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Van Cleef & Arpels
Comes to Shanghai
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Summer Travel Supplement
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London - Got Your Ticket?
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Baijiu Mixology
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CONTENTS
UPFRONT
Tech Talk
Around Town
The weird and wonderful happenings
around Shanghai in the last month
OPinion
Resident satirist Rupert Pupkin on the uprise of
expertise
Five Minutes With
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Spanish chocolatier Enric Rovira
COVER STORY:
Where do we go from here?
The essential guide to Shanghai dating
and building a relationship to last
10
What’s Hot, What’s Cool
This month’s must-buys
14
Style Talk
15
Health Talk
18
Make your man over Mad Men style
Beautifully Bronze
Nurse Mary offers top tips on staying
hydrated this summer
Spa Talk
Willow Stream – A Fairmont Spa and
Green Massage
Art Talk
All that glitters:
Van Cleef & Arpels brings chic to Shanghai
The golden age of Chinese cinema:
Where to watch 1920s/30s films
Local Talk
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20
THE SCENE
Dining Out
37
WINE Talk
41
Night Talk
42
Live Talk
45
People
46
Hotel Talk
47
It’s a Date
49
What’s On
50
Listings
53
Chefs, features, news, reviews and more
Mat Ryan from The Shed compares
Sherpa’s Pairings
The latest spots on Shanghai’s night scene
Brilliant baijiu
Education Talk
Youth Talk: YCIS Shanghai’s Karyn Chan on leadership
- Young Achiever: Graduated! Concordia feature
- Kid’s quiz
- Family calendar
Sport Talk
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sports calendar
- Columnist Jon Robinson offers exercise tips
See who went where and who wore what
Hotel offers and deals
Hotel of the Month
Suite Talk
Hotel deals, meals and more
Your monthly calendar guide to Shanghai
The absolute essentials
23
Renowned chocolatier Enric
Rovira on his latest project
– recreating the Langham
Xintiandi hotel out of
chocolate.
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IN THE KNOW
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Wuding Lu, Jing’an District
“People get used to certain
materials being used for
certain things. People often
think my works are made
out of ceramic, tile or wood
because they aren’t aware of
the possibilities of chocolate.”
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The latest gadgets & gizmos
America calling: Shanghai bands tour the US
CITY LIVING
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Reviews: records, movies, books
61
Interactive
Trivia and horoscopes
Talking To...
ShanghART gallerist
Lorenz Helbling
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Xiamen – 32
Summer Travel Deals – 33
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June12 TalkMagazine
AROUND TOWN
UPFRONT
Around Town
everyone is working hard, but you already
knew that didn’t you? Now get back to work.
Your news round-up for the month of June
1
While still
under the
shadow of the
mishap that befell
Metro Line 10 last
year, injuring hundreds
of passengers, the city plans to make
Line 10 a fully automatic line without
drivers. In a press conference, Shao
Weizhong, Vice President of Shanghai
Shentong Metro Group, said that
Line 10 was "originally designed to be
driverless model.” No kidding.
3
Skyfall, the latest instalment in the
James Bond series will be in cinemas
this autumn, and guess what fair city plays
host to 007’s latest adventure? Prepare to
be shaken Shanghai, not stirred; the Yan’an
gaojia, Pudong Airport and the monster
skyscrapers of Pudong all look like they
will be the backdrop for the latest flick
starring the Man with the Golden Gun.
2
Kids, playtime is over. You’re almost
six years old! Parents across Shanghai
are grilling their children like never before
to get into a good elementary school, as
competition has become so fierce, that
the Shanghai Education Commission has
ordered private elementary schools to
refrain from using academic interviews to
assess a child’s eligibility. Undeterred, some
private schools are still throwing the books
at their toddler applicants.
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Not to be outdone by all the cruises
along the Huangpu River, Suzhou
Creek has recently opened its own tour boat
service. Using over ten newly constructed
docks, you’ll be able to hop on and hop off
on a round trip between Danba Lu and the
Waibaima Bridge for RMB 200. Residents
of the upper reaches of Suzhou Creek, brace
yourselves. The booze cruises are acoming.
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4
According to a recent survey conducted
by Beijing University and Chinese job
search website zhaopin.com, Chinese workers
work on average 8.66 hours every day and
spend 0.96 hours in transit. Looks like
Shanghai legislators are considering
making street performing a legal
activity, granting local musicians and
other performance artists licenses to busk
throughout the city in designated areas.
However, questions remain about what the
criteria will be for obtaining a license. Still,
it will be interesting to see the day beggars
doing KTV on the subway are replaced
with trained musicians.
7
In its master
plan to
concentrate the
supply of all food
consumed by laowai
(and rich Chinese
fans of imported
foods) throughout
Shanghai, City
Shop opened a
massive new location in the SML
Centre. (That’s the gigantic shopping mall
erected across the street from tourist haven
Tianzifang.) Hopefully the prices of its
items won’t match the size of the new store,
but we’re not betting on it.
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image is of for your chance to win a voucher
worth RMB 500, courtesy of Chalet Suisse.
Email: [email protected]
Last month's winner: Charles Consumeo
UPFRONT
OPINION... WITH PUPKIN
A Billion Expert Opinions
Rupert Pupkin
S
eems like everyone is an expert
these days, that I alone carry the
mantle of mediocrity. It’s a little
intimidating to be around so many
authorities on everything. Their brilliance
is breathtaking.
From the mind-reading fruit vendor
who can hold forth on the merits of
pineapple for however long it takes to
perfect a transaction, to the gang of
uniformed parking attendants who
understand the physics of parking (if
not the administration of a clutch), there
is no shortage of professionals ready to
straighten a guy out, correct him, and show
him how it’s done here.
In a few short years the people I’ve come
into contact with here have achieved a level
of expertise that is unbelievable, so much
so that I, for one, can hardly believe it. If
I were a kinder, gentler soul I might say it
is simply a matter of human nature, that
we all have a tendency to lend too much
credence to our own myths and invest
ourselves with more accomplishment than
perhaps we deserve.
But there are individuals whose
cockiness is but a thin cover for everyday
insecurity, who, by hook or crook, burnish
their credentials and flaunt their expertise
to cloak a whopping inferiority complex.
And then there are those who display a
monumental hubris, whose inflated sense
of self-importance stems from never having
been properly smacked down by a sibling.
If, from a very early age, you are fed
a line about superiority, you can, upon
growing up, choose to spit it out or dine on
it for the rest of your life.
And with that in mind, the feasting
continues…
***
I am a mediocre man but there is one
particular thing I am fairly good at. I have
studied and practiced this one particular
thing for years and years and years, and my
opinions on this one particular thing are
sometimes even sought out.
There are many things I know absolutely
nothing about, but about this one thing I
am confident I am an authority.
A young woman recently rang me
with a question about this one thing. She
was “looking into it.” She, too, wanted to
become good at it. I patiently explained
some of the fundamental principles to her.
A week later I had occasion to chat with
the same young woman about the one thing.
She was by now an authority on the one
thing, having "done some online research",
and implied that I had the thing all wrong.
***
The waiter at the restaurant is worldweary. He has waited on many foreigners,
serving them their strange meat patties
and malt beverages; he is therefore well
schooled in international culinary habits
- an expert. He knows what I am going
to order before I tell him, and so I am
surprised that he doesn’t just bring the food
and drink to me without even taking my
order. He is prescient, visionary, skilful – a
kung fu waiter.
This young expert server, with his thinly
veiled look of contempt, thick lacquered
hair and narrow shoulders, yanks out the
silverware drawer at the busboy station
and proceeds to entertain the dining room
with the tinny crashing symphony of
plates and spoons. After fifteen minutes
or so, he delivers my drink – the wrong
drink, of course, because he decided in his
own mind what it was that the foreigner
wanted to drink, and was so certain of his
intelligence that he got it completely wrong.
The food order is likewise screwed up. He
is hardly able to hide his indignation. He is
sure it is I who is mistaken.
***
Managing a staff of experts can be a rare
joy and a pleasure. When everyone in the
office - from fresh-faced interns to the most
senior employee – believes they know more
than senior management, the workplace
action descends into sheer farce, as all
pretend to be earnest and diligent but are,
in fact, committed to the belief that they
are far more qualified to rule.
Staff members take obsequiousness to an
absurd degree, and some managers, usually
those with limited exposure to the modern
Confucian ethos, will take such flattery as
genuine and, to their extreme disadvantage,
come to mistake it for respect, when it is in
reality its antithesis.
An enlightened manager, one who
works alongside his employees and shows
compassion and humility, will be viewed
as weak, and will eventually be outmanoeuvred, overwhelmed and devoured
by the gargantuan Eastern ego that
has been forming for millennia.
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UPFRONT
FIVE MINUTES WITH
Five Minutes With Enric Rovira
Tom Mangione
Hailing from Barcelona, renowned chocolatier Enric Rovira has made a name for himself by doing the
remarkable with chocolate, combining it with exotic flavours and sculpting it into daring shapes. During
his residency at The Langham Xintiandi last month, he crafted an edible, 1.5 metre chocolate version of
the hotel and its nearby shikumen lane houses, which is on display at the Langham.
Was it hard to get the chocolate you needed in China?
No. It wasn’t difficult. Nowadays you can get all the best
chocolates in the world in China.
What chocolate did you use to make the chocolate model?
I haven’t yet, but I would be willing to. However, it
wouldn’t be a perfect replica. It would reflect my own
style.
I used two different brands of [French] chocolate: DGF and
Vahlrona; dark chocolate and white chocolate, each around
60 – 70% chocolate.
Has anyone ever been fooled into thinking one of your
chocolate creations was made out of something else?
How did you become interested in chocolate?
I grew up working in a pastry shop where I learned how to
make pastry. Chocolate making is a part of pastry making so
I became interested in it that way. When I was 22 years old,
I decided I wanted to focus just on chocolate. I think that
chocolate has more artistic and commercial possibilities.
What’s the most difficult thing you’ve
made out of chocolate?
This current project has been very difficult.
Because if you look at the shape of the
Langham, the building doesn’t even have
one straight line. Without moulds, it’s
difficult to carve the chocolate.
What’s the biggest work you’ve made out of
chocolate?
I made a 4.5 metre wedding cake entirely
out of chocolate that used over 400 kilograms of
chocolate.
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Would you make a portrait of someone out of
chocolate?
All the time. People get used to certain materials being
used for certain things. People often think my works are
made out of ceramic, tile or wood because they aren’t
aware of the possibilities of chocolate.
Being from Barcelona, you’ve said that Gaudi is a major
influence on your work. Do you have plans to make any
of his buildings out of chocolate?
No. Out of respect, I won’t make any of his buildings. But
I’ve reproduced one tile designed by Gaudi used in La
Pedrera and the Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona. I also use
his designs in a nougat which we make at Christmas time.
You’ve made chocolate for… astronauts?!
We make a special collection called ‘Planetarium’ which
includes spherical chocolates, based on the planets we
gave to a Spanish astronaut before he went into space. The
idea was that when he was in space he could open up the
box and eat them while floating in zero gravity.
Web: www.enricrovira.com; http://xintiandi.langhamhotels.com
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CITY LIVING
COVER STORY
Shanghai’s
Lonely
Hearts
Club
Kerry Allen
All the single ladies! And all you single gents out there too, listen up!
We feel your pain; finding a date in Shanghai is no easy task, and in
the fast paced come-and-go of this cosmopolitan city, it’s even more
difficult if you’re looking to land a laowai.
But whatever your preferences, Talk Magazine aims to add that
little bit of a spark to your life, with our fail-proof guide to getting
out and finding your baima wangzi, your Prince Charming, in time
for Qixi Jie (Chinese Valentine’s Day) next month.
STEP
1
How to find a date
Websites
The sorry state of affairs is that it’s actually quite difficult
to find a reputable internet dating website; the majority
of them out there tend to be interface-unfriendly replicas
of one other, with minimum levels of privacy (meaning
that every Joe Bloggs under the sun can see your ugly
mug and read your desperate words of narcissism
– take note DateInAsia.com, ChineseKisses.com and
ChinaLoveMatch.net users) not to mention a limited
amount of profile selection. I’m perhaps biased though
– after all, if you’re looking for a girl, not a guy, there’s
no end of websites promising young, hot, Chinese ladies
looking for fun. A simple Google search of “China dating”
brings up five in the first ten.
(being regulated at the sign-up stage not only for spam, but
for unclear or “inappropriate” photos). At the time of writing,
there were 13,098 profiles on there, of which 7,316 were girls,
and 5,782 were guys. How do you fancy the odds now, ladies?
If you’re able to speak Chinese, the net sweeps much wider, to
include yuehui.163.com (with over 8 million registered users),
HongNiang.com (literally, red [hot] women – but you can
also search for men), and jiayuan.com, all of which are widely
used, and make it easy to find someone in China whether
you’re straight, gay, or other.
And if you are looking
for something just a little
different, there’s always
SeaCaptainDate.com, a
website specifically geared
towards pairing you up
with lonely sea captains.
SeaCaptainDate’s been
all the buzz this last
few months, with Time
Magazine and Huffington Post among many questioning
whether it’s all a hoax, when the reality is that it’s quite simply,
and shockingly, legit. Failing that, you can always wait until
the rather self explanatory UK sensation UniformDating.
com, expands to the Mainland.
also allows you to see whether other users are within close
proximity of you, and indeed how close they are, with
its GPS activated software. Founded in December 2011,
this super stalker app has already managed to surpass a
startling two million users and is great if you want to meet
other, open-minded people on the fly. Or you simply like
stalking.
Apps
Social Events
For those who even think the pace of internet dating is
too slow, there are a handful of apps out there to connect
with singles instantly, make friends, or even take things to
that next level. Of them all, the leading is iJOYou (http://
app.net/ijoyou) which in Chinese, means ‘Love to make
friends’. Available for free in both English and Chinese,
iJOYou is basically an interactive chatroom which allows
you to search for users, and then send them texts, audio
messages, or photos.
Of course the question then begs of what you see, being
really what you get. If you’re a girl, you might be inclined
to give up before you’ve even begun. If you’re a guy, you
might wonder whether you’re not about to meet up with
a woman who’s not only twice the size of the photograph
she posted, but twice the age. Oh and the photograph’s
actually her daughter.
But don’t despair, there are a few choices out there, with
SmartShanghai’s (www.smartshanghai.com/dating) dating
section of their website being the most popular English
language site to date, not to mention the most reputable
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MoMo (http://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/mo-mo/
id448165862?l=en&mt=8) goes that little bit further, and
Of course your safest bet is probably going with
eHarmony (http://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/eharmony1-trusted-dating/id458272450?l=en&mt=8), one of the
leading established international dating websites for over
ten years that’s finally got itself an app, and claims to be
“responsible for 5% of marriages in the US.” Curious? We
know you are.
If you find all this modern technology far
too complicated, feel there’s no better
compensation for breaking the ice with
your future soulmate
than by doing
so face to face,
there are plenty
of ways to do
so. The Shanghai
Match Trading Association
have set the standard by
establishing the city’s
go-to event
for singles
and their
suffering
parents,
after hosting
their second matchmaking
party event last month at the
Saudi Arabian pavilion on the
World Expo site. This event saw
attendance of a staggering 30,000+ young hopefuls,
and is said to address the issue of increasingly rich
and ambitious young people finding it difficult to
STEP
Pick-Up Lines
Many thanks to the Lonely Planet pocket
phrasebook writers when they provided us with
this slither of entertainment:
“Would you like a drink?”
Ni xiang he dian shenme?
你想喝点什么？
“You look like some cousin of mine.” Ni chang de xiang wo de biaomei
你长得像我的表妹
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Where to take
your date
Five romantic locations
Le Sheng. 308 Anfu Lu, near Wukang Lu. Tel: 5406 6011
“You’re a fantastic dancer.”
Ni tiao de zhen hao
你跳得真好
“Can I be with you forever?” Wo neng pei ni yiqi dao lao?
我能陪你一起到老？
“How about going to bed?
Zanmen shangchuang, hao ma?
咱们上床，好吗？
Easy tiger!
Mandian lai!
慢点来！
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Bocca. 22 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu,
near Xin Yong’an Lu. Tel: 6328 6598
5 Tables Bistro. 210 Danshui Lu, near Zizhong Lu. Tel: 3304 1205
meet life-partners. Watch out for the next one Shanghai,
that is, if a venue can be found to hold the increasing
capacity.
Unfortunately however, the event isn’t open to laowai, and
so as an alternative to loitering on the sidelines, there’s
always OkDeal’s speed dating sessions (www.okdealclub.
com), our favourite of which this month is on 16 June
from 7.30pm, when they’re hosting a Lock and Key party
at glo London (1 Wulumuqi Lu, near Dongping Lu). Every
woman is given a lock, and every guy a key. You figure out
the rest.
And maybe you’re shy, or just looking for something a
little bit more subtle, whatever. Keep an eye on the city’s
most loved magazine, Talk Magazine (http://shanghai.
talkmagazines.cn/whats-on) for the next business social
event in the city, and be sure to bring a stack of business
cards! The clever and sneaky way to obtain that hottie’s
number.
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1
3
El Willy. 22 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, near Jinling Lu. Tel: 5404 5757
Lapis Thai. Various Locations. Web: www.lapisthai.com
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CITY LIVING
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COVER STORY
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Point
No Return?
Tom Mangione
You've been with your significant other for a while now – years, decades
even, and things have gotten to the point where they just don't seem like
they are going to work out. Is it really time to call it quits? Are you ready
for it? Local relationship counsellor Luis Murillo discusses the difficulties
relationships can have and when it's time to go your separate ways.
R
elationships can be hindered not only by an
inability to connect with our partners, but also
by an inability to connect with ourselves, to
take an introspective attitude and know where
we are coming from. In his own practice as a counsellor
in Shanghai, Luis Murillo finds the role of introspection
essential in his psychodynamic approach to counselling,
an approach based on the psychology of Freud and
psychoanalysis. Murillo explains “Psychoanalysis is a form
of introspection. It's a way for a person to understand their
weak spots. It's important because these are things that
will frequently rear their head during a relationship. Freud
had a theory about memory. He believed that the human
consciousness is made up of memories and they always
leave a trace, even if we're not aware of them.”
A bit of soul searching is essential for revealing where
a relationship is going. However, getting together and
speaking honestly about its status is still a difficult thing.
“Shanghai is a very fast centrifuge that takes you from
your partner and your feelings. Here it's often all about
performance and competition. It's not about the other
person's feelings or even your own feelings.”
Perhaps because of the pressures of fast-paced Shanghai life,
misunderstandings of ourselves or each other, relationships
can come to the point of crisis. At this point, each partner
needs to decide what they can get out of the relationship and
if it's still worth pursuing. “In counselling, I like to illustrate
a moment of crisis by using an aviation analogy. In aviation
there's a speed called V1, which is the maximum speed a plane
can go during take-off before it must launch in order to avoid
disaster. I help couples to figure out what their V1 is. Because
once they reach that point, it's the point of no return.”
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If you and your partner decide to go your separate ways,
Murillo advises against giving into “the need to humiliate
the other person. That's wrong. Just because a person we
love can no longer fulfil our needs that's not a reason to
denigrate them. People also should avoid making decisions
under a stage of depression when their thinking isn't clear.”
And if someone has made a rational, coolheaded decision that
they want out of the relationship for good, then Murillo finds
that's truly the end. “People sometimes come to a counsellor
like they go to an auto mechanic. But we're not dealing with
mechanisms, we’re dealing with free agents. I can't reprogram
people's feelings. Once one of the partners sees clearly that they
don't want to continue the relationship any more, then that's it.”
www.communitycenter.cn/counseling.asp
And when discussing the limits we have with our partners,
unfortunately we sometimes realise that that limit has been
breached. What exactly that limit is, comes in all forms.
“There is no algorithm, no flow chart for how it works. The
only red flag is the appearance of violence. Aside from that,
a major problem is often when partners perceive that there
are incompatible visions of value and that there's something
keeping them from getting what they want.” This could come
in many guises: from desires about pursuing a new career,
returning back to one's home country or the decision about
whether or not to have children.
Therefore, success in a relationship in many respects comes
down to our abilities not only to mediate with our partners,
but also ourselves. Murillo notes that as a counsellor, he's
seen many cases between couples where things spin out of
control, often without either party being acutely aware of
the triggers or hidden memories at work. “Gestures and
words can destroy a relationship because they resonate in a
certain way. They have more to do with the partner on the
receiving end and all they have been through before.”
Of course, in Shanghai communicating with ourselves is
often just as difficult as communicating with our partner,
if not more so. “I think Shanghai has issues with work/life
balance, people have to really know how much they value
a relationship here. Is it an accessory or is there a driving
force behind the relationship? Both scenarios can work, but
each partner needs to plan accordingly.”
And what about infidelity? Isn't that also a red flag?
Murillo doesn't see it that way. “My personal view
is that infidelity is a symptom, not a core illness.
Different couples deal with it in different ways. I
recommend addressing it peripherally. Often, one
can 'fix' the infidelity problem, but miss the real
cause. What kind of dreams and fun do you have
together? What do you communicate about your
different needs? You'll get more mileage out of
that.”
Still, there comes a time when it's time to
call it quits. But before ending, Murillo
recommends making one last inventory of
each others' needs. Making a list and seeing
what needs are fulfilled and which aren't
makes it clear what needs to be changed
and what can't be changed. This way,
both parties see whether there might
be one last chance for change or
compromise or whether it simply
won't work.
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Tom Mangione
Go
Here?
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Whether it’s been just a few dates or you’ve been going together for a while,
there comes a time when your relationship starts to get serious. It’s going
somewhere. But where? Well, that’s up to you and your partner to decide. Local
relationship counsellor Christine Forte of Balanced Heart Counselling discusses
how you can work to build a stronger relationship.
T
he days of passion are fading. You might
be living together now, or at the very least,
spending lots of time with your special
someone. Your relationship has begun to leave
the realms of romance and set off into the real world and
all of its challenges. You begin to ask yourself, “Who is this
person? Really?” And while you might like what you find,
there will inevitably be sources of conflict. Does this mean
that he or she isn’t ‘the one’?
Perhaps it’s time to take a step back. "I’m not a big believer in
the idea of 'the one'," says Christine Forte, a local relationship
counsellor at Balanced Heart Counselling. “I think there are
a lot of people out there that we can all be compatible with.
Not that anyone could be a good fit for us, but there are many
people in the world who we can be a happy partner with.”
But how do we know who’s really good for us? While there
is no cut and dry answer to this question, there are some
dimensions of compatibility that are important to keep in
mind. “In a relationship, above all it’s important for a couple
to be good friends, to really have a sense of fondness and
admiration for each other. Of course we also want to have
physical and sexual attraction. But it’s also important to
have a partner who’s going to be reliable, who does what
they say they will, that goes where they say they’ll go. That’s
respectful of you and you’re respectful of them. That you
manage conflict in a way that helps you move forward,
rather than in a way that’s destructive.”
Okay, it sounds straightforward enough. There are reasons
we’ve stuck together with our friends all these years. The
same must go for our partners to some degree, right? Still,
Shanghai life is a beast all of its own. Many of us are far
away from home, often times getting closer with partners
from different cultural backgrounds. “Trust is a big issue
here. [Our potential partners] don’t have the same
net of credibility behind them as someone from
back home who knows all of our friends or
has gone to the same university as us.
It’s hard, at first, for couples here to
know if the person they’re seeing
is being honest.”
In addition, Shanghai’s reputation as a sin city tends to
pop up. Trust issues often spring for worries that when
our partner is away, they’re with somebody else. “Further
along in relationships [in Shanghai] a problem that often
comes up is infidelity.” But Forte is firm in the belief that
sexual infidelity doesn’t have to be a deal breaker. “I think it
really depends on the couple: how much is left of the other
healthy structure in their relationship. Is this really a couple
that just despises each other? Or just got off track for a
while and genuinely want to get back on track?”
Then, of course, cultural differences can also prove to be
major hurdles where family is concerned. “One of the
biggest challenges with culture [here] can be the in-laws.
The couple themselves – if they love each other and want to
be together and are working on communicating – can do
okay. But when people’s families come into play, that’s when
there can be very different expectations.”
Not sure how to relate to your beloved’s mother or father,
or even a distant aunt or uncle? Don’t worry. All’s not lost.
Forte advises, “For bi-cultural couples it’s more important
to discuss prior to making commitments how we’re going
to navigate our families’ different expectations of us.” And
of course, a bit of perspective is in order. Families have
differences of opinion about their role in a couple’s life all
over the world. You don’t have to cross oceans to see it. “You
can see couples where both partners are from the US and
families have very different expectations of how involved
they will be in their lives. It’s not just about country of origin.”
The final obstacle that Shanghai throws up to those of us
looking to take our relationships to the next level is the
concern with career and ambition that attends life in Shanghai.
“A lot of young people here might not be as marriage focused
as in other places,” says Forte. And it’s true. All those long days
and longer nights of hammering out a new proposal or getting
yourself on track for where you want to be in five years don’t
leave much for someone else, do they?
Still, it’s no reason to give up hope. It might seem like a
Herculean effort at times, but relationships can work out,
even in Shanghai. It just takes a bit of work to get there.
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HOT & COOL
CITY LIVING
what’sHOTwhat’sCOOL
Melissa K Trias
Luscious
Lashes
The ‘They’re Real!
mascara’ range from
Benefit delivers dramatic
length and volume with
every stroke. Your eyes
will look so luscious that
boys will be putty in your
hands.
Model Behaviour
Hone your inner top model on the streets of Shanghai
by wearing these sexy ‘cat eye’ inspired sunnies.
Classically subdued glamour is MbMJ at its best!
RMB 756. Marc by Marc Jacobs, available online. Web:
http://cn.shopbop.com
RMB 220. Benefit,
available at Raffles City
Mall. 268 Xizang Zhong
Lu, near Fuzhou Lu. Tel:
6340 3600, Web: www.
benefitcosmetics.co.uk
Blue Crush
Finding a functional bag that looks good on your arm is tough.
Fortunately Flying Scissors has just come out with this gorgeous
vibrant blue tote that will have your colleagues shrieking with envy,
“Where did you get that?!”
Cool Threads
For some funky-fresh T-shirt
designs to suit any season, our
go-to brand is undoubtedly
Plastered, who have just
launched their fun ‘PLA-8: A
Creative Army’ range.
RMB 3,370. Flying Scissors. Bldg 1, 349 Zizhong Lu, near Madang Lu.
Tel: 3331 5930, Web: www.flyingscissors.cn
Splish Splash!
Just because it’s made for babies
doesn’t mean that adults can’t use it
too! Free from sulphates and harsh
chemicals, this gentle cleanser,
available in a range of yummy
flavours, is ideal for anyone with
sensitive skin.
RMB 138. Plastered T-Shirts,
located in Tianzifang, Bldg 49,
Lane 248, Taikang Lu, near Ruijin
Er Lu. Tel: 139 1020 5721,
Web: www.plastered.com
RMB 145. California Baby Calendula
Shampoo & Bodywash, available at
Casa Mia. 191 Changshu Lu, near
Yanqing Lu. Tel: 6433 1228,
Web: www.mammybuy.com
Enlighten Yourself
Simple jewellery can make a powerful
statement, and this elegant lightbulb necklace
by James Banks makes as bold and bright as
they come. With pink tourmaline, yellow
citron and black diamond gemstones inside
the bulb, we can’t imagine not being ‘lit up’
while wearing this sophisticated piece.
RMB 11,445. The Lightkeeper necklace by
James Banks Design, available at The Villa.
1 Taojiang Lu, near Yueyang Lu. Tel: 6466
9322, Web: www.shopthevilla.com
Sheer Elegance
When the heatwave hits Shanghai, it gets
rather tempting to walk around in the nude.
However, since that’s not quite legal, you can
opt for this weightless, sheer blouse by Lipsy
instead. Available in a range of colours.
Colour block your shoes, your pants, your shirt…and now your head!
The Louise patchwork headband from the Hat Lab has an array of bold
colours to keep your tresses looking primped and polished in a snap!
RMB 350. Lipsy Blouse, available online.
Web: www.zooq.com
RMB 540. Louise headband by the Hat Lab, available at Humming Bird
Vintage Shop. 141 Fuxing Xi Lu, near Yongfu Lu. Tel: 150 2183 1781
Mad Hatter
I Scream,
You Scream!
Spoil your friends rotten
this summer with
homemade cookies and
cream, strawberry and
rocky road concoctions
from your very own ice
cream maker. Mmm!
Built to Last
Each made from exactly one hundred and eleven recycled plastic Coca Cola bottles, these colourful
chairs by Emeco embody the elements of strength, durability and comfort in an impeccable form.
RMB 2,210. Emeco, available at the Design Republic. 88 Yuqing Lu, near Huaihai Zhong Lu.
Tel: 6082 3882, Web: www.thedesignrepublic.com
RMB 4,290. DeLonghi
ICK6000 ice cream maker,
available at Lemon Zest. 1
Taojiang Lu, near Yueyang Lu. Tel:
6466 9099, Web: www.lemonzestlife.com
CITY LIVING
STYLE TALK
Mad Style
Melissa K Trias
With the fifth season of Mad Men in full-effect, Talk Magazine’s style editor
decides to deconstruct the mode that currently has the fashion world smitten.
Aiming for everyday practicality, Melissa K Trias takes the three-piece suit, the
white-collar shirt and the mundane accessories of the 1960s and reinterprets
them into three snazzy looks made especially for the fly streets of Shanghai. Men,
take note; women, gird your loins. The summer is looking dapper.
I
f you’ve ever watched an episode of Mad Men, you’ll
be familiar with the unquestionable sex appeal that
surrounds its leading man, Donald Draper (played
by Jon Hamm). The pensive stare, the charmingly
flirtatious smile and the James-Bond-esque magnetism,
Draper is the iconic symbol of a ladies’ man for the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Two words to describe
him would be ‘conservatively alluring’; if he were food, he’d
be ‘strawberries and cream’. Hence, it is of no surprise that
the sartorial elegance of the Mad Men “look” has become all
the rage in menswear this season.
Deager Kao, Co-Founder of Project Aegis | Shanghai, a
concept-shop-turned-boutique that stocks over fifty luxury
The Three-Piece: Keep one,
lose the rest.
A look with a clear concept can make an outfit
boss; three-piece suits need not be used everyday.
Instead, you can deconstruct the look and keep
only the bare essentials, by wearing just the vest
(see the white collar shirt look) or just the blazer.
A vest communicates just the right amount of
style—not too pretty-boy, but not sloppy either. It
shows that you’ve got an
eye for style and you’re
not even trying. A
blazer on the other
hand is gentlemanly
and bold. You give off
the proper businessman
vibe that shows females
that, like Jay-Z, “you
be making the paper”.
That’s hot.
Shirt: Tradesman shirt, Marshall
Artist. RMB 1,150.
Jeans: Weird guy raspberry
scratch n sniff jeans, Naked &
Famous. RMB 1,380.
Shoes: Celeste denim shoes,
Opening Ceremony. RMB 2,380.
Blazer: Raphael denim blazer,
ThreeSociety. RMB 1,445.
Bowtie: Leather bowtie,
Campaign. RMB 248.
brands from around the world, attributes the success of
his own tailored men’s clothing line to the vogue of the hit
television series.
“Mad Men has very sophisticated and well-presented
looks; in addition to Don Draper’s outfits, the costumes of the
male cast also reveal a willingness to dabble with colour and
checkered prints. There is an aura about the male characters
that is tied in with wearing the latest fashion,” says Kao. “In
regards to what you see people wearing on the street, people
are wearing more fitted suits and venturing out with nontraditional patterns (like plaid) to emulate that.”
And with so many affordable menswear collections
bringing a greater focus of this into their details (think
The White Collar
Shirt: Untucked
and disheveled.
Avoid the prudish
connotation of the whitecollar staple by roughing
it up a bit. Worn with a
pair of fitted jeans and fly
kicks (such as this pair of
red-hot sneakers
by Common
Project), a whitecollar shirt will make
you look street smart and
fresh. Adding a striped tie to
the mix and pushing up those
sleeves will make girls around
you wonder what naughty
business you’ve been up to.
Always keep them guessing, it
adds to your allure.
Shirt: Colour block button down shirt, Tim
Coppens. RMB 2,580.
Jeans: Weird Guy raspberry scratch ‘n’ sniff
jeans, Naked and Famous. RMB 1,380.
Shoes: Vintage high shoes, Common
Projects. RMB 3,380.
Tie: Classic stripe tie, Native Son. RMB 980.
Waistcoat: Grosvenor waistcoat, Rag &
Bone. RMB 2,180.
H&M, Zara and Uniqlo), looking Mad Men sharp has
become more accessible for the gentlemen of Shanghai. “It’s
the confidence factor that exudes from the character,” says
Kao, explaining the popularity of the look.
Mad Men outfits consistently strip away superfluous
material in order to reveal the man in his truest form.
Collars are narrower (kept at an inch and a half), shirts are
trimmer (most are slim cuts) and ties are skinnier (less than
two inches wide) to draw more attention to body shape. If
you want the look, live by the mantra: less is more. Bringing
out a more polished ‘you’ will make you more confident in
your skin, whether you are an advertisement maven or an
English teacher.
However, channeling the Don Draper within you without
being too literal can be a tricky task— that’s where Talk
Magazine comes in. Follow the advice below for tips on
using the 1960s couture to get the look for 2012.
The Accessories:
A balancing act.
If there is one thing you need to learn
from the Mad Men style, it’s how
to accessorize. The decadence of
the 1960s is a prime example of
how small details make a strong
impression. With the recent rise
of bold, block colours, it’s become
easier to experiment with eyepopping bits and pieces such as
rainbow-mirrored sunnies, pastel
ties and bowties and floral pocket
squares. Experiment with retro,
or basic shapes for sunglasses
that sit on your cheekbones
without making your head
look too big. For ties, pick a
bold, one colour tie (you really
can’t fail when colour-blocking)
if incorporating patterns confuses
you. Never wear a bow tie that is
too big, and when it comes to
watches, a slightly
oversized one in a
Shirt: Cincinnati combo pattern
neutral colour (such
shirt, Gilbert & Lewis. RMB 1,550.
as brown) is key to
Shorts: Pink-dyed rigid linen denim
completing the look.
shorts, THVM. RMB 780.
Be careful not to
Sunglasses: Basic shape crystal
over-do it because it
sunglasses, SUPER. RMB 1,880.
may end up working
Blazer: Ben shirt linen blazer,
against you. If in
ThreeSociety. RMB 695.
doubt, a friend’s
Tie: Purple skinny tie, Steven Alan.
perspective can steer
RMB 550.
you in the right
Watch: 300 Series watch, Uniform
direction.
Wares RMB 5,150.
Model: Kevin Zhang.
All outfits provided by Project Aegis | Shanghai.
777 Julu Lu, near Fumin Lu. Tel: 5403 9869,
Web: www.projectaegis.com
June12 TalkMagazine
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STYLE TALK
CITY LIVING
Melissa K Trias
In this month’s instalment of summer preparation,
Talk Magazine’s style editor sought out where to go
to get that sun-kissed bronze look.
Where: One stop beauty session for those looking
for beautiful, brown skin
Where: Bronze Bodies, Bldg 209A, Infinity Plaza, 138
Huaihai Zhong Lu, near Pu’an Lu. Tel: 6335 3091
How Much: RMB 100 for the tanning session,
RMB 200 for the collagen station, RMB 78 for
the manicure
Done right, a flawless bronze tan can
only be described as the epitome of
sex-appeal (think Rihanna, Brooklyn
Decker, Kim Kardashian), and
coco-brown skin alone conjures
up tongue-in-cheek images of
nude beaches somewhere off
the Brazilian coast. With the
sun’s rays now at their peak, the
safest way to achieve a natural,
even looking tan – especially if
you have a hectic schedule - is
undoubtedly to visit a tanning
salon.
And so Talk Magazine’s style
editor searched for the next
best thing to achieving that
just-back-from-Brazil look this side
of the Orient and found it at Bronze
Bodies—complete with tropical tunes,
a futuristic collagen station and a
super convenient nail studio. It may not have
been a Brazilian nude beach, but it was far
from disappointing.
Bronze Bodies offers the latest technology in tanning
beds that deliver a better ratio of UVA and UVB rays,
resulting in healthy exposure for the skin. It boasts that
a healthy tan formed through regular tanning sessions
can actually benefit in giving you a sun protection factor
between four and eight.
Before I began my own session, I was informed by
Keanu Law, the owner of Bronze Bodies, that clients
need no more than fifteen minutes of tanning in the
sunbed to achieve that sun-kissed look, making it great
for girls on the go. This is followed by an optional ten
minutes in the collagen-light therapy station to promote
the reformation of collagen in the skin, which is great
because more collagen often means less wrinkles.
I swiftly entered my own private tanning room,
covered myself from head to toe in the recommended
tanning lotion (Bronze Bodies sells only Australian
Gold brand, a leading company in providing suncare
solutions) and donned the protective eyewear. Once in
the bed, all I had to do was press a button to start my
treatment (no confusing part there) and soon I was
listening to Caribbean-esque music as UV rays beamed
on me in a blindingly bright hue. Ten minutes was all
that was required, so I was in and out in no time.
