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Bai’s Old Shanghai Restaurant – Death of a young classic

I loved Bai’s before the apocalypse.
Bai’s is really quite a little place. It’s down a little alleyway across from the aging ballroom dancers at the tip of Xujiahui park, and it hasn’t been there for too long — maybe nine months, judging by the freshness of the sign, and the paint.

Yershari Whole Lamb & disappointing new location

I’ve waxed poetically before about this exceedingly popular Xinjiang restaurant, and this time around I was lucky enough to be invited to a friend’s birthday party at Yershari, and they had pre-ordered the whole roasted lamb, which taunts you from the menu when you eat in smaller groups.

Southern Barbarian-Yunnan food and Belgian beer?

I’ve heard whispers about Southern Barbarian since arriving in Shanghai, rumors about a stocked beer fridge hiding delicious favorites like Brother Thelonious and my now missed Rogue brews, innuendo about deep fried honey bees and Yunnan Goat Cheese. There have been more than one botched attempt to dine there.

Yeshari Xinjiangese Restaurant

Review of Yeshari Xinjiang Restaurant in Shanghai, China.

The Fat Olive

Review of the Fat Olive restaurant in Shanghai, China.

Little Red Bike Cafe: Save the Cutest Thing Ever

Not too many years ago two adorable people decided to open a tiny cafe in North Portland.  I’ve eaten there many times and befriended them at least a little bit–they’re some of the few people who comment on this here blog from time to time–and I was saddened to hear a few weeks ago that [...]

Shanghai Phomission #1: Aniseed

A few weeks ago a brilliant plan was launched on twitter to search Shanghai high and low for the best Pho available. While it may seem silly for a guy like me, so fresh to the city, to search for a non-native food, but I was simply following around friends on an adventure. [...]

Kissho of Tokyo: how not to eat

We’ve managed to eat at every restaurant at the city shop complex on Tianyaqiao Lu and Xingeng Lu, except the Applebees, Babydoll–a restaurant apparently geared specifically for Girls’ Night Out–and Kissho of Tokyo.
Here are some tips, from me to you, to help you learn how to avoid the landmines of surprise and dissappointment you may [...]

Las Tapas: Rare moments of peace

In Shanghai, there are rare moments of peace.  Rarer still are moments of peace that I manage to photograph well.
At Las Tapas, visiting for a late Lunch gets you a quiet, 1/3rd full restaurant and a tasty and reasonably priced set meal.  The mackerel was excellent, but skip the potato salad in favor of the soup [...]

How Hip Hop found our dinner

Girlie and I went to the LiuJiabang lu fabric market last night to visit her favorite tailor and have a look around. She’d not visited at night before, so we were both excited to find the streets around the market were buzzing.