1699 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu (3214 0024) Daily 12-10.30pm 4) Rm150, 1118 Pudong Nan Lu, by Zhangyang Lu (3868 2738) Daily 12-10pm 5) L116, Kerry Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (2022 2198) Daily 12-10pm 6) Rm106, warehouse4, 653 Waima Lu, by Wangjia Matou Lu (3376 8308) Daily 12-9.30pm 7) Rm108, 59 Shuicheng Nan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (5239 7368) Daily 12-9.30pm 8) 8) Rm104, Building6, 569 Yunle Lu, by Jingfeng Lu (3490 5177) 1) 红枫路 336 号 , 近碧云路 2) 泰康路 248 弄 23-4 号 , 近思南路 3) 南京西路 1699 号，近华 山路 4) 浦东南路 1118 号 150 室 , 近张杨路 5) 花 木路 1378 号浦东嘉里城 L116 店 , 近芳甸路 , 6) 外马路 653 号 4 库 106 室 , 近王家码头路 7) 水城 南路 59 号 108 室 , 近延安西路 8) 运乐路 569 弄 6 号 104, 近金丰路
Pizza Express 1) 380 Huangpi Nan Lu, by Xingye Lu (5383 3999) Sun-Thurs: 11.30am11pm; Fri & Sat: 11am-11pm info@ pizzamarzano.cn www.pizzamarzano.cn 2) Suite 107, Shanghai Center,1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289 8733) Daily 11am11pm info@pizzamarzano.cn 3) No.1, Unit 111, 570 Yong Jia Lu, by Yue Yang Lu (6467 8898) Sun-Thurs: 12-11pm; Fri&Sat: 11am11pm info@pizzamarzano.cn 4) 507B/C, 5/F Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu (6447 8880) Daily 10am-10pm info@ pizzamarzano.cn 5) Unit 403, 4/F, K11 Art Mall, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu 1) 黄陂南路 380 号 , 近兴业路 2) 南京西路
1376 号上海商城西峰 107 号 , 近西康路 3) 永嘉 路 570 号 111 单元 1 号楼 , 近岳阳路 4) 虹桥路 1 号港汇广场 5 层 507B/C, 近华山路 5）淮海中路 300 号 K11 购物艺术中心 403 号铺 , 近黄陂南路
La Verbena Combining authentic Spanish cuisine in a romantic style, La Verbena which oversees the Huangpu River is a sleek and relaxing spot glittering with a unique Latin flavor. Block E, 2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Fenghe Lu (5878 9837) 陆家嘴西路 2967 号滨
Feidan 1) 153 Anfu Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (5403 6991) Daily 8am-10pm. 2) 283 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Jiashan Lu (6473 3194) Daily 9am-10pm. 3) 332 Jinyan Lu, inside Shanghai Lujiazui Center Palace (5059 3723) Daily 9.30am–10pm. 4) 382-1 Dagu Lu, by Chengdu Bei Lu (6340 0547) Daily 9.30am10pm 1) 安福路 153 号 , 近乌鲁木齐路 2) 建国西
FIELDS China A premier online grocery store based in Shanghai who provides healthy and safe options for all your grocery needs, including vegetables, fruits, meat & poultry, fish & seafood, dairies, bakeries and personal care products. Seasonal produce and ready-to-serve dishes are also available. With same day delivery on orders in Shanghai, FIELDS makes it convenient and affordable for you to have healthy and safe organic, imported food items in China. 400-021-0339, www.fieldschina.com, cs@ fieldschina.com.
四川中路 33 号 , 近延安东路
El Patio Set in a lovely villa Chef Franki offers fun modern and traditional Spanish dishes. Terraces abound, wine mark-ups don’t. 110 Fengyang Lu, by Fuxing Zhong Lu (6437 5839) Sun-Thu: 11am-1am, Fri-Sat: 11am2am www.elpatio.com.cn 汾阳路 110 号 , 近复 兴中路
el Willy 5/F, 22 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Xin Yong’an Lu (5404 5757) 中山东二路 22 号 5
楼 , 近新永安路
Pirata, tapas kitchen and bar Come and enjoy the authentic yet creative tapas. 136 Xinle Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (5404 2327) 新
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La Pedrera Spanish Restaurant Enjoy a glass of pre or after dinner cocktail in the cozy long bar at La Pedrera Spanish restaurant. Located by the Bund, La Pedrera provides classic Spanish cuisine with an impressive list of wines. 33 Sichuan Zhong Lu, by Yan'an Dong Lu (6136 0206) Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm 5:30pm-10:30pm Sat-Sun 11:30am-10:30pm
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Bali Laguna Delicious vegetarian-friendly Indonesian cuisine and a romantic setting. 189 Huashan Lu, by Yan’an Zhong Lu (6248 6970) Daily 11-12.30am www.balilaguna. com. 华山路 189 号 , 近延安中路
City Super Shanghai Offers a one-stop shopping for both groceries and prepared foods from around the world. LG 2, Shanghai IFC Mall, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5012 0998) Daily: 10am-10pm www. citysuper.com. 世纪大道 8 号国金中心商场地下 2
江大道北段 E 座 , 近丰和路
Gran Bodega Gran Bodega serves famous Spanish wines and authentic tapas. Don’t miss their grilled goose liver with apple and black paella. 1/F, Royalton hotel, 789 Wuyi Lu, by Zhongshan Xi Lu (5206 0719, 5206 8000-5115) Daily 11am-2.30pm 6-11pm granbodega.spanishrestaurant@gmail.com
祖冲之路 2889 弄长泰广场 10 号楼 2 楼 , 近盛夏 路 3) 遵义路 100 号虹桥上海城 3 楼 , 近紫云路
号，近北京西路 2) 陕西南路 434-1，近永嘉路 3) 马当路 330 号，近新天地 4) 桃江路 7-1，近汾阳 路 5) 虹梅路 3899 号，近延安西路 6) 长乐路 611 号，近东湖路 7) 愚园路 907 号，近江苏路 8) 淡水 路 230 号，近自忠路 9) 芳甸路 1088 号喜马拉雅 中心 B1，近梅花路
路 283 号 , 近嘉善路 3) 锦延路 332 号 , 陆家嘴中 央公寓 4) 大沽路 382-1 号 , 近成都北路
Plaza Pizza Shanghai’s first super-sized Italian-style pizza. Enjoy authentic thin crust pizzas and specially selected cocktails in a cultured environment and experience the vibrant Shanghai nightlife at our bar. 325-1 Huashan Lu, by Changshu Lu (6248 9121) 10am-2am 华山路 325-1 号 , 近常熟路
Remedy 源氣 365 remedy 源氣 365 offers a healthy lifestyle with food infused with traditional Chinese herbs, and an innovative cuisine. Parent company Eu Yan Sang - a Singapore-based company specializes in traditional Chinese medicine and leads highend branded goods, which is also the holder of 5 Michelin stars “Demon Chef” Alvin Leung. 1) 207 Mengzi Lu, by Xietu Lu (5386 0291) www.365remedy.com 2)opening soon: 2/F, Bld10, Chamtime Plaza, 2889 Zuchongzhi Lu, by Shengxia Lu (5465 7585) 3) opening soon: 3/F, 100 Zunyi Lu, by Ziyun Lu (5465 7585) 1) 蒙自路 207 号 , 近斜土路 2)
for the “Best from Greece” and provides authentic, premium and healthy products to customers in China. 1) 409 Shanxi Bei Lu, by Beijing Xi Lu (5213 9066) 2) 434-1 Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (6431 0145) 3) 330 Madang Lu, by Xintiandi (5382 0237) 4) 7-1 Taojiang Lu, by Fenyang Lu (3460 5181) 5) 3899 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6262 0519) 6) 611 Changle Lu, by Donghu Lu (3461 2161) 7) 907 Yuyuan Lu, by Jiangsu Lu (3256 9610) 8) 230 Danshui Lu, by Zizhong Lu (3330 1509) 9) 151&148a, B1, Himalaya Center, Fangdian Lu, by Meihua Lu 1) 陕西北路 409
武夷路 789 号 1 楼 , 近中山西路
乐路 136 号 , 近襄阳北路
Restaurant Martin Spanish celebrity chef Martin Berasatagui’s Shanghai outpostfeatures fine modern Spanish cuisine and impressive wine list. 811 Hengshan Lu, by Yuqing Lu, inside Xujiahui Park (6431 6639) Daily, Lunch 11.30am-2.30pm Dinner 6pm10.30pm www.restaurantmartin.com.cn 衡山 路 811 号，徐家汇公园内 , 近余庆路
Wine & Tapas Just as the name suggests, you come here for the wine, finger food and fun location. 333 Chang Le Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (5403 3767) Daily 10am-11pm 长乐路 333 号 , 近襄阳北路
Speciality Food Shops Amphora As a chain of specialty stores that brings healthy food from Greece and the Mediterranean world, the Amphora stands
Green & Safe With an organic farm in Kunshan, this organic store provides daily delivered vegetables and a variety of local and imported organic goods, such as organic extra virgin olive oil, white and red balsamic vinegar, organic pasta, muesli and more. 1) 6 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu 5465 1288, 1/F: 8am-10pm; 2/F: 6.30pm12am 2) 2) 4/F, 1438 Hongqiao Lu, by Hongbaoshi Lu 10am–9.30pm 3) 4/F, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu (6258 8777) 1) 东平路 6 号 , 近衡 山路 2) 虹桥路 1438 号 4 楼 , 近红宝石路 3) 南京 西路 1601 号 4 楼 B 区
Mahota Kitchen The farm-to-city store carries fresh traceable farm produce from Mahota Farm in Chongming island to be brought home or be enjoyed in the hot pot restaurant. Taste the difference in quality as the produce are harvested and delivered to the store within 24 hours. 1) 10-1F, M-Town, 1580 Kaixuan Lu, by Huaihai Xi Lu (5267 9988) 2) B1-101/102, 660 Dapu Lu, by Longhua Dong Lu (5318 8111, www. themahota.com ) 1) 凯旋路 1580 号新淮海坊 , 近淮海西路 2) 打浦路 660 号 B1-101/102, 近龙 华东路
Steakhouses Char Grill Located inside of the Hotel Indigo, this beautiful steakhouse serves up a lovely view and lots of haute meat. 29-31/ F, Hotel Indigo, 585 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Dongmen Lu (3302 9995) Daily, Dining Room, 6-10.30pm Bar, 6pm-late www.charthebund.com 中山东二路 585 号 29-31 楼 , 近 东门路
DÔME Steak & Wine Enjoy legendary steaks and grills accompanied by a superb selection of wines in an ambiance similar to that of a cellar with its stone archways and
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walls lined by wine racks. There are three alcoves that provide a measure of seclusion. B1, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu , by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6280) 上海新发展亚太 JW 万豪酒店地下一层，大
curries. Their Thai iced tea is the best in town. 938 Changle Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (3250 3863) Daily 11;30am-11pm urban-thai.com/ 长乐路 938 号，近乌鲁木齐路
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JW’s California Grill Located on the 40th floor above Shanghai's stunning skyline, the relaxed and classy setting offers refined lifestyle dining with seasonal, market fresh cuisine using premium products cooked to perfection. Discover sophisticated chefcrafted cuisine in the main area or enjoy exclusivity in the private room among friends or business partners. 40/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (5359 4969, www.jwmarriottshanghai.com) 上海明
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国金中心 IFC 商场 4 楼 , 近陆家嘴环路
Phipps Steakhouse Inspired by the tradition of the New York Steakhouse, Phipps Steakhouse brings to Shanghai the finest prime cuts as well as a complete dining experience to its exceptional authentic cuisine. Mon-Sat 11am-10pm; Sun 12am9pm 1/F, Bldg 11, The Cool Docks, 505 Zhongshan Nan Lu, by Fuxing Dong Lu ( 6152 6543, 6152 6542) 中山南路 505 弄老码头
11 号楼 1 楼 , 近复兴东路
Prime 1921 Elegant steakhouse on the 2/ F of the old Soong Mansion. Classically inspired with a modern twist, there’s more than just Australian beef that’s worthwhile to eat on the menu. Daily, 6pm – 11pm. 2/F, Sasha’s Restaurant & Bar, 11 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu (6474 6628) 东平路 11 号 2 楼，
近衡山路
President Steakhouse A modern interpretation of authentic Taiwanese steakhouse perfect for those first dates and first impressions where service and taste blend perfectly in this casually stylish yet graceful gem in the heart of Huangpu district. 691 Jiujiang Lu, by Guangxi Bei Lu (6327 5858) 11am-11pm 九江路 691 号 , 近广西北路 Ruth’s Chris Steak House Located in a restored historic building on Shanghai’s famous Bund waterfront, the fine dining steakhouse hailing from the New Orleans presents the finest custom-aged Australian Wagyu beef which is served “sizzling” hot. Further complemented by friendly services and an inviting atmosphere, it’s a perfect location for business dinners and family gatherings. 4/F, Five on the Bund, 20 Guangdong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (6071 4567) 外滩 5 号 4 楼 , 广东路 20 号 , 近中
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The 1515 WEST, Chophouse & Bar In The 1515 WEST CHOPHOUSE & BAR, an appetite for premium Australian beef, Americansized desserts, signature drinks and a classic bar awaits you. Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai, 1218 Yan'an Zhong Lu, by Tong Ren Road (2203 8889, www.jinganshangdining.com) 静安香格里拉大酒店，延安中路 1218
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Roosevelt Prime Steakhouse Thick, juicy prime steaks from a custom stone oven. AllAmerican beef. Enjoy martins and California wines on the backlit bar. Frequented by the Shanghai elite and those with expensive tastes. 160 Taiyuan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (6433 8240) Sun-Thurs: 5-10pm; Fri-Sat: 5-11pm rps@ rooseveltsteakhouse.com www.rooseveltsteakhouse.com 太原路 160 号 , 近永嘉路 The Grill With a central grill, rotisserie and a large built-in marble displaying the freshest seafood, it is a contemporary and colorful venue for guests in search of the freshest seafood and succulent prime grade meats grilled right in front of them in the open kitchen. 56/F Jin Mao Tower, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, 88 Shiji Dadao, by Dongtai Lu (5047 1234) Lunch: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; Dinner: Daily 5.30-10.30pm 世纪大道 88 号金 茂君悦大酒店 56 楼 , 近东泰路
The MEET The Kerry Hotel’s meat mecca, make sure you take a peek into their meat locker to see your dinner up close and personal. 1388 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6169 8888) 5.3010pm 花木路 1388 号 , 近芳甸路
5 楼 , 近新昌路
Bar Fly A chill bar/lounge with a lovely terrace overlooking the former French Concession. A pretty cigar room (Salon Harcout) and a few private rooms for the big wigs. 6/F, 35 Shaanxi Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (6215 8777) Daily 6pm-2am marketing@ maisonpourcel.com 陕西南路 35 号 6 楼 , 近长 乐路
Barbarossa Restaurant & Lounge Stand by the lake inside People’s Park, the threestory Barbarossa restaurant and lounge offers an array of fine food, cocktails, shisha, tapas and live entertainment in an exotic ambience. 231 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Bei Lu (6318 0220) Restaurant: 11am-11pm; Bar: 5pm-2am. www.Barbarossa.com.cn 南京西路
天广场 JW 万豪酒店 40 楼，南京西路 399 号，近 黄陂北路
Morton’s the Steakhouse The first Morton’s in Chinese mainland specializes in classic, hearty American cuisine including the grain-fed prime aged Australian beef, fresh seafood and spectacular desserts served in generous portions. 1) 4/F, IFC Mall, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6075 8888) SunThurs 11.30am-10pm; Fri-Sat 11.30am-11pm www.mortons.com/shanghai 1) 世纪大道 8 号 ,
Backroom Lounge at K5 An intimate yet glitzy lounge, decorated with velvety red curtains, still-life paintings and rich earth tones. 5/F,Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xinchang Lu (6327 2221) Daily 5.30pm-2am 南京西路 325 号 , 上海美术馆
Coconut Paradise Housed in an elegant French house with two floors, a garden and a separate bar annex. 1) 38 Fumin Lu, by Yan’an Zhong Lu (6248 1998) 2) 2/F, 378 Wukang Lu, by Hunan Lu (5424 5886) Daily 11.30am-2pm; 5.30-10.30pm coconutparadise38@gmail.com www.lostheaven.com.cn/ main.html 1) 富民路 38 号 , 近延安中路 2) 武康 路 378 号 2 楼 , 近湖南路