The collagen light therapy station was an equally
exciting experience. Standing upright on the reflective
platform, I stepped on the start button and firmly
gripped the handles. As the platform vibrated at an
intense speed, a familiar set of Caribbean-esque songs
began to play from the overhead speakers. As we all
experiment with oddities in the name of beauty, this was
no exception, and I had to laugh at how awkward I felt.
The last part of my visit was to the nail studio, in
which I received an awesome manicure in the prettiest
of baby-blues. I was greatly impressed by how quickly
my manicurist was able to primp and polish my nails.
Even after a week, the job still looks good!
My visit to Bronze Bodies was definitely worthwhile.
Without having to sacrifice my whole day, I was able
to obtain an alluring tan and also gain a magnificent
manicure! Not only were the services excellent, but the
staff were extremely warm and inviting. In my opinion,
for a place as concrete as Shanghai, finding a warm
refuge is a godsend—especially if it leaves you glowing.
June12 TalkMagazine
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CITY LIVING
HEALTH TALK
Nurse Mary
Water: How Much Should
You Be Drinking?
Mary A Drobnak RN, BSN, MSN Ed
Every month, Nurse Mary offers her advice on how you
can do your best to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
We hear so much about how
vital water is to our everyday
lives, but is it really that
important we get our eight
glasses a day?
What I would really just say is “Absolutely!”
Water is so important to our
overall health, more
than you may think
you know.
Water plays a role
in virtually every
function of the human
body. Considering
our bodies are made
up of 60-70% water,
water losses from urine,
stool, perspiration, and
respiration (breathing!)
need to be replenished
daily for our bodies to
function optimally. It is a
major component of the tissues
and cells of the body and scientists surmise
water makes up approximately 80% of our
brain, 83% of our blood, 79% of our lungs
and 76% of our muscles. Simply put, every
system in our bodies depends on water!
Water flushes toxins out of our vital
organs (such as the kidneys and liver),
carries nutrients to our cells, cushions and
lubricates our joints and muscles, provides
moisture for our eyes, ears, nose and throat,
and even regulates our body temperature.
Without water, the human body will survive
only a few days before experiencing physical
and mental signs and symptoms that can be
detrimental to our health. No other nutrient
deficiency has such profound effects!
If we are healthy, it is because water helps
us to stay that way. However, loss of water
without replacement can lead to dehydration.
Even mild dehydration can lead to adverse
health consequences. Some symptoms of
mild dehydration are headaches, dizziness,
fatigue, loss of concentration and short term
memory, weakness, muscle cramps, heart
palpitations, and decreased urine output.
So the question remains, how
much water do we really need?
Many of us do not make the connection
that something as simple as water might
alleviate (and prevent) a headache! But it’s
true; the first thing you should think when
experiencing any of the aforementioned signs
or symptoms is “did I drink enough water
today?”
More severe dehydration can contribute
to a number of health problems such as
constipation and kidney stones. Our smart
bodies try to alert us when we start to get
dehydrated through telling signs such as
our having a dry mouth, feeling hot, having
concentrated urine that is dark yellow, and
dizziness or lightheadedness, all of which
indicate we need to increase our water
intake! So pay attention!
Some other benefits water provides
are that it helps keep our skin healthy,
glowing and can also aid in the reduction
of wrinkling! Additionally, flushing our
intestines with plenty of water allows us to
maintain stable and safe quantities of yeast
and bacteria. Water keeps our thought
processes and brain function at optimal
levels! It also makes us feel full, so before
you grab an unhealthy food choice, swig
a glass of water to curb your appetite or
drink a glass before a meal so you don’t eat
as much! It really is pretty amazing what
that one little glass of water can do!
It’s important to remember that we
also obtain water from a variety of the
foods and drinks we consume daily.
Many foods such as fruits and vegetables
that are primarily made up of water
add to our water intake requirements.
Although not as good as water - coffee,
tea, juices, milk and even soda count in
adding to our daily water intake. But for
those of you wondering if alcohol can be
counted, the answer is NO. Alcohol blocks
the reabsorption of water and further
dehydrates, much more so than the small
amounts of caffeine found in soda and
coffee.
I am sure many of you may have heard
of the 8x8 rule over the years in which
health gurus proclaim that our water intake
per day be approximately eight glasses
filled with at least eight ounces of water
a day. This was derived from calculating
basic daily fluid loss and an equation
that approximated that 64oz of water was
required to replace the average person’s
fluid loss.
Fact is our water needs vary based on
age, weight, activity level, diet, and even the
climate or environment you are exposed to
everyday. Illness, certain health conditions,
and pregnancy can also affect our water
intake needs.
Children require more fluids and can
become dehydrated faster, so mums out
there, make sure your kids are getting
enough water, especially in the hotter
months of spring and summer when they
will lose many fluids through sweat and
increased outdoor activities! When kids
tell you they are tired, feel nauseous or ill
and it feels like they have a fever, think
dehydration first and hand them over a
water bottle!
As for adults, be careful when you
exercise; your body will experience a
greater fluid loss so remember to replace
those fluids with water before, during, and
after increased activities! It’s important to
add that we will all be experiencing hotter
weather in the coming months, so get in
the habit of carrying a water bottle with
you everywhere! We often don’t realise just
how much fluid loss we experience in the
warmer weather.
Bottom line, water is good for you! It’s
rare or based on a health condition that
one would suffer from “drinking too much”
water. The 8 glasses filled with 8oz of
water a day is a pretty good rule of thumb!
Remember, you need more fluids when you
lose more fluids! So keep your body healthy
this summer and make it a habit to carry a
water bottle with you at all times!
And if you think water is boring?
Then add some lemon, mint, oranges or
strawberries, which are in season now, to
make it more tasty and fun to drink! The
benefits are enormous!
Send Nurse Mary your health questions and
concerns at [email protected]
CITY LIVING
Spa Reviews
Willow Stream
– A Fairmont Spa
Kerry Allen
What: Signature Experience: Mystic Peace
(90 min)
Where: Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing
Dong Lu, near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
Tel: 6321 6888
Why: You want to step out of time for a while
How much: RMB 1,180 + 15% service
charge
Hidden down the winding corridors of the
centrally located Fairmont Peace Hotel, a
luxury five star with a distinct 1920s/30s
feel to it, the Willow Stream spa
proves a worthy find, a hidden haven,
transporting its visitors to a place almost
outside of time itself.
On arriving at the spa, you can exchange
your clothes for a fluffy dressing gown
and slippers and unwind at your leisure
before beginning your treatment, either
in the quiet room with a cup of herbal
tea and a magazine, or in one of the
spacious rain showers with delectably
fruity shampoos and shower gels to
enrich your senses.
I’d already released some of my tension
by taking advantage of both of these
options before beginning my signature
experience, which took place in a cosy
SPA TALK
low-lit room with soft, melodic music.
My masseuse, Helen, lead me to my
treatment bed, and after I climbed
under the cotton sheets, she began my
treatment, using a sunflower scented
oil from Kerstin Florian, peeling back
the sheets and gently but expertly
kneading knots from my body, one
area at a time.
From the warmth and cosiness of my
bed, I was completely at peace and it
was desperately hard not to drift into
infinity. My ninety minute massage
was as good as they get, and passed
by so quickly I was reluctant to leave,
instead leisurely enjoying the peace
and tranquillity of Shanghai’s best kept
secret, Willow Stream.
Green Massage
Melissa K Trias
What: Signature Green Bliss (100 min)
Where: Green Massage, Shanghai Centre,
West Tower, Rm 202. 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu,
near Tongren Lu. Tel: 6289 7776, Web:
www.greenmassage.com.cn
Why: Acupressure renewal promises to
calm your qi and stimulate your battered
body.
How Much: RMB 580
If you’re in need of a temporary detox
from the turbulence of fast-paced
Shanghai living, there’s perhaps no better
place to go than Green Massage. With
six different locations across the city,
Green Massage has gained acclaim for its
traditional oriental acupressure therapies
that are designed to tame your inner fire
and relax your mind.
My treatment, the Signature Green Bliss
therapy, left me feeling like every stroke
made on my body helped to improve my
mental clarity and emotional stamina.
It was as if I had walked in feeling like
a distraught slab of clay, all knotted and
clumpy around the edges, only to walk out
feeling like the statue of David— strong,
upright and ready to take on the world.
My treatment began with a foot scrub and
massage to work out the kinks from my stroll
around the city. As my masseuse worked her
magic, my sense of smell was refreshingly
piqued by the scent of the aromatherapy
oil that wafted through the air, making the
room more alluring and serene. The full
body massage targeted points of fatigue and
stiffness; from my head to my toes, I felt an
exhilarating sensation with every release
of pent-up energy, clearly my body was
not in the best of states. Amazingly, as the
massage progressed, I began to feel dormant
areas of my mind being reawakened, thus
making me ready and willing to take on
my day’s responsibilities with a newfound
determination.
As my one hundred minutes of bliss came
to a close, I slowly got up and returned to
reality. No amount of tasks could ruin my
mood, and I drifted around feeling a calm
aura of serenity surrounding me for the rest
of the day.
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CITY LIVING
ART TALK
All That
Glitters...
Casey Hall
Pretty things galore will be on show at MoCA Shanghai this month, with a
brand new retrospective from famous Parisian jewellery house, Van Cleef
& Arpels, exhibiting more than a century of the jewellery maison’s greatest
blinging bauble hits.
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his new exhibition, entitled ‘Timeless Beauty’,
is obviously designed to use Van Cleef &
Arpels’ considerable heritage and high-end
European pedigree in order to introduce the
brand to a whole new generation of jewellery consumers
in the Middle Kingdom. But even for those of us mere
mortals for whom a luxurious Van Cleef & Arpels
purchase is unlikely to feature in our future, it’s a great
opportunity to get up close and personal with 370 of
Van Cleef & Arpels’ most important jewels, watches and
accessories, brought together from private collections in
France and around the world.
The jewellery house will be collaborating with Patrick
Jouin and Sanjit Manku, from the Jouin Manku design
agency, who were both charged with creating the
scenography for the exhibition. They describe what they
have done with the 1,200 square metre, two-floor interior
space at MoCA Shanghai as “dreamlike”, and said their
aim was to reflect the magic and creativity Van Cleef &
Arpels are known for in their jewellery designs in an
interior design.
“In order to create a sensual and mysterious installation,
we have used various types of illusions,” Jouin said.
“Sometimes you think you see a butterfly, but it may be
a bird or just a shadow in reality. You may
come up close to the jewels and
have them suddenly
disappear.”
The results are rather
breathtaking, with the
exhibited pieces encased
in giant, transparent drops, so that they appear suspended
in the air. Although the separation is subtle, it is also
possible to discern the exhibits moving through the
show’s four subcategories: Exoticism, Nature, Femininity
and Elegance. The progression feels smooth, but each
section has a distinct feel that coincides with its
inspiration.
For Sinophiles, the Exoticism section is sure to
hold plenty of interest, with many of the pieces
indicative of the Chinoiserie that swept through
the fashionable end of Europe in the early part of the
20th century.
Indicative of this trend are pieces such as the
‘Dragon Vanity Case’ (pictured), originally made
in 1923 and quintessentially art deco in form
(reflecting the period in which it was made).
Featuring a contrasting red and black colourscheme, and using enamel for a lacquer-like finish,
it’s easy to imagine a qipao-clad Shanghainese
society lady of the ‘20s carting her lipstick and
powder to a night out on the Bund in this little
beauty.
The ruby and diamond-encrusted
‘Chrysanthemum Clip’, (pictured)
from 1937 also reflects the
ways in which China
proved inspirational for Van Cleef & Arpels’ master
jewellers in the first half of the 20th century. China’s
chrysanthemum mythology is dripping with stories
and symbolism. Also known as the “Autumn Flower”,
chrysanthemums were believed to have life-giving
properties because of their ability to grow and
bloom in comparably cold climates.
Another major draw of the Timeless Beauty
exhibition is the link between the Van Cleef
& Arpels’ brand and some of the last century’s
more beautiful icons of femininity, including
Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, and, of course,
HRH Princess Grace of Monaco, whose tiara
(worn on the occasion of her daughter’s wedding)
is also on show at Shanghai MoCA (pictured).
Van Cleef & Arpels not only created the set
of jewels presented to Grace Kelly when she
became engaged to Prince Rainier of Monaco,
they would also become the “Official supplier
to the principality of Monaco”. It was the
start of what proved to be an eye-catching
relationship between one of the world’s most
feted princesses and one of the premier
jewellers of Europe. This particular
diadem being exhibited at MoCA
Shanghai features 144 diamonds
weighing in at more than 77 carats.
According to Jouin, the opportunity
to take inspiration from Van Cleef
& Arpels’ archive of creativity and
iconography is a dream come true for
a designer. It is this legacy which has
not only inspired the scenography,
but will, Jouin believes, also have an
impact on anyone who comes along to
MoCA to experience it first-hand.
“These jewels and objets d’arts have
been influenced by artistic movements,
exotic cultures and icons,” he said. “All
combine imagination and elegance and
there are some that carry a special aura
because they are linked to the very special
women who inspired their creation, wore them, or
owned them.”
Van Cleef & Arpels: Timeless Beauty will run at MoCA
Shanghai until 15 July.
MoCA Shanghai. 231 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Huangpi Bei Lu.
Tel: 6320 9900, Web: www.mocashanghai.org
CITY LIVING
ART TALK
The Golden Age of Chinese Cinema
Nick Korjov
In 1930s Hollywood, cultural icon Humphrey Bogart was only rising
while Shanghainese actress Zhou Xuan had already become an
internationally acclaimed performer. She and the world of Chinese
cinema she lived in, with its emphasis on class struggle and ordinary
people’s lives, has made a lasting contribution not only on Chinese
culture, but on generations of film directors throughout the world.
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lmost every venue at Yu Garden,
Shanghai’s famed tourist
attraction, has a vintage poster
of a young, beautiful Chinese
woman wearing a qipao. She smiles with
seductive eyes and curly, pinned-back hair.
This image is familiar to anyone who has
visited the place at least once, equally as iconic
as the site’s famed Bridge of Nine Turns. But
not everyone knows who this is a picture of,
that this is a picture of the famed Chinese
actress and singer Zhou Xuan, one of the
seven muses of Chinese cinema in the 1930s.
Born around 1920 with the given name Su
Pu, Zhou never knew her biological parents,
something that haunted her throughout her
life. Still, she came to be adopted by a family
surnamed Zhou, taking this surname as her
own. In the early 30s Zhou acted, sang and
danced in a Shanghai dance troupe called the
Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troupe
which made her a local celebrity. But it was
her role as a singing street girl in Street Angel
(1937) that made Zhou a star and an admired
singer in China and throughout the world.
And while Zhou’s star profile continued
to shine brightly throughout the 1940s
and 50s, her private life was shrouded in
darkness. Plagued by mental illness and
broken relationships, Zhou found herself
in and out of mental asylums until her
untimely death in 1957. It’s an archetype all
too familiar in the world of film today – the
troubled actress with the uncanny ability to
appeal to our deepest humanity; for better
or for worse, Zhou was a pioneer, one of the
first of her kind. Indeed, one could make the
comparison that in the pantheon of world
class film stars, Zhou Xuan is to China what
Marilyn Monroe is to the US.
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iu Debao loves history and film;
his warehouse and studio Shanghai
Old Newspaper and Film Private
Library in Putuo District full of rusty metal
boxes overflowing with films is testament
enough. “My parents loved culture, art and
films, especially my mother. They were very
bookish and their influence on me was
really great. I still remember the first time we
went to the cinema. One of the first films I
saw with them was Sun Wukong. Gradually,
[films] became my passion. I started
collecting them.”
When speaking about China’s golden age
of film, Zhou Xuan is one of the first names
on his lips. “Zhou Xuan and Zhao Dan [Zhou
Xuan's partner in Street Angel] are definitely
my favourite actors from the 1930s. The
characters they created are so remarkable and
vivid.” Further, Liu says that he is particularly
fond of these old movies because they are
“outstanding”, and watching a few with him,
it’s easy to understand why. These black and
white films have an incredible magnetism,
displaying the lives of ordinary people
with comedy and wit, as well as genuine
pathos, something absent in many of today’s
Hollywood-style blockbusters.
The Old Film Café, an old three-storey
building located on Duolun Lu in Hongkou
District, offers a wide range of films from
the 1930s and 1940s. At the entrance there's
a statue, reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin, but
you can't quite be sure it's him. It appears
more like a shadow from the past.
Inside the café, this previous world begins
to take shape more fully. Typewriters with
missing keys, old-fashioned phones, books
and antique lamps fill the surroundings.
Black and white photos of Chinese and
Western film stars decorate every wall.
Foreigners and locals alike find themselves
sipping coffee or tea in front of the screens
on which old films are projected. Here,
you’re apt to see the enchanting figure of
Zhou Xuan moving before you.
Of course, Zhou Xuan is just one of
many stars from China’s golden age of
film that continue to delight and inspire.
Zhao, manager at the Old Film Café is
an aficionado of Chinese cinema, but she
prefers Hu Die to Zhou Xuan. Hu Die,
‘The Butterfly’, was another outstanding
performer of the time, achieving stardom
after the release of Twin Sisters (1934),
directed by Zheng Zhengqiu, one of the
founding fathers of Chinese cinema.
And while the golden days of Chinese
cinema and Zhou Xuan are long gone, its
influence continues to be felt in contemporary
Chinese cinema. The same approaches to
filmmaking that appeared in 1930s China
resonate with modern directors like Jia
Zhangke (The World, Still Life, 24 City)
and Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine).
And as winners of numerous accolades
internationally, it’s clear that the spirit of Zhou
Xuan has been embraced by the rest of the
world in the 21st century as well.
Liu Debao welcomes visitors to see his
collection at his studio. 8am – 8pm daily.
Shanghai Old Newspaper and Film Private
Library. 285 Caoyang Lu, near Ningxia Lu,
6244 3700 (Mandarin only)
Old Film Café. 10am – 1am. 123 Duolun Lu,
by Sichuan Bei Lu, 5696 4763
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LOCAL TALK
CITY LIVING
Local Talk: Wuding Lu
Nick Korjov
North Jing’an District often only gets a sparing mention, which is a shame because there’s plenty
to see and do here. And Wuding Lu, which can be easily reached by taking line seven to Changde
Lu, or walking north of line two’s West Nanjing Lu station, is host to an array of interesting
venues. Here is our pick of the best…
1 Paws n Claws Spa &
Styling House
Paws n Claws is not only a charming
pet grooming salon, where certified specialists
lovingly take care of your pet (full service bath
– RMB 58 upwards; full service groom – RMB
160 upwards), but also a pet hotel, complete
with an indoor playground with running
machines. One night stay for a dog is RMB
60 and for a cat RMB 80. You can also buy
clothes, food and snacks, primarily imported
from the US, Europe and Japan.
3 Kosher Market
2 Rhumerie Bounty
Ahoy there me hearties, have you heard of Bounty?
It’s a cosy little drinking vessel, warmly decorated with
wooden barrel seats and a haven for all you rum connoisseurs
and wannabe pirates out there. It’s Happy Hour from 6 – 9pm,
and their Old Fashioned cocktails with three year old French
Clement rum (RMB 88) and cinnamon infused shots (RMB
40) are out of this world! Our survey says: yaaaaaaarrrrr!
980 Wuding Lu, near Jiaozhou Lu. Tel: 3209 9057
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spruce up your
new apartment?
Lishe Shehuo offers a wide range
of luxury furniture: from your
everyday lamps,
coffee machines
and sinks, to your
special occasion saunas and Jacuzzis. Yes, Jacuzzis.
Most of the furniture is imported from Taiwan and Germany. and
if you need tips on how to decorate your apartment, Lishe Shehuo
has renovation specialists on hand to help you out.
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burgers (including double cheese burger – RMB 49)
and milkshakes (peanut butter and chocolate – RMB 22)
to chow down on.
Breakfast burritos, omelettes and
pancakes are a good
slap-up breakfast
option as well for
those lazy weekends.
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Arguably the number one place for pancakes in Shanghai, Mr. Pancake, open from
10.30am – 9.30pm, offers sweet treats with an array
of yummy toppings including strawberry, cinnamon apple and banana walnut (all RMB 35). Still,
we particularly like their big house breakfast combo
(RMB 45) complete with eggs, ham, bacon/chicken
sausages, pancakes and fried potatoes. It’s a pretty
small joint and the wait for a table can be pretty long,
especially at the weekend (roughly 20 minutes), but
fortunately, they do deliver.
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Web: www.bountybar.cn
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Kosher Market only opened last September and is the best place in central
Shanghai to find authentic Matza (RMB 25),
black olives (RMB 30) and chocolate chips
(RMB 35) imported from Israel. There are
other kosher shops in Pudong and Hongqiao,
but what makes the Wuding Lu Kosher Market
particularly great aside its excellent prices for
imported food is its wide range of takeaway
sandwiches and meals.
Looking
to update
your summer
wardrobe, but
no idea where
to start? This
private boutique
studio offers a
personal stylist
service “unique”
to Shanghai.
With two floors
of designer
clothing and
a wide range
of accessories
for men and
women, as well
as a cozy café on
the first floor, RuRu studio is a nice day out for
you and your bestie. Homemade pizzas (RMB
40) and brownies (RMB 38) make for a pleasant lunch, and they’ll even make you a cappuccino with your name on it, to signify a personal
experience.
By appointment only. 873 Wuding Lu, near
Jiaozhou Lu. Tel: 6211 5093.
Web: www.rurustudio.com.cn
WIN!
Summer is here, and RuRu
studio is giving you the
opportunity to win this cool summer hat from
their private collection (valued at
RMB 298). For your chance to
win, e-mail talkback@
talk.ismaychina.com
and tell us what
RuRu studio
item of clothing
featured in last
month’s Talk
Magazine.
CITY LIVING
Youth Talk: Leadership
Karyn Chan, YCIS Shanghai
YCIS’s Student Council Co-President talks about what she has
learnt about leadership in her role at the school.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you are
a leader.”
- John Quincy
Being a successful leader is not about telling
others what to do, but about being able to make
others believe in what you believe, and being
able to inspire them to work together with
you to make something even better than what
you imagine it to be. This is something that is
very important in a leadership position, and is
something that I have relied on in leading the
Secondary Student Council at YCIS.
I have been Co-President for two years
now, and I have noticed a big difference in
myself between the way I approached my role
last year and this year. Last year was my first
year, and I was just delving into the concept
of leadership and learning more about what it
takes to be a good leader.
Being a leader is very rewarding but it also
has its challenges. One of the biggest challenges
I have had is in trying to please the entire
school community. When organising school
events, we have to make sure that the students
are happy so that we will get a good turnout,
but also we need to take into consideration
what is appropriate for the school. This year, the
Student Council has been planning more than
ever because of the recent addition of a monthly
event, the ‘Friday Fun Night’, which is a fun
social gathering, held at the school.
The greatest joy I get in being a leader is the
EDUCATION & FAMILY
experience; I learn new things everyday, and
every time I overcome a difficulty, I shape
my character even more. Building upon my
experience of organising the ‘Friday Fun Night’,
I am trying to take more risks, because I believe
that challenging myself is the only way that I
will be able to improve. This mindset has done
me a lot of good as the Student Council, we
have not only gotten better turnout to events
but have also been able to raise more money
for the two charities that our school supports:
Heart to Heart and Seeds of Hope.
For students that aspire to be a leader, the
best advice I have for them is to challenge
themselves, to never give up, and to always be
a good listener. As with life, leadership comes
with its difficulties, but it is all worth it in the
end. Through serving your community, you
are able to gain many skills that will benefit you
in so many ways in the future. My experience
as Student Council Co-President has been
valuable and I have truly enjoyed it.
Young Achiever: Graduation!
Steph Buckingham
With exams finally out of the way, Shanghai students are breathing a collective sigh of relief
and starting to get psyched about the summer, making plans with their friends and family,
returning to their home countries or going on long summer vacations. But for some students,
there’s a whole new journey in store altogether…
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t was a long time since I was a student at high
school, but I remember the range of emotions I was
going through then as vividly as if it were yesterday.
The collective dread and anticipation of my exam
results that would seal my fate as to which university I
would go to, and what major I would be doing, laying out
my path in the world as it were, towards adulthood.
And mingled with these emotions, yet another much
rawer emotion of sadness, that seven years of my life
with my closest peers was coming to an end, with many
of us going off to pursue our various degree courses at
opposite ends of the country. And so I can appreciate
what an emotional time it was for students at Concordia
International School last month, when on 19 May, 70 of its
brightest students graduated, and celebrated the closing of
one story - their youthful adventures at Concordia - and the
opening of another, with all the excitement of the unknown
just over the horizon.
And these school achievers are flying the nest even
further, with many going on to pursue higher education
opportunities at universities outside of China. Talk
Magazine sat down with five of these brilliant students,
who have excelled in different fields and asked them about
looking backwards while moving forwards, reflecting on
their school experiences and how this will help them in
their aims for the future.
Name: Kevin Cheng
Accepted: Northwestern University,
Illinois (USA)
Kevin played an active role in many of
Concordia’s extracurricular activities,
excelling in forensics (speech/debate
competition) and taking part in the
school’s model United Nations, as
well as assisting in production at the
school TV station.
It is therefore no surprise that he has
keen interests in choosing a major which
enables him to use his charisma and exert
his extroversion.
“I am planning on majoring in Political
Science and potentially [doing a duel honours] with another
related subject. This is a field that I have been interested in
and passionate about my entire life, and the courses that I
loved and excelled in the most were Social Sciences/History
and English. Many of the courses I took stimulated me to
have increasingly deep interest in this path.
“I have also grown deeply attached to my extracurricular activities at Concordia, and I will continue to
pursue speech, debate, and related activities in university
and beyond.”
Name: Edward Park
Accepted: University of Chicago, Illinois
(USA)
Edward has opted to study a course that will enable
him to have flexibility across his future job
prospects. “Economics is an incredibly
versatile major that is applicable to almost
anything. I have fallen in love with and
decided to major in it in college.”
When asked what influenced his
decision, he replies, “It's hard to say one
specific class or club has led me to choose
this path. It's more about the holistic program
that Concordia has provided for me to learn about
myself and what path I want to take.”
Edward recognises that his attendance at Concordia has
enabled him to gain a cultural awareness that will help him
in his path. Despite the diverse background of his peers, he
argues, “Concordia is such a tight knit community,” and adds
that school excursions have also been influential in broadening
his scope of thought.
“The [school’s service] interim trips have opened my eyes to the
lives of those less privileged and put a weight of responsibility on
my shoulders to carry and alleviate for the rest of my life.”
Name: Angelle Ng
Accepted: Cornell University, New York
(USA)
Angelle is very excited about her opportunity to
study at prestigious Ivy League school Cornell. “My
major will be hotel management. While my focus
will be learning about business management in the
hotel industry, I also look forward to taking classes
at the other colleges.”
But she admits that her knowledge of hotel
management was until only recently, pretty
limited. “I discovered hotel management only
a couple of years ago. Still, my love of travelling
and of everyday interactions with classmates of
different backgrounds [meant that] hotel management was a choice
that came naturally.”
The diversity of her education meant that she was able to gain a
broader scope into what she wanted to do with her life. “From the
Student Ambassadors program to the foreign language program, I was
given opportunities to develop leadership, effective communication,
global awareness, etc., all of which are essential to the hotel industry.”
While she is excited about her next big step in the world, she is
notably sad about moving on. “All students look forward to graduation,
but it is only when graduation approaches, usually faster than we
realise, that we recognise what we are leaving behind.”
Name: Louise Atadja
Attending: William and
Mary, Virginia (USA)
Louise has decided that
she would like to major in
a medical field, either in
kinesiology (the study of
human movement) or in biological science. “I [was
taking an] anatomy and physiology class which I
enjoy[ed] because of the depth we go into about the
human body.”
A keen athlete, Louise also adds that the time she
spends with her physical trainer has helped mould her
interest in this field. “Steph [my trainer] points and
explains which muscle or area hurts; my interactions
with her also attracted me to science.”
She sees this to have been influential in helping her
to adapt as an expatriate kid to Shanghai as a whole.
“The care that the teachers have [here] for the students,
that doesn’t stop in the classroom. Most teachers
when I'm injured will give me advice for running, and
tell me about their own experiences. This has been
very valuable because I feel that I have built personal
relationships with many of them.
“I know that I'll miss the feeling that people give you
here. The community at Concordia is very strong; we
all support each other in our experiences whatever our
backgrounds may be.”
Name: Alexx Lee
Attending: Johns Hopkins
University, Maryland (USA)
Alexx has big aims for the future,
and has chosen to pursue a degree in
International Studies to broaden her
understanding of the world, and
its varying cultures, policies
and social structures with a
view towards working abroad.
“Classes, especially writing
and history, have helped me
discover my passion for global
studies and international
relations,” she says.
“It’s my dream to someday run
my own NGO. I’m also considering double majoring in
entrepreneurial studies in order to further prepare me for
my dreams.”
She recognises that this is no easy feat. “Academically,
Concordia is very rigorous and has high expectations. There
are definitely times where it seems like too much, but in the
end it’s kept me focused and made me a better student.”
And this has been fully influential in her decision for
what to do next. “My experience at Concordia has almost
entirely shaped my future path but the one aspect that
has shaped me the most is the focus on service here. It is
because of these experiences that I now want to spend my
life helping people.”
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EDUCATION & FAMILY
CITY LIVING
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your chance to win, e-mail talkback@talk.
ismaychina.com and tell us which country
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CITY LIVING
Summer Camp!
Mandarin Oriental, Sanya hosts
popular MO Kid’s Summer Camp
for Third Consecutive Year
Sessions run from 25 June – 19 August. RMB
4,900 upwards. JZ School. Tel: 5403 6475,
Web: www.jz-school.com
Education News
Dulwich Students Excel During 2012
China National Fencing Tournament
The MO Sanya will host its popular
summer camp for children aged 4 to 12
from 1 July until 31 August. This year, each
day of the week will have its own unique
themed activities including ‘Shipwrecked’,
a pirate themed day involving kayaking
and snorkelling, treasure hunts and raft
building, and ‘Mix, Stir & Swirl’, a food
theme day with fun cooking classes and
games.
MO Kid’s Summer Camp promotion including
Mandarin Oriental hotel stay RMB 1,899
upwards. Mandarin Oriental Sanya. Tel: (898)
8820 9999, [email protected]
JZ Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre Camp is designed for
mixed age groups who have a passion
for drama. Budding performers will
have the chance to shine on the stage at
the end of the two weeks in a musical
theatre production. Campers will be
singing, dancing, acting, scriptwriting and
designing and constructing props and
accessories.
SEIPS Summer Camp
The Sino European International Preschool
and Kindergarten offers classes throughout
those summer months for kids and toddlers.
Half day (8.30 – 11.30am) and full- day
(8.30am - 3pm) classes are
available.
Sessions run from 25 June
– 17 August. RMB 2,124
upwards. Tel: 5045 8668,
Web: www.seips-china.com
Active Kidz Summer Camp
Active Kidz and Community Center
Shanghai combine cultural and arts activities
with physical exercise and sports. Suitable
for kids 4 - 10 years old, this camp includes
activities such as soccer, tennis, pizza
making, swimming and various fun games.
2,300 per week. Tel: 6406 6757, Web: www.
activekidz.org
A Dulwich Wedding
Congratulations to Scoff and Leah Tan, teachers
at the DUCKS Campus of Dulwich College
Shanghai, who were married in a wonderful and
emotional ceremony on 27 April 2012.
Family Calendar
Bright Young Stars
The Bright Young Stars summer program
brings the magic of performing arts to little
learners between the ages of three and five.
The camp explores a performing arts skill
focus each week with minor performing
arts activities drawn from the areas of
music, dance and movement, art and craft
and musical story telling.
1,800 per week. JZ School. Tel: 5403 6475,
Web: www.jz-school.com
EDUCATION & FAMILY
1 June
Harvard Krokodiloes at Dulwich
676 fencers from nine different countries
participated in this national level tournament
with some truly remarkable achievements,
including Leslie Kim taking a gold medal in the
Children A (nine years and younger) foil event.
Foundation Ceremony Launches
the First BP International
Education Park in Beijing
A unique opportunity for students to mix
with current Harvard students and enjoy an
outstanding evening of a cappella music. Tickets
can be purchased from the college reception or
you can RSVP by e-mail.
RMB 50 upwards. Dulwich College Shanghai.
www.dulwich-shanghai.cn, [email protected]
13 June
Bumps & Babes Talk: What Is In
That Baby Formula?
For expecting parents, this informative talk offers
advice on understanding the production of baby
formula, which brands are reputable and what
you need to be aware of when deciding which to
give your baby.
RMB 100. Melange Oasis. www.bumpsbabes.
com, [email protected]
A ceremony was held to celebrate the
construction of the first BP International
Education Park (IEP) in China. The education
park will combine international education with
creative modern living: Yew Chung International
School will admit foreign students, Yew Wah
International Education School will admit
domestic students, and the Scholars International
Conference Centre will offer public and social
spaces for educational and cultural interchanges.
20 June
Bumps & Babes Talk: Protecting
Your Baby in The Summer Heat
Shanghai summers are hot and sticky. How
do you stop your child from overheating? Dr
Xiaokun Montez from Shanghai United Family
will answer these questions and more to help
keep your baby safe this summer.
10am – 12pm. RMB 100 includes breakfast.
Kerry Parkside Hotel, Pudong. www.
bumpsbabes.com, [email protected]
Nurturing Students
for University
Why nurturing well rounded students makes for
success in university applications and beyond.
IB examinations. Standardized test results.
Grades. For secondary school students, getting
into university is a numbers game, an endless
round of enrichment courses, tutoring and
studying, all in the pursuit of the perfect score
– or at least the score that will make the cutoff.
With college acceptance percentages at
top schools in the single digits, it’s easy to
understand obsessive studying. The reality,
however, is that while students do need good
grades and scores, they don’t need to be
perfect. Rather, what they need is something
that makes them stand out in that pile of
applications: a passion.
With good grades and scores a given at
the top schools, “the primary non-academic
factor that allowed my application to stand out
was my community service endeavors,” says
Stanford University freshman Natasha Weaser,
a 2011 graduate of Yew Chung International
School of Shanghai (YCIS Shanghai). Natasha
volunteered with Heart to Heart for five years,
spent Saturdays teaching English to migrant
children, and when she was selected to be a
Beijing Olympics torchbearer, she turned it
into a sponsorship run, raising enough money
for three heart operations for children in need.
“It is definitely better to pursue
a few passions than to join a
myriad of clubs,” she adds.
Natasha’s view is supported
by the findings in SAT Perfect
Score: 7 Secrets to Raise Your
Score, which interviewed students with
perfect SAT scores. The research showed
that these top scoring students all have a
interest for something – from music to sports
to computers – and that academics are not
their whole world. According to the study,
these passions allow students to stretch their
intelligence beyond the world of academics,
and give them a strong sense of identity and
self-esteem.
While students that have drive will stand
out no matter where they study, it nevertheless
helps to study in an environment that supports
a well-rounded education. Placing an even
emphasis on extracurricular activities and
strong academics develops students who
perform well across a range of subjects
and actively get involved in activities that
will enrich their interests. Combine that
environment with a school philosophy that
encourages global thinking, and students like
Weaser end up with an edge when it comes
to presenting their interests and talents in
college applications. In other words, Natasha’s
experience in developing her passion is part
and parcel of the YCIS experience, equipping
her to be competitive in life – and in the
college process.
But what about UK universities, which
generally only focus on academic results?
Should students intending to study in the
UK focus on academics to the exclusion
of other pursuits? Kai Braubeck, a YCIS
Shanghai student who has been accepted to the
University of Oxford for medicine, notes that
in his interview with Oxford, he was able to
demonstrate through extracurricular activities
why medicine was the right fit for him. Kai
explains that he was deciding between research
and medicine, and “felt that medicine had a
social aspect to it that I would miss if I was
just sitting in a lab. I like engaging with people
from all walks of life.” He was able to highlight
this to his interviewers by talking about his
participation in a student-run play to fundraise
for the Home Sweet Home charity, a studentdriven initative that arose at YCIS Shanghai. Kai
adds that while extracurriculars may not figure
prominently in UK applications, passion still
does: “the top schools want to see the passion
you have for the subject you want to pursue…
make sure you show this [in your statement],
because that 4000 character statement is the
only piece of information the admissions staff
have to go on, besides your grades.”
There’s another reason to pursue passions
outside of academics, a very compelling one.
It’s very easy for students (and parents) to
forget that college is only the beginning of the
journey. In an interview with Johns Hopkins
Magazine, Sam Palmistano, chairman of the
board of IBM, makes the distinction between
what colleges seek and what companies want:
“College admissions want to get a diverse class
with a lot of students who are different. And
IBM wants a diverse individual, not a narrow
individual in a diverse environment.”
Nurturing fully rounded students may seem
like an indulgence – precious time taken away
from achieving those perfect numbers – yet
the rewards of being a fully rounded student
are manifold. Not only do these students have
a strong sense of identity and self-esteem, but
their passions make them more likely to be
noticed by colleges – and more valuable to
future employers.
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SPORT TALK
CITY LIVING
Your essential guide to all the top games in June
Sports Calendar
UEFA EURO 2012
GROUP A
8 JUNE
12 JUNE
16 JUNE
POLAND
vs
GREECE
RUSSIA
vs
CZECH REPUBLIC
GREECE
vs
CZECH REPUBLIC
POLAND
vs
RUSSIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
vs
POLAND
GREECE
vs
RUSSIA
It’s back, and this year hosted by Ukraine and Poland,
with Spain (Group C) the bookies’ favourite to win.
