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A Shanghai Chef vents his frustration

Like the twisted Anthony Bourdain Tell-all, but without humor or depth, a netizen claiming to be a hotel chef in Shanghai has aired his grievances and the internal secrets of his business.  I discovered (via China Smack) the excellent blog Veggie Discourse, who translated the diatribe, which appeared initially on a popular Shanghai BBS, Mop.  [...]

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.

Gross generalizations about china from the new guy: AKA Grumpy Grunting

grumpy grunting

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.

A rude awakening

It started at 630 am.

on a Sunday.

The Fat Olive

Review of the Fat Olive restaurant in Shanghai, China.

Moving mountains by bike

Snapped from a taxi near Jing’an temple. Not a rare sight here…well, this pile was bigger than usual. Much much bigger.

I think this trike’s loaded with fish crates.  I’m guessing they’re empty now and she’s on her way to recycle them.  Peggy Liu from JUCCCE told me that China has 1/4th the consumption per capita [...]

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 [...]

Tales of woe from the backseat

We are two of the few people who move into an unfurnished apartment in China.  The housing system works such that every building is a condoplex, and slumlords buy up apartments and rent them, furnished, to the plebes, for massive profit.  This system has it’s benefits–no one really loses money when the system demands [...]