Herbs With a Thai owner at the helm and a Thai chef manning the furnace, their fivepage menu showcases some of the best this nation has to offer, with brash yet often subtle execution. 1/F, Mayfair Tower, 768 Julu Lu, by Fumin Lu (6208 5357) 巨鹿路 768
号 1 楼 , 近富民路
Lapis Thai 1) 285 Hunan Lu, by Gaoyou Lu (5466 3026) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 6-10pm 2) 3/F, No.19, Lane 199 Fangdian Lu, by Dingxiang Lu (5033 9223) Daily 11.30am- 2.30pm; 6-10pm 3) No.14, Lane 248 Taikang Lu, by Ruijin Er Lu (6473 3989) Daily 11.30am-2.30pm; 6-10pm 4) L109, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (5252 0082) Daily 11.00am-Late 1) 湖南路 285 号 , 近高邮路 2) 芳甸路 199 弄 19 号 3 楼 , 大拇指广场 , 近丁香 路 3) 泰康路 248 弄 14 号 , 近瑞金二路 4) 南京西 路 1376 号 109 室 , 近西康路
Lapis Thai Kitchen 1) 6/F, 818 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Shimen Yi Lu (3223 0277) 2) 7/F, 1438 Hongqiao Lu, by Gubei Lu (6237 1261) 1) 南
231 号 , 近黄陂北路
Pho Real Some of Shanghai’s finest pho and Bánh mì, with high-quality ingredients and a young, hip environment. 1) 166 Fumin Lu, by Changle Lu (5403 8110) Mon-Fri: 11am -2 pm, 5.30pm -10pm; weekends: 11am -10pm 2) 1465 Fuxing Zhong Lu by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6437 2222) Mon-Fri: 11am -2 pm, 5.30pm -10pm; weekends: 11am -10pm 3) Kerry Centre Store, Kerry Centre SB1-12, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu (6299 1827) Daily 11am-10pm 4) 1-L206, The Place, 100 Zunyi Lu, by Tianshan Lu 11am-10pm (5291 0907) www.phorealgroup.cn 1) 富民路 166 号 , 近长乐路 2) 复兴中路 1465 号 , 近淮海中路 3) 南 京西路 1515 号嘉里中心 SB1-12, 近常德路 4) 虹 桥南丰城南区 1 期 -L206, 遵义路 100 号 , 近天山 路
Pho Season With 20-years experience in South-East Asian cooking, theirFrenchborn-South Asian chef has all the SouthEast Asianspecialties– Vietnamese ‘Pho’, Cambodian ‘Loc Lac’ and Thai ‘Pad Thai’. 427 Dagu Lu, by Chengdu Bei Lu (6327 3778) Daily 11am-11pm 大沽路 427 号 , 近成都北路
京西路 818 号 6 楼 , 近石门一路 2) 虹桥路 1438 号 7 楼 , 近古北路
Simply thai 1) 5C Dongping Lu, by Yueyang Lu (400 880 7729, 6209 6209) SunThurs:11am-11pm;Fri & Sat: 11am-midnight 2) 159 Madang Lu, by Xingye Lu (400 880 7729, 6209 6209) Mon-Sun: 11am-midnight 3) No.28 Laowai Jie, lane 3338 Hongmei Lu (400 880 7729, 6209 6209) Sun-Thurs: 11am11pm; Fri & Sat: 11am-midnight 4) A6 Green Sports & Leisure Center, 600 Lantian Lu, by Lan’an Lu (400 880 7729, 6209 6209) MonSun: 11am-11pm. 5) 4/F IFC, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Yincheng Zhong Lu (400 880 7729, 6209 6209) enquiry@simplythai-sh.com www. simplythai-sh.com Mon-Sun: 11am-10pm 6) Unit 312A, 3/F, L’Avenue Shanghai, 99 Xianxia Lu, by Zunyi Lu (400 880 7729, delivery: 6209 6209, enquiry@simplythegroup.com , www. simplythai-sh.com) Mon-Sun: 11am-10pm 7) Level 8, S801-1A, Jiu Guang Department Store, 1618 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Jingan Temple 8) Level 4, N4-11, Shanghai Kerry Centre, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Tongren Lu 9) Ciros Plaza, Level 3, 312-314 388 Nanjing Xi Lu,by Huangpi Bei Lu 10) 4/F, L4101-4105, Global Harbor, 3300 Zhongshan Bei Lu, by Jinshajiang Lu Mon-Sun 11am-10pm. 11) 6/F, Rm612, Grand Gateway Plaza66, 1 Hongqiao Lu, by Huashan Lu Mon-Sun 11am-10pm 12) 5/F, Rm503, Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu Mon-Sun 11am-10pm 1) 东平路 5
号 C 座 , 近岳阳路 2) 马当路 159 号 , 近兴业路 3) 虹梅路 3338 弄老外街 28 号 , 近延安中路 4) 蓝天 路 600 号碧云休闲体育中心 A6, 近蓝桉路 5) 世纪 大道 8 号上海国金中心四层 , 近银城中路 6) 仙霞路 99 号上海尚嘉中心 3 层 312A 单元 , 近遵义路 7) 南京西路 1618 号久光百货 8 楼 S801-1A, 近静 安寺 8) 南京西路 1515 号静安嘉里中心 4 楼 N411 , 近铜仁路 9) 南京西路 388 号仙乐斯广场 3 楼 312-314 0) 中山北路 3300 号环球港 4 楼 , 近金 沙江路 11) 港汇广场 6 楼 612, 虹桥路 1 号 , 近华 山路 12) 南京西路 1266 号恒隆广场 5 楼 503, 近 西康路
Thai Gallery Thai Gallery Those well-versed in Thai food will admire the authenticity of these dishes. Creative art covers the walls. 127-1 Datian Lu, by Beijing Xi Lu (6217 9797) Daily 11am-3pm; 5.30pm-12am 大田路 127-1
号 , 近北京西路
Thai Loft Express Quick, easy and well priced Thai food. If you don’t want Thai, you can also order Vietnamese. 105B, Kerry centre lobby, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Tongren Lu (159 2161 6618) Daily 11am-9.30pm 南京 西路 1515 号嘉里中心大堂 105B, 近铜仁路
Urban Thai Tiny Thai restaurant with excellent steamed sea bass and authentic
Beernest Tiny bar and shop boasting a huge selection of imported beers. 76-82 Zhaozhou Lu, by Xizang Nan Lu (138 1650 2260) MonSat (closed on Sun) Summer: 5pm-12.30am; Winter: 4-11pm jackiehandmade@gmail. com www.beernest.com 肇周路 76-82 号 , 近 西藏南路
BELGA a new authentic Belgian bistro serving home made food and more than 40 Belgian beers. this homey, casual restaurant is all white walls, wood tables and decoration brought from Belgian.Half of the 85-seating is outdoors on the intimate first floor garden or the sun-drenched second floor terrace. Fuxing xi Lu 133, by Yongfu Lu (6433 4261) Mon-Fri: 11 am -11 pm, weekends: 11am -2 am ( snacks available) 复
兴西路 133 号 , 近永福路
Bin 74 A slick, cozy, glass-encased wine bar+shop in the heart of the French Concession. 74 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu (6431 0258) Daily 2pm-1am www.cosmogroup.cn 复兴西路 74 号 , 近永福路
Bounty Rhumerie A French-owned, piratethemed rum bar that is surprisingly low in cheese and high in atmosphere. You can get just about any type of rum cocktail ever conceived by man and then a few more. 47 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (137 6451 0616) Daily 6pm-late www.bountybar.cn ning@ bountybar.cn 永福路 47 号 , 近复兴西路 CHAR bar Classy cocktails and sophisticated setting, best known for its exquisite 270-degree views over The Bund and Pudong skyline. 30/F, Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund, 585 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Dongmen Lu (3302 9995) Daily 4:30pm-late, www.char-thebund.com 中山东二路 585 号英
迪格酒店 30 楼 , 近东门路
Pho Store Owned by an Australian Vietnamese, the Pho Store offers Vietnamese street-flavor phos in a cozy and trendy environment. 118 Xikang Lu, by Nanyang Lu daily 11am-10pm (6215 5534) 西康路 118 号 , 近南阳路
PHOCO Set in a pretty lane house, the enormous outdoor courtyard is the spot’s most attractive attribute, which is graced with bamboo gardens and features mainly Vietnamese dishes and western fusion cuisine including steaks and pasta. No.1, Lane 920 Changle Lu, by Wulumuqi Lu (5289 6275) 长乐路 920 弄 1 号 , 近乌鲁木齐路
nightlife Bars Avenue Joffre BAR Started by cocktail master Munenori Harada, formerly of el Coctel, this 1920’s Shanghai-style bar mixes highquality cocktails in a relaxed and refined environment. Specializes in gin with over 20 types from all over the world. Daily 7pm3am 1/F,Unit 5, 570 Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu (6029 9725) 永嘉路 570 号 5 号楼 1 楼 , 近岳
阳路
B&C Bar A fun little 1970’s London dive bar with cheap drinks and lots of specials. 940 Changde Lu, by Changping Lu (5213 2100) 4pm-2am juhuacandy@hotmail.com 常德路
940 号 , 近昌平路
Constellation Bar A quiet bar with lowkey 30’s ambiance. Known for its unique cocktails and ice-making technique, this is the perfect place for lovers and friends’ get-together. 1) 1-2/F, 33 Yongjia Lu, by Maoming Nan Lu (5465 5993) Daily 7pm2am www.seiza-bar.com.cn 2) 86 Xinle Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (5404 0970) Daily 7pm2am 3) 251Huangpi Bei Lu, by Jiangyin Lu (5375 2712) Mon-Sun: 7pm-2am 1) 永嘉路 33
号 1-2 楼 , 近茂名南路 2) 新乐路 86 号 , 近襄阳北 路 3) 黄陂北路 251 号 , 近江阴路
Cotton’s A charming bar with Jazz played in the garden, you can “smell” relaxed ambiance in the air. 1) 132 Anting Lu, by Jianguo Xi Lu (6433 7995) Mon-Fri: 4pm2am; Sat-Sun: 11:30am-2am 2) 294 Xinhua Lu, by Panyu Lu (6282 6897) Mon-Fri: 4pm2am; Sat-Sun: 11:30am-2am 1) 安亭路 132 号 ,
近建国西路 2) 新华路 294 号 , 近番禺路
De Refter A cozy Belgian style Brasserie boasting more than 50 Belgian beers, De Refter offers an intimate, friendly and relaxed atmosphere mixed with a classy crowd equaling the perfect spot for enjoying the evening with friends, colleagues or a good book. 181 Jinxian Lu, by Maoming Nan Lu (3230 2595) www.derefter.com 进贤路 181 号 , 近茂名南路
Dr Bar This hidden matchbox of a bar is arguably the only place in all of Xintiandi with any character. That’s probably because it’s owned by Ben Wood, Xintiandi’s architect. Try their monstrous martinis. House 15, North Block Xintiandi, Lane 181 Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu (6311 0358) 5pm2am 太仓路 181 弄新天地北里 15 号 , 近马当路 El Cóctel From virtuoso Spanish chef Willy Trullas Moreno comes this super swank cocktail lounge. Expect specialty drinks mixed with surgical precision. Reservations recommended. 2/F, 47Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing
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Xi Lu (6433 6511) Daily 5pm-3am www. elwilly.com.cn 永福路 47 号 2 楼 , 近复兴西路
01:00 Fri 12:00-02:00 Sat 12:00-02:00 Sun 12:00-01:00 武定路 1081 号 , 近胶州路
G&G Bar is your friendly local bar, a great place to catch up with friends, or meet new ones. Recently refurbished, we are open from 5pm daily, until late. Please visit our website for specials and weekly event listings www.grubandgroove.com. Jianguo lu 283 “The Loft” Metro Line 9 Jiashan Lu Stn. For events bookings, please contact Henry on 1860 212 7141.
Mokkos Bar With a Japanese husband and wife team behind the bar, reggae rhythms on the sound system and a cold glass of shochu in your hand, you’ll agree that this is one of the coolest little bars in town. Room 103, 1245 Wuding Xi Lu, by Wan Hang Du Lu (6212 1114) Wed-Mon 7pm-2am, Closed on Tuesday 武定西路 1245 号 103 室 , 近万航渡路 Mr. Pitt Cocktails A pre-prohibition joint serving classic cocktails made according to original recipes. Paying tribute to the golden age of 1850-1920, this is where you find great cocktails in town. 600-10 Shaanxi Bei Lu, by Wuding Lu (6075 1072) Daily 6pm2am 600-10 号陕西北路，近武定路 Mural The best Latin-themed underground Buddhist temple, looking all-you-can-drink Friday night bars in Shanghai. Hands down! 10 Hengshan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (6433 5023) 8pm-4am, closed on Tuesdays. postmaster@ muralbar.com www.muralbar.com 衡山路 10
号 , 近永嘉路
Number 5 Bistro An unpretentious underground bar with free pool, inexpensive drinks and good bar food to boot. B/F, 20 Guangdong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (6329 4558) Daily 10am-2am 广东路 20 号地下 一层 , 近中山东一路
142 号 , 近南京西路
Jenny’s Blue Bar Second home to hordes of blokes who regularly stop by for a drink or a home-made snack. A free foosball table, classic rock and a big screen showing ESPN and Star Sports channels. 7 Donghu Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6415 7019) Daily 1pm2am jennysbar@hotmail.com www.jennyshanghai.com 东湖路 7 号 , 近淮海中路 142 号 ,
近南京西路
I Love Shanghai With a solid events lineup, stiff drinks and a fiercely loyal crowd of regulars, ILS is one of the city’s best come as you are watering holes. 2-3F, 1788 Xinzha Lu, by Jiaozhou Lu (5228 6899) Daily 5pm4am iloveshanghailounge@gmail.com 新闸
路 1788 号 2-3 楼 , 近胶州路
Kaiba Belgian Beer Bar 739 Dingxi Lu by Yan’an Xi Lu (6280 5688) Sun-Thurs 4pm12am; Fri-Sat 4pm-2am marketing@kaibabeerbar.com 定西路 739 号 , 近延安西路 Kiitos Part of the Japanese ‘micro-bar’ trend, Kiitos brings exacting standards to its impressive cocktail, and fine spirits menu. The perfect choice for discerning drinkers who relish an intimate, low-key atmosphere. 127 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6431 3787) Daily 7pm-2am 永福路 127 号 , 近 复兴西路
La Cocina A spanish restaurant with a authentic pinchos bar at first floor.La Cocina serves Pinchos,Tapas,Sangria, Cocktail and wines. 9 DongPing Lu, by HengShan Lu (6473 1021) Daily 11am - 2am 东平路 9 号 , 近衡山路 Le Petit Franck A tiny, quaint cocktail lounge with a retro speak-easy feel serving classic cocktails, slightly pricey beers and upscale snacks. Ferguson Lane,376 Wukang Lu, by Hunan Lu (6433 1213) Tue-Sun 12pm-1am 武
康路 376 号 , 近湖南路
Pokernuts A professional cocktail bar, and a classy booze paradise with polite services, a dizzying array of whiskies and a striking poker table. Offers premium French oysters, 5J Iberian ham, and a nice selection of wines and Cuban cigars. Free fun Hold’em poker games available. Well worth of an ALL-IN night in Pokernuts. C-103, Jinghongqiao Square, 682 Wuzhong Lu, by Hongxu Lu 6pm-2am (5439 8030) 吴中路 682 号金虹桥广 场 C 座 103 室 , 近虹许路
Pulse A sweet stop-off point where you can enjoy savories, afternoon tea and cocktails in the evening. Tower 2, 1st Floor, 1116 East Hongsong Lu, by Songyuan Lu (3323 6666) 10:00am-01:00am SHASH.FB@hilton.com www.hilton.com.cn/shanghaihongqiao 红松
东路 1116 号 2 号楼 1 楼，近宋园路
Red Corner Situated at the eastern end of Dagu Lu, Red Corner is a craft cocktail lounge which provides a solid selection of classic drinks like the vesper, old fashioned Pimm's cup and pisco sour. They also do quite a few tiki drinks served in novelty vessels like ceramic skulls and Polynesian gods. 117 Chengdu Bei Lu,by Dagu Lu (3117 9694) 4pm-2am, 成都北路 117 号 , 近大沽路 Riverdeck ON THE BUND A nostalgic bar located on the third floor of RIVIERA SONGHELOU boasting breathtaking scenery of both sides of the Bund. Riverdeck ON THE BUND serves as a perfect spot for after-work drinks and friends' get-togethers. 3F, 505 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, by Xinkaihe Lu (3331 3777, 3331 3071) 中山东二路 505 号三楼 , 近新
开河路
Roosevelt Sky Bar Enjoy rooftop bar with the best view on the Bund and heated glass atrium. 9 /F, The House of Roosevelt, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu(2322 0800) info@27bund.com, www.27bund.com 中山东一路（外滩）27 号罗
斯福公馆 9 楼 , 近北京东路
Sasha’s Steeped in history, this hugely popular bar is located in a 1920’s mansion that formerly housed the famous Soong sisters and boasts one of Shanghai’s largest and favorite alfresco terraces. Huge beer list, diverse food offering and 24 wines by the glass. 11 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu daily 11am – 2am (6474 6628) 东平路 11 号， 近衡山路
Shiva Lounge Owned by a yoga instruc-tor, Shiva Lounge is decked out in batiks, candles and many handed Hindu gods. Room 102, 47 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6433 5330) Sun-Thu10pm-2.00am, Fri- Sat 10pm-5am 永 福路 47 号 102 室 , 近复兴西路