GROUP B
9 JUNE
13 JUNE
17 JUNE
GROUP C
NETHERLANDS
vs
DENMARK
10 JUNE
GERMANY
vs
PORTUGAL
DENMARK
vs
PORTUGAL
14 JUNE
NETHERLANDS
vs
GERMANY
PORTUGAL
vs
NETHERLANDS
18 JUNE
DENMARK
vs
GERMANY
GROUP D
SPAIN
vs
ITALY
IRELAND
vs
CROATIA
ITALY
vs
CROATIA
SPAIN
vs
IRELAND
CROATIA
vs
SPAIN
ITALY
vs
IRELAND
11 JUNE
15 JUNE
19 JUNE
FRANCE
vs
ENGLAND
UKRAINE
vs
SWEDEN
UKRAINE
vs
FRANCE
SWEDEN
vs
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
vs
UKRAINE
SWEDEN
vs
FRANCE
QUARTER FINALS
21 JUNE
A1 vs B2
22 JUNE
23 JUNE
B1 vs A2
C1 vs D2
24 JUNE
D1 vs C2
SEMI FINALS
27 JUNE
28 JUNE
A1/B2 WINNER vs C1/D2 WINNER
B1/A2 WINNER vs D1/C2 WINNER
FINAL
1 JULY
8 - 10 June
Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix
The British
McLaren
team proved
unstoppable,
claiming the
fastest lap time
and winning
driver in this year’s
Australian Grand
Prix, but will face
fierce competition
from Germany,
who stormed both
the recent Chinese and Bahrain heats.
27 June
2012 European Athletics
Championships
The championships, held this year in Helsinki,
will be the last opportunity for athletes to
check they’re well and truly ready for next
month’s big Olympic competition.
30 June
2012 Tour de France
25 June
Wimbledon
Where to Watch the Euro
Azure Bar
The Shed
Visitors to the Regal International East
Asia Hotel’s Azure Bar can catch daily live
broadcasts of the cup. Azure Bar will be
serving up football themed cocktails, draught
Stella (RMB 60 + 15%), buy three get one free
bottles (RMB 50 + 15%) and a snack buffet
(RMB 100 + 15%).
Azure Bar at the Regal International
East Asia Hotel. 5F, 516 Hengshan Lu,
near Wuxing Lu. Tel: 6415 5588 x 2290,
Web: www.regalhotel.com
Last year
25,000 bottles
of champagne
and 28,000 kg
of strawberries
were served
with over 7,000
litres of fresh
cream. Ladies
and gentlemen,
Wimbledon is
here once again!
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This Jing’an favourite may be tucked away,
but for those who know about it, it's a hidden
haven. Packs out on Wednesday nights when
they serve RMB 2 chicken wings, as well as a
selection of bottle and draft beers from RMB
25. They’re also pretty knowledgeable about
their wine (see page 41).
The Shed. 528 Kangding Lu, near Xikang
Lu. Tel: 6288 1189, Web: www.shedsh.com
The Beaver
This year marks the 99th Tour de France. It
will be made up of 20 stages and will cover
a total distance of 3,479 kilometres with the
addition of nine new stage towns.
June12
A nice, laid-back sports bar in the former
French Concession with chilled draughts, a
vast selection of bottled beers, and a range of
cocktails, priced at RMB 40 upwards.
The Beaver. 28 Yueyang Lu, near
Dongping Lu. Tel: 6474 3216,
Web: www.beavershanghai.com
CITY LIVING
SPORT TALK
You’re Doing It Wrong!
Jon Robinson, BSc (Hons) Exercise Physiology
Why is it that so many people make such a dog’s dinner out of
toning? Health and fitness expert Jon Robinson explains and
offers advice on magnificating those muscles…
W
as idly freewheeling
through the channels last
night, trudging through
TV travesties such as When
Chihuahuas Attack! and Horror Hairdo’s Gone
Bad! before giving up, turning to YouTube and
watching a video of a girl falling through a
manhole. Then I quickly came to my blunted
senses! I don’t need this bloated bellyful
of voyeurism and schadenfreude! People
achieving more than they think they can,
that’s what I want to watch.
But let’s be honest, nobody’s perfect,
and a lot of us get it wrong the first time,
especially when it comes to exercising.
Shooting yourself in the foot, while a
completely idiomatic thing to do, is
something we're all guilty of from
time to time. Don't be too
hard on yourself though,
those smarter than me
(and possibly you) balls it
up at least once every now
and again. Where I work,
the majority of people are
wasting their time and
effort. Exercise is often to
them a chore, and the raison
d'être is results above all else.
I take no pleasure in seeing
[often vulnerable] people
braving it in the gym, desperate to make a
change, but I can only offer advice if they
approach me.
And toning the arms is one area that I
often see people making a real butchers of.
What we know about ‘toning’ is that it’s
a combination of muscle shape and relative
absence of fat. Women tend to deposit fat
on the rear arm (tricep) area, therefore it’s
common to see many gym-goers attacking
this area ferociously with weights. To work
effectively, you need to ask yourself this: are
you genetically predisposed to being topheavy in terms of body fat distribution?
If the answer is yes, then cardio is the
most effective means to see the results.
Even guys, who have roughly five times
more than women the
necessary muscle building
hormone, would be
unlikely to build enough
muscle to be visible
underneath their body fat.
For women of this body
type, muscle building here
simply won’t work and
can even make you look
bulkier/chubbier. Many
people mistake the tight
feeling in your muscles
that follows exercise for
muscle tone (it
isn’t).
If you are
genetically
predisposed
to being
ectomorphic (i.e. tall and thin, without
curves) or pear-shaped, you can approach
this differently, as you can see your muscles
taking shape much easier. However, work
smart and hit the biceps and chest/shoulders
predominantly. While the triceps are much
bigger than the biceps at the front, it’s the
biceps that give the ‘look’, complemented by
the chest and shoulder muscles. Big, aimless,
bulky triceps might be ok on a guy, but don’t
flatter women. Just look at Madonna. If she
were to ease off on the tricep exercises, her
arms would look shapelier, instead of just big.
So which exercises work best? Simple.
Dumbbell and barbell bicep curls and for the
chest/shoulders, dumbbell presses at various
inclines on the bench. The lower inclines hit
the front of the chest and shoulder which gives
definition at the front. Also, increase the incline
to move the tension upward more toward the
middle of the shoulder. You need to hit all these
bases to ensure the muscles adapt uniformly,
thus creating the desired ‘look’.
By all means hit the triceps too but don’t
make this your main focus. Most definitely
stay well clear of those evil tricep dips
(which can cause chronic pain when you’re
older; email me if you require info on this).
Regular push ups and cable pushdowns
work just fine.
If results are what you want,
acknowledge what your body type is, work
smart, maximise your time and be proud to
show off those toned arms this summer.
Jon Robinson is the founder of webbased platform Makethisworkout. For in
depth instructions on how to do these
exercises properly, as well as other
helpful tips on duration of exercise and
routine guidance, check out his blog on
www.makethisworkout.com
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CITY LIVING
TECH TALK
GADGETS&
Tom Mangione
Flipping Out
That big clunky computer you’ve got
at your office certainly isn’t made for
grabbing emails on the go, but man, can
it get the job done. Except when it can’t.
Then… insanity ensues. Upgrading or
replacing parts is a travail that brings all
productivity to a screeching halt. The HP
Z1 all-in-one workstation aims to resolve
this situation by flipping open for easy
upgrades and repairs.
Price: RMB 11,961. Web: www.
hp.com
iPlant
There they lie – your houseplants, those neglected browning husks, getting by on just the few
drops of liquid left from when you watered them months ago. Your excuse has always been you’re
too busy to care. You’re not a gardener, after all. The Koubachi Plant Care Sensor rids you of any
excuses from here on out, relaying information about your plant’s light, temperature, hydration and
even fertiliser needs straight to your computer or iPhone.
Price: RMB 888. Web: www.koubachi.com
Click, clack, attack!
Whether you’re fighting off hordes of Orcs or planning
a counter-strike behind enemy lines with your
fellow Navy Seals, one wrong keystroke or one
mouse-tap too slow is the difference between
winning and getting owned. With its six
pre-programmable thumb buttons and
the ability to make 250 clicks per minute,
the Razer Naga Hex is the ultimate
accessory for you gamers out there, and
ensures that the day will be yours.
Price: RMB 504. Web: www.razerzone.
com/hex
Outside the Box
A summertime picnic in the park: warm sun, cool
drinks and tasty sandwiches. What could be missing?
Why, some summer choons, that’s what! Jawbone’s
Big Jambox portable speaker system wirelessly hooks
up to your Android or iOS equipped mobile/tablet,
and with 15 hours of play time, you can party on long
after the sun’s gone down.
A Time for Words
Does the sight of those unsightly numbers on
your alarm clock keep you from getting up and
embracing the day? The cure for numerophobes
and word worshipers alike comes with the
release of the Qlock Two Touch, an alarm clock
happy to spell out the time for you in plain
English. Words light up in its grid of 110 letters
to tell you it’s time to rise.
Price: RMB 1,890. Web: www.jawbone.com/speakers/
bigjambox/overview
Price: RMB 3,267. Web: www.qlocktwo.com
No strings attached
Wireless headsets aren’t new; since the dawn
of Bluetooth technology, tech wonks have been
making and taking calls on them, their ears
encumbered by glowing earpieces that make
them look like escapees from a military research
project gone wrong. Plantronics’ BackBeat GO
wireless headphones make listening to music
and receiving calls a more subtle experience.
And with a built-in USB charger, keeping them
amped up is easy enough.
Price: RMB 630. Web: www.plantronics.com/us/
product/backbeat-go
App of the Month:
Frankenstein, for iPad
Man and Machine, Entwined
Getting a tweet or text to let you know your laundry is
done or that you forgot to turn the A/C off: the sign of
ultimate geekdom or just you embracing the digital age?
You be the judge. Two MIT-trained super-geeks make
wireless monitoring a breeze with Twine, a gizmo that
you can place anywhere, and wire to track changes in
temperature and motion, which are then relayed to your
mobile device.
Mary Shelley’s classic tale of scientist Victor
Frankenstein’s terrifying discovery gets an
update for the iPad age. This retelling of the
story includes stunning illustrations and
slick animation along with the ability to ask
Frankenstein about his work and dictate his
actions as he gives birth to the creature that
will come to haunt him.
Price: RMB 31. Web: www.inklestudios.
com/frankenstein
Price: RMB 624. Web: http://supermechanical.com/twine
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London
Olympics
Got your game plan?
April Fong
Just four years ago, Beijing had its moment in the
sun as host of the Summer Olympic Games. Now,
it’s London’s time to shine.
Haven’t booked your flight to catch a piece of the
action yet? Don’t despair. Procrastinators can still
plan a trip to the London Games, which run from
27 July to 12 August, that is, if you’re willing to shell
out extra cash and be flexible on trip planning.
And even if you don’t fancy the Olympics, London
has no shortage of unique holiday activities
– especially if you’re a literature lover or just can’t
quite get enough of William and Kate.
The Olympic Ticket
Tickets to the Beijing Olympics were
better than affordable — as little as RMB
60 (£5.80) for the athletics finals. But don’t
expect to get so lucky in London, where the
same ticket costs nearly ten times that (£50,
RMB 510).
While many tickets have sadly been
snatched up already, there are still some
available for certain competitions. At the
time of writing, a recent search at China
Travel Service (www.ctshk.com), the
website of the Games’ official ticket agent
in China and Hong Kong showed that
tickets for fencing, diving, beach volleyball
and equestrian events were still on sale for
the year’s hottest sporting event.
For those who aren’t lucky enough to secure
a golden ticket, not to worry; you can still
try staking out a spot on the sidelines.
Catch the games and see London’s sights
simultaneously on 5 and 12 August, when
Olympic marathon runners will run past
landmarks such as the Tower of London,
St. Paul’s Cathedral and Buckingham Palace
- and you can take it all in for free.
Another option is to take advantage of the
BBC’s gigantic screens that will broadcast
live coverage of Olympic events across the
UK. The biggest events will be shown on
screens in Hyde Park and Victoria Park,
and if you’re lucky, you can also catch the
triathlon and open water events at these
venues too, as well as live music and cultural
events throughout the day.
What To Do
- 5 June as well as with various smaller events peppered
throughout the year. Some of the highlights will be held
at London’s must-visit attractions, including Buckingham
Palace (www.royalcollection.org.uk). From 1 August to
30 September, the official headquarters of the Monarch
will hold an exhibition open to the public of the Queen’s
treasure trove and other diamonds used by the royal
family over the last 200 years.
The latter — located about 20 miles outside of London at
the Warner Bros. Studios where all eight films were shot
— showcases the movies’ props and costumes, and takes
guests to many of the wondrous sets used in the films.
What diehard Harry Potter fan wouldn’t want to walk into
the iconic Great Hall or the Potions Classroom?
The National Portrait Gallery (www.npg.org.uk) is also
holding a celebratory exhibition from 17 May until 21
October with 60 images of Elizabeth II spanning her
six-decade reign. Some of the works, by artists like Cecil
Beaton, Pietro Annigoni, Annie Leibovitz and Andy
Warhol, have never been seen in public.
Even if you don’t fancy the Olympics, 2012 will be a
banner year for the UK and there’s a lot more going
on than just sport: events to commemorate the 200th
birthday of Charles Dickens; the World Shakespeare
Festival; and a brand new behind-the-scenes ‘Making
of Harry Potter' Tour (www.wbstudiotour.co.uk) that
debuted on 31 March.
Royal followers will want to wave to Her Majesty as the
nation celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee from 2
Where To Stay
To get a feel for five-star Britain, check in to the Royal
Garden Hotel, part of the deluxe collection of the World
Hotels Group (www.worldhotels.com). The 396-room
property — which offers panoramic views of Kensington
Palace and Gardens, Hyde Park and London’s skyline
— recently underwent a £45 million refurbishment ahead
of the Olympic Games.
The revamped rooms, decorated in calming neutrals and
rich fabrics, have all the bells and whistles: iPod docking
stations, flat-screen TVs, spacious bathrooms with
White Company toiletries, and triple-glazed windows for
maximum peace and quiet. The hotel is a quick walk away
from the Kensington High Street tube station making it easy
to get around the city, and also offers a health club and spa,
two restaurants, three bars and ten meeting rooms.
Those visiting from China should make sure to dine at
the Min Jiang restaurant, Royal Garden’s three AA rosette
rated Chinese restaurant located on the 10th floor. You’ll
feel at home again when you take a bite out of their
Cantonese dim sum or wood-fired Beijing duck, while also
taking in one of the best views of London.
Royal Garden Hotel. 2-24 Kensington High Street, London
Tel: +44 (207) 937 8000, Web: www.royalgardenhotel.co.uk
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Aimee Groom
Reasons to Check Out
Xiamen This Summer
With its wide sandy beaches, balmy climate and
laidback vibe Xiamen has consistently ranked as one of
the most livable cities in the country. If you haven’t been
yet, here are just a few reasons to go and check it out…
Great value flights
Roundtrip flights from Shanghai
to Xiamen are priced at excellent
value throughout June and can be had
for as little as RMB 1,030 (including tax),
bookable via Ctrip (www.ctrip.com).
Explore Gulangyu,
Xiamen’s treaty port
heritage site
No visit to Xiamen is complete without a
trip to Gulangyu, a picturesque, car-free
island just a few hundred metres from
Xiamen. Home to the city’s pre-World
War II foreign concessions, it is filled with
magnificent colonial buildings that once
housed consulates, offices and families
of wealthy Western foreign traders
and diplomats. Spend an afternoon or
more exploring its twisting, leafy lanes,
courtyard cafes, parks, museums and
gardens.
Get some winds in
your sails! Those salty sea
breezes are not just refreshing,
they’re fun too! Xiamen’s year round high
winds make it a great destination for
sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. The
area around Haiyuntai Beach is home
to 59 Fly Kiteboarding Centre, an IKO
certified kite school (www.59fly.net) and
quaint sandy beaches with few tourists
or swimmers. Windsurfing and sailing
courses as well as equipment hire are
available from the nearby Xiamen Sailing
Club (www.xsailing.com.cn).
Enjoy a little R&R: A
favourite laidback haunt is Zeng
Cuo An, a small village located
in Siming District just off Huandao
Lu, the main coastal artery that runs
from the city proper towards Xiamen
University. It has recently blossomed into
a hub of laidback bars, guesthouses and
restaurants. Temple Café & Bar (Tel:
(592) 209 6780) is a particular highlight,
located in a converted and beautiful
renovated Buddhist temple complete
with an open courtyard and a stellar allday breakfast.
Stuff yourself silly
with seafood
For great seafood in casual
surroundings, take your pick of the
restaurants at the entrance to Zeng
Cuo An and dine al fresco local style
on plastic tables and chairs. Squid,
oysters, prawns, you name it; all
cooked up on the grill or stir-fried
with delicious garlic or spicy sauces.
For something a little more refined
with sea views, head to Jia Li (3-4
Floor, 819 Hubin Nan Lu), a Xiamen
seafood institution.
Where To Stay
Budget: There are lots of hotels
and guesthouses to choose from on
Gulangyu Island with prices starting
from just RMB 146 per night on Ctrip.
In Zeng Cuo An try Mark Hostel (Tel:
(592) 251 9131 or 158 5921 8818)
where double rooms are available at
RMB 198 upwards.
Mark Hostel. 215 Huandao Lu,
Siming District
Mid-range: The Asia Gulf Hotel
on Huandao Lu is a good choice for
tastefully decorated rooms with a sea
view (RMB 798 upwards) or set back
from the beach (RMB 433 upwards),
bookable via Ctrip.
Asia Gulf Hotel. 98 Huandao Lu,
Siming District
Luxury: If you’re looking for
something a little more luxurious,
check out the Seaview Resort, an
expansive villa-style resort that sits
in between the mountains and the
sea with huge rooms complete with
balconies and even bathtub views, lush
green gardens and an infinity pool.
Rooms start from RMB 832 on Ctrip.
Seaview Resort. 3999 South Huandao
Lu, Siming District. Tel: (592) 502
3333, Web: www.xmseaview.com
Aimee Groom is an editor for
ChinaTravel.net, a sister site to Ctrip.
com, China’s leading online travel
service provider. ChinaTravel.net
brings readers everything they need to
know to enjoy their China adventure
to the fullest.
Special Deals
Looking to go away this June? Here are some of the fantastic hotel promotions
that you can enjoy this summer. Start stocking up on the sunblock!
China Hotel, a Marriott
Hotel
Ritz Carlton
Shenzhen
St. Regis Sanya Yalong
Bay Resort
Fun on weekdays package:
Offered for visitors and locals
with no mid-week
plans in mind, this
package includes
one complimentary
weekday night for
every night booked
in a suite or villa
and complimentary
breakfast for two.
Offer valid until 30
June, 2012. Terms
and conditions
apply.
Early bird
promotion:
Planning on
heading south
this month? If you
book a deluxe/club
room ten days
before your arrival
you can enjoy a
15% discount and daily
buffet breakfast in the
Flavorz restaurant at this
fabulous hotel. Offer is
subject to availability.
Mandarin Oriental Sanya
MO kid’s summer camp promotion: Starting at RMB
1,899 + 15%, this promotion includes daily breakfast for
two adults and two children under 12, a day at the summer
camp for one child and 15% discount for additional children
and a 20% spa discount. For more information about the
camp, see below.
Swissôtel Resort
Phuket
25% off with 2 nights
stay: Swissôtel Resort
Phuket which opened its
doors to guests on 1 April
is pleased to announce
this exclusive opening
offer from now until 30 June 2012. Guests can experience the
resort with rates starting from THB 3,487 (RMB 708) for a
one bedroom suite. Terms and conditions apply.
Executive Guangzhou promotion: book
in advance and enjoy rates from RMB
760 – 1,318 in an executive room at this
Guangzhou hotel. As an added bonus,
guests will receive executive lounge benefits
and complimentary in-room internet access.
Terms and conditions apply.
WIN!
Fancy a trip to
Guangzhou this
summer? Talk Magazine is giving
away two vouchers valued at RMB
4,000 for a one night weekend stay
for two in an executive suite room at
the luxurious China Hotel, a Marriott
Hotel (Guangzhou). Vouchers include
executive floor benefits, complimentary
breakfast in the executive lounge and
complimentary happy hour.
For your chance to win, e-mail and
answer this question:
How many rooms does China
Hotel, A Marriott Hotel have?
Competition deadline: 25 June
Voucher valid for use with prior reservation
until 31 Dec, 2012, excluding Trade Fair
dates. Terms and conditions apply.
Advertorial
Mandarin Oriental, Sanya Hosts Popular MO
Summer Camp For Third Consecutive Year
M
andarin Oriental, Sanya is
delighted to announce that it will
again host its popular MO Kid’s
Summer Camp for children aged
4 to 12 from 1 July until 31 August.
Taking advantage of the resort’s nationally
protected coral bay, landscaped pools and gardens,
the resort will host fun filled days of games,
educational activities and creative arts and crafts.
For the first time this year, each day of the
week will have its own unique themed activities.
Themes include ‘Shipwrecked’, a pirate themed
day involving kayaking and snorkeling among the
corals, treasure hunts and raft building, and ‘Mix,
Stir & Swirl’, a food-based theme day with fun
cooking classes and games.
“After the fantastic response from both
children and parents alike last year, we are
delighted to be hosting the summer camp again,”
said Lori Kruk, Director of Spa and Recreation
at Mandarin Oriental, Sanya. “The MO Kid’s
Summer Camp is unique on Hainan Island. It
offers full days of fun and excitement for our
younger VIPs in a beautiful and private natural
environment. It is a true paradise for kids”.
Families with children wishing to enjoy
the camp can take advantage of the MO Kid’s
Summer Camp Promotion. Starting at RMB
1,899 per night, the promotion includes:
Round trip shuttle service from Sanya
International Airport
3 night stay
Upgrade to next room category (subject to
availability)
In-room check-in
Complimentary extra bed in room
Daily breakfast in Pavilion Restaurant for 2
adults and up to 2 children aged 12 or below
1 day at the summer camp for one child and 15%
discount for additional days and children
20% discount at the Spa at Mandarin Oriental,
Sanya for parents to enjoy during their stay
The offer is subject to a 15% service charge and RMB
11 city tax per person per night and is valid from 1
July 2012 to 31 August 2012. Terms and conditions
apply.
For reservations, visit http://www.mandarinoriental.
com/sanya/, email [email protected]
or call +86 (898) 8820 9999.
Mandarin Oriental, Sanya
Mandarin Oriental, Sanya is unrivalled in its
sheer luxury and refined elegance. Enjoying
the tranquility of a secluded 1.2 km nationally
protected coral bay and nestled amongst verdant
tropical bloom, the resort is a hidden gem where
nature is celebrated and privacy is assured.
Located just 7 minutes from Sanya city centre
and 20 minutes from Sanya International Airport,
the luxury resort provides convenient access to
all of the area’s major tourist attractions.
Within the resort, the oversized guest rooms
are luxuriously designed with touches of the local
ethnic minority culture and offer panoramic views
over the sparkling South China Sea. With distinctive
indoor and outdoor conference and banqueting
facilities, innovative restaurants and bars, recreational
facilities for both adults and children and a blissful
Spa Village, the resort is perfect for both business
and leisure where guests will be utterly pampered in
enchanting natural surroundings.
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Nanjing: Far (enough) from
the Maddening Crowds
Tom Mangione
Heading to some of Nanjing’s
tourist sites can mean
stepping into heaving throngs
of tourists. However, getting
away from the crowd is easier
than you might think, and this
one-time capital of China (its
name literally meaning ‘South
Capital’), a short two-hour
train journey from Shanghai,
is steeped in history and
interesting sights.
Where to go for a day of
history and culture
Presidential Palace and Suzhou
Square
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing (RMB
40, open daily 7.30am – 6pm), once the
seat of the Chinese government under Sun
Yat-Sen, now houses the Nanjing Museum
of Chinese Modern History. It’s also a
well preserved example of early Chinese
modernism, featuring sharp art deco lines
interwoven with Chinese flourishes. It’s a
sight to behold, that is, if you can manage to
catch a glimpse of anything in the endless
waves of tourists that cram its corridors.
People flock to this heritage site for a
reason.
For a quainter reminder of Nanjing’s
former term as capital, head over to
Suzhou Square. Many of its government
officials built their homes here, modelling
them after those in Shanghai. The result
is that the tree lined streets
can prove eerily reminiscent to
the former French Concession.
However, unlike its larger
Shanghai counterpart, this area
has remained entirely residential.
An afternoon stroll here proves
intensely peaceful, something
Shanghai’s own former French
Concession cafes are making less
and less frequent.
Presidential Palace of Nanjing.
292 Changjiang Dong Lu, Baixia
District. Tel: (25) 8457 8718
Suzhou Square. Suzhou Lu, near
Shanxi Lu
Where to stay
The Westin Nanjing
One of the best choices
in the city for being
right in the thick of it,
but far enough from the
crowds is The Westin
Nanjing. Located in
the south tower of the
5.17 million square foot
mixed use development
the impressive Nanjing
International Centre,
the hotel’s rooms offer
spectacular views of
nearby Xuanwu Lake and
the surrounding skyline.
Inside, the rooms
radiate with calm,
soothing tones and fivestar comfort in line with
the hotel’s goal “to make
you feel better than when
you arrived.” The same
feeling continues into the
hotel’s indoor pool and
fitness centre, both with
views of the nearby lake.
But perhaps the biggest
treat of all is enjoying
breakfast in the Seasonal
Tastes all-day-dining
restaurant as the sun
comes up over the water
below you.
If all this looking out
over Xuanwu Lake has
got you wanting to take
a stroll, be sure to do it
at night. That way you’ll
not only beat the crowds,
but the heat as well.
Circumnavigating one of
the lake’s many islands,
you’ll see the skyline and
the glint of kites traipsing
across the night sky. For
the full experience, rent
a four-seater electric
motorboat and take to
the water (7.30am – 9pm,
RMB 40/hour, RMB 100
deposit).
Sofitel Zhongshan Golf
Resort Nanjing
If you’re looking to break with
the city entirely, Nanjing’s
Purple Mountain in Xuanwu
District offers scenic beauty on
the outskirts of Nanjing. And
while hiking up the mountain
isn’t without its more scenic
and quieter spots, you can
be sure that at Sun Yat-Sen’s
Mausoleum, the Linggu Pagoda
and the Purple Mountain
Observatory tour groups will
gather.
Perhaps the best way to
enjoy the scenic beauty of
Purple Mountain is with a
visit to the Sofitel Zhongshan
Golf Resort Nanjing. Located
directly on the links of the
27-hole golf course of the
Zhongshan International Golf
Club, the hotel features views
of Purple Mountain’s pristine
north face. And whether you’re
there to take in a few rounds
of golf, to enjoy the scenery,
or you’ve time to unwind and
spend the night, this resort has
got you covered.
For food, Zijin Court offers
a tasty assortment of Huaiyang
and Cantonese cuisine,
while Basilico serves up a
contemporary twist on Italian.
To really indulge, there’s the So
Spa with its soothing Turkish
hammam style steam room as
well as massage and treatments
featuring L’Occitane products.
Sofitel Zhongshan Golf Resort
Nanjing. 9 Huanling Lu, near
the Zhongshan International
Golf Club. Tel: (25) 8540 8888
The Westin Nanjing. 2012
Zhongyang Lu, near Majia
Jie. Tel: (25) 8556 8888
Where to eat
Shiziqiao Food Street
Where to go to really
beat the crowds
A ten minute walk from The Westin
Nanjing, you’ll find the Shiziqiao
Food Street, a well known hotspot for
enjoying some of Nanjing’s best local
cuisine. There isn’t much you can do
about avoiding the crowds here, but
it’s worth it. Be on the look out for
Nanjing Dapaidang (2 Shiziqiao, near
Hunan Lu, Tel: (25) 8330 5777) and its
succulent dishes such as the jiangmi
kourou (glutinous rice with braised
pork belly, RMB 36) and shajiangcong
youji (marinated chicken with ginger
and onion, RMB 36). The restaurant
also has another location in the mall
attached to the Westin (7F, 2012
Zhongyang Lu, near Majia Jie. Tel:
(25) 8358 5777).
For getting a snack on the go,
check out A Chun Jia (7 Shiziqiao,
near Hunan Lu) with its delicious
local xiehuang baoyu shengjianbao
delicacies (RMB 14, crab roe
and abalone flavoured pan fried
dumplings).
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Tropical Taiwan
Melissa K Trias
The southernmost part of Taiwan, Nanwan in Hengchun
township, is perhaps not an obvious choice for a tropical
getaway, but for those who know about it, it’s a “beach
bum’s paradise” and a must if you’ve got time to get out
of the city.
How to get there
The six hour journey from Taipei is
what puts many off heading to the
south of Taiwan, but with Aloha Bus
Transportation Company’s offer of 618
New Taiwanese (NT) dollars per ticket
(RMB 132), it’s the easiest and cheapest
way to get out of the city and a must if
you’re in Taiwan for longer than a week.
What’s more, it’s the comfiest six hours
you'll ever spend on a bus; with big,
reclining seats, complimentary blankets
and snacks, and interactive touchscreens attached to each passenger’s
chair (offering games like Angry Birds!),
meaning that the time flies before you
arrive at your destination.
The Aloha Bus takes you only as far as
Khaoshung, but from there it’s extremely
easy to hop onto a local bus to get us into
Hengchun township.
Where to stay
For budget travellers, the A-Wu Ocean
Club B&B, located just ten minutes
walking distance away from Bossa Nova
(see 'Where to eat'), is the perfect choice.
The price of a private room at A-Wu
Ocean Club is around 1,000 NT (RMB
214) and includes breakfast in addition to
the usual standard room amenities.
If you’ve got a bit more money to spend,
the Caesar Park Hotel Kenting (10,500
NT, RMB 2,244 for a Family Deluxe room)
boasts a strong rating and has the rave
reviews to go with it. With top quality
service, wireless internet connection
throughout the entire area, and a nearby
golf club and private beach, Caesar Park
Hotel is the top choice for both business
and pleasure travellers alike.
Where to eat
Beach Bistro, serving up Asian-European
nouvelle cuisine for between 200 – 400
NT (RMB 42 – 85), is a tourist favourite.
But if you’re only there for one night,
Bossa Nova, a beach café and guest house
located along Nanwan Road in central
Hengchun, is your go-to gaff, serving soul
food on a patio with an ocean view. The
genuinely warm and inviting staff makes
everyone feel welcome, which is probably
why they have so many loyal customers.
Bossa Nova’s menu had plenty to
offer, but their tomato and mozzarella
sandwiches and bowls of chilli come
highly recommended. A price of 400 NT
(RMB 85) is a little bit pricey for Nanwan
as a whole, but well worth it.
Where to unwind
For those looking for a bit of peace
and tranquillity, Nanwan Beach is a
real off-the-beaten-track gem. Tourists
often favour surf spot Kenting, the more
popular neighbouring town, meaning that
should you stumble upon Nanwan beach
by accident, likelihood is you’ll have it all
to yourself.
Serene, blue and alluring, the sealife
beneath its waves lie magically untouched
and unpolluted in this industrialised
twenty-first century, and you can enjoy
jet-skiing (1000 NT, RMB 213/ 30
minutes), snorkelling (100-200 NT, RMB
21 upwards for a mask) and other beachy
activities here.
Aloha Bus Transportation Company.
Web: www.aloha168.com.tw
A-Wu Ocean Club B&B. 266 Nanwan
Lu, Nanwan, Hengchun Township,
Taiwan. Tel: (918) 6027 70. Web: www.
a-wu.com.tw
Beach Bistro. No. 230 Changfun Lu,
Eluan Village, Hengchun Township,
Taiwan. Tel: (919) 2372 80
Bossa Nova: Beach Café and Guest
House. 100 Nanwan Lu. Hengchun Town,
Taiwan. Tel: (919) 7725 57, Web: http://
myblog.yahoo.com/wavebossa
Caesar Park Hotel Kenting.
6 Kenting Lu, Hengchun Town, Taiwan.
Web: www.caesarpark.com.tw
DINING
Food For Thought
THE SCENE
DINING OUT
Photo Courtesy of Liz Grabenstein
Jamie Barys
Every month, our dining
columnist Jamie Barys
gives you all the news
that’s fit to dish. Find out
the newest hotspots and
the latest closings, as well
as the tastiest events in
town for June.
K
aiba will finally be getting
some company over at Taikang
Terrace (171 Jianguo Zhong
Lu, near Ruijin Er Lu) with
Larder, Sakesan and The Plump Oyster
all expected to open in the next month
or two (barring any construction delays).
Both Larder and Sakesan are charcoalheavy, with the former run by former Mesa
Manifesto executive chef Steve Baker billed
as a bar & grill, while Sakesan focuses on
the same robatayaki dishes that made it
a hit in Hong Kong’s Soho. The Plump
Oyster is, as its name suggests, dedicated
to all things bivalve, from the aphrodisiacpromoting gents behind Osteria (226
Jinxian Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu).
The former French Concession has
become awash in new bakeries that
capitalise on the district’s colonial past.
Brioche Doree, the French bakery chain
that is currently taking over airports,
shopping malls and petrol stations around
the world, opened two very corporate cafes
in two weeks last month (7 Donghu Lu,
near Huaihai Zhong Lu and 98 Yanping
Lu, near Xinzha Lu). Putting up some stiff
competition just a block away is Ravaud
(136 Xinle Lu near Xiangyang Bei Lu), a café
that boasts a French owner, several branches
in Hangzhou and Nanjing and a charming
art deco tile floor. Additionally, the closing
of Cocon, the short-lived home décor store
in Anfull Court, has given its neighbour
Sunflour (322 Anfu Lu, near Wukang Lu)
the floor space it needs to accommodate its
Sunday morning spillover.
In more carb-heavy news, Shanghai’s
top bagel delivery service Spread the Bagel
(www.spreadthebagel.com) has expanded
its line to include garlic bagels (RMB 50 for
a half dozen), which tastes mighty good
with last month’s newly-launched lox cream
cheese. For the month of June, all orders of
six or more garlic-flecked bagels come with
a free On the Go MQ Coffee pack.
Just in time for summer, Geisha
(390 Shanxi Lu, near Fuxing Zhong Lu)
introduced its new seasonal menu, including
a delicious tofu and shrimp shinjo. The
dish’s name hardly does it justice; a trio of
small bites, the plate offers a deep-fried
shrimp and tofu fritter, perfectly-seared
scallops topped with bamboo shoots and
a minced meatball pumped up with a
summery sprinkling of mint. And if you
come Thursday – Sunday, they’ve got a great
digestif deal: from 10pm-12am, RMB 100
will get you five drinks.
And last but not least, in a nod to the chef
that has kept the whole Shanghai restaurant
scene buzzing with the opening of Ultraviolet
(see p 39 for more), we’d like to congratulate
Paul Pairet and the rest of the crew at Mr
& Mrs Bund. Restaurant Magazine ranked
the modern French eatery (Bund 18) 95th
in its prestigious list of the World’s Best
Restaurants, making MMB the only spot in
the Mainland to crack the top 100.
Jamie Barys is the Chief Eating Officer of
UnTour Shanghai. With authentic culinary
tours designed to take visitors and
residents alike off the eaten path, UnTour
Shanghai offers street food experiences,
market adventures, cooking classes and
more. For more information visit www.
UnTourShanghai.com or
email Jamie at info@
untourshanghai.com
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THE SCENE
DINING OUT
Chef Talk:
Andaz Shanghai’s
Jacqueline Qiu
Kerry Allen
1 serving
Salad Nicoise
Ingredients
5kg fresh tuna fish
150g sea salt
Extra virgin olive oil
20g Roma tomatoes
What was it like working in F&B when China first opened to
the world? Andaz’s executive chef Jacqueline Qiu takes Talk
on her culinary journey of the past 23 years…
M
eeting
Jacqueline Qiu,
the executive
chef at the
newly opened Andaz Shanghai,
one is instantly struck by what a
warm and friendly person
she is, someone who
genuinely cares about
the effort that goes into
the food she creates, the
epitome of a modern
day Mrs Beeton.
And with over 23
years work experience in
the F&B industry, she can
tell you some stories about
how the international food
industry in Shanghai has
blossomed. “When I first
started working as a chef
at the Westin Hongqiao,
China was only just
opening up to the West. There were only
about five international hotels in Shanghai at
that time; there wasn’t much in the market.
I was working at an Italian restaurant called
Giovanni’s when I got the opportunity to
work at the Westin.”
She then went on to work there for 13
years as a senior sous chef, during which she
first became introduced to different kinds
of international cuisine, working with chefs
from all different countries. “All of the chefs
were expats. I met people from all different
backgrounds: French, Swiss, Japanese,
and each person had their own different
experiences in the kitchen.” The result being
that she learnt a lot of valuable skills in making
different types of cuisine, and developed a
particular passion for making French and
Italian dishes, particularly the former.