Judy’s One of Shanghai’s oldest watering holes and a Readers’ Choice Hall of Famer, this institution is perpetually packed with rowdy punters to the wee hours. 142 Tongren Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6289 3715) Daily 11am-late www.judysco.com.cn 铜仁路
142 号 , 近南京西路
Malabar A cozyand exquisite Spanish tapas bar with nice food in a good value. Try the Spanish beer and wines plus excellent pinchos and tapas. 1081 Wuding Lu, by Jiaozhou Lu (5237 3085) Mon 17:00-01:00 Tue 12:00-01:00 Wed 12:00-01:00 Thu 12:00-
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The Apartment The boho decor, quirky furniture, classy rooftop terrace and expertly mixed cocktails just might fool you into thinking you’re at the loft party of a SoHo socialite. Not to be missed. 3/F, 47 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6437 9478) SunThurs: 11am-2am; Fri-Sat: 11am-3am www. theapartment-shanghai.com 永福路 47 号 3
The Bund Brewery This off-Bund pub brews it’s own German style lagers. Pair them off with some hearty pub fare. A less flashy alternative to the typical Bund pretension. The Custom House, 11 Hankou Lu, by Sichuan Zhong Lu (6321 8447) Fri-Sat 11am - 2am; Sun-Thu 11am - 1am www.thebundbrewery. com.cn 汉口路 11 号 , 近四川中路 The Chalet Not exactly a loveshack but a good example of how to build a bar in a box. 385 Yongjia Lu, by Taiyuan Lu (3401 0958) Daily 3pm-3am chaletsh@gmail.com 永 嘉路 385 号 , 近太原路
The Glamour Bar Owned by M on the Bund, this bar is a magnet for uptowners and well out of towners out to dress and impress. Expect impeccable service, in-novative drinks and occasional live music.(6329 3751 (after 4pm); 6350 9988 (until 4pm)) 6/F, No. 5 the Bund, by Guangdong Lu (6329 3751, 6350 9988) Daily 4pm-late www.m-theglamourbar. com 中山东一路 , 外滩 5 号 6 楼 , 近广东路 The Park Tavern Stained wood panelling, billiards, darts and a solid selection of whiskey and beer all make this a proper pub in a neighbourhood that desperately needs one. 840 Hengshan Lu, by Tianping Lu (5465 9312) Mon-Thu: 11am-2am, Fri-Sun: 11amlate 衡山路 840 号 , 近天平路 Tango Bang This Argentinian bar and restaurant has a broad menu and a spacious dance floor upstairs. The staff are friendly and helpful. Happy hours are long. Tango lessons are available throughout the week. Yu Jing Fang, 1F, 545 Pudong Da Dao, by Dongfang Lu (5877 1881) Daily 11am-2-am 浦 东大道 545 号裕景坊 1 楼 , 近东方路
Windows Scoreboard With the same rough and ready atmosphere as its three sisters, this branch adds multiple, big screen monitors to watch the game, with the usual cheap drinks. 11/F, 527 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Chengdu Lu (5382 7757) Daily: 5pm-late 淮海 中路 527 号 11 楼 , 近成都路
Windows underground With the abrupt closure of Window’s Too, this basement dweller up the street has taken on the mantle of Shanghai’s premier place to get down and dirty with cheap drinks and all night beats. 698 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Wujiang Lu (5116 8857) Daily 10am-late 南京西路 698 号 , 近吴江路
YU Located on 28th floor, YU offers an inspiring view of the Lupu Bridge and elegant cocktails. 99 Jiangbin Lu, by Dapu Lu (5318 8888) 江滨路 99 号 , 近打浦路 Zapata’s Classic “Spring Break” party bar, where anything goes…bartop dancing, tequila girls, TOP 40, you name it. 5 Hengshan Lu, by Dongping Lu (6474 6166, 6433 4104) Daily 5pm-late www.zapatasshanghai.com 衡山路 5 号 , 近东平路
Clubs Bar Rouge The go-to spot for Shanghai’s glitterati, this chic lounge offers expertly mixed cocktails, the latest electro beats and one of the best views on the Bund. 7/F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu (6339 1199) Sun-Wed: 6pm-3am; Thu-Sat: 6pm-late www.bar-rouge-shanghai.com 中山
东一路 18 号 7 楼 , 近南京东路
Cirque Le Soir Experience China’s first boutique circus themed club in the historical Bund 22 building with a vibrant twist to the Bund’s nightlife scene. Guests are paraded with live world-class circus performances by the mind-boggling cast of performers. Unparalleled music is also provided by talented local and International DJs. Wed–Sat 9pm-4am; Sun–Tues for private booking: RSVP Cirquelesoirshanghai.com. 4/ F, Zhongshan Dong Er Lu 22, by Xin Yong’An Lu ( 400 99 100 88) www.cirquelesoir.com 中 山东二路 22 号 4 楼 , 近新永安路
M1NT Winner of 2009 Readers’ Choice Award for “Club of the Year”.Join the posh and the poser alike in this quasi exclusive nightclub, where a chic dining room offering up superb Asian inspired fusion and grilled fare are a;sp available. 24/F, 318 Fuzhou Lu, by Hankou Lu (6391 2811) Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm; Dinner: Mon-Sat 6-11pm; Club: Wed-Sat 9:30pm-late bookings@ m1ntglobal.com www.m1ntglobal.com 福州
楼 , 近复兴西路
路 318 号高腾大厦 24 层 , 近汉口路
The BREW Try one of their six home-brewed beers and you’ll never go back to bottles of Qingdao again. Warm wood interior, right on the edge of Century Park. The Kerry Hotel, 1388 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6169 8888) Daily 11am–2am www.shangri-la.com
M2 Following footsteps of its enormously successful sibling-- Muse, the excellent drinks and energetic, crowd-pleasing mixer offers a distinctive scene. 4/F Hong Kong Plaza, 283 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (6391 2811) Daily 8pm-late 淮海中路
花木路 1388 号 , 近芳甸路
283 号香港广场 4 楼 , 近黄陂南路
Muse at Park 97 Art deco lounge overlooking Fuxing Park hoping to develop ameaningful relationship with expatriate wallets. Live jazz and a nice balcony. 2/F, 2 Gaolan Lu, by Sinan Lu (5383 2328) Daily 9pm-4am www.museshanghai.cn 皋兰路 2 号 2 楼 , 近思南路
MYST Daily 9:30pm-late 1123 Yanan Zhong Lu, by Fumin Lu (64379999) 延安中路 1123 号 ,
近富民路
THE 7th FLOOR 7F, No.8 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Liulin Lu (6307 9999) 淮海中路 8 号 7 楼，近
柳林路
Hotel Bars 789 Nanjing Lu Bar & Lounge An upscale hotel bar with 360-degree floor-to-ceiling windows, an iced seafood bar and cool lounge music. 64-66/F, 789 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu (3318 999956500) Mon-Thurs 5pm-1am; Fri-Sat 5pm2am reservations.shanghai@lemeridien. com starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/ royalshanghai 南京东路 789 号 64-66 楼 , 近西
藏中路
Andaz Lounge Specialises in its unique Kir Royale and other cocktails from Andaz hotels around the world, it offers a full range of tea, coffee, cocktails and mocktails as well. 1/F, Andaz Shanghai, 88 Songshan Lu, by Taicang Lu (2310 1710) 7am-11pm 嵩
山路 88 号 1 楼 , 近太仓路
Banyan Tree Located on the rooftop of Banyan Tree Shanghai on the Bund, TOPS is the first open rooftop bar with full 180°unobstructed view in Shanghai, offering a breathtaking panorama spanning across the Bund. 19 Gongping Lu, by Haiping Lu (2509 1188) Tue-Sun, 2.30pm-1am 公平路 19
号 , 近海平路
Chatters Bar Designed in a red and elegant chic design, Chatters Bar on the second floor of this new MetroPolo Classiq boutique hotel which locates off Bund offers coffees, afternoon tea, cocktails and wines, and naughty nibbles. 2/F, Jinjiang Metropolo Classiq, 98 Nanjing Dong Lu (6321 1666, www.JJMPH.com) daily 10am-10pm 南京东路
98 号锦江都城南京东路外滩经典酒店 2 楼 , 近四川 中路
Cigar and Dim Sum Executive Chef Peter prepares daily fresh baked, steamed and deep fried lobster Dim Sum platter for your taste buds. Finish it with an excellent cigar Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2. Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel, 159 He’nan Nan Lu, by Fuyou Lu (2321 88886234) 2-10pm 上海豫园万丽酒店 , 河南南路 159 号 , 近福佑路
Cin Cin The mezzanine level of the Fairmont offers luxury wines and cigars plus a variety of areas to relax in. Choose from their cocktail bar, refined wine cellar or their warm cigar lounge. 1/F, Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (6138 6889) Daily 6pm-2am www.fairmont.com/peacehotel 南京东路 20 号 1 楼和平饭店 , 近中山东一路
Cloud 9 Located on Level 87 of Jin Mao Tower, this sky lounge has magnificent views of the entire city, where guests can enjoy a wide collection of creative cocktails, champagnes and Asian Tapas. The floorto-ceiling glassed double-height section also holds a hide-away mezzanine bar. 87/F Grand Hyatt, Jin Mao Tower, 88 Shiji Dadao, by Dongtai Lu (5049 1234) Mon-Fri 5pm1am; Sat-Sun 2pm-1am 世纪大道 88 号金茂大 厦 87 楼 , 近东泰路
The Compass Bar This unique bar offers an extensive collection of marine memorabilia to celebrates Shanghai’s maritime history, also check out the open-air promenade. The Peninsula Hotel 1/F, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2327 6737) Daily: 11am-2am www.peninsula.com 中山东一路
32 号上海半岛酒店一层 , 近北京东路
Jade on 36 Bar Breathtaking views, creative cocktails and stunning interior design make this a must-see venue. Sunday Brunch: RMB 788 + 15% service charge per person, effective 28th October 2012. 36/F Grand Tower, Pudong Shangri-la, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Lujiazui Xi Lu (6882 3636) 5.30pm-1am (weekends until 2am) fbreservation.sipu@ shangri-la.com https://www.shang-rewards. com/aspx/RestaurantBarJade36Bar.aspx 富城
路 33 号香格里拉大酒店紫金楼 36 楼 , 近陆家嘴西 路
JW Lounge Bar Popular with high-flyers, this lofty lounge boasts panoramic city views and offers an extensive champagne list, either by the glass or the by bottle. Live music six days a week. 40/F, JW Marriott, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Bei Lu (5359 4969-6864) Daily 5.30pm-2am www.
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jwmarriottshanghai.com 南京西路 399 号 JW
万豪酒店 40 楼 , 近黄陂北路
Liquor Factory A British-style bar located in hotel’s garden villas with outdoor pool table and terrace seatings, where you drink the night away. 1188 Xueye Lu, by Shibo Dadao (3858 1188) Daily 11-2am 雪野路 1188 号上海 世博洲际酒店 1 楼 , 近世博大道
Long Bar Offering a good selection of cocktails, deluxe oysters and premium cigars, legendary Long Bar remains to be a part of the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund after architectural restoration. Lobby, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6322 9988) Mon-Sat 4pm-1am; Sun 2pm1am 中山东一路 2 号外滩华尔道夫酒店大堂 , 近广 东路
Panorama Bar A cool timeless bar perched on the top floor of the hotel with panoramic windows providing stunning view of the city. The bar specializes in classic cocktails and wines. 33/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu, by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6281) 上海新发展亚太 JW 万豪酒店 33 楼，大渡河路 158 号 , 近光复西路
Pullman Lobby Lounge Chill out in the lobby lounge, relax and breeze through our comprehensive selection of beverage, high tea, fine snacks, Pullman signature ‘Tapastry’ and a newly opened Deli. 2/F, Pullman Shanghai South, 1 Pubei Lu, by Liuzhou Lu (2426 8888) 浦北路 1 号上海中星铂尔曼大酒店 1
楼，近柳州路
Reflections Lobby Bar Overlooking the ‘reflecting pond’ in the courtyard, the chic, bright and modern lobby bar at MetroPolo Classiq boutique hotel is open for coffees, afternoon tea, cocktails and wines, and naughty nibbles. 1/F, Jinjang Metropolo Classiq, 918 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Jiangsu Lu (6251 2512， www.JJMPH.com) daily 10am-10pm 延
安西路 918 号锦江都城达华经典酒店 1 楼 , 近江苏 路
Salon de Ning Inspired by an elegant drawing room in a 30s private Shanghairesidence, this lounge bar offers a wild range of signature cocktails and tasty snacks. B1/ F, The Peninsula Shanghai, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu (2327 6731) Tue-Sat 8pm-1am, Closed on Mon and Sun 中
山东一路 32 号上海半岛酒店 B1 楼 , 近南京东路
XTD elevated Casual, stylish and unique, that’s what XTD elevated is all about. Enjoy cool cocktails and an extensive BBQ menu while sitting back and relaxing on day beds and cabanas. Daily, 5pm till late. 5/F, 99 Madang Lu, The Langham Xintiandi, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (2330 2232) 上海新天地朗廷 酒店 5 楼 , 马当路 99 号 , 近淮海中路
Zpark Bar Locates on the 25th floor of the Renaissance Zhongshan Park, it offers great view with cool cocktail sellections. There’s a big variety of bar food including check satay, Vietnamese Spring roll, Buffalo check wing and more. Sip hand crafted cocktails with panoramic views and discover a brand new sound. Every Tuesday to Saturday from 8.30pm onwards, join Kelly, the runnerup winner of the popular TV Show “SUPER DIVA”, who’ll stimulate your senses with her soulful tunes spanning a variety of genres. 25/F, Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel, 1018 Changning Lu, by Kaixuan Lu (6115 8888) benjamin.zheng@renaissancehotels.com 长宁路 1018 号 25 楼 , 近凯旋路
Live Music JZ Club Shanghai’s true jazz scene has finally arrived. Check it out and dig the vibe. 46 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu (6431 0269) Daily 7pm-2am www.jzclub.cn 复兴西路 46 号 , 近永
The Ritz Bar Super cool drinks and special martinis selected from an impressive collection of drink list are made to order by experienced Ritz Bar mixologists. Call to reserve. 2/F, The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6279 8888) Daily 5.30pm -1am every Monday to Sunday 上海波特曼丽思卡尔顿酒店 二楼，南京西路 1376 号 , 近西康路
The Shelter This former bomb shelter is THE place for alternative electronic music in Shanghai. Low/no cover and good drinks prices make this an indie haven. 5 Yongfu Lu, by Fuxing Xi Lu (6437 0400) Wed-Sat 9pm-late thesheltershanghai@gmail.com 永 福路 5 号 , 近复兴西路
Yu Yin Tang Warehouse music space run by the Yu Yin Tang collective, filled with a motley crüe of rock aficionados at the forefront of shanghai’s burgeoning hardcore scene. 851 Kaixuan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (5237 8662) Tue-Sun: 8pm-2am; closed on Mon. durn1976@gmail.com www.yuyintang.org 凯 旋路 851 号 , 近延安西路
Outdoor Seating Abbey Road An ideal pub where you can turn off your mind, relax and float downstream or come together with some mates. Come for the tasty brews and pub grub, stay for the bamboo garden in the shade. 45 Yueyang Lu, by Dongping Lu (6431 6787) Mon-Fri: 4pm-2am; Sat-Sun: 8.30am2am www.abbeyroad-shanghai.com. 岳阳路 45 号 , 近东平路
Archie’s Friendly neighbourhood bar with big screen TVs, outdoor seating and cheap drinks. Giant View, 15, Lane 1520, Huashan Lu, by Huaihai Xi Lu (6281 4245, 6281 4237) Daily 12pm-2am archiewanghk@citiv.net 华
山路 1520 弄 15 号时尚虹景大酒店 , 近淮海西路 .