38 TalkMagazine Salad Nicoise with French Vinaigrette Dressing
June12
And so it’s with confidence that Jacqueline
now works in the Andaz’s Haipai restaurant,
a fusion restaurant which serves up a range
of Shanghainese and French cuisine. “It’s a
restaurant with a neighbourhood concept,”
she says, “so we try to appeal to everyone.
We serve up some real comfort foods,
French bistro-style, but we also
have Shangainese specialities
and spicy Sichuanese noodles.”
When asked how her
experience at the Andaz,
which she has been
working in since it opened
in October 2011, differs
from the other hotels
she’s worked in, she laughs,
and her enthusiasm for her job is
apparent. “I can definitely be more
creative here,” she laughs. “We
change our a la carte menu every
two or three months according to
the season. But I have a certain
amount of freedom according to [whatever] the
concept [is].”
Still, she recognises that gaining
recognition for her talents at present is still
pretty difficult. “We [The Andaz hotel] are
relatively new, and this is perhaps our biggest
challenge. Still, people are fond of our Sunday
brunch buffet; they keep on coming back!”
And she expresses a lot of optimism and
enthusiasm about the new summer seasonal
menu. “We have a fantastic terrace which
people are finally able to use, and our great
dessert menu, including Chinese style ice
creams is already proving popular. It’s just
what you need in this weather!”
1 boiled egg
40g marinated tuna fish
4 Kalamada olives
3g salt
3g pepper
20g French vinaigrette
dressing
Method
1. First prepare the tuna fish,
clean and cut into small chunks.
2. Sprinkle salt over the fish.
3. Steam the fish for at least 45
minutes until fully cooked.
4. Place the fish in a jar until ready to serve.
Cover with olive oil.
25g salt
3g fresh pepper
5. For the salad, first mix lettuce with salt,
pepper, tomatoes, olives and French dressing.
French bean and potatoes optional.
40g hazelnut oil
6. Serve with boiled egg and marinated tuna fish.
1pc garlic
French vinaigrette dressing
Ingredients
55g Dijon mustard
700ml vegetable oil
300ml olive oil
50g green-pepper mustard
200ml sherry vinegar
Method
1. Place all ingredients in the blender
and blend.
100ml red wine vinegar
2. Serve.
Andaz Shanghai Hotel. 88 Songshan Lu,
near Taicang Lu. Tel: 2310 1234,
Web: http://shanghai.andaz.hyatt.com
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DINING OUT
New & Noted: Ultraviolet Unveiled
Jamie Barys
I
try to keep my expectations low
when I visit a restaurant for the
first time, but Chef Paul Pairet
made that next to impossible
when he first announced the concept
of Ultraviolet three years ago. The idea
is that guests get a “full sensory dining
experience” that promises “psycho-taste,”
by pairing each dish with not just a drink,
but a sound, visual and, occasionally, a
scent. Unfortunately, the restaurant has
been plagued with delays, pushing back
the opening date for over a year, while
investors sank more than US$2.5 million
into the 10-seat project. But finally,
Ultraviolet is here, and ‘Table Zero,’ for the
first official diners, pulled in a cool RMB
70,000 at a charity auction.
So, when I was invited to participate
in a rehearsal at Ultraviolet, my
expectations weren’t just high; they were
located somewhere in the stratosphere.
Amazingly (astoundingly, even),
Ultraviolet wowed me.
(For those who are already planning to
experience Ultraviolet for themselves, I
should add a spoiler alert. Half the fun of
the dinner is the surprise, so let me just
say that it is well worth the RMB 2,000 per
head, and you can stop right here. But for
the insatiably curious, read on.)
Paul Pairet has always had a flair
for the dramatic. If you’ve witnessed
a proposal at Mr & Mrs Bund, you’re
already well aware of the pyrotechnics
he produces on a regular basis. But
Ultraviolet is where Pairet lets his
imagination run wild.
The evening starts with a drink at Mr
& Mrs Bund before the other nine diners
and yourself are loaded into a van and
spirited off to an ‘undisclosed’ location in
the backwoods of Shanghai. The squalor and
street food just beyond the window is a taste
of what’s not to come, while a video of spliced
together scenes from old movies plays
overhead accompanied by a schizophrenic
soundtrack that leaves you more confused
than when you buckled up. Upon arrival
in a deserted car park more suitable for a
well-planned homicide than a haute
cuisine meal, you step past
a sliding door, and the
dinner (if you can call
it that) begins.
T
he idea for a meal designed to elicit
emotions from its patrons came to
Chef Pairet more than two decades
ago, and to cast it in the most simplistic
terms, it’s elevated dinner theatre. Like a
play in 22 edible acts, the degustation menu
is complemented by tongue-in-cheek audio
and visual cues from the man behind the
curtain. The waiters play supporting roles
complete with costume changes, fading
into the background as the star of the meal
– the food – takes centre stage, turning the
potentially over-the-top farce of a dinner
into a magnum opus.
After you’ve (literally) tumbled down
the rabbit hole and into Paul Pairet’s
wonderland, nothing is off-limits;
metaphors and pop culture abound, with
Catholicism and nicotine addiction playing
minor roles. Even Francis Ford Coppola
makes an appearance, albeit on the wine
list. The environment transforms with each
course, one minute becoming a natural
extension of the food, the next a dining
destination.
The lobster essential, which smacks
of the sea as the crustacean is bathed in
a juice of its own making and garnished
with a strip of seaweed, is accompanied
by waves crashing against the walls, gulls
cawing and salty sea spray perfume. Micro
fish & chips transport the diner to rainy
London, complete with a soundtrack by
The Beatles and a digital Union Jack
tablecloth. The Space
Invaders theme
maximises the bewildering effects
of the Sichuan peppercorn in
the Cuttlefish Guimave, a spiral
of “marshmallowed” sausage with
a charred shallot on the side. By the
end of the evening, you’ll have tucked into
medium rare wagyu beef on the Seine,
enjoyed charred eggplant in Greece and
licked your way through a frozen cucumber
lollipop stuffed with gado-gado (peanut
sauce) in Bali.
The meal often borders on kitsch, but
never veers into tacky, and the menu
becomes increasingly mysterious with
edible non-sequiturs standing in for the
typical descriptions. Tendon-tahine?
Tomato pomadore a la magnifying glass?
Ispahan dishwash? I literally didn’t know
what to expect from the kitchen half the
time and looked to the silverware for clues.
This is a place where the host can say, “The
fake carrots are prepared with real carrots,”
with a completely straight face. And when
each dish comes out, it all makes sense.
It would all feel frivolous, if each step
wasn’t so meticulously executed, each dish
so delicious.
Fans of Paul Pairet’s food will find parts
of the menu familiar. He invented the
technique for the engloved truffle lamb in
2008 while at Jade on 36, wrapping the loin
in truffles before encasing it in a gelatin
that stays solid at high temperatures,
allowing him to cook it to perfection
without losing juice or flavour. The crunchy
fierce salad from Mr & Mrs Bund is on the
menu, pumped up with edible flowers and
frozen tableside with liquid nitrogen for an
icy crackle.
But about half of the 22 dishes are
making their international debut at
Ultraviolet, to much fanfare. By the end
of the meal, Paul Pairet runs laps around
the diners with gummy bears. And I don’t
mean that as a figure of speech.
If you want to experience the meal for
yourself, get in line. As Talk Magazine
was going to print, June was completely
booked and July was filling up quickly. But
don’t have any doubts about not having
your sky-high expectations met. Trust me
- Ultraviolet is worth the wait.
RMB 2,000 per person. Ultraviolet.
Web: www.uvbypp.cc
Photos Courtesy of Scott Wright of Limelight Studio
June12 TalkMagazine
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THE SCENE
DINING OUT
Second Helping: Hooters
Tom Mangione
Every month, we return to a Shanghai institution to see how
they’re holding up. Whether they’ve opened a new branch or
just relocated, we sample the old classics and new dishes to see
if they’ve stood the test of time.
I
n its homeland of America, Hooters is known
as a male-oriented, blue-collar sports bar where
smiling, scantily clad waitresses serve up frothy
mugs of beer and American food. “They’ve got
good wings”, the saying goes. In Shanghai, the bar and
restaurant still carries the same easy-going hospitality,
complete with dancing hostesses in tank tops and running
shorts, but has begun to reorient its focus towards
Shanghai’s burgeoning middle classes.
On the night we went to grab
a bite we saw two older Chinese
couples order up a storm of dishes;
mountains of wings, fries, burgers
and beers covering every available
surface on the table. A young
European family of three – mother,
father and child – settled in for a
meal just two tables down. And
while we could spot at least one table of all-male co-workers
clearly just out of work and looking for a bite and more
than a few drinks, it’s clear that in Shanghai, Hooters aims
to offer something for everyone.
Reflecting their wider and more discerning clientele,
new offerings have been added to the menu outside the
traditional oeuvre centred around the deep fryer. You’ll find
gourmet-style mains like the grilled beef tenderloin with
potatoes (RMB 158) alongside Mexican infused entrees like
the beef steak tequila (RMB 148), sizzling alongside fried
vegetables and salsa with tortilla chips. In this 'South of the
Border' turn, one of the more tasty plates to hit the menu is
the Hooters Enchiladas (chicken RMB 78 / beef RMB 88).
The cheese-smothered, toasted Mexican tortillas stuffed
with meat, tomato salsa, refried beans, mozzarella and
vegetables are a solid rendition of the original, but don’t get
carried away. They won’t transport you to old Mexico.
Hooters has also taken to the oceans with some new
seafood offerings. The Alaskan crab leg salad (RMB 68),
while certainly a good idea, proves to be a bit of a stretch
for Hooters, with only tiny portions of the delicate seafood
layered with mashed potatoes, incongruously sided with
a mound of iceberg lettuce. However, what the Alaskan
crab leg salad lacks, the spicy prawns chili bamba (RMB
88) redeems with its mound of
succulent shellfish fried in a jalapeno
tomato sauce and garnished with
chopped coriander and garlic bread.
This dish packs a bit of a zing, but if
you can handle the heat, it’s worth it.
Hooters has also added their own
version of sliders which they call
Training Burgers (RMB 48). Paired
with curly fries, these three small
50 gram burgers make for a good
way to get your classic burger kicks,
all the while saving room for some
wings. Because let’s face it, despite
what changes Hooters might be going
through, you’ll always go to Hooters for
the wings, served ‘naked’ or ‘breaded’
(10 pieces for RMB 59). And, yeah, you
might go for the girls, too.
Hooters. 1F Shanghai City Centre, 100
Zunyi Lu, near Xianxia Lu. Tel: 6237 0080
Share & Compare:
Chicken Tikka Masala
Steph Buckingham
Brits love a curry. Then again, who doesn’t?
Still, finding a decent curry house (of which
there are very few) in Shanghai is not easy,
and so Talk sent out an editor who’s had
more than her fair share of curries, to seek
out the best of the best in Shanghai.
Grand Taj
Grand Taj went some way towards replacing Indian Kitchen
when it closed suddenly in late February, and for a while
I’ve been a loyal customer. They do a vast selection of both
meat and vegetable curries including a mean butter chicken
(RMB 50), and their portions are huge, and definitely the
best of the three in terms of value for money. The chicken
tikka masala (RMB 50) comes in a rich tomato-onion sauce,
and as curries go, it’s pretty good, it has a real kick to it,
plenty of good chunks of meat in its rich, creamy sauce, and
accompanied with some steamed basmalti rice (RMB 16)
and a butter nan (RMB 18) is a real treat.
Still, it’s not uncommon that you’ll find a few bones
in the masala, and it can be an annoyance to pick them
out. That might be the price you pay however when you
consider you’re getting such a good price for your curry.
Grand Taj. B5, 555 Gubei Lu, near Xianxia Lu. Tel: 3251 7585
Bukhara
Convenience isn’t Bukhara’s strong point, being located
over in west Gubei. But its classy interior and fine dining
experience, not to mention multiple awards from the likes
of Tatler magazine are tribute to its longstanding presence
of over six years in Shanghai.
Bukhara offers a selection of tandoors, lamb, rice and
vegetarian curries. At RMB 105, their chicken tikka masala
is a bit on the pricy side, and the portions are comparatively
small. But such thoughts are dismissed once you taste their
chicken, which is a whole level of its own in good. The red
chilli, ginger and garlic seasoning of the deliciously creamy
chicken chunks, diced with onions and tomatoes, is quite
simply, to die for. Mopping up the remains of your rice
(RMB 33) with a leavened paratha (wholewheat bread,
RMB 33), you’ll find yourself savouring every last drop, and
thinking about the impact on your waistline.
Bukhara. 3729 Hongmei Lu, near Yan’an Xi Lu. Tel: 6446 8800,
Web: www.bukhara.com.cn
Masala Art
Masala Art do some fantastic vegetarian curries including
the saag paneer (RMB 46), a medium spicy spinach
and cottage cheese curry. Their lamb korma (RMB
55) and butter chicken makanwala (RMB 58) are also
recommended, their sauces both so delectably buttery and
creamy, that you can’t not order some bread to go with your
order to soak up the remaining sauce (parathas RMB 19
upwards). But as for the chicken tikka masala, the Namaste
London (RMB 65) is not a favourite, in fact quite a letdown.
Although you get quite a generous portion of chicken with
your order, the sauce it comes in is excessively oily, the
result being that you sometimes need to give it a good stir
after it has arrived.
Still, it’s Jing’an location makes this a good choice
for something central, and it is worth broadening your
horizons and going with one of their more specialised
South Indian delicacies, in which they specialise.
Masala Art. 401 Dagu Lu, near Shimen Yi Lu. Tel: 6327 3571
Winner!
Grand Taj, Bukhara and Masala Art all excel
in offering top quality Indian cuisine, but
for a classic chicken tikka masala, Bukhara
is the clear winner. Mildly spicy, succulent,
and seasoned with some sensational aromatic spices,
it’s worth going the extra mile (literally) and paying a
little bit more for a real top quality masala meal.
THE SCENE
Taste Test
WINE TALK
Ed loved the “guts” of it. This is a definite food wine,
with us all putting it with the usual suspects such
as steak and barbecued food. You’ll find this wine
around town at a few top restaurants, and it pairs
perfectly with any first rate meal.
Mat Ryan
Price: RMB 560
Shanghai’s most committed dipsomaniacs get together to share and compare
some of the wines around town. It’s a no-nonsense guide to the good, the great
and the bloody ordinary of wine. Which wine will win this month?
worthy of pairing with seafood or maybe suited to taking the
spice off a great Thai curry.
Attendees:
Price: RMB 270
Edward Brea – Kerry Hotel Pudong GM
Luke Haggett – Beer peddlar
Golan Heights Yarden Pinot
Noir, Israel (2005)
Ross McGregor – Sourcing entrepreneur
Neill Robb – Famous Australian winemaker
Mat Ryan – Partner in The Shed
This one gave off a mushroom aroma, which is not
entirely unusual for a Pinot. Neill couldn’t believe
it was a ’05 vintage and said “girls would probably
like it, there’s no acid and it’s not aggressive”.
Ed pointed out that a lot of effort was probably
put into making this wine, since it had quite a
lot of complexity. I wasn’t entirely a fan of it,
but I’m more into cool climate Pinots such as
Australian and New Zealand examples of the
varietal. Luke declared it quite light, and suitable
with a nice little cheese plate.
Golan Heights Yarden
Gewurztraminer, Israel
(2009)
I immediately detected quite a lot of residual sugar
on the nose, which is typical for a Gewurztraminer;
however, surprisingly it was dry to the palate.
Ross and Luke, both not big white wine drinkers,
rated it quite high and said they would both be
happy having a bottle or two of this with some
friends. Well suited to the weather we are currently
having, the best way to enjoy this wine is out in the
sunshine, on a balcony somewhere.
Neill was trying to figure out where it would
fit. He’d never really come across such a wine, but
he did like the peachiness it had. Ed said “it’s a
perfect brunch wine” with Luke chirping in that it is
definitely “fit for a session”. Perhaps at the Kerry Hotel?
Apart from an all you can eat brunch buffet, it’s definitely
Price: RMB 540
Golan Heights Yarden Cabernet
Sauvignon, Israel (2007)
This is the Golan Heights flagship wine, and it lives up to the
talk. Neill was first in pointing out that it definitely has its own
regional style, but not being familiar with it couldn’t really
give a lot of comment past that. That said, he did like it once
it opened up. Luke and Ross in unison piped up with “YEP,
winner”, with Ross noting that it really looked great in the glass.
Sherpa’s Pairings
Golan Heights Yarden
Gewurztraminer
Icewine, Israel (2007)
This is one of my favourite styles of
wines and I was anxiously looking
forward to this one. “Bloody
delicious” shouted Neill, and
I agreed. Luke and Ross didn’t
however - not their style. Ed said it was
“a nice treat to finish with”. For food, we’d be
heading straight to the dessert bar at a buffet to
enjoy this wine with. Sweet, but not too much,
with great golden colours and a full flavour.
Price: RMB 400
Summary
Without question, the Cabernet Sauvignon was
everyone’s favourite wine. It’s full, with lots of
flavours coming through and pairs well with just
about any kind of food. That being said, the first
wine we had, the Gewurztraminer is a great summer
drink, and is worth having a few bottles of. Out in the
garden, or on the balcony, it’s a great choice.
Availability
Wine Asia. Tel: 6217 7219, E-mail: [email protected]
Va Bene; T8 Restaurant and Bar (181 Taicang Lu, near
Madang Lu)
La Verbena (2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu, near Fenghe Lu)
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Michelle Ozier
Ordering in for the night? Shanghai’s most popular delivery service
not only has the food, there’s also a load of wine that they’ll bring
straight to your door. Sherpa’s wine consultant Michelle Ozier dishes
out on what wine pairs well with your order.
J
une is the month in which we stop
fighting the urge to keep cool and
abandon ourselves to the long
sweltering months ahead. It might
also therefore be a good time to play
around with some more refreshing
versions of your favourite tipple.
Recently my friend made me a
long icy spritzer from white wine
mixed with half a glass of ginger
ale, a generous helping of fresh
ginger and a good squeeze of lime.
If the ginger ale is a little too sweet,
then soda water is just as good a
replacement to lengthen your drink
and give it a spritz.
Buck’s Fizz is also a good option,
and as long as your fruit juice is kept chilled,
it doesn’t have to be the conventional orange.
I used a tropical blend and it went down just
as well with the sparkling brut. Your bubbly
will go further, your friends will think you
are a little bit fancy and everyone will be
getting some vitamin C. It’s a win, win, win.
The queen of all wine mixers has to be
sangria, and again, you don’t need to go to
the bar to enjoy this marvellous summer
drink; simply empty red wine into a large
jug (you can even use up partial bottles of
different wines and be very economical),
add about a quarter of the amount again of
citrus flavoured sparkling mineral water or
sprite, and heaps of chopped oranges and
apples. Sangria is best served after a night in
the fridge and then with lots of ice in a tall
tumbler or wine glass.
All of these are super adaptable drinks
that can be tweaked to your personal
taste - just be sure to keep your ice trays
filled! Enjoy your tasting experiments
with a delectable mix of warm and cold
tapas from Las Tapas or Bocado or a
plate of charcuterie with a meal-sized salad
and a freshly baked baguette from Café
Montmartre. You will not go wrong by
using the excellent value for money South
African Two Oceans (soft and fruity red or
fresh and fruity white) for your wine mixers,
both blends available at just RMB 64 / bottle
from Sherpa’s, and either just as nice to sup
on their own.
Log on to www.sherpa.com.cn to see further
deals throughout June including a RMB 20
saving on purchases of two bottles of Two
Oceans Soft and Fruity Red as our wine of
the weekend. You can also make a saving of
more than 10% on a mixed case for only RMB
450 / six bottles, containing a great selection
of four reds and two whites. Available while
stocks last!
Italian Association of WineLovers (ONAV) Holds Its First
Wine Course in Shanghai
T
here’s an age old (mostly friendly)
feud between France and Italy for
the crown of Old World wine that
is currently raging in the Middle Kingdom.
But to hear Antonio Scialletti, General
Manager of Scialletti Prestige Selection tell
it, Italy could use a leg up. “We saw that the
Chinese market is extremely important and
developing so fast, but the knowledge of wine
can be improved, especially knowledge of
Italian wine compared to French wine.”
And what accounts for this lack of
knowledge? According to Scialletti it has little
to do with the quality of Italian wine and more
to do with the way in which Italian wine is
brought to market.
“[The French] arrived before; they have
a first mover advantage. The government is
supporting them and they have their own
distribution channel. They have a system.
Italian people are very good [at making wine],
but they are very independent.”
Wanting to give Italian wines their
due, Scialletti teamed up with the Italian
Association of Wine Lovers, a non-profit,
Italian government funded entity made to
promote Italian wine in China. Over three
days at the Shanghai Hilton Hongqiao from
17 – 19 April, ONAV General Manager
Alessandria, Professor Rissone and Scialletti
gave a wine training course on Italian wine
culture. The three day course covered the
different types of wines and grapes in Italy, the
process of tasting wine and the production of
wine. Through the event, 35 eager participants
happily took in the information and tried
13 different types of Italian wines including
Brunello, Barolo, Chianti and Montepulciano.
“Many people appreciated the event. We
just shared the knowledge and the love and
the know-how related to wine. Of course we
focus on Italian wines, but we don’t make it
about selling because we want to take a cultural
approach.” In fact, the Scialletti and the other
organisers went so far as to pair high quality
Italian wines with a “so-so” Italian wine in
order to give tasters a basis for comparison.
In the future, Scialletti plans to host more
events with ONAV, especially those with
a Chinese focus. “We must connect to the
culture of China, which is a culture as old,
if not older than Italian
culture.” It’s a goal that
Scialletti and ONAV will
be toasting to in the days
ahead.
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THE SCENE
NIGHT TALK
Night Reviews
Ginseng
Tom Mangione
What: Infusion-friendly martini bar that
prefers to stay on the down low
Why: You like cocktails and secrets
How much: Martinis RMB 58 upwards;
beers RMB 45 upwards; snacks and light
fare RMB 35 upwards
Where: Somewhere on Yongkang Lu
Finding Ginseng can take a bit of doing. It
took two different evenings of searching
for this nightlife reviewer to find the secret
hole-in-the-wall bar, the first time only
to be ensnared in the brouhaha spilling
out onto the pavement from Le Café des
Stagiaires down the street. However, on a
rainy Monday evening I got lucky.
Longing for the glory days of
Constellation Bar - the famed once-was
Xinle Lu cocktail bar - the owners are
hoping to create their own hidden gem
for themselves and their friends and a
few friends of their friends. Their hope
is to avoid catering to the wandering,
dipsomaniac zombie hordes of Shanghai,
slogging on their movable feast of
doom. It’s the reason they’re so secretive,
declining even that we print this venue’s
exact address.
The bar’s specialty is infused spirits.
At the moment, they’re using infusions
of star anise, kumquats and two types
of ginseng to mix up a mean martini.
The bar’s signature drink, the ginseng
vodka martini (RMB 68) retains the
unique spicy, yet bitter tang of ginseng
touched up with lemon zest and sweet
vermouth. Quality versions of standard
cocktails can also be found here. An
Old Fashioned (RMB 78) made with
boutique Angel’s Envy bourbon was a
highlight with its caramel smokiness
complemented by muddled sugar and
orange.
Going a few rounds at a cocktail bar
can often leave you in need of a bite,
and here Ginseng benefits with its close
proximity to a wide range of choice. New
kid on the block Sushi-O provides sushi
(RMB 35 upwards), while Just Grapes
slings over pizzas (RMB 65 upwards)
and Nosh brings its sandwiches (RMB
42 upwards). Ginseng itself has also got
its own house version of the local classic
of soybeans boiled in Chinese wine
(RMB 35). It’s flavoured with ginseng, of
course.
Amber Lounge
What: A back-alley lounge that aspires to
cocktail greatness and edgy DJ sets
Why: Shiva’s full and you’ve been to Dada,
like, a million times
How much: Standard drinks RMB 55,
signature cocktails RMB 70
Where: 449 Huashan Lu, near Wulumuqi
Nan Lu, Tel: 6248 8818, E-mail:
[email protected]
After briefly chasing the spirit of Dragon
- Shanghai’s now defunct, but legendary
after-hours club of iniquity - Amber
Lounge has decided what it wants to be
– a late night club (Tue, Wed and Sun,
9pm – 4am; Thurs through Sat, 9pm
– 6am) that serves premium cocktails
and hip-electro sounds. Of course, it’s not
hard to see why Amber Lounge has had
somewhat of a rough start; it is down a
dark alley after all.
Walking through the brightly lit door,
you’ll find yourself at a small coat-check
area, certain to be a boon in wintertime,
which leads into the lounge. There, what
you see is what you get.
It’s one room with three private tables,
a dance floor, DJ booth and a cocktail
Tom Mangione
bar complete with the requisite spread of
bottles. There’s room for about 50 to relax
with a drink and up to 200 to rave on in
sardine-packed ecstasy.
As for the libations, the almond tonic
(RMB 70) with vodka, Cointreau, almond
syrup, fresh lemon juice and tonic packs
a refreshing smoothness until the almond
syrup runs out. Then it becomes your
standard vodka tonic. Cocktail failure
or a two-in-one deal? You decide. The
Hemmingway daiquiri (RMB 70) made up
of Gosling’s dark rum, Maraschino liqueur,
Cointreau and fresh fruit juice combines
two of Papa’s greatest loves: tropical locales
and getting loaded. Cocktail favourites like
the Sazarac, Mint Julep and Old Fashioned
(all RMB 70) also make their way on to
the list.
For music, staff intentions are getting
some of Shanghai’s headiest and hippest
promoters in to ply their trade. The Ice
Cream Truck (TICT), Acid Pony Club as
well as the folks the Shiva Lounge have
been tapped, and if these party kids have
their way with the place, Amber Lounge
may soon be on the map of many of
Shanghai’s nightlife faithful.
Incarose
Melissa K Trias
What: A pleasant tipple with fresh seafood
that doesn’t cost half your paycheck
Why: Anything inspired by a South
American country must be sexy
How Much: Cocktails RMB 40 upwards;
wine by the bottle RMB 188 upwards
Where: 3F, 83 Changshu Lu, near Julu Lu. Tel:
6190 6199
Incarose, an upscale bistro lounge on
Changshu Lu, has much to offer the people
of Shanghai. Created largely with the
purpose of providing high quality drinks
and seafood at affordable prices, Incarose
aims to be ‘the spot’ for summer wining and
dining.
The primary goal of this bar and lounge
according to MD Stanley Chiu is to make
the customers happy over maximising
profits, and he goes beyond words by
offering extravagant meals such as the Prime
Ocean Platter (a feast of baby lobster, oysters
from Gillardeau in France, boiled shrimp
and shellfish to serve three people) at a
ridiculously low RMB 420.
But the real strength of Incarose lies in
its talent to combine good wine with good
food, and there’s no shortage of choice
here. You can find favourites such as the
Taittinger Brut Reserve Chardonnay (RMB
680), Pinot Noir (RMB 430) and Pinot
Blanc (RMB 365) whether you’re a white
girl, red girl, or full frills champagne laydee.
And for something a little bit cheaper, the
Family Selection Chardonnay De Bortoli,
Australia (RMB 195) is a must try.
The cocktail list includes regulars like
the Hendricks tonic (RMB 55) and the
Singapore Sling (RMB 50), but also the
delectable Tiramisu Martini (RMB 55), a
dessert cocktail made of brandy, Kahlua,
krème de cacao and egg yolk. But above
all, make sure to indulge in Incarose’s own
signature cocktail (RMB 40), a rose-pink
beverage that evokes feelings of lust and
temptation. The mix of gin, passoa, apple
juice, cherry juice, and lime juice is an
exotic flavour that is as smooth and sexy
as an Argentinian tango, so make sure to
savour every sip.
With distinctly hip décor, including
Philippe Starck chairs and a bar backlit in
sensual red hues, Incarose is a good choice
for a girls’ night out or after-work drinks,
and manages to be classy without being
overly bourgeois.
THE SCENE
NIGHT TALK
Frankie’s American Bar
What: The crown jewels of
Shenzhen's Western watering holes
Why: One word - 'authenticity'
How much: American prices, but for a
reason
Where: 33 - 34 Guihua Yuan Garden,
Guihua Lu, Futian free trade zone,
Shenzhen. Tel: (755) 8257 2376
Two years ago a bar like Frankie’s wouldn’t
– couldn’t – have worked. In a traditionally
under-frequented locale, Frankie's employs
foreigners as bartenders, encourages
tipping, and favours locally brewed IPAs
(more on these later) over the usual Tigers.
Essentially, it’s a real bar, and I have to
say I’m rather taken. Frankie’s looks and
feels properly American: warm wooden
furnishings, an overblown Bruce Springsteen
portrait (shrine) hanging on the wall and
quintessential chequered tablecloths covering
almost every surface. I got a handshake and
an introduction from the barman upon
entering – ask for Jordan, Nate or Adam
–,a drink recommendation that felt like an
honest opinion rather than a not-so-subtle
nudge towards the heftiest price tag, and a
musical soundtrack obviously selected out
of love rather than attempting to cater to the
THE SCENE
Alastair Dickie
lowest common denominator.
On entering, order the Rock Bar
Appalachian pale ale (RMB 45), brewed
locally in nearby Bao’an by a couple of
disillusioned alco-fanatics fed up with
Shenzhen’s slim pickings. Deep, fruity and
aromatic, it became my new favourite beer
in one sip. For whiskeys, try the Bowmore
(RMB 140) for the smokiest glass of the
amber stuff you will find in the SEZ. The
price may be steep, but is worth it. And if
you’re feeling particularly adventurous, try
one of the bar’s many imported cigars: the
selection here is without comparison.
In terms of food, Frankie’s menu is a
little limited, but is based around shifting
seasonal availabilities. I tried the burger
special (RMB 70): tender Mongolian
beef topped with deep-fried caramelised
onions, crispy bacon and blue cheese.
Again, it came to surpass almost anything
I’ve had previously in Shenzhen and the
accompanying salad drizzled with Filipo
Berrio olive oil, garlic and red wine vinegar
was perfectly pitched.
In short, I already love this bar. And so
too does Shenzhen. Frankie’s has only been
open for under two months and has already
become an expat favourite.
O!Garden
NIGHT TALK
Alastair Dickie
What: Rooftop drinks and a killer view
Why: For something genuinely crosscultural
How much: Draught beers RMB 35; mixed
drinks RMB 30 – 40; cocktails RMB 45
upwards
Where: 3F, Coco Park North, 138 Mintian
Lu, Futian District, Shenzhen. Tel: (755)
8889 6999
If there has long been one fatal flaw for
Shenzhen’s nightlife it is that there is a
very clear divide between which are the
‘expat’ and which are the ‘local’ bars of the
city. O!Garden is the anomaly. In the few
months since it has opened, it has become a
hit amongst Shenzhen’s nocturnal denizens
and is now the go-to bar/club for all in
Shenzhen’s CBD. Perhaps in no other place
in the city will you find foreigners and local
Chinese rubbing shoulders with each other
and really looking like they both belong
there.
In the heart of Shenzhen’s commercial
region perched atop the bustling Coco Park
North plaza in downtown Futian District,
O!Garden is a sprawling open-air affair
that forms something of a cross between
a landscaped garden patio and a chic
outdoor nightclub, with two conventional
bar areas. Roman-style lounge chairs
deck the place out under wooden trellises
(which are useful on the rare occasion it
rains) with one area doubling as a dance
floor during the evening, all surrounded by
the neon backdrop of the CBDs glittering
skyscrapers. It’s a good place to come
during early evenings, but the party really
gets started once the sun goes down.
O!Garden benefits from being a little
classier than the gaudier nightclubs (Viva,
Q-Club and Gaga) in the same region, with
blazers and high heels edging out scuffed
converse and tank tops. Bottle service is
fast, reassuringly expensive and respectfully
delivered, and the drinks list is extensive,
with offerings of draught Carlsberg and
Tiger (RMB 35), mojitos (RMB 45),
champagne cocktails (RMB 69) and some
of the best martinis (RMB 60) we’ve had in
Shenzhen.
The additional feature of a barbecue
stand adds in making O!Garden a pleasant
place to unwind after a long day’s work,
and it’s no surprise that it’s fast becoming
a favourite on the South China scene, with
some pleasant food, great drinks and a
genuinely diverse crowd in prime location.
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THE SCENE
NIGHT TALK
Mysterious
Nick Korjov
Authentic Drink
Most people can’t abide baijiu (Chinese white spirit) and just mention of the
word is enough to send a shiver down their spine. Its fiery taste and intense
smell means that it has gained a bit of stigma, a drink to be avoided. But
with the creative efforts of Shanghainese bartenders, baijiu is fast becoming
more attractive.
H
ome-infused alcohol suddenly became a
hot trend across the world in 2011. Bottles
with turbid liquid inside became overnight
an inherent element of the décor of many
reputable bars in London and New York. Shanghai was no
exception, and Pu’er tea infused whisky, cinnamon infused
rum, and pepper infused vodka cocktails were all the
rage for a while, to the extent that they have now become
nothing out-of-the-ordinary. But baijiu infusions? Can
baijiu even be mixed?
Baijiu is a traditional Chinese spirit distilled from
sorghum (a type of grass) with an intense smell and
distinctive “burning” taste. In Chinese culture, it has played
a traditional role for decades in signifying respect and
dignity by toasting baijiu during banquets and ceremonies
of commemoration.
But the general attitude to it nowadays is that it is no
el Coctel
longer “cool” to drink baijiu, with many favouring wine as
an alternative tipple. Which is why Ryan Noreiks is trying
to breathe new life into this tradition at Le Sheng.
He has added a selection of baijiu shots infused with
spices and fruits to the drink list: with plum and hibiscus,
chrysanthemum and lemon skin, and green tea, peach
and chamomile flavoured baijiu infusions (all RMB 50).
Once blended, the distinctive “baijiu taste” changes and
becomes less harsh on the palate, and instead pretty smooth.
“Normally baijiu is not served for cocktails, but it goes well
with Shanghainese food, so we’ve tried to adapt it to what
we serve here,” says Noreiks. “We are trying to appeal to
both the Chinese market and the Western market. As for the
latter, it is also a fun way to show foreigners what baijiu is”.
To integrate baijiu into a cocktails and make it taste nice
has long been thought of as an almost impossible task, but
Noreiks succeeds in his creation of a baijiu cocktail that
isn’t all that bad.
And he’s not the only one. el Coctel have taken a new
spin on the signature cocktail the ‘Shanghai’ with a well
shaken version of the drink, adding flavours of orange and
lime juice, grenadine syrup, sugar and sambuca to the mix
(RMB 80). At the beginning it tastes sweet, but then the
strong aftertaste takes prescience, leaving that distinctive
warming feeling that baijiu drinkers are familiar with as
it runs down your throat. It works well, and the sweetness
at the beginning detracts from drawing attention to the
intense scent that often puts people off drinking baijiu in
the first place.
When asked what other flavours would mix well with
baijiu should you wish to make infusions of your own,
Japanese bar manager (Harada Munenori) suggested
similar strong tastes, such as wasabi or ginger ale because of
their “strong smell and intense flavour”.
Another bar that has recently seen baijiu creatives
at work in creating a dipsomaniac’s delight is cocktail
favourite at Sinan Mansions, The Alchemist. Yao Lu,
bar manager, kindly agreed to “play with a bottle of
baijiu” and made a Chinese version of malty drink ‘The
Brave’, (RMB 50), the innovative cocktail first created by
renowned mixologist Bobby Heugel from Anvil Bar &
Refuge in Texas, USA (www.anvilhouston.com), which is
rated by GQ magazine as one of the 25 best cocktail bars
Le Sheng Photo Courtesy of Justin
The Alchemist
in America.
Inspired by
Heugel, The Alchemist,
showcased their version of
‘The Brave’ at Shanghai Cocktail
Week last month, including the cocktail
in a special menu alongside some new twists on other
contemporary classics.
Baijiu is a “mysterious drink [here, which] everybody
has heard about, but never tried”, says Yao Lu. “But we’re
trying to change that.” To make ‘The Brave’, Lu uses ten
year old Talisker whisky, baijiu, Grand Marnier liqueur
and Cardamaro. These ingredients are all poured into
a large wine glass without ice and swirled until mixed.
A couple of sprays of Angostura bitter, a flamed orange
zest and it’s ready. Lu manages to rid the intense smell
of baijiu in his creation, but its strong taste can’t be
diminished even with the addition of single malt whisky.
It takes time to get used to any new fad. Japanese
sake or soju were taken as weird and mysterious when
they were first introduced to the beverages market, and
today, you can’t even imagine sitting down to a dinner
of teppanyaki without one of these liquors. Only last
year, British liquor giant Diageo became the largest
shareholder in Chinese baijiu brand Shui Jing Fang, a
step which could mark the expansion of baijiu’s presence
abroad. “Diageo could probably give potential to [baijiu],
especially in foreign markets”, agrees Yao Lu. And so
despite the more complex, strong and intense flavours of
baijiu, Le Sheng’s, el Coctel’s and The Alchemist’s efforts
might spell the beginning of a baijiu breakthrough across
the mainland.
Le Sheng. 322 Anfu Lu, near Wukang Lu. Tel: 5406 6011
el Coctel. Floor 2, 47 Yongfu Lu, near Fuxing Xi Lu. Tel: 6433
6511, Web: www.elwilly.com.cn
The Alchemist. Block 32, 45 Sinan Lu, near Fuxing Zhong Lu.
Tel: 6426 0660, Web: www.alchemist-bar.com
THE SCENE
LIVE TALK
America Calling:
Shanghai Bands Tour the US
Tom Mangione
This year has seen more Shanghaibased rock bands take their acts
across the Pacific than perhaps ever
before. The Song Dynasty completed a
whirlwind tour of the US’s west coast;
Duck Fight Goose attended Austin,
Texas’s annual rock brouhaha ‘South
By Southwest’; and Rainbow Danger
Club are gearing up for a month of
touring all over the land of stars and
stripes. Talk met with each of these
bands, who sounded off on their
thoughts about touring in the home of
rock and roll.
A
h, the ambition of Shanghai. It’s a driving,
bass drum beat that filters through the city
inspiring locals and foreigners alike to pick
up an instrument and jump on stage. But for
some, playing shows in Shanghai is just the beginning.
Shanghai’s more focused rock bands hope to bring their
reverberations abroad. Some bands are going the extra
mile, literally, and heading to the US.
But it’s no easy feat. The first obstacle is booking shows.
After all, you can’t just show up in a foreign country and
expect to rock, can you? And even for bands members
originally from the States but formed in Shanghai, this can
be pretty difficult.
Duck Fight Goose
For Dennis Ming Nichols, bassist of the Rainbow Danger
Club, a local steam punk rock band, it started with
helping Austin, Texas based band The Noise Revival
Orchestra book a China tour. “I thought ‘hey, this is a
band that’s just like us and they’re going to China. We
can do that in America’.” So drawing help from The
Noise Revival Orchestra, Nichols similarly began trying
to book shows elsewhere and expand Rainbow Danger
Club’s image. “At first it was really hard to convince
anyone to let us play, but once we got two or three it
proved easy.”
Shanghai based The Song Dynasty, a jazz fusion rock
band, were another group of artists that sought to get
their name heard, and so used a US booking agent in
order to get shows, even though this came at a price; they
had to pay a hefty fee to the agent for each of the shows
booked.
As for “space rock” band Duck Fight Goose, touring in
the US came about almost by a lucky break, receiving an
invitation to play in the ‘South by Southwest’ music festival.
“We weren’t really sure we were actually in until they
published the list of the first accepted bands. When they
published, that was when we realised it was for real,” says
Duck Fight Goose’s manager, Brad Ferguson.
Rainbow Danger Club
And once you’ve got shows to play, you’ve got to figure out
how to get between them. Fancy pants hotels might be the
name of the game for big rock stars, but for aspiring bands,
the road can be a grimy, not to mention costly thing. Still,
both The Song Dynasty and Duck Fight Goose were able to
make things easier for themselves. “We had great friends
in a lot of cities where we played, so we only needed to do
a few hotels. That was one of the more fun parts of the trip.
We rented a nice van so we weren’t too cramped and we
had a lot of space [for our equipment],” says Ryan Baird,
guitarist of The Song Dynasty.
Though there were a few guilty splurges. Duck Fight Goose
went so far on one gig as to rent a house in Austin for
two weeks complete with swimming pool. “Everybody [in
the band] was talking about what they wanted from the
experience and if this was the only chance we were going to
get to go to the US and play then it should be a good one,”
said Ferguson. He says the band ended up paying around
$15,000 (RMB 94,799) total for the trip including airfare,
housing and the rest. The result being that they “broke
even” on their tour.
Rainbow Danger Club appears to be taking a more
traditional approach for their own upcoming tour. They’ve
secured one of the member’s dad’s van and plan to go from
city to city as cheaply as possible. And yes, they’ll probably
sleep in the van.
The Song Dynasty
E
very band on the road has their demons, or at least
something they’ve got to prove, right? Perhaps the
biggest question that all of these bands face while
touring in the US is their Chinese identity, whether actual
or adopted. “There’s this whole thing that when a band is
coming over one of the oceans that this band must be a
big deal. People think we are proportionally famous to the
degree to which we span the globe,” says Jesse Munson,
guitarist and lead singer of Rainbow Danger Club.
Saying that your band is from Shanghai also carries a
stigma, although it’s not necessarily a bad one, points out
Nichols. “It goes both ways. Booking shows one venue
will ignore us, probably because we’re from China or
Shanghai, and another venue will be like, ‘Whoa, you
guys are from China? We gotta have you!’ I think more
people are actually fascinated that we’re foreigners living
in China.”
The wayfarer lifestyle that dominates expat life in China
is one that The Song Dynasty actively riffed on their
most recent tour across the west coast. “Every time we
introduced ourselves at a show our lead singer Kate would
come up with a different combination.” says Baird.
However, for Duck Fight Goose, a true Chinese band,
the desire to lose the word China from descriptions of
themselves is paramount. “It was half-half,” says Han Han,
lead singer and guitarist for Duck Fight Goose. “We played
one night in a bar with only other Chinese bands. They
called it ‘China Night.’ But then we played in other bars
with bands from nowhere, and then no one was asking
where we were from.”
Still, throughout all of the discussions about tours taken or
about to be taken, what stands out is that all of these bands
are fixed with an excited grin on their faces when talking
about their tours. They’re out on the road, living the dream,
after all.
Duck Fight Goose. Web: http://site.douban.com/
duckfightgoose
The Song Dynasty. Web: www.thesongdynasty.com
Rainbow Danger Club. Web: www.rainbowdangerclub.com
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THE SCENE
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
POWERED BY CITY MOMENTS - DJ Ivy at The Geisha
POWERED BY CITY MOMENTS - DJ Ralf at M1NT
ROOFTOP PARTY ON THE BUND - Photos Courtesy of The Ice Cream Truck
2012 WORLD MUSIC WEEK SHANGHAI
HOTELTALK
HOTEL OF THE MONTH:
Futian Shangri-La,
Shenzhen
Tom Mangione
S
henzhen’s Futian District has the
promise of becoming one of the
hallmarks of this rising Chinese
city. The financial industry has already
set its sights on making the district its
new home. Its commercial Coco Park
development and surrounding bars and
restaurants boast some of the city’s best
shopping, dining and nightlife. A rail link
is already under construction which will
offer passengers transit to Hong Kong in a
matter of minutes. All of this makes Futian
District an exciting place to be, and the
Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen is right in the
heart of it.
After stepping into one of the hotel’s
Deluxe City View rooms for the first time,
you’re greeted with the refined opulence
that the Shangri-La brand is known for.
Five-star comforts gleaned from the Western
hospitality tradition blend seamlessly with
a focus on Eastern flora. Furniture filled
with prints of plum blossoms and Japanese
maples give way to traditional Chinese
paintings of flowers and birds. And through
the room’s spacious windows, you can enjoy
stunning views of the Shenzhen skyline and
nearby Lotus Hill Park, vistas perfect for
contemplating over the complimentary tea
served at your arrival.
When your tea's done, it's time to eat.
The Futian Shangri-La Shenzhen's dining
options feature some of the best in Chinese
and Eastern cuisine, while also offering a
vast selection of international foods catering
to the cosmopolitan palate. Cafe Zen
infuses five-star style all-day
dining with a distinct local
Cantonese flair, featuring
not just dim sum and char
siu (barbecued pork) but
also traditional doubleboiled soups using exotic
ingredients like crocodile.
Look for immense clay pots
with dragons on them in the
middle of the restaurant to
try a bowl for yourself!
A trip to the Futian
Shangri-La Shenzhen
would also be in vain
without having a meal at the Shang Garden,
featuring huaiyang cai (food from the
lower parts of the Yangtze River). Head
Chef Anthony Dong's contemporary
takes on classics like shizitou (large pork
meatball in broth) and fusion dishes
such as the coconut curry prawns with
multicoloured mantou (steamed buns)
are all executed with the kind of delicacy
and refinement that makes for a satisfying
dining experience. And if you’re looking
for a truly authentic Cantonese fine dining
experience, Fook Lam Moon on the second
floor offers some of the best around.
Of course, if you're staying at the Futian
Shangri-La, Shenzhen, chances are you are
not just there to play. Although to get some
work done, you won't have to go far. With a
93-seat auditorium, seven function rooms
and two ballrooms, including the Grand
Ballroom with a capacity of up to 2,100
The Deals
persons, attending or holding a conference
at the Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen is a snap.
And when the day is through, you
can unwind with a few laps in the hotel's
indoor pool or enjoy an invigorating
workout using the state of the art facilities
in the hotel’s gym. Or you might just want
to retreat to the comfort of your room and
lounge in the bathtub for a while, catching
up on the news or enjoying a TV show on
the bath-side TV. Lying there, you might
think that this is all too good to be true. If
only you could live in a place like this. Well,
don't forget to give your boss a call. Did we
mention the Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen
has got serviced apartments as well?
Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen. 4088 Yitian
Lu, Futian District, Shenzhen. Tel: (755) 8828
4088, Web: www.shangri-la.com/shenzhen/
futianshangrila
The News
Hyatt on the Bund
Ritz Carlton Shenzhen
Swiss International Hotels & Resorts (China) announced
the launch of its first hotel in China, the 588-room Swiss
International Hotel Xiamen, formerly the Wyndham
Xiamen. The deluxe five-star property is located ten minutes
from the railway station and five minutes by foot from the ferry
terminal.
Kempinski Hotel Suzhou
Sanya Marriott Resort & Spa
The Westin Wuhan Wuchang has been named as ‘The
Best Hotel in Central South China’ at the fifth Annual TTG China
Travel Awards 2012. Newly opened in 2011, the Westin Wuhan
Wuchang is currently enjoying high acclaim. This is the hotel’s
sixth award since opening.
Summer package: Experience one of the best views in Shanghai
from the comfort of a Hyatt on the Bund room. For RMB 1,500,
guests at this hotel can enjoy dining at the Aroma and Tea Room
restaurants, and sup sublime cocktails at the acclaimed VUE bar. Or
you might want to just relax by the poolside with no plans except
your next treatment at Yuan Spa. Terms and conditions apply.
Suite package: More Space, more comfort, more luxury - more
savings! For RMB 1,588, guests can enjoy a panorama suite with
views of Dushu Lake with complimentary breakfast, high-speed
internet access, access to the health club and 30% discount on
spa treatments. Subject to 15% surcharge.
Long stay package: For a minimum stay of seven nights,
throughout the month of June, the Ritz Carlton Shenzhen provides
the following special rates on its rooms: Deluxe Room: RMB 1,488
upwards; Premier Room: RMB 1,588 upwards; Club Deluxe Room:
RMB 1,888 upwards. All prices are subject to 15% service charge.
Subject to availability. Golf package: Great weather, great beach resort, great golf. The
Golf Package (RMB 3888 + 15% upwards) includes two nights
accommodation in a garden view room, daily buffet breakfast for
two, 10% discount on food and beverages, and of course two
rounds of golf at the Sun Valley golf club. Conditions apply.
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HOTELTALK
SUITE TALK:
Park Hyatt
Kerry Allen
T
he magnificent Shanghai World Financial
Centre is a mesmorising sight on the Shanghai
skyline. Rising up towards the stars and dwarfing
the surrounding skyscrapers, it’s hard to not take this
building as a reference point for your hopes and your
aims, to sigh, raising your head towards the heavens and
thinking, “One day.”
But alas, we only live once, and whatever the occasion:
you’re looking to treat your partner, you frequently come
to Shanghai on business or you’re simply looking to be
inspired, Park Hyatt, reaching from the 79th to the 93rd
floor, is the highest hotel across mainland China, offering
unrivalled views to any other hotel in Shanghai, and is
the perfect place to come to get to know the city really
intimately, up above it all.
The awe factor of Park Hyatt is an experience that
you’ll remember for a lifetime, and I don’t make a
statement like that lightly. The rooms designed by
award winning interior designer Tony Chi of tony chi
and associates, are stylishly furnished in creams and
deep walnut hues with giant modern canvases adorning
the walls. You’ll feel like a celebrity as you stroll about
your 100 square metre plus suite, more so once you’ve
experienced a bath in the oversized bathtub with the
complimentary bath salts and Aromatherapy Associates
cosmetics that the Park Hyatt offers. Cosying up then
with an espresso from your in-room coffee machine in
your Egyptian cotton robe and slippers, you can watch
the sun going down over Shanghai, or enjoy a movie on
one of the three plasma TV screens in the living room,
bedroom or bathroom, and order from a selection of
delicacies on the 24 hour in-room dining menu, or from
the award winning 100 Century Avenue restaurant.
A night’s sleep in the Park Hyatt between the 500 thread
count cotton sheets is pretty unforgettable, but what you’ll
be telling your friends about are the high-tech Japanese
toilets in your room, with automated lids and heated seats.
No details are left spared, and with high class amenities
everywhere you look, adjusting to normalcy after a night in
this little taste of luxury will prove difficult.
But once you’ve watched the sun rise over the Huangpu
River from an 80 storey high, surveying your surroundings
like a king in his castle, you’ll start to believe your dreams
are that little bit more reachable.
RMB 12,000 upwards. Park Hyatt Shanghai, 100 Shijie Dadao,
near Dongtai Lu. Tel: 6888 1234, Web: http://shanghai.park.
hyatt.com
The News
The Renaissance Shanghai
Zhongshan Park Hotel received the 'Best
Meetings & Conventions Hotel in Shanghai'
by TTG China Travel Awards 2012. This is the
third consecutive year the hotel has won this
prestigious industry award.
The Shanghai Marriott Hotel Luwan
announced the official opening of Yu Bar,
where guests can enjoy cocktails, fine wines
and snacks. For June, guests can enjoy three
cocktails at this stylish nighttime destination for
only RMB 108 + 15%.
The Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao presented
a successful night of swing, boogie and blues
music last month with a fantastic turnout,
featuring an acclaimed ensemble of musicians
including Austria-born Richie Loidl and Clemens
Vogler, as well as Redic and his band.
Carrying the reputation of the 'Wang Bao He'
brand within Shanghai’s Grand Central
Hotel for many years, the hotel announced
the grand opening of its flagship restaurant in
Beijing, offering authentic Shanghai cuisine and
high quality Cantonese cuisine.
The Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental
hotel reached a milestone with the completion of
its 3,400 square metre outdoor swimming pool
last month, offering an excellent playground for
families this summer.
Hyatt Regency Qingdao has announced
The Westin Guangzhou welcomes Antony
McNeil as Director of food & beverage. McNeil
comes from Australia and has over 23 years
experience in five star hotels, airport and
resort operations. Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is slated to welcome
guests to its first hotel in the Middle East in early
July. With 1,487 beautifully appointed rooms
and suites, the Swissôtel Makkah will
constitute the largest hotel in Saudi Arabia.
the appointment of Anthony Ha as general
manager. Ha has over 20 years of experience in
the hotel management industry and joined the
Hyatt Regency Qingdao in 2011.
IT’SADATE
A day for dads: Café Bistro's Father's Day Brunch is a feast with dads
in mind. On 17 June from 11.45am – 3pm, families can enjoy hot dogs
off the grill and the thrill of a lucky draw. There's also a beer drinking
competition for dad to show off his drinking prowess by downing some
brews. Responsibly, of course! RMB 398 + 15%; RMB 228 + 15% per
child (4 - 11 years old); (21) 6275 8888 x 4814
Gran Melia Shanghai
Three special set lunch menu offer: From 11.30am – 2.30pm
this month, enjoy a taste of Spain with this fantastic promotion.
Guests at the Spanish Albero Restaurant can enjoy one cold starter,
one main course (fish, meat or paella) and one fruit salad. Free flow
soft drink, coffee and tea is included.
RMB 148 + 15% upwards; (21) 3867 9938
Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai
Park Hyatt Shanghai
InterContinental Shanghai Puxi
Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai
Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park
Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre
Shanghai JC Mandarin
Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel
Dining Room promotion: From 6 – 30 June, Chef Lukas
showcases some creative, light French and Italian dishes in aid of
the warmer weather, in the form of carpaccios and tartares using
classic beef and truffle combinations with modern interpretations.
RMB 125 + 15% upwards; (21) 6888 1234 x 4559
All you can eat yakitori at Sakitori: With the welcoming of a
new season Shanghai Marriott Changfeng Park is offering an
expansive selection of the delicacies that build the foundation for
Japanese cuisine including “original yakitori”, minced chicken
and sliced beef rolls, all you can eat! RMB 178 + 15% upwards;
(21) 2215 6850
Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park
Vietnam promotion: The Celadon restaurant is going Vietnamese
throughout June and July with the Renaissance’s resident
Vietnamese chef sharing the best recipes from his hometown:
expertly prepared noodles, Vietnamese sandwiches, coffees and
beers, and fresh spring rolls. Go ahead, have a pho! From 15 June
to 15 July; (21) 6115 8888
Living up to your afternoon: From 3 – 5.30pm daily in June,
visitors to the Avenue Lobby Lounge at the InterContinental Puxi
can sample tasty treats with this yummy themed afternoon tea,
serving up a selection of sweet treats.
RMB 88 +15% upwards; (21) 5253 9999 x 6311
Teppanyaki promotion: Until 14 June, guests at the City Centre
Marriott can enjoy the Premier Australian wagyu beef steak set,
which includes a choice of appetiser, dobin mushi soup, 150g of
tenderloin or strip loin beef, and original Inagiku ice cream. RMB
680 + 15%; (21) 2312 9888 x 6717
Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel
Dragon Boat Festival promotion: For the traditional Chinese
festival, the Sheraton is preparing a selection of rice dumplings
for you to enjoy with family and friends. A range of flavours
including date and bean, preserved pork and egg yolk, and
oatmeal, green bean, red bean and peanut are available. RMB
128; (20) 6668 8888 x 6806
Memories of mama: Until 5 July, every Saturday from 6 – 10pm,
celebrity chef Shuai Xiao Jian is cooking up mouthwatering
Shanghainese specialties. If your mum is Shanghainese, what
better way to treat her on Mother’s Day, this might just be a trip
down memory lane for her. RMB 38 + 15% upwards; (21) 6256
8888 x 1889
Kerry Master series: As part of a 12 month period showcasing top
chefs across various cuisines, Chef Raku Le, who has worked in
Japan for 11 years, will be conducting a special sushi making class
in The Cook restaurant on 13 June. The Kerry Hotel will also serve
speciality Japanese dishes throughout the month. RMB 300 + 15%
for 13 June; (21) 6169 8888 x 6853
Summer light quick luncheon combo: Throughout June, the JC
Mandarin is offering a refreshing summer deal at the Park Lane Café:
from 12 – 2pm, guests can enjoy a house salad with a choice of
dressing, along with helpings of a signature ice tea. What could be
more ideal in this weather? RMB 88 + 15%; (21) 6279 1888 x 5108
China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel
Fresh Oysters: Enjoy fresh oysters flown in from Australia,
France, South Africa, Canada and the United States exclusively
at Prime Steakhouse. Served chilled on the half shell, these
ocean delicacies make the perfect appetiser and pair well with
a glass of your favourite wine or bubbly. Available per piece, half
dozen or dozen; (20) 8666 6888 x 3468
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IN THE KNOW
WHAT'S ON
what'sON
For event updates check out www.talkmagazines.cn
TOP THREE
COMMUNITY EVENTS
3 June
3 June
JAR Animal Adoption Day
Jaiya’s Animal Rescue holds its first monthly adoption day
where potential owners can meet pets looking for a good
home. 11am – 3pm. Papa’s Bierstube Restaurant, http://
jargroup.doodlekit.com, [email protected]
9 June
Chinese Arts & Crafts Fair
Young Chinese artists, painters, musicians and craftsmen all
share their goods. Memo, Utsuwa Meshi, Café Sambal and
Melange Oasis provide snacks for the passersby. 10am – 4pm.
Jiashan Market, 136 0194 7647, [email protected]
16 June
Painting Without a Brush Workshop for Kids
Local painter Stéfanie Vallée leads a workshop made to help
children explore their own creativity by painting without a
brush. 9.30am – 12pm. RMB 350, includes art supplies
and a three course fresh organic lunch. Origin, artiste@
stefanievallee.com
1 June
M Wine Talk: “Old World vs New World”
Vivian Tan from big time wine distributor ASC leads a
tasting and discussion where old world and new world
wines are compared, going cork to cork, if you will. 6.30pm.
RMB 88, includes wine. Glamour, 6350 9988, www.mrestaurantgroup.com
1 June
Italian National Day
Bar Rouge goes Italian for the evening in celebration of Italy’s
66th National day. Italiano disco tracks fill the air and a green,
white and red dress code fills the crimson halls. RMB 100. Bar
Rouge, [email protected]
Zhang Weiwei and Guo Long CD Release
Popular Chinese folk artists Zhang Weiwei and Guo Long hold
the Shanghai release party for their jointly recorded CD, Baiyin
Hotel. RMB 100, (RMB 80 presale). MAO Livehouse, www.
mao-music.com
2 June
TOP THREE
FOOD EVENTS
12 June
Eat Alien Brain
Digital hardcore band Eat Alien Brain arrives in Shanghai fresh
from Chengdu to share their pops, fizzles, bangs and screams. Udance DJs Esa and Sun get the crowd ready for the sonic assault.
Dada, 150 0018 2212
Sons of Liberty Staged Reading
The 5th Wall Theatre Company holds a staged reading of
local playwright and actor Jason Lasky’s play Sons of Liberty,
a work about a struggling writer attempting to write a play
about incarcerated Wikileaks source Bradley Manning. 6pm
- late (5.30pm doors). RMB 120 (RMB 100 presale) includes
one drink. Anken Green, 139 1735 7942, 5thwalltheater@
gmail.com
5 June
Silver Jubilee
Party
glo London
gets
transported
back to 1977
to relive the
Silver Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth
II. In addition to retro
styled kitsch, there
will also be a buffet of
70s-styled British foods: jelly
and cream, cheese and pineapple
on sticks, sausage rolls and finger
sandwiches. Yum! glo London, 6466
6565, www.glolondon.com
5 June
Els’ Kitchen After Hours: Asian Inspiration
Cooking workshop Els’ Kitchen leads an evening of cooking
food from across Asia: pumpkin soup with lemongrass and
mushrooms, Oriental fish parcels and coconut blend with red
fruits. 7 – 10pm. RMB 400. Els’ Kitchen, 137 9523 2215,
www.elskitchen.webs.com
Tiger Head, Snake Tails
Author Jonathan Fenby gives a lecture discussing his book Tiger
Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where
it is Heading for the Royal Asiatic Society China in Shanghai.
6.30pm. RMB 130 (RMB 80 RAS members). Lily Hall, www.
royalasiaticsociety.org.cn
2 June
21 June
M Food Talk: A Farmer’s Tale
Expatriate boutique vegetable farmer Richard Gelber
discusses the trials and tribulations of growing fancy pants
vegetables in China with M Chef Hamis Pollitt. 12pm. RMB
188, includes a three course lunch and coffee or tea. M on
the Bund, 6350 9988, www.m-restaurantgroup.com
27 June
Tango Wine Dinner
MAYA, Everwines and the Tango Bang Dance Studio team
up for a night of Argentinian cuisine and tango dancing. A
four course meal complete with Argentinian Malbec wine is
followed by a dance performance. 7pm. RMB 480. Maya,
138 1894 2747, [email protected]
Brawl on the Bund VI
Let’s get ready to rumble! The Brawl on the Bund returns
with eight bouts of amateur ‘white collar boxing’ during
a four course black-tie dinner with free flow booze. 7pm
- late. RMB 800 – 1,500. Kerry Hotel, www.smartshanghai.
com/smartticket/brawl-on-the-bund
Brawl on the Bund Afterparty
After-office workers pummel each other on the Bund, boxers and
spectators can enjoy the official Brawl on the Bund after party at Bar
Rouge. Dress code: black tie. RMB 100. Bar Rouge, 6339 1199
3 June
Steve Aoki
Electro titan Steve Aoki, reworker of Snoop Dogg and mixmaster
of Lenny Kravitz, touches down at Shanghai’s hall of mirrors for
one night only. RMB 400 (RMB 200 presale). G Plus, 5386 8088
6 – 8 June
Entremets Entremots
The Sofitel Shanghai Hyland hosts French theatre company
Theatre Nono’s Entremets Entremots, a show where 60
diners interact with their ‘hosts’, participating in and reacting
to discussions and digressions over a nine course French
meal. Performed in French and Chinese. 7pm. RMB 1,288.
Sofitel Shanghai Hyland, 6351 5888 x 4406, sofitel-sales3@
hyland-shanghai.com
JUNE
7 – 9 and 13 – 19 June
TOP THREE
NIGHTLIFE EVENTS
Closer
Local English-language theatre company, Blue Lane presents
Closer by Patrick Marber. Made into a movie of the same
name starring Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and
Julia Roberts, the play tells the story of two couples and their
intertwined infidelities. 8pm (7pm doors). RMB 200 (RMB
180 presale). Strictly Furniture Showroom (Wharf 1846), 138
1763 4907, bluelaneboxoffice@
gmail.com
1 – 2 June
2012 Kidult Festival
Hollywood teams up with party organiser 591party for a
night where you are invited to get in touch with your inner
child, with paper airplanes, pillow fights and the rest.
8.30pm - late. RMB 120 (RMB 80 presale). Hollywood, 5150
1008, www.hollywoodshanghai.com
8 June
CAPTIALS:
DJ Anuar
The house that red
built launches a
night for hosting
resident DJs from the
hippest nightclubs
throughout the
world. Tonight
it’s DJ Anuar,
resident DJ
at Singapore’s
Filter and Mink
clubs. Expect
Southeast Asian
styled soul, 80s,
house and funk.
RMB 100. Bar
Rouge, 6339
1199
23 June
13 June
Jupiter
The Parisian electro-house disco infused duo Jupiter
arrives in Shanghai on their Asian tour. Expect to hear
eclectic samplings filtered through the mash of hip-busting
beats. 9pm - late. RMB 60. MAO Livehouse, www.maomusic.com
30 June
Born in Rio
Get transported to the sandy shores of Rio de Janeiro at
Bar Rouge with batucada rhythms, cachaça cocktails and
samba dancers. Get ready to party like a true Carioca. RMB
100. Bar Rouge, 6339 1199
8 June
maybeshewill
UK instrumental post-rock band, maybeshewill stops in
Shanghai on their Asian tour. Shaoxing-based Little Wizard
supports. 8.30pm - late. RMB 120 (RMB 80 presale). MAO
Livehouse, www.mao-music.com
TOP THREE
LIVE MUSIC EVENTS
The Ice Cream Truck
Crave a rave? Shanghai’s debaucherous party crew, The Ice
Cream Truck returns to its original Xingfu Lu haunt for a night
of tech-house, electro and the usual chaos. Dada, 150 0018
2212
9 June
M Glamour Book Exchange
Bring a book or two to swap for books from Glamour’s wide
selection of titles covering an array of genres and authors.
2 – 4pm. Free entry. Glamour, 6350 9988, www.mrestaurantgroup.com
1 – 2 June
14 June
Poetic Textures
The Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center presents the works
of Ma Nan which combine collage and ancient Chinese
calligraphy with oil paining. Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center,
6466 7428
Independent China in Stereo – Part One
Prominent Beijing-based record label Maybe Mars hosts the
first of its three showcases in Shanghai to commemorate its
fifth anniversary. Maybe Mars folk artists Low Wormwood and
Xiao He support. 8pm - late. RMB 120 (RMB 100 presale). MAO
Livehouse, www.mao-music.com
Jason Mraz
The platinum selling
American singersongwriter, best known
for his song 'I'm
Yours' touches down
in China's city by the
sea. 7.30pm. RMB 280
– 880. Shanghai Grand
Stage, 5150 9199,
http://en.piao.com.
cn/shanghai/ticket_
2625html
10 June
13 June
Night Market
Indie fashion is the theme at this month’s Dada night market.
Get your clothing, accessories and homemade food at Xingfu
Lu’s bastion of hipsterdom. Dada, 150 0018 2212
The Last Waltz: Boys Climbing Ropes
After six years of playing shows in Shanghai and throughout
China, the members of local band Boys Climbing Ropes are
going their separate ways. X is Y, Duck Fight Goose, Rainbow
Danger Club, Stegosaurus?, Battle Cattle, The Macaronians,
Naohai, Moon Tyrant, Iamalam, Next Year’s Love, Androsace
and more join the band for a two-day farewell extravaganza.
8.30pm – late on 1 June, 5pm – late on June 2. RMB 50 per
day, RMB 80 for a two-day pass (available on the first evening).
Yuyintang, 5237 8662, wwww.yytlive.com
14 June
King Salami & The Cumberland 3
With roots in Japan, France, the Caribbean and Spain, the
London-based rhythm and blues band shakes out a vibe with
influences from rockabilly, garage rock and Afro-Caribbean
music. The Macaronians, Friend or Foe and DJ Snaff O’Hara
round out the night. 9.30pm - late. RMB 50 (RMB 40 students).
Yuyintang, 5237 8662, wwww.yytlive.com
JAR Animal Adoption Day
Jaiya’s Animal Rescue holds its second monthly adoption day.
Dogs, cats and more are on display for potential adopters to
meet and greet. 11am – 3pm. Cool Docks South Plaza, http://
jargroup.doodlekit.com, [email protected]
TICT Rooftop Party
The Ice Cream Truck’s rooftop party series at the Bund
lighthouse continues with Beijing’s Elvis T and DJ Mia on the
decks. Mau Mau, Trix and The Uhhh fill in the gaps as the
party rages. 4pm – 2am. Free before 5pm with RSVP. RMB
80 includes one drink. Atanu, www.tictcreative.com
16 June
The Fever Machine
Stoned out local rock outfit The Fever Machine headlines its
first show of the year. Chaos Mind (Shanghai) and Cassette
(Beijing) come to keep them amplifiers groovin’. 9.30pm
- late. RMB 40. Yuyintang, 5237 8662, wwww.yytlive.com
23 June
Independent China In Stereo – Part Three
last of its three showcases in Shanghai to commemorate its
fifth anniversary. Maybe Mars artists Carsick Cars, Birdstriking,
Duck Fight Goose and Chui Wan support. 8pm - late. RMB 120
(RMB 100 presale). MAO Livehouse, www.mao-music.com
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TOP THREE
BEIJING EVENTS
16 June
What Can I
Do to Attract
You?
A group of
eight French
and Chinese
artists share
works made
in response to
the question
‘what can I do
to attract you?’
4pm. Studio Rouge, 5252 7856.
16 June
2 June
Steve Aoki
The LA-based famed electro DJ and producer stops off in
Beijing to make the crowds jump and jive. 10pm - late. RMB
200 – 500. Tango 3/F, 132 4111 1270, seedance@163.
com
16 June
Hedgehog Album Release
Veteran Beijing-based rock band Hedgehog release their
newest album, Sun Fun Gun. 9pm. RMB 80 (RMB 60
presale). Yugong Yishan, 6404 2711, www.yugongyishan.
com
The One-Legged Admiral
The Royal Asiatic Society hosts journalist Tim Luard telling
the gripping story of how the one-legged Admiral Chan
Chak miraculously escaped from Hong Kong just before its
surrender to Japan in the Second World War. 4pm. RMB 80
(RMB 30 members). Radisson Blu Plaza Xingguo Hotel, www.
royalasiaticsociety.org.cn
17 June
Artistry on Ice
American film star Katie Holmes hosts an all-star ice skating
program based around the theme 'Red Temptation'. Olympic
champions Evgeni Plushenko (Russia), Yuna Kim (Korea), Shizuka
Arakawa (Japan) and the couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo all
take to the ice. 7.30pm. RMB 180 – 1,280. Shanghai Oriental
Sports Centre, 5150 9199, http://en.piao.com.cn/shanghai/ticket_
2599.html
22 June
Stockholm Syndrome
It’s time to dress in black for a night where goth and industrial
work their dark ways into the lighter recesses of house and disco
music. Expect dark sounds and darker visuals. Dada, 150 0018
2212
Independent China In Stereo – Part Two
second of its three showcases in Shanghai to commemorate its
fifth anniversary. Maybe Mars artists Snapline, AVokubo, Proximity
Butterfly and Rustic all support. 8pm. RMB 120 (RMB 100 presale).
MAO Livehouse, www.mao-music.com
Fake Me, I’m Famous
City Moments teams up with Hollywood for a party devoted to
celebrity impersonators. “Gadgets and decorations everywhere.”
Ladies get into the walk of fame for free. Fellas, it’s RMB 50 for
you. 10pm – 2.30am. Hollywood, www.hollywoodshanghai.com
23 June
Fete de La Musique Afterparty
It’s that time of year again when Shanghai’s musical artists
fill the streets with music – Fete de La Musique. After a day
of music, The Acid Pony Club, Horses and El’se keep the
celebration going with disco-infused house and electro. Dada,
150 0018 2212
24 June
Crystal Chamber Music: Fraganza Quartet
The quartet performs two selections: Schubert’s Quartet
in E and Haydn’s Quartetto in G. 4pm. RMB 75 (RMB 20
students) includes one drink. Glamour, 6350 9988, www.mrestaurantgroup.com
18 – 19 June
28 – 30 June
Play: At Sea
Israel’s Ruth Kanner Theatre Group presents a play made
up of two stories which explore humanity’s hypocrisies
and hidden desires. 28 – 29 June, 7.30pm; 30 June,
2.30pm. RMB 80. Penghao Theatre, (10) 6400 6452, www.
penghaoren.com
TOP THREE
SOUTH CHINA EVENTS
Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Aida
The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts its current production of Verdi's
Aida in HD. For opera fans, it's as close as you can get without
going to the Met yourself. 7.15pm. RMB 50 – 200. Shanghai
Grand Theatre, 5150 9199, http://en.piao.com.cn/shanghai/
ticket_2637.html
19 June
Zhujiajiao and the Grand Canal
This tour to Shanghai’s nearby watertown held my Newman
Tours gives participants the chance to see the traditional Chinese
garden Kezhi Yuan, the town’s City God Temple as well as take a
ride on a gondola through the town’s canals. 10.30am – 4.30pm.
RMB 680 (adults), RMB 580 (students), RMB 380 (kids) includes
transportation, entry fees, Chinese lunch and a native English
speaking tour guide. Newman Tours, 138 1777 0229, www.
newmantours.com
Every Wednesday
Never Say Never
Two for one gin martinis and 007 movies all night long at
glo London’s third floor lounge bar. It’s an evening sure to
leave you shaken, not stirred. glo London, 6466 6565, www.
glolondon.com
Every Sunday
Shanghai Race Club Tour
Newman Tours hosts a tour of seven of Shanghai’s colonial
era buildings, culminating in a tour of the Shanghai Race Club,
where visitors can learn about the 1934 Shanghai Cup. 1.30
– 5.30pm. RMB 390 (adults), RMB 350 (students), RMB 290
(kids) includes tour, private air conditioned vehicle and all entry
tickets. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Newman Tours,
138 1777 0229, www.newmantours.com
9 June
Zhuhai International Dragon Boat Tournament
The Zhuhai Municipal Government hosts 24 racing teams from
around the world to compete in standard 800m straight ahead
races. Lion and dragon dances as well as shows by model
aircraft will take place between the heats. 8am – 1pm. Xidi
Park, Zhuhai
26 June
We Will Rock You
The LupHam Music Group organises an evening of live rock
music including ChongKimBan, DaiMokWong, Candy Man and
Power Milk. Oh yes, let the rocking begin. 8pm - late. RMB 60
(RMB 40 presale) includes one beer. Musician Livehouse, (20)
2215 0066, http://weibo.com/lupham
21 June
Mahler and His World
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra plays a two part program
during its first ever world tour. The first portion is a mixed
program focusing on the talents of its students, while the
second portion honours the great composer, Gustav Mahler.
7.30pm. RMB 80 – 380. Guangzhou Opera House, (20)3839
2888, www.gzdjy.org
19 June
Yolk: Card Swapping Event
Bring a stack of business cards and get ready to network
at lightning speed. Participants get one minute to exchange
cards and say what they're all about before meeting
someone new. 7.30pm. RMB 120 (RMB 100 with RSVP).
Shanghai Brewery II, http://[email protected]
20 June
FC Club (Shangha) All Alumni Networking Evening
Shanghai’s networking club hosts a night for the alumni of
some of the world’s most prestigious business schools to
hobnob. Schools invited include Harvard HBS, U Penn Wharton,
Chicago Booth, Dartmouth Tuck, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Duke
Fuqua, Virginia Darden… well, you get the idea. See the club’s
website for the full list. 7.30 – 11pm. RMB 170 (RMB 120
presale) including one drink, canapés and lucky draw. Pullman
Shanghai Skyway Hotel, 3318 9988, www.fcclub.com/events/
june202012sh/
Every Weekend
Weekend Barbecue Summer Series
Upscale Xinjiang restaurant Xibo is serves up an all-you-can-eat
BBQ menu on its former French Concession patio. RMB 158.
Xibo, 5403 8330, http://xiboxinjiang.com
All Month
Euro Cup Deal
If there’s a Euro Cup game on the telly, then glo London has
got a deal for you. RMB 76 gets you a classic London pie and
one pint of beer to get you through the game. glo London, 6466
6565, www.glolondon.com
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DINING
American
•
BISTRO BURGER
A Mansion Building, 291 Fumin Lu,
(near Changle Lu).