Art Deco Garden Café & Bar A lesserknown clean and quiet occupant of the Ruijin Guesthouse. Good for couples who want a simple sip, stare and sigh sort of night. Bldg 3, Ruijin Guest House,118 Ruijin Er Lu, by Maoming Nan Lu (6472 5222-3006) Daily 9.30pm-12am 瑞金二路 118 号瑞金宾馆 3 号楼 , 近茂名南路
The Fat Olive This Greek-themed wine and mezze by David Laris features a lovely terrace ideal for relaxing with a glass of wine and warm pita bread. 1) 2/F, Unit 26A, Sinan Mansions, 525-527 Fuxing Zhong Lu by Sinan Lu (3368 9524) Daily 11-late www. thefatolive.com 2) 6/F, Silver Court Complex, 228 Xizang Nan Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6334 3288) Daily 11-1am 1) 复兴中路 525527 号思南公馆 26A 号楼 2 楼 , 近思南路 2) 西藏 南路 228 号 6 楼 , 近淮海中路
La Terraza This terrace lounge offers a nice chill-out place. Besides, free snacks are passing around every night. 17 Yongjia Lu, by Maoming Nan Lu (5465 5837) Daily 4pm4am la.terraza.shanghai@gmail.com 永嘉路 17 号天台 , 近茂名南路
The Roof at Waterhouse The Roof at Waterhouse, a rooftop cocktail bar, offers a splendid view of the Huangpu River and serves up the most creative concoctions and delectable appetizers to guests who come to this perfect cozy getaway in the city. 4/F, 1-3 Maojiayuan Lu, by Zhongshan Nan Lu (6080 2988 ext. 919, www.waterhouseshanghai. com) Daily 6.30pm-1.30am 毛家园路 1-3 号水 舍酒店 , 近中山南路
福路
LOgO 298 Xingfu Lu, by Pingwu Lu 幸福路 298 号 , 近平武路
Mao Livehouse Shanghai Formerly WTF Club, this mid-sized performance space has nowbeen taken over by the local rockers at Soma Records, who promise plenty of live music madness, with the backing of the Japanese investors behind the successful MAO Livehouse in Beijing. 3/F, 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, by Jianguo Zhong Lu (6445 0086) Open for events only www.maomusic.com 重庆南路 308 号 3 楼 , 近建国中路 Music Room Live Show "SOVND OF SHΛNGHΛI DJ" is bringing the hottest music to the highest bar in the city on each Wednesday night where ladies get free-flow sparkling wines. Enjoy the amazing voice of renowned vocal artist and saxophone player Wink with his latest band from Monday to Saturday from 8pm until late. 92/F, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Dongtai Lu (6888 1234) MonThurs 6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-2am, Sunday closed. 世纪大道 100 号环球金融中心 92 楼，近
东泰路
Sports Bars Big Bamboo A sports bar offering an expanded food menu, with entertainment including pool tables and flat screen televisions. Big Bamboo pulls large crowds for events like the World Cup and Superbowl. 1) Hong Mei Entertainment Street, No. 20, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6405 8720) Daily: 11am-late www.bigbamboo. cn 2) 132 Nanyang Lu, by Tongren Lu (6256 2265) Daily: 2pm-4am celine@truelegend. asia 3) 381 Hongfeng Lu, by Biyun Lu (5030 1779) Sun-Thu: 11am-2am; Fri-Sat: 11am3am celine@truelegend.asia 1) 虹梅路 3338
弄虹梅休闲街 20 号 , 近延安西路 2) 南阳路 132 号 , 近铜仁路 3) 红枫路 381 号 , 近碧云路
Boxing Cat Brewery 1) Unit 26A, Sinan Mansions, 519-521 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Sinan Lu (6426 0360) Mon-Fri: 5pm-2am; SatSun: 10am-2am info@boxingcatbrewery.com www.boxingcatbrewery.com 2) 82 Fuxing Xi Lu, by Yongfu Lu (6431 2091) Mon-Thu: 5pm2am; Fri: 3pm-2am; Sat-Sun: 11am-2am 1) 复 兴中路 519-521 号思南公馆 26A, 近思南路 2) 复
兴西路 82 号 , 近永福路
新乐路 98 号 , 近襄阳路
Koala Bar Friendly local bar with big screen televisions, a pool table and loads of drink/ food specials. Caters to the clientele coming from the nearby Jiaotong University. 280 Huaihai Xi Lu, by Panyu Lu (5258 8779, 138 1880 3478) 11am-2am 淮海西路 280 号 , 近番
Glo Wine Bar Arriving August 8thLooking for the perfect place to meet friends, unwind from work, de-brief during the day? Then Glo Wine Bar is the perfect destination. Whether you want to catch up over cocktails, share a well chosen bottle of wine or enjoy our International tapas & platters, you will find the perfect solution in Glo Wine Bar. 3/F,1 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Dongping Lu (6466 6565, shanghai@ glolondon.com www.glolondon.com) MonSun: 4pm-late 乌鲁木齐南路 1 号 3 楼，近东平路
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Malone’s Popular American-style bar and winner 2009 Readers’ Choice Award for best pub. Come for the burgers, stay for the live music and TV sports. 1) 255 Tongren Lu, by Nanjing Xi Lu (6247 2400) Daily 11am-2am 2) 2/F, shop 17 Thumb Plaza, 199 Fangdian Lu, by Yanggao Zhong Lu (5033 6717) Mon-Fri: 11am-2am; Sat-Sun: 9:30am-2am 1) 铜仁路 255 号 , 近南京西路 2) 大拇指广场 17 号 2 楼 , 芳 甸路 199 号 , 近杨高中路
The Camel Bar The screens, hot-blooded crowd and happy hour specials make this a fun place to meet and watch a game. 1) 1 Yueyang Lu, by Dongping Lu (6437 9446) Daily 10am-2am www.camelsportsbar.com 2) 116 Weifang Xi Lu, by Pudong Nan Lu (5879 5892) Daily 10am-2am 1) 岳阳路 1 号 , 近东平 路 2) 潍坊西路 116 号 , 近浦东南路
The Max Pub With over eight years’ history, the Max Pub is one of the coziest sports bars in Huangpu district. Great western food, plenty of big screens playing your favorite sports, free pool, endless cocktails and draft beers. 188 Fujianzhong Lu, by Fuzhou Lu (6375 7707) 福建中路 188 号 , 近福州路 The Rocks Grill & Bar A sports bar with a big garden, views of the Huangpu River, snooker and ball games on TV. 5-9pm, house wine buy-one-get-one free. TowerB, Block10, 505 Zhongshan Nan Lu, by Waima Lu (6152 6626) 中山南路 505 号老码头 10 号楼 B 座 , 近外 马路
Shanghai Brewery Microbrewery restaurant and sports bar with the chef from Michelin two-Star restaurant. Great hand-crafted beer (6 styles), tasty food with international flavors and live sports on big screens. Try brew master's winter special – golden, malty, slightly sweet French/Belgian season brewed with oats and five different malts, Slovenian hops, black pepper and coriander seeds for a full flavored winter beer.1) 15 Dongping Lu, by Hengshan Lu (3461 0717) Daily: 10am-2am www.shanghaibrewery. com 2) 21C, Hongmei Entertainment Street, 3338 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6406 5919) Sun-Thu: 10am - 2am; Fri-Sat 10am3am 1) 东平路 15 号 , 近衡山路 2) 虹梅路 3338 号 , 虹梅休闲街 21C, 近延安西路
Ricky’s Sports Bar & Grill With live bands, big screens and pool tables, the Ricky’s is a relaxing sports bar providing not just live sports on screen, but fresh and high quality food for lunch and dinner plus late night snacks. 930 Pudong Dadao, by Yuanshen Lu (5093 1519) http://weibo.com/527101298 浦东
大道 930 号 , 近源深路
Wine Bars Bar 99 An international bar features unique Pullman Vinoteca wine concept with a compilation of new world and old world wines, champagne, cocktails, beers and spirits to enjoy complemented with a tapas menu. 2/F, Pullman Shanghai South, 1 Pubei Lu, by Liuzhou Lu (2426 8888) 浦北路 1 号上海 中星铂尔曼大酒店 1 楼，近柳州路
Brick Restaurant and Wine Lounge Quaint, cozy, comfortable and cool, Brick also offers a jazz scene. Get a table by the piano, tuck into some Mediterranean-style cuisine. 30 Sinan Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6093 2005) Daily 11-2am brickwangyan@163.com 思南路 30 号 , 近淮海中路
Burdigala Bordeaux Wine Bistrot In partnership with the CIVB and initiated by private investor Franck Boudot, the Burdigala Bordeaux wine Bistrot offers some fifty châteaux and brands reflecting the whole Bordeaux range: red, dry, sweet, rosé and Crémant de Bordeaux wines. 550 Wuding Lu, by Shaanxi Bei Lu (6217 0377) 11am - 1pm info@theburdigala.com ww.theburdigala. com 武定路 550 号 , 近陕西北路 Dr Wine This sumptuous wine bar has bottles from RMB118 (a French Cab Sauv) to RMB45,000 for a 1982 Chateau Lafite. Don’t worry if the selection overwhelms you, someone will be there to hold your hand. 177 Fumin Lu, by Julu Lu (5403 5717) Sun-Sat 5pm-2am info@lebistrodudrwine.com 富民路 177 号 , 近巨鹿路
Epicvre Wines and spirits imported from France, delicious imported jams and marmalades all make it worth a visit to this gourmet shop/wine bar. 98 Xinle Lu,by Xiangyang Lu (5404 7719) Daily 11am- 11pm
Globus Wine 1) Ferguson Lane, 376 Wukang Lu, by Hunan Lu (6466 8969) Daily 12-10pm 2) 83 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Xiangyang Lu (5466 1575) Daily 12-10pm 1) 武康路 376
号 , 近湖南路 2) 建国西路 283 弄 5 号楼 , 近襄阳路
L’Aveue A classy and trendy wine bistro in Xintiandi offering a selection of home-made tapas, dips, pizza, sharing plates and wines in a comfortable and warm atmosphere. 1/ F, 333 Huangpi Nan Lu, by Taicang Lu (6301 9999) 24/7, 11-2am 黄陂南路 333 号 1 楼 , 近太 仓路
Roosevelt Wine Cellar The Largest Wine Cellar in Town with over 4,000 labels. Every Wednesday is Winesday 6.30-8pm. The House of Roosevelt, 2/F, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2322 0800) info@27bund.com, www.27bund.com 中山东 一路（外滩）27 号罗斯福公馆 2 楼 , 近北京东路
HoF A popular wine bar that provides super tasty chocolate and cakes for afternoon tea, featuring chocolate velvet cakes, death by chocolate, etc. A variety of wines and cocktails are provided at night. B1/ F, DBS Building, 1318 Lujiazui Huan Lu, by Dongyuan Lu (5010 0800) Mon-Sat: 3pm10pm www.houseofflour.com 陆家嘴环路 1318 号 B1 层 , 近东园路
Wine Must Traditional French Bistro with a typical wine cellar. A wide selection of wines from Europe are available, accompanied with excellent grilled dishes for dinner and classic home-made French Cassolettes for lunch. You will surely love this place, a cozy chic magical land to share with friends. 1/F, Bld 2, 881 Wuding Lu, by Changde Lu ( 6176 1378) Daily 11am-1am 武定路 881 号 2 号楼 1 楼 , 近常德路
Vine Chic wine bar with a large selection of old & new world wines. Asian & Westernstyle nibbles also served. Tower 1, 1st Floor, 1116 East Hongsong Lu, by Songyuan Lu (3323 6666) 5:00pm-01:00am SHASH. FB@hilton.com www.hilton.com.cn/ shanghaihongqiao/restaurants 红松东路 1116
号 2 号楼 1 楼，近宋园路
Wine Shops ENOTECA 1) Shop No.L4-402, Level 4, Shanghai iapm shop, 999 Huaihai Zhong lu, by shaanxi Nan Lu (5174 8865) 2)Shop No.L4-21, 4/F, IFC, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Yincheng Zhong Lu (5012 1480) 3) B1/F, TAKASHIMAYA department store, 1438 Hongqiao Lu, by Manao Lu (6295-8292) 4) B1/F, Sogo Department store, 1618 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu (5237-9015) 1) 淮海中路 999 号环 贸广场 L4-402, 近陕西南路 2) 世纪大道 8 号上海 国金中心 L4-21 铺 , 近银城中路 3) 虹桥路 1438 号古北国际财富中心 2 期裙房 B1-010, 近玛瑙路 4) 南京西路 1618 号上海久光百货 B1 楼 DB12 店 铺 , 近华山路
Everwines Shop A cheery, laid back wine bar and shop, with a nice terrace and frequent wine classes. 200 Taizhou Lu, by Kangding Lu (3208 0293) Daily 12pm-12am jinganshop@ everwines.com www.everwines.com 泰州路 200 号 , 近康定路
GLADYS With selected fine wine from Australia, France and the rest of the world, the neighborhood friendly wine shop also provides quality imported food and beverages which are available for delivery. 12am-10pm daily. 71 Zhaohua Dong Lu, by Zhening Lu (5237 0807) 昭化东路 71 号 , 近镇
宁路
Vins Descombe A wine bar and retail space that hosts regular tastings and events. Also sells box wine. 372 Dagu Lu, by Shimen Yi Lu (6340 1590) Tues-Sun 12-10pm 大沽路 372 号 ,
近石门一路
W&W Fine Wines and Whiskies Professional butler service and selection, high quality of fine wines & single malt whisky. An awesome selection of whiskies and wines for decent prices (Napa Valley vintages start at RMB98, Glenfidditch 12 yr RMB260) - Also a bar where you can sip. 779 Beijing Xi Lu, by Shimen Er Lu (3353 5189) 北京西路 779 号 , 近石门二路
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Garden Books SHANGHAI CENTER, F1/1376 Nanjing Road (W), (EAST SUITE)Sells imported books, newspapers, magazines and other foreign publications. www. bookzines.com chochobook@yahoo.com. cn 325 Changle Lu, by Shaanxi Lu (5404 8728) 长乐路 325 号 , 近陕西路
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Ben Zhou Handmade Shoes Studio Custommade shoes in retro, modern and popular designs for both male and female. You can also have pictures of certain designs and your favourite worn shoes copied. 1) B148, Luocheng Plaza, 1665 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu (138 1788 7660, 136 3658 0300) 9.30am-10pm 2) Rm112, 90-1 Nanyang Lu, by Xikang Lu (138 1788 7660, 5213 5770, 136 3658 0300) 9.30am-10pm 3) D-01 A.P. Plaza South.No.2002 Century Avenue Pudong (138 1718 9104) 9.30am-10pm 1) 洛
新闸路
Casa pagoda is an exciting brand for home furnishings and accessories inspired by European design and the industrial revolution. The collection offers a contemporary take on the classics, mixing materials creating signature pieces and paying respect to the tradition of craftsmanship by creating pieces which are distinctive and timeless. 1) (NEW) Casa Pagoda Pudong Store: L209A Kerry Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu ( 5082 0528) 2) Casa Pagoda Flagship Store: 13-17 Taikang Lu, by Sinan Lu (6466 7521) 3) 136 Taikang Lu, by Sinan Lu (6466 8198) 1) 浦东嘉里城 L209A, 花木路 1378 号 , 近 芳甸路 2) 泰康路 13-17 号 , 近思南路 3) 泰康路 136 号 , 近思南路
近黄杨路
NewX.com offers quality European design furniture and home decor at a great value. By simply operating online and on-demand, NewX cuts all unnecessary costs and the savings are passed on to the customer. Free delivery in town. Shop online at www.newx. com or www.newx.cn (400 068 7080) Kava Kava creates modern, colorful and functional Chinese furniture for every household. Choose from our extensive collection or customize your own. Free delivery in Shanghai. 1) 639 Honggu Lu, by Shuicheng Lu (6270 9798) 9.30am-6pm 2) 810 Julu Lu, by Changshu Lu (6214 8313) 11am-7pm. 1) 虹古路 639 号 , 近水城路 2) 巨鹿 路 810 号 , 近常熟路
Paddy Field 1) Warehouse, 1/F, Building C, 1568 Huqingping Gong Lu, by Xiewei Lu (5976 9331) 2) 105 Hunan Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (6437 5567) 1) 沪青平公路 1568 号圣
堡艺术园区 C 栋 1 楼 , 近谢卫路 2) 湖南路 105 号 , 近淮海中路
Platane Platane combines traditional savoir faire, worldwide design home wares in a distinctive simplicity and elegance. Discover its own range of handmade ceramic and porcelain as well as imported brands like Zoeppritze, Bertozzi, Charvet, La Rochere, LSA. www.platane.cn 1)439 Wukang lu by Huaihai Zhong lu (6433 6387); 2)156Taikang lu by Sinan lu (6466 2495). 1) 武康路 439 号
（6433 6387）2）泰康路 156 号（6466 2495）
DTL HOME&GARDEN FURNITERE Having over ten years’ experience of manufacturing, custom-made solid wood furniture, the company also includes indoor furniture featuring Chinese and Western style, children’s furniture, outdoor garden pieces, Afghanistan handmade carpets and featured decorations, etc. Products are popular in Europe, America and around the world. 1) PuXi Store:B-1, 1568 HuQingPing Gong Lu, by Xiewei Lu (6976 0245) dtlmichelle@ aliyun.com www.dingtang.com 2) Pudong Store: 160 JinFeng Bei Lu, by Longdong Dadao (5833 1968) 1) 沪青平公路 1568 号 B-1
铺圣保艺术园区内 , 近谢卫路 2) 浦东新区金丰北路 160 号 , 近龙东大道
LE REXO - Exclusive High-End western & Chinese style furniture, LE REXO’s pieces are 100 percent made-to-order, custom-made and hand-crafted from precious woods like elm, rosewood, ebony, sandalwood etc. Upholstered pieces like armchairs and sofas made in a variety of sumptuous fabrics and leathers are also available. In addition, LE REXO offers interior design & decoration services for professionals and individuals. 2/F, No.20, Lane 383, Xiangyang Nan Lu, by Yongjia Lu (5213 0016) Tue-Sat, 12.30-6pm, www.lerexo.com 樂蕊歐，襄阳南路 383 弄 20