T: 6170 1315
Real handmade burgers with fresh
ingredients. Hours: Sun-Thu 10am-midnight,
Fri-Sat 10am-4am
BLUE FROG
•102-103A,
Block 6, Daning Life
Hub, 1918 Gonghe Xin Lu. T: 6631
3920. 207-6 Maoming Nan Lu. T:
6445 6634. Room 3, Green Sports &
Leisure Centre, 633 Biyun Lu, Pudong.
T: 5030 6426. GF, Super Brand Mall,
168 Lujiazui Xi Lu. T: 5047 3488. 30
Hongmei Entertainment Street, Lane
3338 Hongmei Lu. T: 5422 5119.
Lower Level, Unit 12, Novel City, 131
Tianyaoqiao Lu. T: 3368 6117
The ever-reliable Frog.
茂名南路270-6; 浦东金桥, 碧云路
633号-3; 浦东新区陆家嘴西路168号
正大广场GF27（1楼）; 虹梅路3338弄
30号; 天钥桥路131号永新坊地下一层
12室(辛耕路口)
KING
•132BURGER
Yuyuan Lu (near Jiaozhou Lu).
T: 6255 2144
Ooh we love a Whopper.
www.burgerking.com
汉堡王: 愚园路132号，近胶州路
ROOM
•1M,GRILL
Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel, 1108
Meihua Lu, Pudong. T: 3858 0888
The steak is great but we love the antipasto
and condiment bar!
California Grill
•40F,JW’s
JW Marriott Hotel, 399 Nanjing Xi
Lu. T: 5359 4969 x 6455
Café 1188
•Lobby
Level, InterContinental
Shanghai Expo, 1188 Xueye Lu (near
Nanmatou Lu). T: 3858 1208
Interactive kitchens and live cooking
stations make this brunch a feast for
the eyes.
咖啡厅1188：浦东雪野路1188号，
近南码头路，上海世博洲际酒店一楼
C by House of Flour
•1228
Beijing Xi Lu. T: 6289 3083
More magic, melting mouthfuls from
Brian Tan.
北京西路1228号
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
•Unit
140-141, Shanghai City Centre,
100 Zunyi Lu. T: 6237 1458. Block B,
1F, Jinlinghaixin Building, 666 Fuzhou
Lu (near Yan’an Dong Lu). T: 6391 7971.
House 10, Lane 181 Taicang Lu,
Xintiandi North Block. T: 6387 4248.
915 Huang Jincheng Lu. T: 6209 9212.
Azia Centre, 133 Yincheng Bei Lu. T:
5877 9558. 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu, Unit
GF02, Super Brand Mall. T: 5047 1012.
No 2, 99 Xikang Lu (near Nanjing Xi
Lu). T: 6289 2163. Unit 1, Basement,
Plaza KIC, 270 Songhu Lu. T: 6533 3103.
Unit 1051B, 1F, Cloud 9 Mall, 1018
Changning Lu. T: 5237 1781. Zendai
Thumb Plaza, No.18, 199 Fangdian Lu. T:
5833 0801. Infniti Plaza ,138 Huaihai
Zhong Lu. T: 6375 6167
Jamaica Blue
•Chevalier
Shop: 82 Wulumuqi Lu.
Shanghai Corporate Avenue Shop: Shop
10, Level 2, 222 Hubin Lu. Ramada
Shop: Shop 6, 719 Nanjing Dong Lu
Binjiang Shop: 60 Weifang Xi Lu The
Exchange: Lobby 101, The Exchange, 299
Tongren Lu Lixing International Plaza
Shop: Shop 101,1319 Yan’an Xi Lu.
KIC Square Shop: Shop 102A, Building
3, KIC Square, 333 Songhu Lu,Yangpu
Central Park Shop: Shop 107, Building
16, Phase 2 Central Park, Apartment
6, Chaoyang Menwei Dajie,Chaoyang
District, Beijing Park Avenue Shop:
Shop 115, Park Avenue, 6 Chaoyang
Gongyuan Nan Lu, Chaoyang District,
Beijing Yosemite Shop: Lobby 1,
Yosemite Club, 4 Yuyang Road, Houshayu
Town, Shunyi District, Beijing
亦园店:乌鲁木齐中路82号;上海企业
天地店:湖滨路222号1号楼2层10号
铺;南京东路店:南京东路719号6号商
铺;上海浦东潍坊西路60号（近浦城
路）;东海广场店:铜仁路299号东海
广场101;利星国际广场店:上海市长
宁区延安西路1319弄101室;创智广
场店:杨浦区淞沪路333号创智天地三
期102A单元;新城国际店:朝阳区朝外
大街6号新城国际B期16号楼107号商
铺;公园大道店;朝阳区公园南路6号院
4-3号;顺义优山美地店:顺义区后沙
峪镇榆阳路4号优山美地俱乐部
Hotel, 500 Hengfeng Lu, Shanghai.
T: 5253 9999 x 6336
Slabs of meat are complemented by a
collection of premium vintages from the
wine cellar.
Alley
•NewPeacock
Tower Lobby Level, Waldorf Astoria
恒丰路500号,上海浦西洲际酒店 3 楼
Bakery & Deli
•2F,Bauernstube
Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel,
5 Zunyi Nan Lu.
T: 6275 8888 x 3104
One of the best places in Shanghai to get
cold cuts.
农夫之家食品店：上海市遵义南路
5号，虹桥喜来登上海太平洋大饭店2楼
glo London Bakery Cafe
•1 Wulumuqi
Nan Lu (near Dongping
Lu). T: 6466 6565
Freshly-baked goodies await carb lovers
here, and there's fresh roasted coffee for
a pick-me-up. Hours: 7am-10pm. www.
glolondon.com
Shanghai on the Bund, 2 Zhongshan
Dong Yi Lu. T: 6322 9988
Hours: 9am-11pm
Café
•1F,Gourmet
Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi
Lu. T: 6289 5733
陕西北路455号; 南京西路1376号上
海商城111室
Costa Coffee
•Shop
B, 1F, Ramada Plaza, 719
Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 6351 2916.
Ciro's Plaza, 388 Nanjing Xi Lu. T:
6334 6035. 545 Pudong Dadao.
T: 6888 1773. Metro Tower: 1111
Zhaojiabang Lu. T: 6426 7854. 15
& 17 Xiangcheng Lu (near Dongfang
Lu). T: 5081 1182. Joy Plaza: 9
Zhenning Lu. T: 5238 2901. 3196
Hongmei Lu. T: 6406 5909. 269
Wujiang Lu. T: 6136 1403. 638
Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 5306 5231.
588 Nanquan Bei Lu. T: 5190 6295
Costa cafés are springing up all over town.
www.costa.net.cn
(华美达店) 南京东路715号; (仙乐斯
店) 南京西路388号仙乐斯广场; (港汇
店) 虹桥路1号港汇广场2楼; (Eton 裕
景店) 浦东大道545号; (美罗城办公
楼) 肇嘉浜路1111号; 向城路15号和
17号; 九尊,镇宁路9号; 虹梅路3196号
LOUNGE
•GF,JASMINE
Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20
Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 6321 6888
Bakery
•1F,Madeleine
Hotel Sofitel, 505 Nanjing Dong Lu.
T: 6351 5888 x 4186
Chocolate éclairs and other Parisian goodies.
Hours: 7am-9pm
玛德莱娜西饼屋: 南京东路505号, 海
仑宾馆1楼
Cafes, Coffee, Ice Cream
•C-6,BECA
Red Town, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu.
T: 6280 7232
The perfect place to contemplate life over
a latte.
Famed for its traditional high tea indulgence
presented on tiered silver tea stands. Hours:
8am – midnight. www.fairmont.com
中国上海南京东路20号 200002
Crème Milano
•434LeShaanxi
Nan Lu. T: 6433 5208
www.lecrememilano.com
The Lobby
•Lobby
Level, The Peninsula Shanghai,
32 on the Bund. T: 2327 2888
All-day dining and the celebrated Peninsula
Afternoon Tea with live entertainment.
大堂茶座: 中山东一路32号上海半
岛酒大堂
Qbake 原味坊
•Carrefour
Gubei Shop; 268,
Shuicheng Nan Lu. T: 3211 0230.
Room 107, Infiniti Plaza 1F, 138
Huaihai Zhong Lu.T: 5888 8993. Room
113, Building 1, Xinyi Street, Building
84, 700 Yishan Lu. T: 3469 0036.
Carrefour Jinqiao Shop: 1F, 555 Biyun
Lu. T: 5888 8993. Jinting Shop: Unit
1-07,1078 Hongquan Lu. T: 3468 7598
www.qbake.cn
家乐福古北店：水城南路268号古北
家乐福1楼. 淮海中路店：淮海中路
138号无限度广场商场1楼107室. 宜山
路店：宜山路700号84栋新宜街1号楼
113室. 家乐福金桥店：浦东新区金桥
碧云路555号. 井亭店：虹泉路1078号
1-07单元
•30 cha
Sinan Lu (near Huaihai Zhong Lu).
T: 6093 2062
Hong Kong-style canting straight out of
the 1950s.
Bistro
•3F,China
Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan
Hotel, 159 Henan Nan Lu (near Fuyou
Lu). T: 2321 8888
Capturing the essence of great home
cooked provincial Chinese cuisine.
Hours: 11am-2.30pm, 5-10pm
万丽轩: 河南南路159号豫园万丽酒店
3楼(近福佑路)
•
Crystal Jade
Unit 2F-12A & B, House 6-7, Lane
123 Xingye Lu, South Block Xintiandi.
T: 6385 8752. 7F, West Gate Mall,
1038 Nanjing Xi Lu (near Jiangning
Lu). T: 5228 1133. 507B, 5F, Grand
Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu
Club Jin Mao of Grand Hyatt Shanghai,
one of the most exclusive authentic
Shanghainese restaurants.
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm
金茂俱乐部：浦东世纪大道88号金茂
君悦大酒店86楼
1039
•1039FuYuyuan
Lu (near Jiangsu Lu).
羿庭：上海外滩华尔道夫酒店,上海市
黄浦区中山东一路2号
Beacon Café
•500Red
Beijing Xi Lu (inside Jing'an
Sculpture Park)
北京西路500号（静安雕塑公园二
号门）
Salon de Ville
•Waldorf
Astoria Club L Level, Waldorf
Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, 2
Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. T: 6322 9988
Talk likes to enjoy an afternoon reminiscing
at the former news room where Shanghai
Club members read their papers and
smoked their pipes. Hours: 12-11pm
上海外滩华尔道夫酒店上海黄浦区中
山东一路2号
• Emerald Garden
2F, Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao Hotel,
5 Zunyi Nan Lu. T: 6275 8888 x 4910
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm
翡翠园中餐厅：上海市遵义南路5号，
虹桥喜来登上海太平洋大饭店2楼
Lam Moon
•2F,Fook
River Wing, Pudong Shangri-La, 33
Fucheng Lu. T: 6882 8888 x 25
Specialises in sharks fin, abalone and birds
nest. Hours: Mon-Fri 11.30am-2.30pm,
Sat-Sun 11.30am-3pm. Daily 5-10pm
福临门: 浦东富城路33号上海浦东香格
里拉大酒店浦江2楼
•
Jade Chinese Restaurant
5F, Hotel Main Tower, InterContinental
Shanghai Puxi. T: 5253 9999 x 6399
COURT
•TheMING
Langham Xintiandi, Level 5, 99
Madang Road, Xintiandi. T: 2330 2288
If you crave contemporary Chinese cuisine,
then Ming Court is your choice. Specialising
in Shanghainese and Cantonese dishes,
creating an innovative mix of traditional
favourites and modern delicacies.
www.mingcourt-xintiandi.com
新天地朗廷酒店: 马当路99号五层
Offers an upscale Sichuan dining experience.
天府楼: 华山路250号希尔顿酒店39楼
Spice
•3F,Sichuan
No.500 Hengfeng Lu, Hotel Main
Tower, InterContinental Shanghai.
T: 5253 9999 x 6358
Garden
•6F,Paradise
Jinmao Tower, 88 Shiji Dadao,
Pudong. T: 5047 7773
Hours: 11.30am-3pm, 5.30-11pm
天萃庭: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂裙
房6层
CUISINE
•6F,SHANG-HIGH
Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel
Shanghai. 1108 Meihua Lu, Pudong.
T: 3858 0768 / 0760
A new Cantonese restaurant with a modern
design. www.fccshanghai.com
上海市巨鹿路889号(11-12幢3-4层)
靠近常熟路
Hui Tang
•2F,Sheng
InterContinental Shanghai Expo,
We love it for its interactive show kitchens
and live cooking stations.
Jing Ge
•5F,Wei
Waldorf Astoria Club, 2 Zhongshan
Dong Yi Lu. T: 6322 9988
Fancy pants Cantonese at the Waldorf
- what's not to love?
www.waldorfastoriashanghai.com Hours:
Lunch 11.30am-3pm, Dinner 5.30-11pm.
蔚景阁中山东一路2号外滩华尔道
夫酒店5楼
•
Whampoa Club
5F, Three on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan
Dong Yi Lu. T: 6321 3737
黄浦会: 中山东一路3号外滩3号5楼
淮海路1250号，近常熟路
•BundTan18,Wai5F,Lou
18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
Xiao Nan Guo •3337
Hongmei Lu. T: 3208 9777.
Café
•2F,YiGrand
Tower, Pudong Shangri-La,
Gourmet Cantonese on the Bund.
Hours: 11am-2.30pm, 6-10.30pm
740 Hankou Lu. T: 6080 0800
T: 6339 1188
滩外楼中餐厅: 外滩18号5楼,中山东
一路18号
Hao
•39F,Wan
JW Marriott Hotel, 399 Nanjing Xi
Lu. T: 5359 4969 x 6436
Cantonese creations with stunning city
views. Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.3010.30pm
万豪轩中餐厅：南京西路399号39楼
Li Restaurant
•2F,Wan
Renaissance Shanghai Pudong
Hotel, 100 Changliu Lu. T: 3871 4888 x
6612 Hours: 11am-2pm, 5-10pm
•25F,Zpark
1018 Changning Lu (Renaissance
万丽轩: 浦东长柳路100号淳大万丽
酒店2层
Sit back, relax and choose from a range of
60 coffee varieties from around the world.
T: 3323 6666
Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel).
T: 6115 8810
Yue Xuan
•Tower
2, 1F, 1116 Hongsong Dong Lu.
长宁路1018号上海龙之梦万丽酒店25楼
Seriously authentic Cantonese, and the
Singaporean chef throws in some great
Southeast Asian specialties too!
Chinese - Cantonese
•8F,AiLeMei
Royal Méridien Shanghai, 789
Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 3318 9999 x 7700
Traditional Cantonese, with innovative
presentations. Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm,
Sichuan Citizen Restaurant
•& Bar
30 Donghu Lu. T: 5404 1235
This Sichuanese restaurant, cocktail bar and
tea house is an expansion of the popular
Citizen Cafe. www.citizenshanghai.com
龙门阵茶屋川菜馆：东湖路30号
唐阁：汉口路740号2楼
豫园咖啡厅：河南南路159号豫园万
丽酒店大堂(近福佑路)
恒丰路500号，上海浦西洲际酒店3楼
迷•上海餐厅：梅花路1108号上海卓
美亚喜玛拉雅酒店6楼
Superbly inventive food with a dedicated
following. Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm,
5.30-10pm
Contemporary café with open kitchens.
Hours: 12pm-11pm
Sichuan Spice offers a pleasant and
memorable dining experience with innovative
Sichuan cuisine and elegant environment
combining Chinese and Western flavour.
Regional Chinese dishes with seasonal,
organic ingredients. www.Jumeirah.com
In Hong Kong, T’ang Court enjoys an envied
reputation and two coveted Michelin stars.
Yuyuan Hotel, 159 Henan Nan Lu (near
Fuyou Lu). T: 2321 8888
Court
•39F,Sichuan
Hilton Shanghai, 250 Huashan Lu.
T: 6248 7777 x 1890
•1250Whisk
Huaihai Zhong Lu (near Changshu
Yi Garden Café •Lobby
Level, Renaissance Shanghai
品川, 桃江路47号, 恒隆广场5层南京
西路1266号
Yum... hongshao rou!
Court
•2F,T’ang
The Langham, Yangtze Boutique,
浦东富城路33号, 上海浦东香格里拉大
酒店紫金楼二楼
5F, Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu.
T: 6288 8897. Hotline: 400 820 7706,
Delivery: 6209 6209
T: 6209 1686
赛丽娜: 延安西路488号上海日航酒
店一楼
Talk reckons the Yi Café offers the best
Sunday brunch in Shanghai.
Chuan
•47PinTaojiang
Lu. T: 6437 9361.
House
•221Full
Shimen Er Lu (near Xinzha Lu)
Changshu Lu). T: 6445 8082 盛会堂：浦东雪野路1188号，近南码
头路上海世博洲际酒店2楼
Shanghai, 33 Fucheng Lu.
T: 6882 8888 x 210
Chinese - Sichuan
@ F.C.C.
•BldgMANCHURIA
11-12, 3-4F, 889 Julu Lu (near
A la carte menu with Asian and Western
specialties for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hours: 6.30am–11.30pm
Hours: 10.30am-11.30pm. www.whiskcafe.
com.cn. [email protected]
雍福会: 永福路200号
Crazy villa with nooks and crannies.
everywhere. 愚园路1039号，近江苏路
上海恒丰路500号,上海浦西洲际酒
店5 楼
•
Lu). T: 5404 7770
Set on the grounds of the former British
Consulate, a haven of fine food, exquisite
antiques and peaceful gardens.
Cantonese, Shanghainese and other regional
specialties.
1188 Xueye Lu (near Nanmatou Lu).
T: 3858 1172
SERENA CAFÉ
488 Yan'an Xi Lu, Hotel Nikko Shanghai.
T: 3211 9999
Yongfoo Elite
•200The
Yongfu Lu. T: 5466 2727
T: 5237 1878
龙凤厅和平饭店：上海南京东路20号
廷廊：汉口路740号朗廷扬子精品酒
店1楼大堂
500 Steak House
•3F,Prime
Hotel Main Tower, InterContinental
粤珍轩: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂君悦
大酒店55楼
Shiji Dadao, Pudong. T: 5049 1234
x 8688
Quintessential Cantonese and Shanghainese
specialties. Hours: 11.30am - 2pm, 5.30
- 10pm. www.fairmont.com
Serving the Signature Langham afternoon tea
with live classical music in the afternoons.
曼哈顿扒房：虹桥路2270号万豪虹桥
大酒店2楼
Cantonese haute cuisine, contemporary
Chinese décor and marvellous city views.
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm
Club Jin Mao
•Grand
Hyatt, 86F, Jin Mao Tower, 88
Dong Lu. T: 6321 6888
•
As fantastic as the steaks here may be,
we've also had a mighty fine lobster here.
Dadao, Pudong. T: 5047 1234 x 8779
上海市浦东新区方甸路599弄1号
（近锦绣路）
Phoenix
•8F,Dragon
Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing
Palm Court
1F, The Langham, Yangtze Boutique,
740 Hankou Lu. T: 6080 0743
Hongqiao Lu. T: 6237 6000 x 6633
Canton
•Grand
Hyatt, 55F, Jinmao Tower, 88 Shiji
Exclusive access to luxury private lounge
with Huaiyang cuisine.
翡翠酒家: 兴业路123弄新天地6-7号
楼F-12A-B；南京西路1038号梅龙镇
广场7楼；虹桥路1号港汇广场507B
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm
Steakhouse
•2F,Manhattan
Marriott Hotel Hongqiao, 2270
艾美中餐厅：南京东路789号上海世
茂皇家艾美酒店(8楼)
Fave of Hong Kongers looking for some good
hometown cooking.
香啡缤: 遵义路100号虹桥上海城一
楼140-141单元; 福州路666号金陵
海欣大厦1楼B座, 近延安路; 太仓路
181弄新天地广场北里10号楼; 黄金
城道915号; 浦东银城北路133号汇亚
大厦101室; 陆家嘴西路168号正大广
场GF02商铺; 西康路99弄-2(南京西
路,近恒隆广场2座); 淞沪路270号创
智天地广场地下一层01单元,创智天
地店; 长宁路1018号1051室龙之梦店;
芳甸路199弄证大大拇指广场; 淮海中
路138号无限度广场2楼
加州扒房：南京西路399号, 万豪酒
店40楼
5.30-10pm
17 Yincheng Xi Lu. T: 5887 7000.
1398 Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6289 1717.
3F, New Jinjiang Tower, 161 Changle
Lu. T: 6472 1982 / 6415 1188 x 80306
Deserved reputation for traditional
Shanghainese food. Hours: 11am-2pm,
5-10pm
小南国：虹梅路3337号; 银城西路
17号; 南京西路1398号；长乐路161号
新锦江大酒店三楼
Shanghai
•338YeHuangpi
Nan Lu, Xintiandi.
T: 6311 2323
Modern Shanghainese with a solid dim sum
spread and live jazz every weekend. Hours:
11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm
夜上海: 黄陂南路338号新天地
Beauty
•5F,South
Shanghai Times Square, 93
Unit 1, 28 Taojiang Lu. T: 6445 2581.
Unit B7-B8, Shanghai City Centre,
100 Zunyi Lu (near Xianxia Lu). T: 6237
2885. 881 Yan’an Zhong Lu. T: 6247
5878. 3F, Citic Square, 1168 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 5292 5331
Great Sichuan classics served with flair in
fantastic surroundings. Hours: 11am-10pm
俏江南：淮海中路93号大上海时代
广场5楼；桃江路28号一座；遵义路
100号虹桥上海城外围街B7-B8单
元,近仙霞路; 延安中路881号；南京西
路1168号中信泰富广场3楼
Chinese - Yangzhou
•
SOAHC Restaurant & Tea
Garden
Bldg 3, Lane 123, Xingye Lu, Xintiandi.
T: 6385 7777
It’s chaos spelled backwards! Go figure.
鸿禧茶居: 兴业路123弄新天地南里
3号楼
Du Lac
•383Villa
Huangpi Nan Lu (near Xingye Lu).
T: 6387 6387
湖庭: 黄陂南路383号(近兴业路)
Delivery
Element Fresh
•T: 5116
9887
Laowais love EF! Minimum order RMB 40.
No delivery fee. Delivery service covers
downtown, Lujiazui and Jinqiao area.
http://order.elementfresh.com
上海市红松东路1116号
Chinese - Shanghai
599
•LaneChateau
599, 1 Fangdian Lu (near Jinxiu
Lu). T: 5033 9113
June12 TalkMagazine
53
Munchies
•974
Wuding Lu, (near Jiaozhou Lu).
T: 6218 4616. 563 Shunchang Lu
(near Yongnan Lu). T: 6311 3616
Free delivery within 1km. Hours: 10am10pm
Sherpa's
•T: 6209
6209
Mao Tower. Hours: 11.30-2pm, 5.30-11pm
拉图餐厅: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂
裙楼5楼
Petit Franck
•376LeWukang
Lu (inside Ferguson Lane).
T: 6437 6465
hour, pool table, catering, company events
and family days.
Ginger •299
Fuxing Xi Lu. T: 6433 9437.
CATHAY ROOM
•9F,THE
复兴西路299号
蓝枪鱼餐厅：浦东金桥碧云社区蓝天
路689号（迪卡侬对面）
Dong Lu. T: 6321 6888
Sparkling Bund views and European
home-style dishes for breakfast, lunch and
dinner. Open daily from 6am -11pm. www.
fairmont.com
Serving hungry people in Shanghai since
1999, Sherpa's now works with over 100
international and Chinese restaurants. www.sherpa.com.cn
华懋阁：上海南京东路20号
•TheCACHET
Madang Lu, Xintiandi. T: 2330 2288
Delivers an innovative assortment of
international and Asian dishes. Open for
breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner,
guests can indulge in the Cachet’s global
epicurean delights throughout the day.
www.mingcourt-xintiandi.com
Mr & Mrs Bund
•Modern
Eatery by Paul Pairet
Healthful fusion food and revitalising
ginger-infused teas.
www.gingercorp.asia
Wine alcove? Check. Barista bar? Check.
Courtyard garden? Check. And it's part of
the Waldorf's great brunch tour!
Hours: 6.30am-11pm
百味园：上海外滩华尔道夫酒店, 上
海市黄浦区中山东一路2号
Lounge & Restaurant
•842842Hengshan
Lu (near Tianping Lu).
T: 5466 0842
A three-story villa that serves contemporary
French cuisine. Hours: Sun-Thurs 3pm-2am,
Fri-Sat 3pm-late
上海衡山路842号，近天平路
Allure
•Lobby,
Le Royal Méridien Shanghai,
789 Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 3318 9999
x 7022
The menu of traditional French dishes
comes highly recommended.
艾露：南京东路789号上海世茂皇家
艾美酒店(大堂楼)
Brasserie la fourchette
•1 Xiangyang
Bei Lu (near Julu Lu).
T: 6418 6389
•JeanNougatine
Georges, 4F, Three on the
Bund, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (near
Guangdong Lu). T: 6321 7733
As the casual sibling to Jean Georges,
Nougatine features the same top-notch
cooking and a menu suitable for all budgets.
Hours: 6–11pm
German
T: 158 2167 6767 / 6437 6465
As French as it gets in Shanghai. Hours:
Tues-Sun from 6-10.30pm, Sat & Sun from
12-2.30pm
玛利亚西餐厅：九江路700号/南京东
路719号南新雅大酒店二楼
Bar and Café
•222Citizen
Jinxian Lu (near Shaanxi Nan Lu).
T: 6258 1620
Cosy relaxed European decor, first floor
coffee house and lounge with wi-fi.
Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-12.30am, Sat-Sun
10-12.30am
进贤路222号, 近陕西南路
Dadao, Pudong. T: 5047 5859
Fine French fare in the shadow of the Jin
•2F,Amici
1116 Yan’an Xi Lu, The Longemont
Shanghai. T: 6115 9988 x 8230
This New York-style fine dining restaurant
is elegant without being too formal.
上海外滩华尔道夫酒店：上海黄浦区
中山东一路2号
Paulaner Brauhaus
•150
Fenyang Lu. T: 6474 5700.
Xintiandi North Block, Lane 181
Taicang Lu (near Madang Lu).
T: 6320 3935. 2967 Lujiazui Lu.
T: 6888 3935
Serves bountiful plates of authentic German
food and jugs of German grog. Hours:
Mon-Fri 5pm-2am, Sat 12pm-2am, Sun
11am-2am
宝莱纳：汾阳路150号；太仓路181弄
新天地广场北里19-20号；陆家嘴西
路2967号
Healthy, tasty food and great service. Hours:
Sun-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri-Sat 7am-midnight
新元素：南京西路1376号112室；淮
海中路1028号嘉华中心4&5楼；浦东
陆家嘴正大广场一楼；虹桥路1号港
汇广场; 红枫路331号; 西藏南路228号
永银大厦6楼；延安西路2088号虹桥
嘉顿广场一层;花木路1378号浦东嘉
里城1楼
T: 6888 1234 x 4560
One of the highest restaurants in the world,
and it has multiple show kitchens? Too many
views to choose from!
Atrium Café
•Lobby,
Hilton Hotel, 250 Huashan Lu.
T: 6248 0000 x 1860
Different buffets available through the week,
and a Champagne brunch every Sunday.
All day dining with a global spread of
Chinese, Pan-Asian and Atlantic favourites.
www.shanghaihongqiao.hilton.com
全日制餐厅-元：上海红松东路
1116号，上海虹桥元一希尔顿酒店
二号楼一层
Restaurant
•1F,Saints
The Hongta Hotel, 889 Dongfang Lu,
Pudong. T: 5050 4567 x 6312
圣思园：浦东东方路889号1楼上海瑞
吉红塔大酒店
COOK
•1388TheHuamu
Lu, Kerry Hotel Pudong,
Shanghai. T: 6169 8888
International a la carte restaurant featuring
11 live theatre kitchens, with a gourmet deli
and food hall. Don't miss the laksa! Hours:
6.30am-11pm
T8
•House
8, North Block Xintiandi, Lane
181, Taicang Lu. T: 6355 8999
Justifiably labelled world class.
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm,
6.30-11.30pm.
太仓路181弄新天地北里8号
All Day Dining
•1F,Vie
Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental,
3388 Sichen Lu, Sijing Town.
T: 3761 8888 x 1911
Dine in style with tranquil lagoons and fresh
seafood.
上海市松江区泗泾镇泗陈公路
3388弄，上海东方佘山索菲特大酒
店1楼
Marlin Bar & Restaurant
•689Blue
Lantian Lu, Green City Jinqiao.
elevated
•TheXTD
Features a live band, outdoor seating, happy
贡多拉意式餐厅：河南中路16号，
近延安东路
La Piazzetta Italian
•Restaurant
Basement B02, Shanghai Bay, 1138
Pudong Nan Lu (near Zhangyang Lu).
T: 6888 2993
Serves delicious and healthy Italian food
and top quality wine.
Hours: 11.30am–2.30pm; 6pm–midnight
• Osteria
226 Jinxian Lu (near Shanxi Nan Lu).
T: 6256 8998
Mia
•10 Bella
Baoqing Lu (near Fuxing Zhong Lu).
T: 3461 9627
Some of the best Neapolitan pizzas in town!
•3F,Basilico
InterContinental Shanghai Expo,
1188 Xueye Lu (near Nanmatou Lu).
T: 3858 1172
They have a marble table shaped like Italy.
'Nuff said.
巴赛利意大利餐厅：浦东雪野路
1188号，近南码头路上海世博洲际
酒店三楼
Pane e Vino Ristorante
•207-7
Maoming Nan Lu (near Yongjia
Owner/chef Antonio Sciaraffa serves
authentic Italian food in a friendly, home
setting.
茂名南路207号-7(近永嘉路)
Bistrot
•1023Pomodoro
Kangding Lu. T: 6218 3798
Authentic Italian food with simple, fresh,
healthy ingredients.
静安区康定路1023号
•2F,Prego
The Westin Shanghai, 88 Henan
Zhong Lu. T: 6335 1888
Faultless Italian in the classy atrium
setting of The Westin.
帕戈意大利餐厅：河南中路88号威斯
汀大饭店2楼
Isabelle
•19 Trattoria
Ji'an Lu, (near Hubin Lu).
T: 6384 2322
Isabelle serves simple Italian food that
keeps people coming back for more.
Hours: 11.30am-2pm, 5.30-11.30pm
An authentic dining experience best ended
with its delicious pear and ricotta dessert.
[email protected]
Hours: Lunch 11.30am-2.30pm, High Tea
3-5.30pm, Dinner 6pm-10.30pm
•
华山路250号，希尔顿大酒店大堂
T: 5030 9676
If mid-priced homestyle pastas and pizzas
float your boat, Gondola’s your ticket.
Hands down one of the best Italian joints in
town. 巨鹿路913号, (近常熟路)
中山东一路27号
Avenue
•100100ShijiCentury
Dadao.
Dong Lu). T: 6321 9803
Lu). T: 5465 2177
建国中路155弄18号（瑞金路口）
T: 5403 4528
Continental delights are the order of the day
at this restaurant, along with the impressive
Bund view.
www.rooseveltchina.com
•
Gondola
•16 La
Henan Zhong Lu (near Yan’an
Traditional Italian food with a touch of Venice.
•913Casanova
Julu Lu (near Changshu Lu).
27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. T: 2322
0888
Essence - All Day Dining
1F, Block 2, 1116 Hongsong Dong Lu,
Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao.
T: 3323 6571
浦东陆家嘴西路2967号D座
Square,1717 Nanjing Xi Lu.
T: 3127 8577
• THE HOUSE OF ROOSEVELT, SKY
Restaurant
郁▪全日餐厅：梅花路1108号上海卓美
亚喜玛拉雅酒店1楼
T: 5054 1265
•1F,SABATINI
South Annex,Wheelock
厨：上海浦东嘉里大酒店上海浦东新
区花木路1388号
International buffet for breakfast, lunch and
dinner. www.Jumeirah.com
Salvatore cuomo
•SuiteTheD,Kitchen
2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu.
Italian eatery lauded for its hearty prix fixe
menu and oyster fetish.
Fresh
•NoElement
112, Shanghai Centre, 1376
Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6279 8682.
4-5F, Kwah Centre, 1028 Huaihai
Zhong Lu (near Donghu Lu).
T: 5403 8865. GF, Northwest corner,
Super Brand Mall, Luijiazui Xi Lu (near
Fucheng Lu), Pudong.
T: 5047 2060. Shop 163, GF, Grand
Gateway Mall, 1 Hongqiao Lu.
T: 6407 5992. 331 Hongfeng Lu,
Jinqiao, Pudong. T: 3382 1700.
6F, 228 Xizang Nan Lu.
T: 6334 3598. 1F, Gubei Garden Plaza,
2088 Yan'an Xi Lu. T: 5116 9887.
1F, Kerry Parkside Pudong 1378
Huamu Lu (near Fangdian Lu, opposite
Century Park South Gate)
Sample authentic cuisine from various
regions of Italy. Hours: 12-2pm, 6-10.30pm
•
江阴路57号(近黄陂北路)
Lu. T: 6321 7733
Regularly voted the best dining in town.
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10pm
让乔治法国餐厅：中山东一路
3号4楼
Tour
•5F, La
Jin Mao Tower Side Building, 88 Shiji
•
Pelham’s
Waldorf Astoria Club L Level, Waldorf
Astoria Shanghai on the Bund,
2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
T: 6322 9988
万丽咖啡厅：浦东长柳路100号上海
淳大万丽酒店2楼
Georges
•4F, Jean
Three on the Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yi
T: 6215 8777
French twins and chefs Jacques and Laurent Pourcel have Michelin stars. Hours:
Daily, 5.30-10.30pm
陕西南路35号8楼近长乐路
Italian
Bringing wine experience and enjoyment
to a new level in a historical setting.
www.napawinebarandkitchen.com
•
•8F, 35 Shaanxi Nan Lu, near Changle Lu. 常熟路83号3楼 (近巨鹿路)
•
ARTE CAFE & LOUNGE
1F, Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai
1108 Meihua Lu, Pudong. T. 3858 0718
x 0710
LA TABLE
One of the best Indian restaurants in the city.
Hours: 11.30am-2pm, 6-10.30pm
www.vedascuisine.com
NAPA Wine Bar & Kitchen
1-2F, 57 Jiangyin Lu (near Huangpi
Bei Lu). T: 6318 0057
Global
T: 5465 9055
A great selection of galettes, crepes,
traditional cakes and cider. Hours: 10.30am
until late, last order 11.30pm
桃江路1号,近东平路
上海龙之梦丽晶大酒店二楼
A la carte menu and dinner buffet.
Hours: 6.30am-11pm
德国乡村酒吧：虹梅路3338弄, 虹梅
休闲街22-24号 (靠近延安西路)
On top of hosting one of the city's most
professional cooking class, Stiller's fine dines
with the best.
La Creperie
•1 Taojiang
Lu (near Dongping Lu).
Yan’an Xi Lu.
T: 6115 9988 x 8220
•
Decent German food for reasonable prices in
a cosy, hearty atmosphere. Hours: 10.30amlate. www.papas-bierstube.com
near Fuxing Dong Lu
T: 6321 0586
French comfort food with classic dishes such
as French onion soup and tarte tatin. www.
hamiltonhouse.com.cn
2
Renaissance Brasserie
2F, Renaissance Shanghai Pudong
Hotel, 100 Changliu Lu.
T: 3871 4888 x 6622
Hongmei Lu. T: 6465 8880
•TheStiller's
Cool Docks, 479 Zhongshan Lu,
House
•137Hamilton
Fuzhou Lu (near Jiangxi Lu).
•
VEDAS
3F,No.83 Chang Shu Lu (near Julu Lu)
T: 6445 8100 / 6404 1551
Bacaro Italian Restaurant &
Vinoteca
Lane 155, 18 Jianguo Zhong Lu (near
Ruijin Er Lu). T: 6473 0774
Bierstube
•UnitPapa’s
22-24, Hongmei Food Street, 3338
世纪大道100号上海柏悦酒店87楼,
近东泰路
BistroT
•376Franck
Wukang Lu, Ferguson Lane.
襄阳路102号 (近淮海路 )
One of the most extensive selections of
Asian and Western cuisines in the city.
With Chef Gerhard at the helm, we've had
some great meals here.
乾门：虹桥路1468号
Spectacular city views, fresh a la carte
and elaborate buffets.
Students flock to the all-you-can-eat-anddrink deal in the evenings.
Fantastic Australian filet and sirloin steak and much more.
Shanghai. T: 6888 1234 x 4560
Called The Door because it’s full of antique
doors. It's certainly unique.
Xi Lu. T: 5359 4969 x 6422
Lu (near Yingchun Lu). T: 5033 2642.
Peace Square, 12-20 Shuicheng Lu
(near Hongqiao Lu). T: 6278 8626
•
Room
•87F,Dining
100 Shiji Dadao, Park Hyatt
•
Café
•38F,Marriott
JW Marriott Hotel, 399 Nanjing
Punjabi
•Thumb
Plaza, Lane 199, 43 Fangdian
Walk inside and be transported to the
culinary heart of Italy, where you will indulge
in authentic Italian cuisine with a modern
touch.
Good French fare with even better service.
The Door
1468 Hongqiao Lu. T: 6295 3737
米氏餐厅：外滩5号7楼
The cheapest free flow brunch in town.
•2F,OTheon2Longemont Shanghai,1116
Chez Marie
2F, Majesty Plaza, 700 Jiujiang Lu / 719
Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 6350 0000 x 201
•27F,Giovanni’s
Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao
吉范尼斯意大利餐厅：上海市遵义
南路5号，虹桥喜来登上海太平洋大
饭店27楼
富城路33号浦东香格里拉大酒店36楼
南京东路719号上海南新雅大酒店2楼
Five tables with bistro fare, just like the
name says.
Indian
中山南路505号
The sort of restaurant you read about in
Conde Nast magazines and other glossies.
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 6.15-10.30pm
•
宣化路92号
Tempt your taste buds with succulent steaks
and fresh seafood. Hours (dinner only): SunThu 5.30-10pm, Fri-Sat 5.30-10.30pm
Pudong. T: 5049 1234 x 8907
•
The 5 tables bistro
210 Danshui Lu (near Zizhong Lu).
T: 3304 1205
Italian dining and aperitivo venue with a
chic bar, a cosy lounge loft and a pool
table.
Hotel, 5 Zunyi Nan Lu.
T: 6275 8888 x 4276
M on the Bund
7F, 5 on the Bund. T: 6350 9988
French
A blend of old-world charm and modern
convenience with an “indimenticabile”
(unforgettable) atmosphere. Hours: noon10pm (Sun-Fri); noon-11pm (Sat).
www.gennaro-s.com
on the Grille
•505Kebabs
Zhongshan Nan Lu. T: 6152 6567
World-class. What more can we say about
Jade on 36?
Buffet with city views of Nanjing Lu.
Hours: 6am-10pm
Guyang Lu. T: 2428 6507
•56F,Grill
Grand Hyatt, 88 Shiji Dadao,
•
Nanjing Dong Lu.
T: 6350 0000 x 208
Italian Restaurant
•1F,Gennaro
Mandarin City Clubhouse, 1129
Italian restaurant
•92 Gioiamia
Xuanhua Lu. T: 3250 7188
Astoria Shanghai On the Bund, 2
Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
T: 6322 9988
Jade on 36
36F, Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fucheng
Lu. T: 6882 8888 x 280
Buffet
•2F,Comely
Majesty Plaza Shanghai, 719
Grand Brasserie
•New
Tower Ground Level, Waldorf
烧烤: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂君悦大
酒店56楼
6F, Bund 18,18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu
(near Nanjing Dong Lu). T: 6323 9898
Classy, but not stuffy. Relaxed, without
sacrificing the chic factor.
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11.30am-2.30pm
Tue-Sat: 6.30pm-4am
Sun-Mon: 6.30-10.30pm
www.mmbund.com
The perfect outdoor lounge and terrace for a
casual lunch, dinner or after-work drinks.
Madang Road, Xintiandi
T: 2330 2288
Ciao Dining Room and Ciao
Bambino
1F, The Langham, Yangtze Boutique,
740 Hankou Lu. T: 6080 0800 x 7744
A haven of authentic Italian & Mediterranean
dining
•56F,Cucina
Grand Hyatt, 88 Shiji Dadao,
Pudong. T: 5049 1234 x 8908
A stylish trattoria that serves traditional
Italian favorites. Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm,
5.30-10pm
意庐: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂君悦大
酒店56楼
Marco
•1F,Da103
Dongzhu'anbang Lu, Golden
Bridge Garden. T: 6210 4495.
1F, Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Lu
(across from Element Fresh).
T: 6447 7577
大马可：东诸安浜路103号1楼；虹桥
路1号港汇广场1楼(新元素对面)
•
Danieli's
39F, The Hongta Hotel, 889 Dongfang
Lu, Pudong. T: 5050 4567
Voted as one of the best Italian restaurants
in Shanghai, Danieli's has a stunning
interior design and panoramic views of
Pudong. Hours: 6-10.30pm. Set Lunch:
Monday-Friday 11.30am-2pm. Sunday
Brunch: 11.30am-2pm
东方路889号上海红塔豪华精选酒
店39楼
All Day Dining
•3F,Ecco
Hotel Main Tower, InterContinental
Hotel, 500 Hengfeng Lu, Shanghai. T:
5253 9999 x 6338
Features live preparation of pizza and pasta
and a wide range of continental favourites.
恒丰路500号,上海浦西洲际酒店3楼
•
Favola
8F, Le Royal Méridien Shanghai, 789
Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 3318 9999
Chic Italian restaurant featuring food from
various regions of Italy.
法沃莱：南京东路789号世茂皇家艾
美大酒店
Va Bene Shanghai
•House
7, North Block, Xintiandi, Lane
181, Taicang Lu. T: 6311 2211
This is Xintiandi chic, with some of
Shanghai’s very best Italian food, at
high-end prices.
www.vabeneshanghai.com
太仓路新天地北里181弄7号
Japanese
•150AMBROSIA
Fenyang Lu. T: 6431 3935
Former home of legendary General Bai
set in immaculate gardens. Japanese
and Korean cuisine cooked on smokefree grills.
仙炙轩：汾阳路150号
Japanese Restaurant
•3F,Benkay
Hotel Nikko Shanghai, 488 Yan’an
Xi Lu. T: 3211 9999
Under the culinary direction of Japanese
Chef Kato-san, Benkay offers sushi,
tempura and teppanyaki.
弁庆日餐厅：延安西路488号上海日
航酒店三楼
Izakaya Dining Bar
•2F,DOZO
Wheelock Plaza, South Annex,
1171 Nanjing Xi Lu (near Huashan Lu)
Sumo sized lunch sets and late night
eats with a buy one get one free special
on Asahi draft and select sake from 9pm
on weekdays and 10pm on weekends.
Hours: Everyday 12-2.30pm, Sun-Thurs
6pm-2am, Fri-Sat 6pm-2am
中国上海市静安区南京西路1717号会
德丰国际广场南院2层. 营业时间：午
餐12:00~14:30,晚餐 18:00-2:00 (周
日~周四), 18:00~3:00 (周五,周六). 宵
夜场优惠活动:周日~周四:21:00~2:00,
周五~周六:22:00~3:00,Asahi生啤酒及
壶装月桂冠/松竹梅清酒买一送一优惠
订位专线: 3127 8558
WITH AQUA
•2F,SUN
6 on the Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yi
Lu (near Guangdong Lu).
T: 6339 2779
Immaculate interior and open kitchen, with
an emphasis on delicate seafood dishes.
中山东一路(外滩)6号2楼
ABUSE
•98 SUSHI
Yanping Lu (near Xinzha Lu).
T: 5175 9818
An attempt at sustainable all-you-can-eat
sushi.
延平路98号(近新闸路)
INC
•2F,SUSHI,
Citigroup Tower, 33 Huayuanshiqiao
Japanese restaurant
•BldgHikari
10, 3911 Hongmei Lu.
T: 6242 9186
慕光日本料理: 虹梅路3911弄10号楼
•24Itoya
Ruijin Er Lu. T: 6467 1511.
Lane 19, 6 Ronghua Xidao.
T: 6219 2286. 3F, Central Plaza, 381
Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 5382 5777
Great sushi, a classic favourite.
伊藤家：瑞金二路24号；荣华西道
19弄6号；淮海中路381号中环广
场3楼
•
I.Z.K.Y.
Guoson Centre, Block 1, 1F, 388
Daduhe Lu. T: 6095 8888 x 7052
They've got all the s's covered: shabu shabu,
sukikyaki, sushi and sashimi.
•1MF,J-MIX
Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel, 1108
Meihua Lu, Pudong. T: 3858 0888
Its private teppanyaki rooms make for good
grilling.
TEPPANYAKI
•28DKAGEN
Taojiang Lu (near Hengshan Lu).
T: 6433 3232
Lu (near Fucheng Lu). T: 5877 6551
Haiku's sister restaurant is a solid choice for
a sushi lunch in Lujiazui.
花园石桥路33号2楼, 近富城路
OYAMA
•20 SUSHI
Donghu Lu (near Huaihai Zhong Lu).
T: 5404 7705
20 course omakase menu served by
Oyama-san himself
•1F,Tairyo
139 Ruijin Yi Lu. T: 5382 8818.
15 Dongping Lu. T: 6445 4734.
2F, Hengshan Hotel, 543 Hengshan
Lu. T: 6433 0899 / 6437 7050.
3F, South Building, Hong Kong Plaza,
283 Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 6390 7244.
943 Hongxu Lu. T: 6242 2190.
1288 Hongqiao Lu. T: 6278 3105 /
6278 3106
RMB 160 all you can handle. What more
could you want?
瑞金一路139号1楼；东平路15号；
衡山路543号衡山宾馆2楼；淮海中
路283号香港广场南座3楼；虹许路
943号；虹桥路1288号
London
Upscale all-you-can-handle teppanyaki
- think filets and foie gras.
glo London Gastro Grill
•1 Wulumuqi
Nan Lu (near Dongping Lu).
yu
•33 Kappo
Wuxing Lu (near Huaihai Zhong Lu).
International favourites straight out of
London, guv'nor! Hours: Mon-Sun 11amMidnight. www.glolondon.com
桃江路28D号 (近衡山路)
T: 6466 7855
T: 6466 6565.
Kaiseki ryori eatery that changes its menu
almost daily.
Shiji Dadao. T: 5049 1234 x 8907
Sushi, sashimi and yakitori in a stylish
interior. Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.3010pm
Mexican
Kitchen
•B1CalCarrefour,
Thumb Plaza, 185
T: 6466 6565. F: 6466 8484
Oak burning smoke BBQ pit and open
rooftop skyline views. Hours: Thurs-Sun.
www.glolondon.com
Changle Lu). T: 6170 1310.
357 Hongfeng Lu (near Biyun Lu).
T: 6886 0706
Big burritos, tacos and a salsa bar to fill
you up, and Shanghai's widest selection
of tequilas to wash it down.
www.cantinaagave.com
•2F,Maya
Shanghai Grand Plaza, Club
House, 568 Julu Lu (near Shaanxi
Nan Lu). T: 6289 6889
Our pick for the best mid-range Mexican
in town.
•
Mexico Lindo
Unit 39, Lane 3338, Hongmei
Entertainment Street. T: 6465 9336
虹梅路3338弄虹梅路休闲街39号
Middle Eastern
1001 Nights Restaurant
•4 Hengshan
Lu.
T: 6473 1178 / 6473 8289
一千零一夜：衡山路4号
of Persia
•B1F,Prince
855 Pudong Nan Lu (near Shiji
Dadao).
T: 6887 3007 / 6887 3006
Nepalese
•
Himalaya Nepalese
Restaurant
500 Dongchang Lu (near Pudong Nan
Lu). T: 5877 2262
喜马拉雅尼泊尔餐厅：东昌路
500号，近浦东南路
Hours: 11am-2pm, 6-11pm
Hotel, 500 Hengfeng Road
T: 5253 9999
巨鹿路819弄4号
Japanese Restaurant provides authentic
Japanese flavours. Hours: 11:30am –10pm
Pizza
Malaysian
House Restaurant
•TheLong
Cool Docks, Bldg 7, 505
•376Acote
Wukang Lu (inside Ferguson
Lane). T: 6437 6465
T: 6415 1666
None of those prissy paper-thin crusts
here. CJs delivers great big tomatoey
pizzas.
In addition to the teppanyaki tables,
Moonsha provides an excellent Bund view.
Plaza. T: 3214 0024.
Lane 248 Taikang Lu (near Sinan
Lu). T: 5466 0969
中山东一路,外滩5号三楼
Mediterranean
•26F,Azur
Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel). T:
6115 8888
SUSHI BAR
•630SHARI
Yongjia Lu (near Wulumuqi Nan Lu).
Fitness fiends love the healthy lunch and
long salad bar.
More sushi options than you can shake a
stick at.
Casa 13
•Building
7, Lane 155 Jianguo Lu (near
徐汇区永嘉路630号
Ruijin Lu). T: 6473 0820
Eduardo Vargas's take on Mediterranean
classics. www.casa13.cn
Pizza Italia
•1B50
Zhongshan Park Metro Town,
890 Changning Lu. T: 5241 4870 /
5241 4878. Unit 105, 1111 Huaihai
Zhong Lu. T: 6473 9994. 3032
Yan'an Xi Lu. T: 6209 9129 / 6406
9426. 1-43 Thumb Plaza, Lane
199, 38 Fangdian Lu. T: 5033 0102 /
5033 0809. 5F, 15A/B, Super Brand
Mall, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu. T: 5047 0835
/ 5047 0836. SB02, City Plaza,
1618 Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6288 2477 /
6473 9994
Mediterranean Cuisine
•415Haya’s
Dagu Lu (near Chengdu Nan Lu). T:
Flavourful falafels! And don’t miss the takehome dips. Hours: 10am-10pm
Pizza Marzano – Pizza
•Express
•803SHINTORI
Julu Lu (near Fumin Lu).
大沽路415号 (近成都南路)
Uber-smooth eatery that takes some
finding. Hours: Mon-Fri 5.30-11pm, Sat-Sun
11.30am-11pm
T: 6248 0000 x 1850
新都里无二：巨鹿路803号
Scandinavian
•B1,Aurora
Infiniti Plaza, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu.
T: 6375 6770
Scandinavian fine dining, from seafood
platters to shashliks.
Southeast Asian
•
Asiatique The Flavors of Asia
2F, 369 Xianxia Lu, Grand Mercure
Hongqiao. T: 5153 3300 x 3700
With graceful and cosy dining ambiance.
Hours: 6am-10.30pm
泛亚风情餐厅: 仙霞路369号虹桥美
爵酒店二楼
Laguna
•189Bali
Huashan Lu (inside Jing’an Park).
Supermarkets
279 Biyun Lu. T: 5030 4415.
268 Shuicheng Bei Lu. T: 6278 1944
家乐福: 芳甸路185号; 碧云路279号;
水城北路268号
City Shop
•Times
Square Store: B1, 99 Huaihai
Zhong Lu. New World Department
Store: B1, 939 Huaihai Zhong Lu.
Shanghai Centre Store: 1376 Nanjing
Xi Lu. Hongmei Store: 3211 Hongmei
Lu Office. Riverside Shop: 1F, West
Side Citigroup Tower 33, Huayuan
Shiqiao Lu, Lujiazui. T: 6232 7070.
Yong Xin Store: Lower Level,131
Tianyaoqiao Lu (near Xingeng Lu). T:
6215 0418 / 6267 4248
www.cityshop.com.cn
城市超市：淮海中路时代广场店
B1层；淮海中路香港新世界百货
B1层；南京西路1376号；虹梅路
3211号；浦东陆家嘴花园路/石桥路
33号1楼；天钥桥路131号永新坊B1楼
(近辛耕路); 闵行区纪翟路550号华漕
国际生活社区万科红郡别墅西翼
•80Metro
Gudai Lu (near Hongmei Lu),
Minhang. T: 6480 8888. 383 Baiyang
Lu, Huamu Town, Pudong.
T: 6892 8888
麦德龙: 闵行区顾戴路80号(近虹梅路);
浦东花木镇白杨路383号
巴厘餐厅：华山路189号 (静安公园内)
Pines The Market Place
•633
Biyun Lu, Pudong. T: 5030 6971.
•26F,Celadon
Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel).
T: 6115 8817
Regional specialties of Thailand, Vietnam and
Malaysia, especially noodles.
•
My Nyonya
417 Dagu Lu (near Shimen Yi Lu).
T: 6327 0800.
Neat little Malaysian in the middle of Dagu
Lu's strip of restaurants. Hours: 11am-10pm
娘惹情马来西亚经典风味餐厅咖啡
屋：大沽路417号，近石门一路
Pin
•ShopTang
7, Novel Place, 133 Tianyaoqiao
Lu (near Xingeng Lu).
Brian Tan (of hoF fame) creates Southeast
Asian desserts, heavy on the durian.
Spanish
•1F,Leonardo’s
Hilton Hotel, 250 Huashan Lu.
Open for dinner only. Hours: 6.30-10.30pm
李奥纳多：华山路250号希尔顿酒
店1楼
380 Huangpi Nan Lu, Xintiandi
South Block. T: 5383 3999.
1F, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing
Xi Lu (near Xikang Lu). T: 6289 8733
We love Marzano’s diabolo pizza, cooked
in the ‘signature’ open kitchen.
www.pizzamarzano.cn
黄陂南路380号新天地南里
The Rooftop
Carrefour
•185
Fangdian Lu. T: 800 820 0871.
T: 6248 6970
Romantic atmosphere with authentic
Indonesian cuisine to boot.
浦东新区大拇指广场芳甸路199弄
19号3楼；卢湾区泰康路248弄14号；
徐汇区湖南路285号 ;静安区
南京西路1376号109室
Hours: 3pm-midnight
427 Jinfeng Lu. T: 5226 4137. 1983
Huamu Bei Lu (Inside Season Villa),
Pudong. T: 5833 2204. 18 Lane 896
Jianhe Lu (near Kele Lu). T: 6262 9055.
322 Anfu Lu (near Wukang Lu). T:
6437 6375
Shanghai Centre
•
Ma Boon Krong Thailand
Restaurant
Shop 417, Citic Square, 1168 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 5292 9238. Room L401,
Hong Kong New World Tower, 300
Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 6335 4337
Tom yum goong at Ma Boon Krong, anyone?
Hours: 10am-10pm
玛满矿：南京西路1168号417商
铺；淮海中路300号香港新世界大
厦L401室
Simply Thai
•Dongping:
5C Dongping Lu. Hours:
11am-11pm Xintiandi: 159 Madang
Lu (near Xingye Lu). Hours: 11am-12am
Hongmei: 28 Lane 3338, Hongmei Lu
Entertainment Street. Hours: 11am-11pm
Jinqiao: A6 Jinqiao Pudong Green
Sports & Leisure Center, 600 Lantian
Lu. Hours: 11am-11pm IFC: 4F, IFC
Mall, 8 Shiji Dadao. Hours: 10am-10pm
Hotline: 400 880 7729, Delivery: 6209
6209
The first choice for many discerning Thaifood-lovers in Shanghai. Delivery service
now available. www.simplythai-sh.com
东平店: 东平路5号C座; 新天地店: 新
天地马当路159号 (马当路与兴业路路
口); 虹梅店: 虹梅路3338弄虹梅休闲
街28号; 金桥店: 蓝天路600号碧云体
育休闲中心A6; 国金店: 世纪大道8号
上海国金中心四层
Wal-Mart Supercentre
•Nanpu
Bridge Branch: 252-262 Linyi
Bei Lu, Pudong. T: 5094 5881
沃尔玛超市(南浦大桥分店)：浦东临沂
北路252-262号
Swiss
Suisse
•1582Chalet
Kangding Lu (near Wanhangdu
Lu). T: 3353 3887
Features typical Swiss delicacies in a
Chalet style atmosphere. Hours: Tue-Sun,
5.30-11pm
上海市静安区康定路1582
Thai Gallery
•127-1
Datian Lu (near Beijing Xi Lu).
T: 6217 9797
Don’t miss the aesthetics while enjoying the
authentic Thai food in a tatami seat. Hours:
11am-2.30pm, 5.30pm-12.30am
大田路127-1号 (近北京西路)
Thai House
•Room
205, Lane 657, 12 Wuding Lu.
T: 5169 9217.
518 Jiashan Lu (near Zhaojiabang
Lu). T: 5169 9217
This Thai eatery has come to be known as
one of the most authentic in town.
•2F,Bocado
47 Yongfu Lu (near Fuxing Xi Lu).
泰国家: 武定路657弄12号205室, 近
西康路; 嘉善路518号(近建国西路和
肇嘉浜路)
Go for the tapas, stay for the sangria.
Table
•664Thai
Baole Lu, Huacao Town, Minhang.
T: 180 1727 1340
T: 6221 2953. Hours: 11am-10pm
The eponymous restaurant of Guillermo
"Willy" Trullas packed up its tapas, paellas
and other Spanish treats and moved to the
Bund. Expect Willy's trademark quirkiness
in the decor and yin yang structured
menu! www.el-willy.com Hours: Mon-Sat:
11.30am-2.30pm and 6-10:30pm,
Saturday Brunch 11.30am-3.00pm
闵行区华漕镇保乐路664号
中山东路22号 (近金陵路)
Turkish
Anadolu Restaurant
•4-7
Hengshan Lu. T: 5465 0977.
No 1, 156 Xingye Lu (near Madang
Lu). T: 5306 7765
Taiwanese
•2F,Puli
Lane 199, Thumb Plaza, 19
Fangdian Lu, Pudong. T: 5033 9221
Hours: 11:00am-11:00pm
上海市浦东新区芳甸路大拇指广场
199弄19号2楼
Tasty original dishes like hummus, Turkish
pizzas, plus well-priced, fresh kebabs. Hours:
10am-2am.
www.anadolu.com.cn
衡山路4-7号; 兴业路156弄1号1层
(近马当路)
Vegetarian
•98 kush
Yanping Lu, near Xinzha Lu.
T: 5175 9822
Fresh take on veggie food. The menu leans
decidedly Californian.
延平路98号(近新闸路)
de Provence
•4F,L’Arbre
Metro City, 1111 Zhaojiabang Lu
Hours: 10am-midnight
长宁路890号中山公园1B50；淮海中
路1111号105；延安西路3032号；芳
甸路38号199弄大拇指广场1-43；陆
家嘴168号正大广场5楼15A/B；南京
西路1618号
6327 0897 / 6295 9511
T: 5404 5252
新加坡佳肴：南京西路1515号嘉里中
心底楼(近铜仁路)
Lapis Thai provides various indoor and
outdoor venues which can hold 200 people.
Hours: 11:00 am - Late
x 6028
New York Style Pizza
•1699
Nanjing Lu, inside Jing'an
Lu. T: 6323 1117
T: 5466 0320
It won’t win prizes for the most inventive
restaurant name in Shanghai, but at least
you know what you’re getting.
This is just one of the many, many
Melrose pizza places in the city.
碧云路777号
富城路33号浦东香格里拉大酒店
2座2楼
•
•
TEPPANYAKI & LOUNGE
•3F,MOONSHA
5 on the Bund, 5 Zhongshan Dong Yi
A delightful eating experience.
遵义路100号虹桥上海城外围街B5
6单元(近仙霞路)
Melrose
777 Biyun Lu. T: 5030 3872
斜土路2905号 (近零陵路). 永嘉路
335号 (近襄阳路).
Shanghai, 33 Fucheng Lu.
T: 5888 3768
Lu (near Xianxia Lu). T: 6237 2916
北京西路1636号，近胶州路
Late night chef haunt - they come for the
ramen and stay for the Beatles soundtrack.
Hours: 6pm-1am
•2F,NADAMAN
Tower 2, Pudong Shangri-La,
Singaporean
Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 5252 0082
Tapas Spanish Bar
•1928Siempre
Gonghe Xin Lu. T: 2602 2222
(near Jinling Lu). T: 5404 5757
Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
•1636CJ Beijing
Xi Lu (near Jiaozhou Lu).
T: 6481 2005. 335 Yongjia Lu (near
Xiangyang Nan Lu). T: 5466 6355
衡山路811号 (近余庆路)
南京东路635号6楼7楼，近浙江中路
Martin Berasategui is known for inventive,
modern Spanish cooking and this new
venture, in an historic villa within Xujiahui
Park, reflects that.
El Willy Tapas & Rice
•South
Bund 22, 22 Zhongshan Dong Lu
Zhongshan Shan Nan Lu. T: 6131 3238
KOTA'S KITCHEN
•2905
Xietu Lu (near Lingling Lu).
You can never order too many pieces of their
excellent shrimp toast.
Agave
•ACantina
Mansion, 291 Fumin Lu (near
Kitchen
•LaneNepali
819, 4 Julu Lu. T: 5404 6281
•2F,Koi
InterContinental Shanghai Puxi
•
Macau Portuguese
Restaurant
6-7F, 635 Nanjing Dong Lu (near
Zhejiang Zhong Lu). T: 6351 7717.
Singapore Cuisine
BF, 1515 Nanjing Xi Lu (near Tongren
Lu). T: 5298 6126
We are big fans of the Super Burrito sets.
It's Mexican food, California-style.
Martin
•811Restaurant
Hengshan Lu (near Yuqing Lu).
T: 6431 6639
Crossroad
•B5-B6,
Shanghai City Centre, 100 Zunyi
虹梅路3338号8室
glo London Rooftop BBQ
•1 Wulumuqi
Nan Lu (near Dongping Lu).
Portuguese
Fangdian Lu, Pudong. T: 5033 6637.
B1-03, Multi-Media Plaza, 999
Changning Lu (near Zhongshan Park).
T: 6340 1923
Hours: 11am-2pm, 5-11pm
日珍: 浦东世纪大道88号金茂君悦
鲤鱼日餐厅：恒丰路500号上海浦西
洲际酒店2楼
璐娜：太仓路181弄新天地北里15幢
单元1
T: 6465 9993
Nan Lu)
•56F,Kobachi
Grand Hyatt, Jin Mao Tower, 88
Still going strong in its great Xintiandi
location. Hours: 11.30am-2am
Restaurant
•ShopShiraz
8, 3338 Hongmei Lu.
•BldgKARUKA
4, 2421 Xietu Lu (near Wanping
斜土路2421号 (近宛平南路)
Xintiandi, Lane 181 Taicang Lu.
T: 6336 1717
波斯王子餐厅：浦东南路855号世界
广场B1楼 (近世纪大道)
误兴路33号 (近淮海中路)
Five generations of deep frying later, this
renowned tempura house branched out to
open its Shanghai shop.
•UnitLuna
1, House 15, North Block,
(near Caoxi Bei Lu).
T: 6426 7698
Las Tapas
•House
33, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu.
T: 6465 8345. 259 Hongfeng Lu (near
Biyun Lu), Pudong. T: 3382 1686.
207-4 Maoming Nan Lu. T: 6415 9567
Las Tapas is a casual and relaxed Spanish
bar and restaurant where authentic
Spanish tapas are offered daily, along with
a vast selections of wines. For all their talk
of tapas, the very best thing on the menu
may just be the ultra-cheap beef burger.
Hours: 10am-2am
虹梅路3338弄，虹梅休闲街；浦东
红枫路259号，近碧云；茂名南路
207-4号
French-named, fusion-style, vegetarianemphasis restaurant in Xujiahui.
Hours: 10am-10pm
Thai
Mai Thai Cuisine
•1019Chiang
Kangding Lu (near Yanping Lu).
T: 5228 1588 Hours: 11.30am-2pm,
5-11pm. www.chiang-mai.com.cn
清迈府泰国料理: 康定路1019号(近
延平路)
Paradise
•38 Coconut
Fumin Lu (near Yan’an Xi Lu).
T: 6248 1998
Consistent performer with a wonderful
garden for al fresco Thai dishes.
富民路38号 (近延安路)
Thai
•3F,Lapis
Lane 199, Thumb Plaza, 19
Fangdian Lu, Pudong. T: 5033 9223.
Lane 248. 14 Taikang Lu. T: 6473
3989. 285 Hunan Lu. T: 5466 3026.
Shanghai Centre, Room 109, 1376
普罗旺斯的树：肇家浜路1111号美罗
城4楼，近漕溪北路
Age Veggie
•5F,New
Super Brand Mall, Lujiazui.
T: 5047 1880
Pudong’s answer to Puxi’s slew of nonmeat-eating options. Hours: 11am-10pm
陆家嘴路正大广场5楼
•3F,Vegeatery
381 Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 6391 5589
Fantastic faux-meat dishes – plus they
serve beer.
艺素馆：淮海中路381号中环广场3楼
Vegetarian Life Style
•258
1F, 77 Songshan Lu. T: 6384 8000.
848 Huangjin Chengdao.
T: 6275 1798
Highly commendable chain.
汾阳路258号；嵩山庐77号1楼；黄金
城道848号
June12 TalkMagazine
55
T: 6318 0220
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
•Add:BB18F-21
Super Brand Mail, 168
Lujiazui Xi Lu, Pudong New Area,
VIETNAM @ F.C.C.
•1-2F,CLUB
Bldg 11-12, 889 Julu Lu (near
Romantic three-story Moroccan themed
lounge on a lake hidden in People’s Park.
Hours: Sun-Thurs 11am-2am, Fri-Sat
11am-3am.
www. barbarossa.com.cn
芭芭露莎会所餐厅：南京西路231号
(人民公园内)
Changshu Lu).
T: 6445 8082 Bar and Restaurant
•528Crocus
Kangding Lu (near Xikang Lu).
T: 6255 6318
Daily Happy Hour with buy one get one free
cocktails and Carslberg drafts runs from
5-9pm. Get the party started with just RMB
100 for 12 shooters or tequila shots.
For quality jazz and an impressive wine list.
www.cjwchina.com
新天地兴业路123弄2座
•BundBar18,Rouge
7F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi
Lu. T: 6339 1199
Bund-side bar with world class terrace
and great music. Not cheap, but still jampacked with classy folks on Friday and
Saturday nights. Hours: 6pm-late
中山东一路外滩18号7楼
9
•87F,Cloud
Grand Hyatt, Jin Mao Tower, 88
x 8787
Entertaining visitors in Shanghai? Take them
here for a tipple. Hours: Sun-Fri 6pm12.30am, Sat 10am-9.30pm
浦东世纪大道88号金茂君悦大酒
店87楼
Club G Plus
•Room
428, Xingye Lu, Lane 123,
Xintiandi Block 6. T: 5386 8088
新天地兴业路123弄428室
Tian Di
•3F,Club
Bund 6, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
of Blues & Jazz
•60 House
Fuzhou Lu. T: 6323 2779
福州路60号(外滩)
SKY Bar, THE HOUSE OF
•ROOSEVELT
8F, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
T: 2322 0888
This rooftop bar features a great Bund view.
www.rooseveltchina.com
Bar
•4F,indigo
6 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (near
嘉善路253号 (近建国西路)
Jazz Bar
•GF,The
Dong Lu. T: 6321 6888
Jazz music and classic cocktails remain
the star attractions at this newly revived
Jazz Bar. Enjoy the legendary Old Jazz
Band as well as Theo Croker’s Sextet.
Hours: 5pm-2am. www.fairmont.com
T: 6474 3216
岳阳路28号，近东平路
Stone Irish Pub
•5A Blarney
Dongping Lu. T: 6415 7496
Give the Blarney Stone a kiss and breathe
in the Celtic aromas of mutton, onions and
potato. Hours: 10am-1am
东平路5号甲
Marlin Shanghai
•689Blue
Lantian Lu, Jinqiao Pudong
Shanghai
T: 5030 9676
www.bluemarlin.cn
上海浦东金桥碧云国际社区蓝天路
689号
185 Fang Dian Lu. Thumb Plaza.
Pudong, Shanghai
T: 6886 7376
www.bluemarlin.cn
上海浦东芳甸路185号大拇指广场.
Cigar Bar
•2F,CO2
1116 Yan’an Xi Lu, The Longemont
Shanghai.
T: 6115 9988 x 8250
Shanghai’s longest running party venue.
Relaxed environment with food upstairs and
friendly bar staff. Special events on Friday
nights. Hours: 12pm-4am
华山路267号，希尔顿酒店对面
•1F,Cuba
Shanghai JC Mandarin, 1225
南京西路1225号1楼
Martini Bar
•1F,D&G
6 on the Bund, 6 Zhongshan Dong
陆家嘴路15号 (陆家嘴公园内)；虹桥
路1号港汇广场5楼 (近肇家浜路)
Yi Lu. T: 6339 0268
River
•5F,Mekong
Metro City, 1111 Zhaojiabang Lu.
Yes, that D&G. Cocktails and couture,
darling. Hours: 5-10.30pm
中山东一路外滩6号
T: 6426 8256
•289D’Venue
Weihai Lu (near Chengdu Bei Lu).
肇家浜路1111号5楼
NIGHT
T: 6327 3733
3D Art Bar
•House
11, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu (near
Yan'an Xi Lu). T: 6465 9833
Hours: 5pm-2am
虹梅路3338弄虹梅休闲街11栋 (近
延安西路)
789 Nanjing Lu
•64-66F,
Le Royal Méridien Shanghai,
789 Nanjing Dong Lu. T: 3318 9999
Upscale hotel bar featuring spectacular
360-degree views of the city.
Hours: Mon-Thurs 5pm-1am, Fri-Sat 5pm2am, Sun 3pm-1am
Bounty Rhumerie
•Bounty
Jing’an. 550 Wuding Lu
(near Shanxi Bei Lu). T: 26619368
Bounty Xuhui, 47 Yongfu Lu (near
Fuxing Dong Lu. T: 137 6451 0616
Bounty X @ Sinan Mansion,
3F & Terrace, 47 Sinan Lu. Unit 33, near Fuxing Zhong Lu.
T: 189 1719 7641
武定路550号近陕西北路,永福路47号
(近复兴西路),思南路47号33单元
3楼&天台(近复兴中路)
Hours: 8.30pm-3am
威海路289号 (近成都北路)
Bar
•115Dada
Xingfu Lu (near Fahuazhen Lu).
T: 150 0018 2212
Dada is a small bar that specialises in
affordable drinks, art and film events and
electronic indie music.
DADA 酒吧，幸福路115号 (法华镇路
与平武路之间)
Shanghai
•GF,Drop
55 Yuanmingyuan Lu.
T: 6329 1373
www.drop-shanghai.com
789 南京路: 南京东路789号(64-66楼)
Bar
•2F,Aquarium
6 Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
If we’ve seen a bigger fish tank in a bar, it
was in a Bond film. Mon-Thurs, Sun 6pm1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3am
Avenue
•1F,The
The Podium, InterContinental
Popular, long-standing and mostly gay bar.
Mon-Thu 8pm-2am; Fri-Sun 8pm-3am
Tianping Lu). T: 6282 0521
The stylish lounge and bar houses a first
class selection of fine wines and cocktails.
淮海中路1877号 (近天平路)
•
Backroom Lounge
5F, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 6327 2221
•2F,el47Cóctel
Yongfu Lu (near Fuxing Xi Lu).
南京西路325号上海美术馆5楼
An art deco inspired cocktail bar with
intimate seating and an impressive list
of classic cocktails, vintage wines, fine
champagnes and whiskeys.
•
upstairs at park 97
2A Gaolan Lu (inside Fuxing Park).T:
5383 2328
Hours Sun-Thu 8pm-2am,Fri-Sat 8pm-4am.
皋兰路２号甲，复兴公园内
•
Barbarossa Restaurant &
Lounge
231 Nanjing Xi Lu (inside People's Park)
JW's酒廊：南京西路399号40楼
Table top taps turn this drinking hole into
a chugging competition.
Bund Brewery
•TheThe
Custom House, 11 Hankou Lu
(near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu).
T: 6321 8447
www.thebundbrewery.com.cn
3699. 39 Taojiang Lu. T: 6431 2668
Hours: 11am-1am. www.hofbraeu.com.cn
glo London Lounge Bar: •1 Wulumuqi
Nan Lu (near Dongping
Lu). T: 6466 6565.
Cosmopolitan cocktails, flavored mojitos and
•
Mini 98
333 Hengshan Lu (near Wuxing Lu).
T: 6433 2896
Hours: 2pm-4am
衡山路333号 (近吴兴路)
Bar
•2F,Monkey
807 Zhaojiabang Lu (near Gao’an
Lu). T: 6438 9148
肇家浜路807号2楼 (近高安路)
Relaxed lounge with an extensive martini
menu, wine selection and an array of
Japanese snacks. H
ours: 9.30pm-1am.
www.moonsha.net
•
Muse Entertainment
68 Yuyao Lu (Tong Le Fang).
T: 6218 8166
(同乐坊) 余姚路68号
Room
•92F,Music
Park Hyatt Shanghai
No. 100 Shijie Didao
T: 6888 1234 x 4560
Ladies' Night every Wednesday from
8.30pm to 10.30pm
Kaiba
•Unit
101, Building D, 528 Kangding
Lu (near Xikang Lu). 739 Dingxi Lu
(near Yan'an Xi Lu). Taikang Terrace,
Room 202, 169 Jianguo Zhong Lu. T:
6280 5688
Bar
•280Koala
Huaihai Xi Lu (near Panyu Lu).
Lu). T: 5465 4755
•
Nelly’s
162 Maoming Nan Lu (near Fuxing
Zhong Lu).
T: 6473 7838
Hours: 7pm-3am
茂名南路162号 (近复兴中路)
透明思考餐厅：太仓路181弄北里
11号楼2单元; 牡丹66：南京西路
1266号恒隆广场502
at Park 97
•2A Upstairs
Gaolan Lu, Fuxing Park (near Sinan
Lu). T: 5383 2328
Hours Sun-Thu 8pm-2am, Fri-Sat 8pm-4am
皋兰路2号甲 (复兴公园内)
Vista •Lobby
level, InterContinental Shanghai
Expo, 1188 Xueye Lu (near Nanmatou
Lu). T: 3858 1188
Live entertainment, DJ, a cigar lounge,
cheese room and rum and wine tasting
room add up to a great evening out. Closed
Sunday and Monday.
东雪野路1188号 (近南码头路) 上海世
博洲际酒店一楼
Bar
•32F,VUE
West Tower, Hyatt on the Bund,
199 Huangpu Lu (near Wuchang Lu).
T: 6393 1234 x 6348
Revel in the view from this rooftop bar while
sipping cocktails. Hours: Sun–Thu 5pm1am; Fri & Sat 5pm-2am
非常时髦酒吧: 黄浦路199号上海外滩
茂悦大酒店西楼三十二楼
Red
•393Wine
Dagu Lu (near Shimen Yi Lu).