号 2 楼 , 近永嘉路
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Mr. Billy’s Hand Made Shoes 1238 Changle Lu, by Wulumuqi Zhong Lu Daily 11am-10pm Billywang09@21cn.com www.billyshoes.com 长乐路 1238 号 , 近乌鲁木齐中路
Orchestra-Asia 上海淮海青少年旗舰店
Shanghai Tang 1) No.15 North Block,181 Taicang Lu, by Madang Lu (6384 1601) MonSun 10.30am-11pm 2) Shop E, Jinjiang Hotel, 59 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu (5466 3006) Mon-Sun 10am-10pm 3) ShangriLa Pudong Lobby Level, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Mingshang Lu (5877 6632) Mon-Sun 10am-10pm 4) 1/F, 333 Huangpi Nan Lu, by
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BCoS I'M HOME A new lifestyle brand in home décor, artifacts, interior designs and creative products, specializing in creating an exciting and healthier living space with creative designed artifacts, prints and paintings, artificial plants, soft furnishing, and home accessories. 600 Shaanxi Bei Lu, by Xinzha Lu (6045 2368) 陕西北路 600 号 , 近
Josie Chen Range Created and designed by Shanghai-based jewelry designer Joanne Swift, the label Josie Chen sees a range of covetable necklaces, earrings, headbands and bracelets with a touch of edgy yet feminine. 382 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Yueyang Lu (5466 5321) 建国西路 382 号 , 近岳阳路
Regus One Corporate Avenue 上海企业天 地中心 , 15/F, No.222 Hubin Road, Huangpu
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城广场 B1-48, 虹桥路 1665 号 , 近水城路 2) 南阳 路 90-1 号 112 室 , 近西康路 3) 上海市浦东新区 世纪大道 2002 号，亚太盛汇南广场 D-01
1/F Huaihai Youth Department Store, 775 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Ruijin Yi Lu (6472 7544) 淮海中路 775 号 1 楼 , 近瑞金一路
Regus Raffles City 来福士广场 , 51/F, No.268 Xizang Zhong Road, Huangpu District Regus Shui On Plaza 瑞安中心，12/F, No.333 Huaihai Road Middle, Huangpu District
路 2) 茂名南路 59 号锦江饭店 E 店铺 , 近长乐路 3) 富城路 33 号浦东香格里拉大酒店一楼 , 近名商路 4) 黄陂南路 333 号新天地 1 层 , 近太仓路 5) 中山 东一路 32 号半岛酒店 1 层 L1C 铺 , 近南京东路 6) 南京西路 1168 号中信泰富广场 2 层 221 单元 , 近 江宁路
Lily’s Antiques Specializing in high quality and genuine Chinese antiques, Lily’s Antiques offers 100 percent wood furniture and home decor for the modern home. Tailor-made furniture can be ordered on request and free shipping is provided within Jinqiao area. 1037 Biyun Lu, by Huangyang Lu (5019 1199) showroomsh@lilysantiques. com; www.lilysantiques.com 碧云路 1037 号 ,
Apparel ANNABEL LEE SHANGHAI is a Shanghaibased luxury home and fashion accessories brand that reflects beautiful Chinese tradition and culture. It boasts sophisticated modern Chinese design in the form of the finest Chinese silk, cashmere and jewelry. Silk pouches with delicate embroidery, intricately-woven cashmere shawls made of the highest-quality cashmere from Inner Mongolia, breath-taking jewelry made of beautiful gemstones, all of which make perfect gifts! 1) No. 1, Lane 8, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Fuzhou Lu (6445-8218) 10am-10pm 2) Unit 3, House 3, North Block Xintiandi, 181 Taicang Lu,by Huangpi Nan Lu (6320 0045) 10am-10pm 1) 中山东一路 8 弄 1
Regus Nanjing West Road 南京西路中心， 18/F Shanghai Oriental Centre, 699 Nanjing Road West, Jing’an District District
Taicang Lu (6384 1601) Mon-Sun 10.30am11pm 5) L1C, Level 1 the Peninsula Hotel, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Nanjing Dong Lu (6329 6255) Mon-Sun 10.30am-11pm 6) L221, Citic Square, 1168 Nan Jing Xi Lu, by Jiangning Lu (5212 2162) Mon-Sun 10.30am11pm 1) 太仓路 181 弄新天地北里 15 号 , 近马当
Homes-Up.com provides a wide selection of creative home deco accessories, home textiles, small storages, etc. All products are Homes-Up exclusive design, imported from all over the world. Experience an innovative decoration concept in Shanghai. Shop online at www.homes-up.com. 1) Taikang showroom, 126 Taikang Lu, by Sinan Lu (6301 0190) Daily 10am-10pm. 2) Changshun showroom, 38-1 Changshun Lu, by Anshun Lu (5213 0312) Mon-Fri 2-6pm 1) 泰康路 126 号 , 近思南路 2) 长顺路 38-1 号 , 近安顺路
Diva Life Nail & Beauty Lounge Just three minutes’ walk from the trendy “Tianzifang”, down a quiet lane in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the French Concession, Diva Life is a wonderful location to while away a couple of hours treating yourself a massage, facial, waxing, manicure or pedicure. The
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American and Taiwanese owners strictly follows Swiss clean hygiene standard and have imported Dermalogica, OPI and Calgel products to ensure you the best quality services with affordable prices. English speaking staff here will help you organize all kinds of spa parties for big and small divas. 266 Ruijin Er Lu, by Taikang Lu (5465 7291) 10am-10pm www.mydivalife.com/Home/ Index.aspx 瑞金二路 266 号 , 近泰康路
Lu, by Yandang Lu (5383 8957) Daily 10am10pm 2) No 6, Lane 819 Julu Lu, by Fumin Lu (5403 7802) 3) 70 Shimen yi Lu, by Dagu Lu (6333 7535). 1) 南昌路 120 号 , 近雁荡路 2) 巨鹿
路 819 弄 6 号 , 近富民路 3) 石门一路 70 号，近 大沽路
Jasmine Nail Spa Located in former French Concession, Jasmine Nail Spa provides excellent services in a cozy and elegant ambience. 1) 31 AnFu Lu, by ChangShu Lu (5403 4381) 11am-9.30pm 2) 275-1 Anfu Lu, by Wukang Lu (6471 3095) 1) 安福路 31 号 , 近 常熟路 2) 安福路 275 弄 1 号 , 近武康路
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Essie Nail Salon Providing superior nail services and hands & feet spa using high quality products, essie nail is a leading luxurious nail salon in town with licensed technicians and highly trained staff. 1) E3-04 Kerry Center, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu (5273 7627) 2) B1-120 Reel Mall, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu (6271 7772) 3) B1-31B Kerry Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu. Daily 10am-10pm 1) 南京西路
1515 号静安嘉里中心 E3-04, 近常德路 2) 南京西 路 1601 号芮欧百货 B1-120, 近常德路 3) 花木路 1378 号嘉里城 B1-31B, 近芳甸路
Dr. Li Jie Chinese Medicine Clinic Trained at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and with 28 years of experience, Dr. Li owns this well-licensed clinic that offers a full range of Chinese medical services and courses for both expats and locals: herb medicines, acupuncture and moxibusion, tui na ( Chinese massage for adult and childs), gua sha (scraping method), cupping, point application of drugs, Chinese medicated diet, Qi gong, reflexology (foot massage) and life cultivation (keep good health and long life) etc. Appointment only. 5C, No.28, Lane18 Hongqiao Lu, by Caoxi Bei Lu (3424 1989) ljpctcm@126.com http://www.ljtcm.net 虹桥 路 18 弄 28 号 5C, 近漕溪北路
Professional Chinese Medicine Founded in Qing Dynasty, this 205 year-old pharmacy still uses authentic ingredients for TCM healing. 2/F, Tong Han Chun, 20 Yuyuan Xin Lu, by Fuyou Lu (6355 6607) Daily 8.30am-4.30pm 豫 园新路 20 号童涵春国药 2 楼 , 近福佑路
The Mahota Health Management CenterHealth Management Center inspires you to lead a new sustainable, healthy lifestyle with experienced medical professionals integrating natural therapies, modern life sciences with Traditional Chinese Medicine. 12-2F, M-Town, 1580 Kaixuan Lu, by Huaihai Xi Lu (5267 9988; wellness@mahota.asia, www.mahota.asia) Mon-Fri: 10am-8pm; SatSun 10am-6pm 凯旋路 1580 号新淮海坊 12-2,
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Feya’s Nails A full range of personal beauty services such as manicures, pedicures, nail art, eyelash extensions, waxing and massages are provided in this cozy and friendly store. 699-1 Julu Lu, by Xiangyang Nan Lu (6433 7172) 巨鹿路 699-1 号 , 近襄阳南路
Dr.Harriet Jin’s Dental Surgery Dr.Harriet Jin’s Dental Surgery offers special care for every patient. Comfortable environment and good service are also what you can enjoy here. Rm1904, Hui Yin Plaza, 2088 Huashan Lu, by Guangyuan Xi Lu (6448 0882) 9am—6pm harrietjin@online.sh.cn www. drharrietdental.com/ 华山路 2088 号汇银广场
1904 室 , 近广元西路
Global HealthCare Medical & Dental Center – Puxi Suite 303, Eco City 1788Nanjing Xi Lu, by Wulumuqi Bei Lu (5298 6339, 5298 0593)
570 号 3 号 332 室 , 近岳阳路
Global HealthCare Medical & Dental Center – Pudong Shop 212, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6877 5093, 6877 5993 ) 世纪大道 100
Peter salon With a range of professional hairstylists from around the word, Peter Salon offers top quality services in haircut, perm, base color, nail and makeups. 80 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu, by Anfu Lu 10am-10pm (5419 6757) 乌鲁木齐中路 80 号 , 近安福路 Toni and Guy Celebrating 51 years of fashion,hair and heritage, Toni and Guy is an international brand offering the best and creative hairstyle to suit each client. 1) East Tower 209, ShanghaiCentre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu 2) 1380 Dingxiang Lu, by Yingchun Lu (5843 3830) 3) Unit F1A-06, B2, Super Brand Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (5047 2298) 4) 4/F, River Wing, Pudong shangri-La, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Mingshang Lu (2828 6691) 1) 南京西路 1376
号上海环球金融中心商场 212 室 , 近陆家嘴环路
United Family Quankou Clinic - Dental Clinic 8 Quankou Lu, by Linquan Lu (2216 3909) Mon-Fri 8.30am-6.30pm; Saturday & every other Sunday 9am-5pm. www.ufh.com. cn 上海和睦家医院口腔科 , 泉口路 8 号，近林泉路
Hairdressers Helen Nail Spa A long-time favorite among locals and expats alike, Helen Nail Spa is much more than a nail spa; they have a variety of pampering treatments and excellent waxing services. 1) 120 Nanchang
Yongjia Lu, by Yueyang Lu (6074 0365) 永嘉路
南京西路 1788 号 1788 国际中心 303 室 , 近乌鲁 木齐北路
Le Salon Boasting an international team with more than 15 years’ experience, LE SALON with a unique French style is the expert in hair color & blond highlights and international brand offering. Welcome to a unique experience dedicated to your hair and beauty. Unit332, Bld3, Surpass Court, 570
号上海商城东峰 209 室 , 近西康路 2) 丁香路 1380 号 , 近迎春路 3) 陆家嘴西路 168 号正大广场地下 二层 F1A-06 室 , 近陆家嘴环路 4) 富城路 33 号浦 东香格里拉 4 楼 , 近名商路
Showcase Hair Salon 1) 1/F, 1099 Meihua
Lu, by Fangdian Lu 2) RoomA02,Hotel lobby, 778 Dongfang Lu, Grand Trustel Purple Mountain Hotel, by ZhangyangLu (15921900709) 1) 梅花路 1099 号 1 楼 , 近芳甸
路 2) 东方路 778 号紫金山大酒店 , 酒店大堂 A02 室，近张杨路
Health Services American Medical Center The American Medical Center (AMC) was founded with the mission to bring the highest American standards of healthcare to Shanghai. AMC provides comprehensive orthopedic care for all bone, joint, and soft tissue injuries, as well as internal medicine, preventive medicine, pain management, and medical imaging services. AMC’s renowned physicians have treated US presidents and professional athletes and bring their expertise to help patients in Shanghai. MonFri, 9am-6pm. 888 Tianlin Lu, by Lianhua Lu (6485 7333) http://www.amc-shanghai.com. 田林路 888 弄 1 号东楼 , 近莲花路
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Bioscor Shanghai Clinic With over 10 years' experience, Bioscor's team of international docors and skin specialists are committed to provide you with the best level of service for all your cosmetic needs such as Botox, Filler, Pixel, Cutera, Ulthera, Microdermabrasion, Chemical Peel, Vein Therapy and Cosmetic Sugerys. 1) No.5, Lane89 Xingguo Lu, by Hunan Lu (6431 8899) 9am-6pm info@ bioscor.com.cn www.bioscor.com.cn. 2) 2/F, Zhongrong Jasper Tower, 8 Yincheng Zhong Lu, by Pudong Nan Lu (6859 0020) 1) 兴国路
89 弄 5 号 , 近湖南路 2) 银城中路 8 号中融碧玉蓝 天大厦 , 近浦东南路
Body & Soul – Medical Clinics 1) 211 Chengjiaqiao Zhi Lu, by Hongmei Lu (6461 6550) Mon- Fri: 9am-6pm; Sat: 10am-3pm 2) 14/F, An Ji Plaza, 760 Xizang Nan Lu, by Jian’guo Xin Lu (5101 9262) Mon-Wed & Fri: 9am- 6pm; Thu: 9am-8pm; Sat: 10am-3pm 3) 6/F, Four Seasons Hotel, 500 Weihai Lu, by Shimen Yi Lu (5101 9262) Tue & Thu 10am8pm; Wed-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 10am-7pm 4) Rm1303 Jin Ying Bld. (B), 1518 Minsheng Lu, by Hanxiao Lu (6162 0361) Mon- Fri: 9am6pm; Sat: 10am-3pm pudong@bodyandsoul. com.cn www.tcm-shanghai.com 1) 程家桥支
路 211 号 , 近虹梅路 2) 西藏南路 760 号安基大厦 14 楼 5 室 , 近建国新路 3) 威海路 500 号四季酒店 6 楼 , 近石门一路 4) 民生路 1518 号金鹰大厦 B 座 1303 室 , 近含笑路
Global HealthCare Medical & Dental Center – Puxi Suite 303, Eco City 1788Nanjing Xi Lu, by Wulumuqi Bei Lu (5298 6339, 5298 0593) 南京西路 1788 号 1788 国际中心 303 室 , 近乌鲁 木齐北路
Global HealthCare Medical & Dental Center – Pudong Shop 212, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6877 5093, 6877 5993 ) 世纪大道 100
号上海环球金融中心商场 212 室 , 近陆家嘴环路
IMCC Founded in 1993, International Medical Care Center of Shanghai General Hospital was the first join-venture medical facility in town, providing medical treatments, health care and physical examinations by professional medical team and nurses who have a good command of foreign languages. 1) 585 Jiulong Lu, by Wujin Lu (6324 3852) 2) 650 Xin Songjiang Lu, by Jiasong Nan Lu (3779 8630) www.firsthospital.cn 1) 九龙路 585 号 , 近武进路 2) 松江区新松江路 650 号 , 近嘉 松南路
Shanghai Aier Eye Hospital Shanghai Aier Eye Hospital, which was founded by the largest chain ophthalmology center in China, is a first-rate, comprehensive ophthalmic medical center and hospital that provides excellent English service for expats. 1286Hongqiao Lu, by Songyuan Lu (3251 9930) Mon-Sun: 8.30am-5.30pm ipsc@ aier021.com en.aier021.com/ 虹桥路 1286 号 ,
Massage & Spa Chi Spa CHI, the Spa at Shangri-La, offers massages and treatments that are based on authentic natural healing methods found in the traditional well-being practices shared by many Asian cultures. 6/F, Tower 2, Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fucheng Lu, by Mingshang Lu (5877 1503) 10-12am www. shangri-la.com/en/corporate/chi 富城路 33 号
马当路 99 号新天地朗廷酒店 B1 楼 , 近淮海中路
The Peninsula Spa Escape from the hustle city life and enjoy massages, facials or make-up applications, it is the first spa in Shanghai offering award-winning Biologique Recherche skincare treatments and facial products. 3/F, The Peninsula Shanghai, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Beijing Dong Lu (2327 6599), Mon-Fri 11am – 12am; Sat-Sun 10am – 12am; treatment reservation begins at 10am. 中山东一路 32 号，上海半岛酒店 3 楼，
汉口路 740 号 , 近西藏中路
Dragonfly 1) 2/F, 559 Nanchang Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (5456 1318) 2) 206Xinle Lu, by Fumin Lu (5403 9982) Daily 10-2am 3) 2/F, 218 Xinle Lu, by Fumin Lu (6327 1193) Daily 11-2am 4) 646 Baole Lu, by Jinhui Lu (6221 9770) 5) L119, 1378 Huamu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6469 7258) 11-12am 6) 386 Hongfeng Lu, by Mingyue Lu (3872 6996) Daily 10-12am 7) Villa 5, 3911 Hongmei Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6242 4328) Daily 9-2am 8) 193 Jiaozhou Lu, by Xinzha Lu (5213 5778) Daily 10-2am 9) LG2-47 IFC, 8 Shiji Dadao, by Lujiazui Huan Lu (6878 5008) 1) 南昌路 559 号 2 楼 , 近陕西南
路 2) 新乐路 206 号 , 近富民路 3) 新乐路 218 号 2 楼 , 近富民路 4) 保乐路 646 号 , 近金辉路 5) 花木 路 1378 号浦东嘉里城 L119 单元 , 近芳甸路 6) 红 枫路 386 号 , 近明月路 7) 虹梅路 3911 号 5 号别 墅 , 近延安西路 8) 胶州路 193 号 , 近新闸路 9) 世 纪大道 8 号国金中心 LG2-47, 近陆家嘴环路
Green Massage 1) 58 Taicang Lu, by Jinan Lu (5386 0222) Daily 10.30-2am 2) 88 Xingeng Lu, by Tianyao Qiao Lu (6468 7076) 11.30-1am 3) Rm304, 3/F SWFC, 100 Shiji Dadao, by Dongtai Lu (6877 8188) 10.30-12am 4) Rm 202 Shanghai Centre, 1376Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289 7776) 10.30-12am 5) Rm305, 3/F K11 Art Mall, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (6385 8800; www.greenmassage.com.cn) 10.3012.30am 6) 5) 68 Taicang Lu, by Shunchang Lu (6384 1356) 10.30-2am 1) 太仓路 58 号 , 近
济南路 2) 辛耕路 88 号 , 近天钥桥路 3) 上海环球 金融中心 3 楼 304 室 , 世纪大道 100 号 , 近东泰 路 4) 南京西路 1376 号上海商城西峰 202 室，近 西康路 5) 淮海中路 300 号 K11 购物艺术中心 3 楼 305 室 , 近黄陂南路 6) 太仓路 68 号 , 近顺昌路
Kousenkaku 87-89 Ruijin Er Lu, by Fuxing Lu (6385 3130) Daily 11:00 am-1:00 am 瑞金二路
Shanghai East International Medical Center has been providing quality 24-hour care to the international community since 2003. The teams of highly-respected multinational doctors provide a wide range of services for multinational corporations, international schools, consulates, hotels, and families from all over the world. Mon– Fri 9am – 8pm, Sat-Sun 9am – 6pm. 150 Jimo Lu, by Pudong Dadao (5879 9999/150-0019-0899, care@seimc.com.cn) www.seimc.com.cn 即
Lotos Spa This ultra-zen Xintiandi oasis has treatments that beautifully blend Eastern and Western healing ideologies and practices. Choose from a large menu of massages, skin therapies and beauty enhancements. 2/F, 8 Ji’nan Lu, by Shunchang Lu (3308 0088) Daily 10am-midnight reserve@lotosspa.com www.lotosspa.com 济 南路 8 号西座 2 楼 , 近顺昌路
Quan Spa offers Asian, Mediterranean and western spa treatments. Each of the eight independent therapy suites offers a relaxing décor in earth tones and selected artworks, facilitated with private dressing rooms with shower, grooming station and wash rooms. B1, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park, 158 Daduhe Lu, by Guangfu Xi Lu (2215 6166) 上海新发展亚太 JW 万豪酒店地下一层，大
近东湖路
渡河路 158 号 , 近光复西路
Shanghai United Family Hospital and Clinics 1) 1139 Xianxia Lu, by Qingxi Lu (2216 3900, 2216 3999) Mon-Sat: 8.30am-5.30pm 2) Shanghai Racquet Club, Lane 555 Jinfeng Lu, by Baole Lu Mon-Sat 9am-5pm 3) 1/F, area A & B, 525 Hongfeng Lu, by Mingyue Lu (5030 9907) Mon-Sat: 8.30am-5.30pm 4) 8 Quankou Lu, by Linquan Lu Mon-Sat: 8am5.30pm www.ufh.com.cn 1) 仙霞路 1139 号 ,
Royal Orchid Thai Massage Traditional Thai Massage offered by Thai therapists, the store is recognized by Royal Thai ConsulateGeneral. 1) 216 Jinxian Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu (6267 0235) 2) 1029 Meihua Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6184 8680) 1) 进贤路 216 号，近陕西南路 2)
近青溪路 2) 金丰路 555 弄上海网球俱乐部内 , 近 保乐路 3) 红枫路 525 号 A&B 区 1 楼 , 近明月路 4) 泉口路 8 号 , 近林泉路
Sunray Clinic The first international medical facility in Shanghai dedicated to personalized professional care for children. From Traditional to Western medicines, children to adults, preventative medicine to rehabilitation, it’s here to serve and protect the most precious asset of all your family. Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9am-6pm 1) Gubei: 85 Yili Nan Lu, by Guyang Lu (5477 6480) 2)Xuhui:No.1, Lane 718 Yongjia Lu, by Hengshan Lu (3469 1700) 3)Pudong: Room 101, No.58 Changliu Lu, by Dingxiang Lu (6868 0119) 1) 伊犁南路 85 号 , 近古羊路 2) 永
嘉路 718 弄 1 号 , 近衡山路 3) 浦东长柳路 58 号 101 室 , 近丁香路
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The Langham Xintiandi’s Chuan Spa Designed in a tranquil ambiance, this is where you get to indulge in signature facial and foot massages with top class skin products. B1, 99Madang Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu (2330 2443) www.chuanspa.com
上海浦东香格里拉大酒店二座 6 楼 , 近名商路
近宋园路
Shanghai Redleaf International Women and Infants Center; Shanghai Redleaf International Women's Hospital 1209 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Donghu Lu 8am-5pm, 24/7 (6196 3333) marketing@redleafhospital.com www.redleafhosptial.com 淮海中路 1209 号 ,
号 2 号楼 3 楼，近宋园路
Chuan Spa This world-class spa located within the new Langham Hotel specializes in traditional Chinese treatments. Designed for contemplation and inspiration, rediscover your inner self with an escape to a spa treatment in any of the four luxurious therapy rooms. 3/F, The Langham, Yangtze Boutique, 740 Hankou Lu, by Xizang Zhong Lu (6080 0722) 10am-10.30pm tlsha.info@ chuanspa.com www.chuanspa.com/en/ Shanghai/上海人民广场朗廷扬子精品酒店 3 楼 ,
87-89 号，近复兴路
墨路 150 号 , 近浦东大道
(3323 6981) 6:30am-11:00pm hongqiao. reservations@hilton.com www.hilton.com. cn/shanghaihongqiao/services 红松东路 1116
梅花路 1029 号 , 近芳甸路
Talise Spa located in Jumeirah Himalayas Shanghai, it is an oasis of Oriental healing combining traditional wellbeing wisdom. With the latest international high-tech products and spa luxuries, Talise Spa offers a wide range of facials and Talise massages. Guests of Talise Spa also get access to the hotel’s 24-hour fitness centre, indoor swimming pool, etc. Advanced reservation is required. 1108 Mei Hua Lu, by Fangdian Lu (3858 8888 ext. 7200, jhhspa@jumeirah. com) 10.30am-10.30pm 梅花路 1108 号，近芳 甸路
The 1116 Fitness & Spa Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao boasts some of the best recreation facilities in the area, with a 25-metre heated indoor swimming pool, two rooftop tennis courts and a well-equipped fitness center. For a complete pampering experience, they’re six luxurious spa t Tower 2, 3rd Floor, 1116 East Hongsong Lu, by Songyuan Lu
近北京东路
Shirley Massage Shirley massage has more than a decade of professional pampering know-how and is renowned for its professional services. There are currently nine branches in Shanghai. 1) 84 Ziyun Xi Lu, by Loushanguan Lu (3255 1382) 102am 2) 28 Xingeng Lu, by Wanping Nan Lu (6468 7321) 10-2am 3) 935 Xinzha Lu, by Taixing Lu (6208 9589) 4) 75 Shuicheng Nan Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6208 7032) 5) 4F, No. 3211 HongMei Lu (City shop) (3468 8306, 6405 1676) 6) 2/F,17 Shuicheng Nan Lu, by Ronghua Dong Dao (6209 5849, 6270 2506) 7) 2/F Goldren Bridge Mansion, 2077 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Zunyi Nan Lu (6270 2682) 8) 68 Taicang Lu, by Shunchang Lu (6387 0090) 9) 2F, Wujin Century Mansion, No.291, Fumin Lu, close to Changle Lu (6136 9517) www. shylxl.com 1) 紫云西路 84 号 , 近娄山关路 2) 辛
耕路 28 号 , 近宛平南路 3) 新闸路 935 号 , 近泰兴 路 4) 水城南路 75 号 , 近延安西路 5) 虹梅路 3211 号 4F 城市超市楼上 6) 水城南路 17 号万科广场东 南 2 楼 , 近荣华东道 7) 延安西路 2077 号金桥大厦 2 楼 , 近遵义南路 8) 太仓路 68 号 , 近顺昌路 9) 富 民路 291 号悟锦世纪大楼 2 楼 , 近长乐路
SPA AT KERRY SPORTS A multi-disciplinary approach to holistic well-being with physiotherapy,restorative massage, skincare and body treatments. 4/F, Kerry Hotel Pudong, 1388 Hua Mu Lu, by Fangdian Lu (6169 8856) 11-12.15am www.shangri-la. com/en/corporate/kerry 浦东嘉里大酒店 4 楼 ,
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Yitong Massage Specializing in foot massages and Chinese massages, this is where you relax yourself and indulge in pampering hands of skilled therapists in a nice and warm environment. 386 Wulumuqi Nan Lu, by Zhaojiabang Lu (3356 6228, 3356 6218) 11-2am 2) 733 Luochuan Zhong Lu, by Gonghe Xin Lu (5603 0601) 11-1.30am 1) 乌
鲁木齐南路 386 号 , 近肇嘉浜路 2) 洛川中路 733 号，近共和新路
Yu Massage Step into a tranquil dynastic setting when you cross the threshold of this spa, adorned in antique Chinesestyle decorations. Matching the decor, the services are primarily Chinese, offering Chinese massage, aroma oil massage and foot massage. 1) 366 Wuyuan Lu, by Wukang Lu (5403 9931) 11-1:30am 2) 199 Huangpi Bei Lu, by Renmin Dadao 10am1:30am (6315 2915) www.yumassage.cn 1)
is enhanced by purest exquisite products selected from around the globe, sending you on a journey of enlightenment. 3/F, 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, by Guangdong Lu (6322 9988-3620) Daily10am-10pm 中山东一 路 2 号外滩华尔道夫酒店 3 楼 , 近广东路
Water’s Edge Spa Up on the 85th floor in the Park Hyatt Hotel you’ll find the world’s highest spa including a 20-meter infinity swimming pool, whirlpool, tai chi courtyard and steam rooms. Offering the typically luxurious treatments such as massage, facial, body and TCM 85/F, Park Hyatt Hotel, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Century Avenue, near Dongtai Lu (6888 1234-4250) 6am -11pm spa.parkhyattshanghai@hyatt.com shanghai.park.hyatt.com/ hyatt/pure/spas/index.jsp 世纪大道 100 号环
球金融中心 85 楼 , 近东泰路
Willow Stream Spa Find your energy, find yourself, find Peace. It’s a peaceful haven of pampering at the heart of this bustling metropolis. 1/F, Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Dong Lu, by Zhong Shan Dong Yi Lu, ( 6138 6818 ), Daily 10am – 11pm, www. fairmont.com/peacehotel 南京东路 20 号上海
和平饭店 1 楼 , 近中山东一路
Pregnancy Health Service American-Sino OB/GYN/Pediatrics Services ASOG was founded in 2003. We provide a comprehensive array of on-site services for women and children by certified specialists from overseas and China. Our facilities located in the city center are comfortable and equipped with state-of-the-art technology. We are committed to providing quality, compassionate, and personalized healthcare with international standards. Our medical staffs are bilingual in English and Chinese.Opening Hours Monday-Friday 9:00--20:00 Saturday-Sunday9:00--17:00 Vaccination for children is not available after 5pm Direct billing with over 30 international insurance companies 1) Inpatient: 14/F, Complex Building Huashan Hospital, 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu, by Changle Lu (6249 3246, 5288 7240) 2) Outpatient: 3/F, Block 6, Clove Apartment, 800 Huashan Lu, by Zhenning Lu (6210 2299) Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat- Sun 9am-5pm 1) 乌鲁木齐中路 12 号华山医
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Shanghai Redleaf International Women and Infants Center; Shanghai Redleaf International Women's Hospital 1209 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Donghu Lu 8am-5pm, 24/7 (6196 3333) marketing@redleafhospital.com www.redleafhosptial.com 淮海中路 1209 号 ,
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VIP Maternity&GYN Center This is a reputable chain of hotel-style VIP Maternity & GYN Centres delivering premium Obstetric and Gynaecological (“OB/GYN”) services. There services include prenatal examinations, examinations, genetic consulting, general examinations, minor operatio VIP13-15/F, 1961 Huashan Lu, by Changle Lu (6407 0399, 5288 9999) Daily 8am-10pm www.upmg.us 华 山路 1961 号贵宾楼 13-15 层 , 近长乐路
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Yuan Spa Yuan Spa, located the in the swanky Hyatt on the Bund, is one of the biggest spas in the city, covering over 3,000 sqm of recreational and wellness space including 12 spa treatment rooms, a 24hour fitness center, an indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, steam Lower Lobby, Hyatton the Bund, 199 Huangpu Lu,by Qingpu Lu (639312346-527) 10am -12am shanghai. bund.hyatt.com/hyatt/pure/spas 黄浦路 199
Aumnie Aumnie is a Canadian born, health and wellness inspired clothing line. With quality and style right up there with Lulu Lemon, you’ll be wearing these pieces to way more than just yoga and pilates classes. 3/F, 60 Xinle Lu, by Xiangyang Bei Lu (5404 3135, 400 811 1683) Daily, 10:30AM to 8PM info@aumnie.com www.aumnie.com 新乐路
号外滩茂悦大酒店 B1 楼近青浦路
Urban Retreat Wellness & Spa Located inside the luxe Shanghai Centre, this spa and "health culture centre" is as plush as its surroundings. Enjoy a selection of muscle-melting massages, facials and the like. Shanghai Centre, East Tower, 8/F, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu (6289-7007, www.urbanretreat.cn) 南京西路 1376 号上海商 城东翼 8 楼 , 近西康路
V2 V2 Day Spa creates ultimate spa pamper integrated with traditional Chinese and European therapies, aiming to encourage beauty, wellness, relaxation and intimacy, be it experienced alone or with your loved one. Andaz Xintiandi, 88 Songshan Lu, by Taicang Lu. Daily 10am-11pm (6314 0802) 嵩山路 88
号安达仕酒店 , 近太仓路
Waldorf Astoria Spa The Waldorf Astoria Spa offers an international elixir of luxury spa experiences delivered by a team of highly skilled therapists. Each experience
60 号 3 楼 , 近襄阳北路
Karma Life Yoga This large newly renovated high-end studio in Pudong offers a diverse range of styles and classes, including Ashtanga, Anusara, Hot yoga, soft Yin and Basics. The teachers are top notch and international, with world-renowned visiting guest teachers offering workshops and teacher trainings. Classrooms are spacious and bright, and changing areas are clean and stylish. Classes taught in both Chinese and English. 1) 160 Pucheng Lu, by Shangcheng Lu (5882 4388, 150 0003 0588) Daily 9am-10pm info@karmayoga.com.cn www.karmayoga.com.cn 2) 2nd floor, No. 758 South Xizang Lu 1) 浦城路 160 号 , 近商城 路 2) 西藏南路 758 号 2 楼
Y+ Yoga Centre Whether you are looking to develop your spiritual wellbeing, body toning or just socialise with the hip young crowd, Y + Yoga Centre will have the right class for you. 1) 2/F, Bldg2, 299Fuxing Xi Lu, by Huashan Lu (6433 4330) Daily 6.45am - 8.45pm info@yplus.com.cn www.yplus. com.cn 2) 3/F, 308 Anfu Lu, by Wukang Lu
(6437 2121) info@yplus.com.cn 3) 2/F, 202 Hubin Lu, by Shunchang Lu (6340 6161) Daily 7.30am-8.45pm info@yplus.com.cn 1) 复兴西
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Yogiyoga True boutique style yoga in the heart of Jing’an, located in an old lane house. Yogiyoga has mostly a Chinese clientele and classes average about eight people. Their instructors come from all over the world, including India, and teach a wide range of cla No.1, Lane22 FuminLu, by Yan’an Zhong Lu (6248 5848) Mon-Fri 8am9pm; Sat-Sun 8am-6pm www.yogiyoga.cn 富 民路 22 弄 1 号 , 近延安中路
Yuan Fitness at Hyatt on the Bund The fitness center of the luxurious Hyatt on the Bund hotel, Yuan has fantastic machines and a sophisticated environment. The 24-hour center features equipment by the US Brand Star Trac, including cross trainers, steppers and exclusive spinning bikes. Mac Lower Lobby, Hyatton the Bund. 199 Huangpu Lu, near Wuchang Lu (6393 1234) 24 hours shanghai.bund@hyatt.com www.shanghai. bund.hyatt.com 外滩茂悦大酒店黄浦路 199 号 ,
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Pilates Body Concept Pilates Studio Focusing on Pilates and GYROTONIC:emoji: exercise methods as well as rehabilitation services through Pilates trained professional physiotherapists, Body Concept Pilates studio holds a variety of classes for every fitness level from reformer, mat Pilates, to studio/rehab Pilates, GYROKINESIS:emoji: and GYROTONIC:emoji:. Join a group class or a personalized one on one session and enjoy the fun and challenging experience. 1) Rm508, 3211 Hongmei Lu, by Huaguang Lu (3468 1328, www.bodyconceptpilates.com) 2) 5/F, Yunhai Garden, 118 Qinghai Lu, by Weihai Lu (6218 6236, www.bodyconceptpilates.com) 1) 虹梅路 3211 号 508-9 室 , 近华 光路 2) 青海路 118 号云海苑 5 楼 , 近威海路
Bodyworks Pilates Studio Bodyworks pilates, physiotherapy, corrective and functional exercise studio. Unit A/B, 12/F, Joy Tower, 9 Zhenning Lu, by Zhaohua Dong Lu (5238 5750, richard@bodyworksasia.cn) 7am-9pm 镇宁路 9 号 , 近昭化东路 The Orange Room Wellness Center Equipped with the latest V2 max reformers, stability chairs, ladder barrels and more, the Orange Room Wellness Center provides group and private classes on yoga, equipment-based Pilates and mats Pilates, which are trained by internationally certified and trained multi-lingual instructors and wellness specialists. 7B, St. Laurent Building, No.201, Lane 3215 Hongmei Lu, by Chengjiaqiao Zhi Lu (6406 3642) 虹梅路 3215
弄 201 号圣伦兰商务楼 7 楼 B 室 , 近程家桥支路
International Schools Britannica International School Shanghai 1881 Gubei Lu, by Wuzhong Lu (6402 7889/8991) 古北路 1881 号 , 近吴中路 Concordia International School Shanghai 999 Mingyue Lu, by Yunshan Lu (5899 0380) admissions@ciss.com.cn http://www.ciss. com.cn 上海协和国际学校 , 明月路 999 号 , 近云
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Deutsche Schule Shanghai 1) 350 Gaoguang Lu, by Zhuguang Lu (3976 0555) 2) 1100 Jufeng Lu, by Jingao Lu (6897 5508) info@dsshanghai.org.cn http://www.dsshanghai.de/ 上海德国学校 1) 高光路 350 号 , 近 诸光路 2) 巨峰路 1100 号 , 近金高路
Dulwich College International School 266 Lan’an Lu, by Mingyue Lu (5899 9910) Admissions@dulwich-shanghai.cn http:// www.dulwich-shanghai.cn 上海德威英国国际
学校 , 蓝桉路 266 号 , 近明月路
Fudan International School 384 Guoquan Lu, by Handan Lu (6511 1292, 139 1802 3906) http://www.fis.net.cn 复旦大学附属中学
国际部 , 国权路 384 号 , 近邯郸路
Lycée Francais de Shanghai 1) No.30, Lane 399 Zhuguang Lu, by Gaoguang Lu (3976 0555) 2) Bldg D, 1555 Jufeng Lu, by Shenjiang Lu (6897 6589) 上海法语学校 , 1) 诸
光路 399 弄 30 号 , 近高光路 2) 巨峰路 1555 号 D 楼 , 近申江路
上海美国学校 , 1) 凌白公路 1600 号 , 近朝阳路 2) 金丰路 258 号 , 近北青公路
Shanghai Community International School 1) 1161 Hongqiao Lu, by Yan’an Xi Lu (6261 4338) 2) 800 Xiuyan Lu, by Hunan Gong Lu (5812 9888) 3) 78 Dongxin Jie, by Puyan Lu, Binjiang District Hangzhou (0571-86690045)
上海长宁国际学校 , 1) 虹桥路 1161 号 , 近延安西 路 2) 秀沿路 800 号 , 近沪南公路 3) 杭州滨江区东 信大道 78 号 , 近浦沿路
Shanghai High School International division 400 Shangzhong Lu, by Longchuan Bei Lu (6476 5516) shsidoffice@shsid.org http://www.shsid.org 上海中学国际部 , 上中路
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Shanghai Singapore International School 1) 301 Zhujian Lu, by Lianyou Lu (6221 9288) 2) 1455 Huajing Lu, by Lao Humin Lu (6496 5550) 上海新加坡国际学校 , 1) 朱建路 301 号 , 近联友路 2) 华泾路 1455 号 , 近老沪闵路
Shanghai United International School 1) 999 Hongquan Lu, by Jinhui Lu (3431 0090) 2) 248 Hongsong Dong Lu, by Yaohong Lu (5175 3030) 3) 48 Xueye Lu, by Yuntai Lu (5886 9990) 4) 185 Longming Lu, by Baochun Lu (5417 8143) 5) 55 Wanyuan Lu, by Tianlin Lu (6480 9986) 上海协和双语学校 ,
1) 虹泉路 999 号 , 近金汇路 2) 红松东路 248 号 , 近姚虹路 3) 雪野路 48 号 , 近云台路 4) 龙茗路 185 号 , 近报春路 5) 万源路 55 号 , 近田林路
Wellington College International Shanghai1500 Yaolong Lu, by Yaoti Lu 5185 3866, www.wellington-shanghai.cn info@ wellington-shanghai.cn) 耀龙路 1500 号 , 近耀 体路
The British International School 1) 111 Jinguang Lu, Huacao Town, by Baole Lu (5226 3211) 2) 600 Cambridge Forest New Town, 2729 Hunan Gong Lu, by Xiukang Lu (5812 7455) 上海英国学校浦西校区 , 1) 华漕镇金光路 111 号 , 近保乐路 2) 沪南公路 2729 弄康桥半岛 600 号 , 近秀康路
Western International School of Shanghai The Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) is an IB world school dedicated to preparing childern through the ages of 3 to 18 for there future and the 21st century 555 Lianmin Lu, by Huqingping Highway (6976 6388, 136 6189 8631, 6976 6969) admission@wiss.cn http://www.wiss.cn 上海西华国际学校 , 联民路 555 号 , 近沪青平公路
Yew Chung International School of Shanghai 1) 18 Ronghua Xi Dao, by Guyang Lu (6219 5910) 2) 1433 Dongxiu Lu, by Yanggao Nan Lu (5045 6475) 3) 11 Shuicheng Lu, by Hongqiao Lu (6242 3243) 4) 1817 Huamu Lu, by Liushan Lu (5033 1900) 耀中国际学校 , 1) 荣华西道 18 号 , 近古羊路 2) 东绣路 1433 号 , 近杨高南路 3) 水城路 11 号 , 近虹桥路 4) 花木路 1817 号 , 近柳杉路
YK Pao school This is a school offering a bilingual programme integrating Chinese students with international cultures. It was founded in memory of businessman, statesman and philanthropist Sir Yue-Kong Pao, and prides itself in involving students community service as No.20, Lane1251, Wudingxi Lu, by Jiangsu Lu (6167 1999) contactus@ykpaoschool.cn http://www. ykpaoschool.cn/ 包玉刚实验学校 , 武定西路 1251 弄 20 号 , 近江苏路
sports Jae Hun Kim Taekwon-do Institude Founded by Mr.Jae Hun Kim, grand master of taekwon-do, this globally known institute has over 20 locations around the world and was awarded as “Top Taekwon-doSchool” in 2009 by Mookas Media, the top global martial arts media corporation. 1) Pudong: 108 Weifang Xi Lu, by Pudong Nan Lu (5877 1125) 2) Huangpu: 1170 Xizang Nan Lu, by Liyuan Lu (6170 2087) 3) Zhongshan Park: 1158 Changning Lu, by Kaixuan Lu (8010 0898) Mon-Fri:12am-10pm; Sat-Sun:9am6pm 1) 浦东馆 : 潍坊西路 108 弄 , 近浦东南路 2) 黄浦馆 : 西藏南路 1170 号 , 近丽园路 3) 中山公园 馆 : 长宁路 1158 号 , 近凯旋路
JW’s Health Club JW’s Health Club is boosted with top-notch facilities, newlyrefurbished sauna and steam rooms, stylish indoor and outdoor swimming pool and one on one training sessions. 6&7/F, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu (5359 4969, www.jwmarriottshanghai.com) 上海明
天广场 JW 万豪酒店 6&7 楼，南京西路 399 号， 近黄陂北路
Rainbow Bridge International School 2381 Hongqiao Lu, by Hongjing Lu (6268 9773) http://www.rbischina.org 虹桥国际学校 , 虹桥 路 2381 号 , 近虹井路
Shanghai American School 1) 1600 Lingbai Gong Lu, by Chaoyang Lu (6221 1445) 2) 258 Jinfeng Lu, by Beiqing Gong Lu (6221 1445)
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Ascott Huai Hai Road Shanghai Ascott Huai Hai Road Shanghai is located in the most prestigious commercial area of Shanghai. It is just a short walk from the famous Xintiandi, the city’s premier lifestyle and entertainment hub with a myriad of restaurants, cafés, bars and boutiques. No 282 Huaihai Road Central, Luwan District, Shanghai 200021, China Reservations Telephone 400 820 1028 (local toll-free) (86-512) 6763 1020 Reservations Facsimile (86-512) 6763 1022 GDS Chain Code UZ Email enquiry.china@the-ascott.com Ascott Raffles City Chengdu No. 3, Section 4, South Renmin Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China Post code: 610041 Telephone: (86-28) 6268 2888 Facsimile: (86-28) 6268 2889 GDS Code: AZ Reservations Telephone: 400 820 1028 (China toll-free) ; (86-512) 6763 1021 Email: enquiry.china@the-ascott.com Central Residences II sits on the Huashan Lu,offers 2 to 4 bedrooms and penthouse service apartments, with sizes ranging from approximately 135 square meters to 580 square meters. With warm colors, subtle textures and spacious floor plans creating a feeling of cozy simplicity, this luxurious development brings quality to life at every turn. The five star health club provides indoor swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, sauna and jacuzzi facilities for your rejuvenation, while the 24 hour oncall security service and full-time concierge ensure you privacy and peace of mind. For details, please call leasing department at 6226 6633 or inquiry@kerryprops.com.cn Citadines Shanghai Biyun Address: Lane 450 Hongfeng Road, Jinqiao Export Processing Zone, Pudong, Shanghai 201206, China Reservations Telephone 400 820 1028 (local toll-free) (86-512) 6763 1020 Reservations Facsimile (86-512) 6763 1022 Telephone (86-21) 3860 2288 Facsimile (86-21) 3860 2000 GDS Chain Code UZ Email enquiry.china@the-ascott.com Website: www.citadines.com Citadines Shanghai Jinqiao Address: 55 Beijing Xi Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200003, China Reservations Telephone 400 820 1028 (local toll-free) (86-512) 6763 1020 Reservations Facsimile (86-512) 6763 1022 Telephone (86-21) 2308 6666 Facsimile (86-21) 2308 6688 GDS Chain Code UZ Email enquiry.china@the-ascott.com Website: www.citadines.com Fraser Suites Top Glory New Year with Fraser Suites Top Glory Shanghai. Joy preferential in Christmas & New Year and …some fun! From 20th Dec 2013 to 9th Feb 2014, when staying 2 Bedroom Premier Suite, you can have complimentary daily breakfast and free internet access, welcome hamper and usage of club house facilities, RMB1,988 net @ Fraser Suites Top Glory Shanghai. Tel: 6378 8888 Email: sales.fsshanghai@ frasershospitality.com Add: No.1, Lane 600 Central Yincheng Road, Lujiazui, Pudong New District, Shanghai ifc residence 国金汇 8 Century Avenue (near Huayuanshiqiao Lu) 世纪大道 8 号，近花园石桥路 Tel:22069988 ifcresidence@shkp.com.cn www.ifcresidence.com
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Fraser Residence Shanghai Situated on the Puxi side, Fraser Residence Shanghai is just a block from Huaihai Road and XinTianDi, Shanghai's bustling hub for business, shopping and entertainment. Fraser Residence Shanghai features 324 Gold-Standard, contemporary apartments and excellent facilities. Each room installed air purification , water filer and soft water system. All that remains the same is its prime location and award-winning Fraser service. 98 Shouning Road, Shanghai, 200021 P. R. China Reservation Hotline/ Toll Free: 800 820 2988 Email: sales.frshanghai@frasershospitality. com Website: www.frasershospitality.com Lanson Place Jinlin Tiandi Serviced Residences Lanson Place Jinlin Tiandi luxury serviced apartments overlook the fashionable and historic Xintiandi entertainment area as well as the tranquil lake beyond. The serviced apartments are in generous three bedroom layouts with contemporary furnishings, well equipped bathrooms and kitchens. On property is an indoor heated swimming pool and exercise room for exclusive use of our residences guests. No. 3, Lane 168 Xingye Road, HuangPu District,Shanghai 200020, China Tel: (86) 21 2306 1888 Email: enquiry.lpjt@lansonplace.com www.lansonplace.com Lanson Place Jin Qiao Residences Lanson Place Jin Qiao Residences is in the vibrant Pudong New District. The one- and two-bedroom homes are close to expatriate communities, international schools and European supermarkets. With each residence furnished in a comfortable residential style, with a fully, fitted kitchen, an entertainment centre and high speed internet connections. Right next to the property is a landscaped garden over 10,000sqm and a complex of shopping, restaurants and recreational facilities. No.18, Lane 399 Zao Zhuang Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 200136, China Tel: (86) 21 5013 3592 Fax: (86) 21 5013 9441 Email: enquiry.lpjq@lansonplace.com www.lansonplace.com METRO PARK SERVICE APARTMENT 上海维景酒店公寓 103 Zhu An Bang (E)Road Shanghai, China Hotline: 021-6210-0296
Oakwood Residence Shanghai The newly opened Oakwood Residence Shanghai is located in Wuning Road, amidst a mixed use development housing a shopping mall and an office tower. The 112 well appointed studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are ideal for both short and long term stays. Contemporary furniture, comprehensive entertainment system with LCD TV , DVD player and stereo system, in-room safe, fully equipped kitchen with electric stove, refrigerator, toaster, coffeemaker, microwave oven, complete set of crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils, and a washing machine and dryer in every apartment, are just some of the things to make your stay more comfortable. Adress:103 Wuning Road,Putuo District Shanghai 200063 China Tel (86-21) 6183 0830 Fax (86-21) 6183 0888 E-mail: resshanghai@oakwoodasia.com Website: www.oakwoodasia.com Office at Kerry Parkside An elegant and grade-A office tower, Office at Kerry Parkside situated in Pudong’s most unique location, directly connected to Shanghai’s transportation network and conveniently close to Pudong International Airport. The 43-floor, 92,000m2 office tower features spectacular views of Century Park. No.1155 Fangdian Lu, Pudong, by Huamu Lu, Metro Line 7 Huamu Lu Station Tel: 5033 2777 Savills Residence Hongqiao Our International team of Interior
Designers have provided a timeless and stylish backdrop for your home. Fully furnished and equipped One, Two and Three Bedroom apartments include all the following features: • Gas hob, microwave and dishwasher • Conventional full size oven • Washing Machine and Tumble Dryer • Customized climate control with under floor heating • Home entertainment system incorporating satellite multi-channel TV, DVD and sound system • High speed internet throughout Our two bedroom apartment interiors offer the perfect balance of elegance and sophistication, with large family dining space.( 2 bedroom size: 136 sqm, Rental from RMB 26000-31000) The three bedroom apartments are perfect for the family with well-appointed living and dining space. Plenty of storage well designed bedrooms with study and relaxation areas and master en-suite bathrooms are just some of the details that make these apartments so special. (3 bedroom size: 160/173 sqm, Rental from RMB 31000-41000)
Savills Residence Century Park Set within a private and secure residential community,Savills Residence Century Park offers 65 exquisitely designed, fully furnished serviced apartments with a variety of different layouts that range from one &twobedroom apartments to three-bedroom penthouses, many with their own terrace or private gardens. www.savillsresidence.com CALL US FOR MORE INFORMATION:(8621)51976688 info@savillsresidence.com No.1703,Lane 1883,Huamu Road, Pudong New District,Shanghai,201303,PRC Serviced residences at Kerry Parkside Kerry Parkside prides itself in providing residents with all the comforts of home, in every one of our 182 fully furnished premium serviced apartments over 28 floors. Choose from spacious and efficient 1-bedroom to 4-bedroom penthouse units to suit your particular lifestyle needs. The Premier Penthouse units come with their own spacious rooftop terraces. Lease terms are flexible, marking the Residences at Kerry Parkside an ideal choice for both short and long-term stays. No.1398 Huamu Lu, Pudong, by Fangdian Lu, Metro Line 7 Huamu Lu Station Tel:5033 8167 , kpenquiry@kerrycityprops.com.cn Shops at Kerry Parkside Kerry Parkside Shops has 45,000 m2 of retail and leisure space, out of a fully integrated development of 330, 000 m2. The shopping centre offers a largescale premium supermarket, a myriad of casual and fine dining choices, top international fashion brands, personal and beauty services, toys and children’s wear and many more, amounting to well over a hundred shops all working together to become the newest and most desired community hub. 10am-10pm. Pudong> No.1378 Huamu Lu, Pudong, by Fangdian Lu, Metro Line 7 Huamu Lu Station Tel:5033 8155 www.kerryparkside. com http://weibo.com/kerryparkside Stanford Residences Jing An 尚臻静安服务式公寓 Block 3, Lane 1999 Xin Zha Road, Jing An District, Shanghai 上海静安区新闸路 1999 弄3栋 Tel: 021-80236288 email: info@stanford-residences.com www.stanford-residences.com. Sun & Associates is an interior design firm that specializes in high-level residential and office interior design, luxury villas, hotel clubs and apartments. Design services include interior planning, decoration, art consultation, purchasing and project management. Tel: (8621) 61171419 Fax: (8621) 52356251 Email: thomassundesign@sina.com Web: www.syydesign.com
Sunrise Property offers honest, reliable service for people looking to buy or rent real estate in Shanghai. Specialising in the former French concession and Luwan district, our team brings years of experience to finding the right property for you. Call Xiaoli on 1302 012 6166 or visit us in one of our two locations, Jiashan Rd 504 (cnr Jianguo Rd) or Yongjia Rd 282 (cnr Xiangyang Rd).
THE ONE is located in the business center of Shanghai’s Jing’an District, five minutes’ walk from the upscale shops and metro station on Nanjing Xi Lu and a short taxi ride to Pudong’s business district, Xintiandi, the Bund, the French Concession, making it accessible to almost anywhere else in the center of Shanghai.It offers 244 spacious guest suites and private residences, which, ranging between 62-600 square meters, are among the largest in the city. From Kempinski's proudly traditional flair to breathtaking Shanghai skyline view, plus our state-of-the-art in-room facilities and technologies, we provide a harmonious balance between work and family life .601 Fengyang Lu by West Nanjin Lu,Jing'an District(61571688) http://www.kempinski.com 静安区凤阳路 601 号，近南京西路 Reservation Hotline: +86 21 61571688 Website: www.kempinski.com
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A-YI services Shanghai MD maid service Shanghai MD services is an advanced household service provider, offers professional and reliable Ayi/Filipino and driver to expatriate families. Service include: onetime cleaning, fulltime and part-time domestic helper, baby-sitter, tutor, airport pickup and see-off (delighting your life in shanghai) Email: md-amanda@foxmail.com Mobile: 13564880039 amanda www.md-shanghai.com
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CATERING services Gourmet Traveler Gourmet traveler caters much more than just food. With absolute attention to detail we ensure a personalized gourmet experience from planning right through to your special occasion. It’s what we do www.gourmettraveler.com.cn Tel: 5477 9702 or contact Albert on 159 0175 7070 Email: info@gourmettraveler.com.cn 地址 : 红松东路 699 号名都城二期会所 . 邮编 :2011003
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Shanghai Business Center 第一商务中心 CBD, Grade A Building, Serviced Office Lujiazui, Huaihai Road, West Nanjing Road, Hongqiao, Xujiahui Free Service, Impartial Assessment, Best Offer Call Green To Viewing:189 1732 8282 www.001BC.com The Executive Centre – International Finance Center 德事商务中心-上海国金中心 Level 8 & 36, Tower 2, International Finance Center No.8 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai (Lujiazui Station, Line 2) 上海市浦东新区世纪大道8号, 上海国金中心 二期8楼/ 36楼（地铁二号线陆家嘴站） The Executive Centre – CITIC Square 德事商务中心-中信泰富广场 Level 35, CITIC Square No.1168 West Nanjing Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai (West Nanjing Road Station, Line 2) 上海市静安区南京西路1168号, 中信泰富广 场35楼 (地铁二号线南京西路站) The Executive Centre – Xintiandi 德事商务中心-新天地 Level 5, Xintiandi No.159 Madang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai (South Huangpi Road Station, Line 1) 上海市黄埔区马当路159号, 新天地5楼 （地铁一号线黄陂南路站） The Executive Centre – The Center 德事商务中心-世纪商贸广场 Level 20, The Center No.989 Changle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai (Changshu Road Station, Line 1) 上海市徐汇区长乐路989号, 世纪商贸广场 20楼 (地铁一号线常熟路站) The Executive Centre - Chong Hing Finance Center 德事商务中心-创兴金融中心 Level 12, Chong Hing Finance Center No.288 West Nanjing Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai (People Square Station, Line 1) 上海市黄浦区南京西路288号, 创兴金融中 心12楼 (地铁一号线人民广场站)
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Hong Kong: 7/F., Hong Kong Trade Centre, 161-167 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong. 香港德辅道中 161-167 号香港贸易中心 7 楼
24M²Large Bedroom For Rent 13th Floor, view, 20GB Broadband, En-Suite Toilet, IPTV Over 120 International Channels. Steps to North Xizang Rd. Station, Line 8. 3 Stops Away From People Square. Rent: 3000 Per Month. Mobile: 18916038577; Email: gongdouglas@aliyun.com 出租主卧，靠近西藏北路地铁站（8 号线）
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Serving all your business needs for investing in China. Call us for a free consultation. Tel: (86)21-6289 8813 Mobile: 189-643-41625 Email: info.sh@harriscorps.com.cn Shanghai: Suite 904, OOCL Plaza, 841 Yan An Zhong Road, Jing-An District, Shanghai, PRC. 上海市静安区延安中路 841 号东方海外大厦 904 室
Mandarin House Chinese Schools International quality accredited Chinese language programs. Whether at your office, home, or our conveniently-located schools; learn practical and modern Chinese with experienced teachers. Effective courses include: Conversational Chinese, Written Chinese, Business Chinese, HSK Preparation and tailormade Private Tutoring to meet your specific needs. Mandarin House is an official registered HSK testing center as well. Call us or visit our school and see why more than 20,000 people have chosen Mandarin House for learning Chinese! People's Square 12F, 650 Han Kou Rd 黄浦区汉口路 650 号亚洲大厦 12 楼 Hongqiao Room538, 321 Hong gu Rd 长宁区虹古路 321 号 538 室 Xujiahui 8F, 88 North Cao Xi Rd 徐家汇漕溪北路 88 号圣爱广场 801 室 Pudong Lujiazui 11F, 1088 South Pu Dong Rd 浦东新区浦东南路 1088 号中融大厦 11071109 室 TEL:400 633 5538 E-mail:info@mandarinhouse.com WEB:www.mandarinhouse.com AIA AIA CFO Forum on Dec 15 This is the 14th CFO Forum AIA (the
Association of International Accountant) has held in Shanghai. This time we invite Yu Chun, a director of one international accounting firm to share her view on bank fraud. Tel: 400-820-2803 Free, 2:00-3:30pm. 10F, Towel 2, No. 2230, Zhongshan Road West, close to Yi Shan Road Station(Line3, 4, 9) 徐汇区中山西路2230号2号楼10楼，靠近宜 山路地铁站（3、4、9号线） DRAGON MANDARIN One of the most professional Chinese language institute in Shanghai,provides private and group courses for foreign learners(both adults and kids),perfect teaching skills. Add:26/F,South Tower Hongkong Plaza,No.283,Huaihai M. Road,Shanghai Mobil:135 6450 7621 Email: peter.hu@lpc-china.com Hutong School With 8 years' experience, Hutong School provides Mandarin courses for everyone eager to learn Chinese. We offer standard daily Chinese classes as well as tailor-made courses for companies and individuals. We offer private or group classes, at all levels, whenever (weekdays or at weekends) and wherever (at our school, your office or home). Tel: (21) 3428 0099 Web: www.hutong-school.com/chinesecourse-in-beijing-shanghai Email: info@hutongschool.com 76 Wuyuan Lu, House 16, 2F, near Wulumuqi Lu, Xuhui District, Shanghai J&E Dance Learn Latin Dance from the Professionals. Cash Coupon is available. For the details please contact: Nancy13122682227 2/F, YuJing Yuan Club，Lane 888,Jinxiu Lu 锦绣路 888 弄御景园会所二楼 Berlitz In today’s world, it is easier than ever to reach across boundaries. The global environment offers infinite opportunities—but only to those who have the right skills. Berlitz helps individuals and businesses, government and non-profit organizations develop the language, cross-cultural and leadership skills necessary for success. Pudong, Shanghai Language Center 23/F, Shanghai Stock Exchange Building (N), 528 Pudong South Road, Shanghai 上海浦东南路 528 号上海证券大厦北塔 23 楼 Tel: 021-6881 0588 Puxi, Shanghai Language Center 35/F, Ciro’s Plaza, 388 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai 上海南京西路 388 号仙乐斯广场 35 楼 Tel: 021-6334 6262 Gubei Language Center 2D, St. Laurent Building, 3215-201 Alley, Hongmei Road, Shanghai 上海虹梅路 3215 弄 201 号 圣伦兰商务大楼 2D Tel: 021-5430 7565 WEB: http://www.berlitz.com.cn/
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Classifieds We are tailor making the STEP BY STEP courses for your situation in China like transportation, shopping, accommodation, oversea travel or any other real personal needs. Huaihai Road Campus No.28 Gaolan Road(Near By Ruijin 2 Road) Tel: 021-5306 7271 Zhongshan Park Campus Address: Block A, 13F, No.121, Jiangsu Road Tel: 6241-8767 i Mandarin “Ting Bu Dong” is Long gone! www.iMandarin.net study@imandarin.net Shanghai Centre Campus Rm720, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Xikang Lu 南京西路 1376 号上海商城西峰 720 室 , 近 西康路 Tel:021- 3222 1028 Xintiandi Campus Suite1708, 333 Huaihai Zhong Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu 淮海中路 333 号瑞安广场 1708 室 , 近黄陂 南路 Tel:021-3308 0508 Zhongyin Campus Suite2312, 200 Yincheng Zhong Lu, by Shiji Dadao 银城中路 200 号中银大厦 2312 室 , 近世纪 大道 Tel:021-5037 2711 Jinqiao Campus 1779 Yunshan, by Biyun Lu 云山路 1779 号 , 近碧云路 Tel:021-6105 9572 Yuandong Campus Rm1916, Bldg B, 317 Xianxia Lu, by Gubei Lu 仙霞路 317 号远东国际广场 B 座 1916 室 , 近古北路 Tel:021-5239 2807 Hongqiao Campus RmC207, Shang-Mi Ra Commercial Centre, 2633 Yan’an Xi Lu, by Shuicheng Nan Lu 延安西路 2633 号美丽华商务中心 C207 室 , 近水城南路 Tel:021-3223 1046 Mandarin City Mandarin City is dedicated to providing high quality and professional Chinese courses for foreigners. It has a good reputation for achieving results through excellent teaching and considerate service! Mandarin City also can sent teachers to your office or home for your convenience! Address: No.40, Lane 56 Yandang Road (Close to Middle Huaihai Road) Tel: 8621 5306-2960, 8621 5306-0968 E-mail: info@mandarincity.cn www.mandarincity.cn
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Recruiting for British Teachers SEATTON is the number-one etiquette training brand in China, teaching clients western style and culture. This year Seatton opens a Club House in Shanghai dedicated to offering clients luxury cultural experiences. The candidate: • Confident teacher ideally with experience teaching both adults and children • Will be trained on the Seatton curriculum • Will be responsible for delivering Seatton Etiquette and Style classes • Salary negotiable depending on experience • Both full-time and part-time positions
MEIZHI MANDARIN MEIZHI MANDARIN is an institution with long history, high education quality and outstanding fame. All MEIZHI's fulltime professional teachers will provide you with qualified kids, pinyin,character,grammar,daily conversation,business,HSK lecture, Japanese,Korean,etc. In order to convenient your study,.we provide various types of classes ,including 1 to 1 lesson, group lesson , school course, assigning course ,skype course… XUJIAHUI CENTER：Room505 No45 West Guang Yuan Road Xuhui District; 徐汇区广元西路 45 号 505 室（上海交通大 学广元西路校门口） HONGQIAO/GUBEI CENTER:Room508 No96 East Rong Hua Road Changning District 长宁区荣华东道 96 号 505 室（靠近古北路） TEL:52300140 MOB:159-2166-8157(ENGLISH) HP: http://www.meizhi-cn.com
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Mandarin Now This centrally located Mandarin education center focuses on practical Chinese with a focus on real-world situations and realistic usage. Students can apply what they learn in class to their life and work from the very first lesson. They teach in Chinese, using English only when absolutely necessary. They measure progress and use the results to provide feedback to students and test students’ knowledge at regular milestones and compare this with hours spent in class and the teaching methods used. This allows students to benchmark their progress and also allows us to identify learning points that may need increased focus.
Shanghai International MBA A two-year Part-time MBA designed for multinational managers Classes are taught in English by international professors on average 4 consecutive days per month Tel: +86 (21) 65980610 E-mail: adm@simba-tongji.com Web: www.simba-tongji.com Room A309,Sino-French Center, Tongji University,1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China 同济大学上海国际 MBA, 中国上海四平路 1239 号同济大学中法中心 A309 室
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SHANGHAI D-DAY When two tribes go to war… BY IAN WALKER
Former England international goalkeeper, Ian Walker played for Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers. In 2012 he moved to China to become goalkeeper coach of Shanghai Shenhua, before crossing the city divide to join Shanghai SIPG in 2014. Follow him on Twitter @IanWalks1 and Weibo @IanWalks1.
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he Shanghai Derby. SIPG vs Shenhua on May 9. It was big enough last year when we didn’t have much money. Fast forward a season and we have brought Sven-Göran Eriksson in as head coach, splashed some cash on players like Dario Conca and are (at the time of going to print) top of the league. Shenhua are still within touching distance of the top, though. They’ve been around the longest and there is a feeling at the club that they are the number one team in the city. You can’t really say one club is bigger than the other – it is a matter of getting the result on the pitch and finishing higher up in the league. We finished above them last year, but our two games ended level at 1-1, so both teams will be desperate to draw first derby blood since things got serious. I think they admitted they bought Australia's all-time top scorer Tim Cahill in response to our signings, so the ambition and
expectation at both clubs is very real. We had over 30,000 fans at our opening game of the season against Jiangsu, and you can expect at least 10,000 more at this one, as well as a great atmosphere. It’s going to be a fierce contest with tackles flying. It should be a cracker. This beard of mine is not getting shaved until we get beaten, either. I’ve been growing it – or attempting to grow it – since the first game of the season. I thought I’d let it grow until we lost a game... and we still haven’t lost one. It got a bit itchy at one point so I thought ‘Sod it, I’m going to take it off.’ But then I thought better of it, and just gave it a little bit of a trim. The beard is the winner. The beard is the reason! This is not the first time a beard has come into play in the Shanghai derby, funnily enough. Last season our Australian striker Daniel McBreen grew a massive ginger thing (he called himself Captain Red Beard, but who was he kid-
ding…) However, the then club president/head coach/all-round old school eccentric Xu Genbao was not a fan beards. A pre-whiskered Macca had scored our goal against Shenhua in the first derby of the season at home back in April, and when it came to the return fixture at the Hongkou Stadium in August, Xu told him if he went back to being clean-shaven he would “score a beautiful goal.” But I think Macca had stopped shaving to needle Xu in the first place (they didn’t exactly have the most harmonious relationship) so the ginger beard stayed, and Macca’s ‘beautiful goal’ failed to materialize. Then, after the game, Macca went straight home and shaved it off. What a wind up! Xu absolutely hit the roof when he laid eyes on him on Monday morning. Anyway, enough superstitious waffle, here are the players to watch come the big day. And may the best beard win…
SIPG May Home Fixtures vs Shanghai Shenhua Sat May 9, 19.45 vs Shandong Luneng Sun May 31, 19.45
// Shanghai Stadium, 1111 Caoxi Bei Lu, by Tianyaoqiao Lu 漕溪北路 1111 号 , 近天钥桥路 . Nearest metro: Shanghai Indoor Stadium on Lines 1 & 4.
Yan Junling
Tobias Hysen
Dario Conca
One of the two guys who probably played the best for us last season. Yan’s made saves to make sure we get three points, or at least pick up points in every game. Crucial saves at crucial times.
The other standout player last year. He has started this season as he left off in 2014: scoring goals and setting goals up. Currently top scorer in the Chinese Super League, the Swede has a sweet left foot.
One of the injuries we suffered already this season, playing without him was a setback. The Argentinean is set piece expert – very dangerous from free kicks, with brilliant delivery from corners.
Shenhua May Home Fixtures vs Guangzhou Evergrande Fri May 1, 19.45 vs Guizhou Renhe Sun May 17, 19.45 vs Shijiazhuang Yongchang Sat May 30, 19.45
// Hongkou Stadium, 444 Dong Jiangwan Lu, by Sichuan Bei Lu 东 江 湾 路 444 号 , 近 四川北路 . Nearest metro: Hongkou Football Stadium on Lines 3 & 8.
Tim Cahill
Paulo Henrique
Gio Moreno
The Australian has been unfortunate not to get a goal yet. An experienced player, he’s working hard for the team and a forward like that won’t go too long without scoring. I just hope it isn’t against us.
The Brazilian striker has been injured lately, but he scored four goals early in the season, which helped put Shenhua top of the table for the first few games. Likely to be back for the derby and a real threat.
We know what their Colombian captain is all about. The attacking midfielder is big, strong, good in the air and fast on the break. Very difficult to defend against, he’s a top quality player.
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