T: 6327 1800
Live bands, “special beers” and cocktails.
Hours: 1pm-2am
和韵：大沽路393号
Bar
•300Wunder
Liaoyuan Xi Lu (near Dalian Lu).
T: 3377 3373
Hours: Mon-Fri 2pm-late, Sat-Sun
12pm-late
•2F,Niche
The Westin Shanghai, 88 Henan
辽源西路300号 (近大连路)
A bar-cum-nightclub, perfect for evening
soirees of cool cocktails and hot jazz. Happy
Hour: 5.30-9.30pm
T: 5050 4888
Zhong Lu. T: 6335 1888 x 7342
Now a retro British pub, this villa used to
house liquor factory workers.
Manhattan
•231Old
Huashan Lu (across from Hilton
•
东平路21号 (近衡山路)
Shanghai). T: 6248 2777
Hours: 5pm-5am
华山路231号
Long Bar
•Waldorf
Astoria Club L Level, 2
•1377Oscar’s
Fuxing Lu (near Baoqing Lu).
For a taste of Old Shanghai, look no
further than the Waldorf's Long Bar.
Hours: 2pm–1am
British social pub with relaxed
environment (you'd be relaxed after an
eight hour Sunday happy hour as well).
Hours: 11am-2am, Happy Hour Mon-Sat
4-8pm, Sun noon-8pm
Downstairs lounge and bar in the Park
97 complex.
A coloured glass extravaganza of a bar bang
in the middle of Xintiandi.
Hours: 1.30pm-1.30am
南京西路1225号3楼
Liquor Factory
•InterContinental
Shanghai Expo, 1188
T: 5383 2328 / 5383 2208
Taicang Lu, Xintiandi. T: 6326 2227
Elegant lounge and wine and tapas bars,
plus restaurant. Hours: 11.30am-2pm,
6.30-10pm
Not Me
21 Dongping Lu (near Hengshan Lu).
T: 6433 0760
酒坊：浦东雪野路1188号，近南
码头路上海世博洲际酒店一楼花园
及别墅区
•UnitTMSK
2, North Block, Lane 181, 11
Nanjing Xi Lu (near Xikang Lu).
T: 6279 1888 x 5306
T: 5258 8779
Xueye Lu (near Nanmatou Lu).
T: 3858 1188
华山路1038弄183号 (近复兴西路)
Bar & Grill
•3F,Wine
Shanghai JC Mandarin, 1225
河南中路88号威斯汀大饭店2楼
淮海西路280号 (近番禺路)
Fuxing Xi Lu). T: 6240 2588
Cheap drinks, heavy bass and lot's of space
for wacky dance moves.
www.windowsbar.com
Often a refuge for tourists who tire of the
Xintiandi circus, but it’s worthwhile for
locals too. Hours: Sun-Thu 7am-midnight,
Fri & Sat 7am-late
新天地太仓路181弄北里5号
太仓路181弄新天地广场北里8号
Underground
•698Windows
Nanjing Xi Lu (near Wujiang Lu).
衡山路4号 (近乌鲁木齐南路)
181, Taicang Lu. T: 3307 0798
T: 6431 6528
奥斯卡：复兴路1377号(近宝庆路)
Papa’s Bierstube
•House
22-24, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu.
46
•46F,X 889
Yanggao Nan Lu, Pudong.
46 floors up in Pudong’s Sofitel. Hours: SunThu 6pm-2am, Fri-Sat 6pm-4am
浦东杨高南路889号46楼
•28F,YU99Bar
Jiangbin Road, Luwan District,
Shanghai Marriott Hotel Luwan
T: 5318 8888
It is an amazing bar where you will be
impressed by the inspiring landscape of
Lupu Bridge crossing over the Huangpu
River. Dance to the rhythm of the river while
enjoying the fine wines with a spectacular
view of new post Expo Shanghai.
上海市卢湾区江滨路99号28楼（打浦
路底）上海绿地万豪酒店
(Yin Yang)
•125YYs
Nanchang Lu (near Maoming Nan
Lu). T: 6466 4098
Small bar crammed with artsy types until
the wee hours.
南昌路125号 (近茂名南路)
Zeal
•South
Bund 22
皋兰路2号甲 (近思南路)
T: 6465 8880
Turns out there is room for another Bund Bar
with Lujiazui views.
Club
•4F,M2
Hong Kong Plaza, 283 Huaihai
虹梅路3338号虹梅休闲街22-24号,
近延安西路
Bar
•25F,Zpark
Zpark Bar, Renaissance Shanghai
Zhong Lu (near Huangpi Nan Lu). T:
6288 6222
Large club featuring international DJs
playing house and hip-hop. Hours: 9pmlate. www.museshanghai.com
Go along for eins steine or two.
Paulaner Brauhaus
•150
19-20, North Block, Lane 181,
Taicang Lu, Xintiandi. T: 6320 3935.
Riverside Promenade, Binjiang
Dadao, Pudong. T: 6888 3935
Perfectly gluggable, restoring German grog.
Hours: Mon-Fri 5pm-2am, Sat 12pm-2am,
Sun 11am-2am
宝莱纳：汾阳路150号；太仓路
181弄北里；浦东滨江大道富都段滨
江风光亭
Bar
•237QHengshan
Lu (near Gao’an Lu).
外滩5号6楼
Hofbräuhaus Shanghai
•309
Jinyan Lu (Pudong). T: 6163
福州路318号24楼
Narcissus
•4 Hengshan
Lu (near Wulumuqi Nan
With M on the Bund, Michelle Garnaut (the
M) set a new standard in Shanghai. She's
done it again. www.m-theglamourbar.com
BRIX
•South
Bund 22
A perfectly comfortable and nicely
unexceptional pub up an alley.
Hours: Every day from 6pm - late.
[email protected]
KABB
•House
5, North Block, Xintiandi, Lane
Lu). T: 6329 3571
740 Hankou Lu. T: 6080 0734
• M1NT Lounge
24F, 318 Fuzhou Lu. T: 6391 2811
Still the same expansive city views, great
music and an emphasis on champagne.
Hours: 5.30pm-2am
Glamour Bar
•6F,The
5 on the Bund (near Guangdong
Bar
•2F,The
The Langham, Yangtze Boutique,
Passage
•LaneTime
1038, 183 Huashan Lu (near
Xi Lu. T: 5359 4969 x 6864
T: 6433 6511
Hours: 5.30pm-2am
福州路318号24楼
Lounge
•40F,JW’S
JW Marriott Hotel, 399 Nanjing
Lounge & Bar
•2A Lux
Gaolan Lu (near Sinan Lu).
•1877Eddy’s
Huaihai Zhong Lu (near
Hours: Wed - Sat 9pm-late.
[email protected]
铜仁路142号 (近延安西路)
An Irish pub (who’d have guessed it?) for
the lads and lasses who live east of the
Huangpu River.
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-11pm, Sat 5-11pm
Shanghai Puxi, 500 Hongfeng Lu.
T: 5253 9999 x 6311
Comfortable sofas, a great selection of
unique cocktails and an excellent wine list.
T: 6289 3715
Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. T: 6322 9988
都柏林：浦东银城东路101号，汇
丰大厦2楼
•
•142Judy’s
Tongren Lu (near Nanjing Xi Lu).
Exchange
•2F,Dublin
HSBC Building, 101 Yincheng
Dong Lu, Pudong. T: 6841 2052
T: 6339 2779
T: 6355 8999
Club Lounge
•LaneT8181,
8 Taicang Lu, Xintiandi.
T: 6415 7019 Hours: 1pm-2am
Bar & Restaurant
•267Crossroads
Huashan Lu (opposite the Hilton).
Excellent decor, fine wines and – obviously
– a wide range of quality cigars.
Hours: 5.30pm-12.30am
T: 5877 1231. 5F, Grand Gateway, 1
Hongqiao Lu (near Zhaojiabang Lu).
T: 6447 9690 Hours: 10am-10pm
Jenny’s Blue Bar
•7 Donghu
Lu (near Huaihai Zhong Lu).
东湖路7号 (近淮海中路)
Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6279 1888 x 5232
Bay
•15Halong
Lujiazui Lu (inside Lujiazui Park).
爵士吧和平饭店中国上海南京东路
20号 200002
The CO2 Cigar Bar is where cigar
connoisseurs and those who indulge
occasionally gather to share their love of the
finer things in life.
T: 6248 1588
泰康路288号 (近瑞金二路)
•
中山东一路6号3楼
Beautiful bar for the beautiful people.Hours:
Daily, 11.30am-1am
T: 6415 8180
Lounge
•3F,Moonsha
5 on the Bund. T: 6323 1117
Terracotta warriors overlook the
proceedings from niches in the walls.
Hours: 11.30am-2am
Lu). T: 6215 8777
陕西南路35号6楼 (近长乐路)
Hours: 6pm-2am
中山东一路6号4楼 (近福州路)
•6F,SUGAR
35 Shaanxi Nan Lu (near Changle
Melting Pot
•288The
Taikang Lu (near Ruijin Er Lu).
The cycle of life: from monkey bars to
Monkey Bar. Hours: 10pm-late
Fuzhou Lu). T: 6321 5398
T: 6329 7333
Beaver
•28 The
Yueyang Lu (near Dongping Lu).
Hours: 10pm-late
M1NT Club
24F, 318 Fuzhou Lu. T: 6391 2811
Jasmine Bridge
253 Jiashan Lu (near Jianguo Xi Lu).
T: 5465 2680
A decadent place to unwind while listening
to the live band playing a mix of jazz and
classic Chinese songs. Hours: 8pm-late
•
Mela
145 Nanyang Lu (near Xikang Lu).
T: 6258 1090
南阳路145号 (近西康路)
T: 6385 6677 / 6385 2277
Golden Bull
•Central
Plaza Shop: 3F, Central Plaza,
中环广场店: 淮海中路381号, 中环广
场3楼; 国金中心店: 浦东新区世纪大道
8号国金中心L3_19
a tapas menu suitable for sharing. Private
hire available. Hours: Daily 5pm-late. www.
glolondon.com
• CJW
House 2, Lane 123 Xinye Lu, Xintiandi.
巨鹿路889号(11-12幢1-2层) (近
常熟路)
Golden Bull has been in HK for 30 years and
has now arrived in Shanghai, with an elegant
environment and delicate dishes.
T: 6437 9446
静安区康定路528号(近西康路)
Located in an old villa on Julu Lu and serving
some of the best Vietnamese cuisine in
Shanghai. www.fccshanghai.com
381 Huaihai Zhong Lu (near Madang Lu).
T: 6391 5589. IFC Shop: L3-19, IFC, 8
The Camel Sports Bar
•1 Yueyang
Lu (near Fenyang Lu)
T: 6433 5710
•
M Factory
172 Maoming Nan Lu (near Yongjia Lu).
T: 6415 1088
Hours: 2pm-2am
衡山路237号 (近高安路)
茂名南路172号 (近永嘉路)
Bo Bo Jiu Lounge
•LaneShile
599, 1 Fangdian Lu, Pudong (near
•154Manhattan
Nanyang Lu (near Xikang Lu).
A Western-style lounge and outdoor cigar
bar. Hours: 9.30am-9.30pm
T: 6247 6656
南阳路154号 (进西康路)
Jinxiu Lu). T: 5033 9113
十乐薄薄酒：浦东新区芳甸路599弄
1号(近锦绣路)
Zhongshan Park Hotel, 1018 Changning
Lu. T: 6115 8818
Get your drink and your groove on at this
hotel bar.
WINE
ASC Fine Wines
•Room
808, Tian An Centre, 338
China’s largest importer/distributor of
quality wines, representing 800 wines and
80 winemakers from 13 countries, online
purchases and delivery available. www.
asc-wines.com
南京西路338号天安中心大厦808室
Cellar
•2F,Aussino
1-3 Weihai Lu. T: 5118 1299
Over 800 wines from 200 wineries. Wine
club membership, exclusive discounts,
tastings and events. Hours: 10ammidnight. www.aussino.net
黄浦区威海路1-3号
Millesimes
•415Aux
Shaanxi Bei Lu (near Beijing Xi
Lu). T: 5213 7883
www.auxmillesimes.com
Brachetto d’Acqui
•2000
Jianhe Lu. T: 6262 1377.
•
Dr. Harriet Jin's Dental
Surgery
Room 1904, Hui Yin Plaza, 2088
Huashan Lu (near Hongqiao Lu).
T: 6448 0882
华山路2088号汇银广场1904室
218 Changde Lu. T: 6279 3551
Cellar Door Wines
•1-103A,
508 Jiashan Lu. T: 5466 6936
Lujiazui Xi Lu. T: 5047 1790
www.care2004.com
陆家嘴168号正大广场7楼09室
Cidi Dental Clinic
•Room
706-708, 495 Jiangning Lu.
•
安福路53-57号(近常熟路); 太仓路
58号(近济南路)
Fine Wines
•409Jointek
Weihai Lu (near Shimen Yi Lu).
衡山路922号3001B
•
General and Cosmetic Dental
Centre of Shanghai United
Family Hospital and Clinics
1139 Xianxia Lu. T: 5133 1909
仙霞路1139号
Health Care Medical
•andGlobal
Dental Centre
T: 6340 0955
Room 301, Kerry Center, 1515
骏德酒业：威海路409号 (近石门
一路)
上海全康医疗中心: 南京西路1515号
上海嘉里中心301室
Representative office and retail store.
www.jointekfinewines.com
Reserve
•383Napa
Weihai Lu. T: 6340 0418
Retailer specialising in wines from Napa
Valley and Sonoma. Free wine tastings
every Friday. www.napareservewines.com
威海路383号
•
Summergate
T: 6329 4433 x 109
Free door-to-door delivery from a climatecontrolled warehouse within 24 hours of
order, from Monday to Friday.
[email protected]
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am-7pm; Sat-Sun: 9am5pm. www.ghcchina.com
Dental Care
•3040Hygeia
Yan’an Xi Lu (3721 Hongmei Lu,
Dental
•7F ProShine
JH Plaza, 2008 Huqingping Lu.
www.proshine-dental.com
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm, www.ufh.
com.cn
www.torreschina.com
13, 505 Zhongshan Nan Lu.
T: 6152 6680
Dental 思迈登齿科：
•4F,Smile
215 Hefei Lu.
Hours: 10am – 7pm T: (400) 882
0506
www.smiledent.cn
www.wine-link.com
安福路228弄18号(近乌鲁木齐路)
HEALTH
Dental
•
Art Dentistry
Room 801, Oriental Centre, 21
Wujiang Lu (near Nanjing Xi Lu).
T: 5211 0521
[email protected]
吴江路21号801室
BYER DENTAL
•Gubei
Clinic: 4F, St Michael
Hospital, 388 Hongbaoshi Lu (near
Gubei Lu). T: 5212 3795 / 138 1671
2008.
Cloud Nine Clinic: 5F, 1018
Changning Lu. T: 133 8622 2169
(24 hours).
Pudong Clinic: Room 201-204,
1275 Yingchun Lu. T: 133 8622 2169
(24 hours)
One of Shanghai's largest dental groups,
Byer imports its digital detection and
treatment systems as well as its dentists.
Shaanxi Bei Lu
静安馆：静安陕西北路470弄12号
402
Raja Yoga
•Xujiahui
Club: 3F, 88 Xingeng Lu.
T: 6427 4318. Caobao Lu Club:
7F, 93 Caobao Lu. T: 6484 9557.
Wanda Club: 3F, 189 Zhengtong Lu.
T: 3511 1093
3388 Sichen Lu, Sijing Town,
Songjiang. T: 3761 8888
SofitTM健身中心: 上海黄河佘山索
菲特大酒店，松江区泗泾镇泗陈公
路3388弄
Health Services
• AEA
T: 6295 0099
International 24 hour Alarm Centre for
medical emergencies that require evacuation.
First aid kits and training available.
Hospital, 197 Ruijin Er Lu (near
Shaoxing Lu). T: 6437 7445
Comprehensive eye care clinic.
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.
www.rjeye.com
瑞金二路197号瑞金医院新门诊12楼
Parkway Health Medical
•CENTRES
Parkway Corporate Office, 7F,
108 Zhaojiabang Lu. Gleneagles
Medical and Surgical Centre, 4F, 389
Nanjing Xi Lu. Shanghai Centre
Medical and Dental Centres, 203-4
West Retail Plaza, 1376 Nanjing Xi
Lu. Specialty and Inpatient Centre,
2/3F, 170 Danshui Lu. Hongqiao
Medical Centre, 2258 Hongqiao Lu.
Jinqiao Medical and Dental Centre,
51 Hongfeng Lu. Mandarine City
Medical Centre, Mandarine City,
Suite 30, 788 Hongxu Lu. 24-hour
appointment service. T: 6445 5999
百汇（上海）医院管理有限公司：
肇嘉浜路108号7楼；南京西路389号
明天广场裙房4楼；南京西路1376号
203-204室；淡水路170号2-3楼；
虹桥路2258号；浦东金桥红枫路
51号；虹许路788号名都城30号底层
Shanghai Children’s Medical
•Centre
1678 Dongfang Lu. T: 5873 2020
东方路1678号
Shanghai Gleneagles
•International
Medical, Dental
Internationally-trained medical staff and
state-of-the-art facilities. Dentistry, family
medicine, general surgery, gynaecology
and more. Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am5.30pm. www.gleneagles.com.cn
南京西路389号明天广场4楼
Shanghai International
•Hospital
525 Hongfeng Lu.
T: 3871 9999 x 1222 www.hhp.org.cn
上海国际医院：上海市浦东新区红
枫路525号
14F, Complex Building, Huashan
Hospital, 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu
(near Changle Lu). T: 6249 3246
Landseed Hospital
•7F,Shanghai
937 Yan'an Xi Lu
乌鲁木齐路12号华山医院综合楼14楼
延安西路937号7楼
Hours: 8am-8pm.
www.americanobgyn.com,
www.huashanobgyn.com.cn
Wulumuqi Zhong Lu). T: 5403 6548 /
5403 0594
淮海中路1375号5A座 (近复兴路)
Pure Tai Chi
•Jing’an
Centre: 402, Building 12, 470
American-Sino Ob/Gyn
•Service
Discoveries
•TheWine
Cool Docks, Room 101-111, No.
A website that distributes imported
wines, Champagne, spirits, food and wine
accessories. They can deliver to your door
in 24 hours. www.yangjiu.com
延平路98号C幢2楼
Vision Eye Clinic
•12F,New
New Outpatient Building, Ruijin
& Surgical Centre
4F, 389 Nanjing Xi Lu, Tomorrow
Square (same building as the JW
Marriott Hotel). T: 6375 5588
南京西路388号仙乐斯广场1楼
Fuxing Zhong Lu). T: 6431 6275
China’s first carbon neutral gym offers an
exclusive club environment and the latest
innovations in fitness from Technogym.
www.onewellness.com.cn
衡山路910号 (近天平路)
A fitness facility that embraces a holistic
approach to physical and spiritual wellbeing. Hours: 6am-10pm
T: 6473 7733
8 Quankou Road (near Linquan
Road), Changning District.
T: 2216 3909
•UnitYangjiu
5A, 1375 Huaihai Zhong Lu (near
Xinzha Lu). T: 6267 1550
www.pmehk.com
[email protected]
House of Roosevelt has one of the largest
wine cellars in Asia. www.rooseveltchina.
com
Wine-Link
•House
18, Lane 228 Anfu Lu (near
Wellness
•2F,One
Block C, 98 Yanping Lu (near
Hospital of the China Welfare
Institute
910 Hengshan Lu (near Tianping Lu).
T: 6447 0399 / 6407 9476.
SoFit
•Sofitel
Shanghai Sheshan Huanghe,
Shanghai United Family
•Hospital
- Dental Clinic
黄浦区中山南路505号老码头，13号
楼101室
T: 6288 5278 / 135 6424 0374
International Peace
•Maternity
and Child Health
Asia
•3F,Orthodontics
Ciro’s Plaza, 388 Nanjing Xi Lu.
2F, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu.
T: 2322 0888
Wine Discoveries offers you a great
selection of South African, German,
Australian and French wines. Free
delivery for one case or six bottles. www.
safinewines.co.za/[email protected]
Classes for kickboxing, yoga and more
Hours: 8am-10pm (out-patient clinic),
10pm-8am (night emergency)
延安西路3040号; 虹梅路3721号
T:5988 5898
•
Web: www.mewellness.com
Huashan Worldwide Medical
•Centre
The first international member of IHRSA
in China, Raja has more than seven clubs
in Shanghai.
Hongqiao Pearl City).
T: 6406 1866 / 137 6127 5978
Roosevelt Wine Cellar, THE
•HOUSE
OF ROOSEVELT
Torres Wine Trading Co.
Room 301, Bldg 4, 990 Changping
Lu. T: 6267 7979 x 807
WellNess
•668MeHuai'an
Lu (near Xi Suzhou Lu).
Thai boxing studio run by tough-guy
Tomer Oz. www.ozbodyfit.com
Hengshan Lu (next to the Pacific
Department Store, Xujiahui).
T: 6447 0390
EnoteCa Wine Lounge and
Boutique
53-57 Anfu Lu (near Changshu Lu).
T: 5404 0050.
58 Taicang Lu (near Ji'nan Lu).
T: 5306 3400
A massive 24-hour gym with amenities
galore and something for the entire family.
Dr. Zhou’s Dental Clinic
•Room
3001B, Jianhui Mansion, 922
www.emw-wines.com
新华路660号万宝国际商务中心202室
1388 Huamu Lu. T: 6169 8856
Body Fit
•717OZHuai'an
Lu (near Xi Suzhou Lu).
T: 5115 4575
Business Centre, 660 Xinhua Lu (near
Dingxi Lu). T: 6282 4966
12 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu. T: 5288
7250. Out-patient clinic: 8F,
Building 1. Night Emergency: 15F,
Building 6. T: 6248 3986 / 6248 9999
江宁路495号706-708室
East Meets West Fine Wines
•Room
202, Man Po International
European and US style insurance plans.
www.healthlineasia.com
Hours: 10am-5pm. www.globalnutraexpress.cn.
KERRY SPORTS
•Kerry
Hotel Pudong Shanghai, 4F,
Dental Clinic
•7F,Care
Room 9, Super Brand Mall, 168
Lu, Pudong. T: 6215 3513
银城东路101号汇丰大厦21楼
健身中心：浦东雪野路1188号 (近南
码头路) 上海世博洲际酒店四楼
Cheese & Fizz
•119
Madang Lu, North Block,
Asia
•21F,Healthline
HSBC Tower, 101 Yincheng Dong
Global Nutra-Express
•Room
606, 261 Yunnan Nan Lu.
Expo, 1188 Xueye Lu, Pudong (near
为生活喝一杯.
新天地店: 新天地北里马当路119号;
上海商城店：南京西路1376号上海
商城111A; 正大广场店: 浦东陆家嘴
168号GF28
Club
•LevelHealth
4, InterContinental Shanghai
Australian wine specialist with the city's
only free tasting section.
www.cdwines.com.cn
French gourmet food and bottles of
bubbles and table wines.
A well-equipped fitness centre featuring
personalised training programs, plus a
sauna, steam room and yoga room.
T: 138 1848 8508 / 139 1826 5447
剑河路2000号; 常德路218号
Xintiandi Plaza. T: 6336 5823.
Unit 111A, Shanghai Centre, 1376
Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6279 8298.
Unit GF28, 168 Lujiazui Xi Lu,
Pudong. T: 5041 1695
T: 5253 9999 x 6268
Shanghai Clinic
•LaneBioscor
89, 5 Xingguo Lu (near Hunan
Lu). T: 6431 8899
International clinic with Australian,
American and Chinese doctors
specialising in plastic/cosmetic surgery,
medical skin treatment, natural hair
regrowth and cosmetic dentistry.
www.bioscor.com.cn
兴国路89弄5号 (近湖南路)
The Shanghai international
•aesthetic
clinic
Internationally trained medical team
provides family medicine, gynaecology,
general surgery, pediatrics, and more.
www.landseedhospital.com.cn
Shanghai United Family
•Hospital
1139 Xianxia Lu. T: 2216 3900
(hospital) / 2216 3922 or 2216 3936
(appointments) / 2216 3999 (24 hour
emergency hotline)
A purpose built, full service, internationally
accredited hospital that offers a full
24/7 emergency room. Hours: Mon-Sat,
8.30am-5.30pm.
www.ufh.com.cn
Huashan Pudong Hospital
International Division
Managed by United Family
Healthcare
Ground floor, Area A & B, 525
Hongfeng Lu, Pudong.
Appointments: 5030 9907
Suite 208, 1275 Yingchun Lu, Pudong
District. T: 3868 5118 /
139 1890 7562
www.tiac.com.cn
上海浦东新区迎春路1275号208室
www.ufh.com.cn
Fitness & Yoga
AUMNIE, YOGA WEAR
•Showroom:
3F, 60 Xinle Lu (near Xiangyang Bei Lu). T: 5404 3135.
Hotline: 4008 111 683
Yoga clothes for an active lifestyle that
are health and wellness inspired. Also
available online. [email protected], www.
aumnie.com
新乐路60号3楼
Body & Soul Yoga •Building
12, 470 Shaanxi Bei Lu.
No 401, Oneluijiazui Building, 68
Yincheng Lu, Lujiazui. T: 3218 0009
One of the best international yoga centres
in Shanghai.
www.bnsyoga.com
溢修瑜珈: 陕西北路470弄12号, 浦东
银城中路68号4楼，陆家嘴环路路口
Centre
•6F,Fitness
Hotel Main Tower, Intercontinental
Hotel Shanghai, 500 Hengfeng Lu.
•
Body & Soul – Medical
Clinics
Huangpu Clinic: Suite 5, 14F, Anji
Plaza, 1 Jianguo Xin Lu (760 Xizang
Nan Lu). T: 5101 9262. Minhang
Clinic: 211 Chengjiaqiao Lu (near
Hongmei Lu). T: 6461 6550
United Family Minhang Clinic
Shanghai Racquet Club, Ground Floor
Clubhouse. Lane 555 Jinfeng Lu, Hua
Cao Town, Minhang District.
T: 2201 0995
A comprehensive clinic that offers family
medicine and counselling services for the
whole family. Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
www.ufh.com.cn, [email protected]
German-managed clinic for integrative
medicine, treating acute and chronic
diseases in internal medicine, gynaecology,
acupuncture, etc. English, German, French,
Spanish and Chinese consulting.
黄浦门诊: 建国新路1号14楼5室 (近
西藏南路); 闵行门诊: 中谊路880号
(近七莘路)
Canadian Evergreen Family
•Health
Centre
1286 Hongqiao Lu. T: 6270 6265
www.greenmedicalcenter-sh.com
虹桥路1286号
Sino United Health
•Shanghai
Centre (Portman) Clinic:
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Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 6279 8920. Jinqiao
Clinic: Lane 300, 16 Hongfeng Lu
(near Biyun Lu), Jinqiao, Pudong. T:
5030 7810. Gubei Clinic: 491 Yili
Nan Lu, Gubei. T: 6124 9979
Specialists from around the world in
the fields of orthopedics, physiotherapy,
sports medicine, and neurology. www.
sinounitedhealth.com
上海城门诊部：南京西路1376号上海
商城西峰601室; 金桥门诊部：浦东金
桥红枫路300弄16号(近碧云路); 古北
门诊部：伊犁南路491号(近黄金城道)
WHS
•Shanghai
Centre: 1F, 106D,
1376 Nanjing Xi Lu (across from
HSBC Bank). T: 6289 8511. Kerry
Parkside, 1378 Huamu Lu, B130B
(across from Watsons). T: 4006 110
212
One-stop-shop health store chain
providing professional guidance on
imported health & wellness products from
around the world.
EDUCATION
Schools
•
Active Kidz shanghai
Room 601, 3211 Hongmei Lu (near
Chen Jiaqiaozhi Lu). T: 6406 6757.
Pudong: Ramada Plaza, 18 Xinqiao
Lu (near Biyun Lu). T: 3872 6770
(Wed-Fri)
Community-run, non profit organisation
that provides quality athletic programs for
expatriate children. www.activekidz.org
AKS是一个对外籍儿童提供优质体育
活动的非营利性的社会组织。活动包
括足球，棒球，篮球，体操，芭蕾，
网球等。浦西：虹梅路3211号601 室
（陈家桥支路) ；浦东：新金桥路
18号华美达大酒店1楼，
T: 3872 6770 (周三至周五）
I Mandarin
•Shanghai
Centre: Suite 721,
Shanghai Centre. T: 3222 1028.
Xintiandi: Suite 1906, Hong Kong
Plaza South Tower. T: 3308 0508.
Hongqiao: Suite C207, Shang-Mi
Ra Commercial Centre. T: 3223
1046. Xujiahui: Suite 2008, Grand
Gateway Tower. T: 5451 0234.
Dongfang Lu: Suite 11D1, Purple
Mountain Hotel. T: 6867 1330
沪南路2979号600; 闵行区金光路
111号
children's technology
•workshop
Hongqiao: Unit 504, 3211 Hongmei
Lu (above City Shop). T: 6446 6766.
Pudong: Unit 46-47B Thumb Plaza,
199 Fangdian Lu. T: 5033 3053
www.ctworkshop.com.cn
[email protected]
•
Concordia INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL SHANGHAI
999 Mingyue Lu (near Yunshan Lu),
Jinqiao. T: 5899 0380
www.ciss.com.cn
www.mandarinfamily.com
金桥校区：碧云路199弄40号302室
www.dulwich-shanghai.cn
上海德威英国国际学校:主校区：上海
浦东金桥蓝桉路266号
幼儿园：上海浦东金桥蓝桉路425号
恒隆广场；新天地；浦东陆家嘴；
Miracle Mandarin
•Xuhui
Campus: 1195 Fuxing Zhong
徐汇区石龙路980弄3号101室(近老
沪闵路)
International School
•384Fudan
Guoquan Lu. T: 6511 1292 /
6433 1258 www.fis.net.cn
Kindergartens
•
Comprehensive and total care for children.
Children from all over Shanghai are
welcome. www.creativity0891.com
Kindergarten
•1361Fortune
Dongfang Lu. T: 5458 0508
www.fkis.com.cn. 浦东东方路1361号
Montessori Children
•Academy
56 Lingshan Lu, Jinqiao, Pudong.
T: 5075 5472
浦东金桥灵山路56号2000弄
New Concept Mandarin
•T: 5228
2950
www.newconceptmandarin.com
Rainbow Bridge
•International
School
2381 Hongqiao Lu (inside Shanghai
Zoo). T: 6268 9773 / 6268 3121
Preschool, kindergarten, and elementary
grades one to six. www.rbischina.org
Shanghai American School
•Minhang
Campus: 258 Jinfeng Lu,
Zhudi Town. T: 6221 1445.
Pudong Campus: 1600 Lingbai
Gong Lu
Hongqiao ECE Campus: 2212
Hongqiao Road, Shanghai.T: 6261
4338. Hongqiao Campus: 1161
Hongqiao Lu. T: 6261 4338.
Pudong Lower School: 800 Xiuyan
Lu. T: 5812 9888. Pudong Upper
School: 198 Hengqiao Lu. T: 5812
9888. Hangzhou Campus: 78
Dongxin Lu, Hangzhou. T: (571) 8669
0045
www.scischina.org
虹桥ECE校区：虹桥路2212号 ;虹
桥总校：虹桥路1161号 ;浦东小学
部：秀沿路800号 ;浦东初高中部：横
桥路198号;杭州校区：东新路78号
闵行校区: 极地路288号; 闵行校
区: 朱建路301号; 徐汇校区: 华泾路
1455号
A multi-disciplinary practice focusing on
the educational setting, with a genuine
understanding of the challenges faced by
schools, teachers, parents and children.
They assist in identifying and treating
academic, communication or social
problems using evidence-based systems.
www.essentiallearninggroup.com
A future-orientated school with a diverse
and compassionate community. Its goal
is for its students to enter the world as
well-balanced, global citizens.
www.wiss.cn
Play group and Edu Drama programs
for children from 6 months to 8 years in
English and Mandarin. Preschool, nursery
and kindergarten classes also available.
www.juliagabriel.com
www.ssis.cn
Room 101, Lane 980, 3 Shilong Lu.
(near Lao Humin Lu). T: 5206 6273
•
The WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL OF SHANGHAI (WISS)
555 Lianmin Lu, Qingpu.
T: 6976 6388
JULIA GABRIEL CENTRE FOR
•LEARNING
•
THE ESSENTIAL LEARNING
•GROUP
Yincheng Zhong Lu, Lujiazui. T: 5010
6656
www.miraclemandarin.com
[email protected]
Shanghai Singapore
International School
Minhang Campus: 301 Zhujian Lu.
T: 6221 9288. Xuhui Campus: 1455
Huajing Lu. T: 6496 5550
新闸路1851号604室 (近胶州路)
Bamboo Leaf
•No. 403
Oneluijiazui Building, 68
Creativity Kindergarten
T: 6482 0881
Xintiandi Centre. T: 6390 6979.
Pudong, Lujiazui. T: 5054 0033
T: 6228 0588 / 6228 0586
Suite 604, 1851 Xinzha Lu (near
Jiaozhou Lu). T: 6253 2235 / 5213
1815.www.easymandarin.cn
吴兴路29号
www.mandarinhouse.cn
Shanghai Melody Mandarin
•Training
Centre
easyMandarin
•Xinzha
Lu Campus (main campus):
Hours: Noon-2am
Mandarin House
•Plaza
66 Centre. T: 6288 2308.
Shanghai Community
•International
School
DCS Main Campus: 266 Lan'an
Road, Jinqiao, Pudong
DUCKS Campus: 425 Lan'an Road,
Jinqiao, Pudong T:5899 9910
Lane 88, Huichuan Lu (near
Changning Lu). T: 5273 5525
青浦区联民路555号
闵行校区: 金丰路258号; 浦东校区:
凌白公路1600号
Dulwich College Shanghai
•(DCS)
Massage
•29Butterfly
Wuxing Lu. T: 6466 5882.
Lu). T: 6291 2509
www.saschina.org
浦东金桥明月路999号
新乐路158号
American School
•AlleyLivingston
177, 29 Tianshan Lu (near Xiehe
复兴中路1195号(陕西南路路口);
青海路90弄50号(近南京西路);
www.bisschina.com
Hours: 11am-9pm.
www.browhaus.cn
上海外国语大学附属外国语学校：中
山北一路295号，近广中路
Jinqiao Campus: Room 302, Lane
199, 40 Biyun Lu (near Biyun
Carrefour).
T: 5030 9916
Shanghai United
•International
School
Hongqiao Campus: 999 Hongquan
Lu, Minhang. T: 3431 0090. Gubei
Secondary Campus: 248 Hongsong
Dong Lu, Minhang. T: 5175 3030.
Pudong Campus: 48 Xueye Lu,
Pudong. T: 5886 9990. Shangyin
Campus, 185 Longming Lu, Minhang.
T: 5417 8143. Jiao Ke Secondary
Campus: 55 Wanyuan Lu, Minhang.
T: 6480 9986
www.suis.com.cn
上海协和双语学校虹桥校区：虹泉
路999号，近金汇路。古北中学校
区：红松东路248号。浦东校区：
浦东新区雪野路48号。尚音校区：
龙茗路185号。教科实中校区：万源
路55号。
•
Yew Chung International
School
Gubei Campus: 18 Ronghua Xi Lu.
T: 6219 5910. Hongqiao Campus:
11 Shuicheng Lu. T: 6242 3243.
Pudong Campus, Regency Park: 1817
Huamu Lu. T: 5033 1900. Pudong
Specialising in Western colouring and
Japanese hair straightening techniques.
T: 5403 0011
www.sfls.cn
Mandarin Family – The
•Language
Centre of Chinese
Essensuals 杭州大厦一店；杭州大厦
二店；昆明店；宁波店;福建店。
The Brow Salon
•158BrowhOus,
Xinle Lu (near Xiangyang Lu).
•
www. laschina.org 天山路177弄29号
Haifang Lu). T: 6277 8778.
Pudong: 1208 Biyun Lu, Jinqiao
(near Hongfeng Lu).T: 5030 3878
浦西店：上海市江宁路778号（海防
路口）；浦东店：上海市浦东金桥碧
云路1208号（红枫路）
International Division of
Shanghai International Studies
University
295 Zhongshan Bei Yi Lu (near
Guangzhong Lu). T: 6516 0844
The British International
•School
Pudong: 600 Cambridge Forest
New Town, 2729 Hunan Lu. T: 5812
7455.
Puxi: 111 Jinguang Lu, Huacao
Town, Minhang District. T: 5226 3211
馨园水疗: 陕西北路457号(近北京
西路)
上海商城721室; 香港广场南座
1906室；C207港汇广场2008室; 紫
金山酒店11D1室
T: 6295 0461 www.brainschool.com.cn
荣华东道126号2楼
www.ycis-sh.com
古北校区: 荣华西道18号; 虹桥校区:
水城路11号; 浦东校区御翠园: 浦东花
木路1817号, 浦东校区世纪公园: 浦
东东绣路1433号
wrap and Jacuzzi), nail spa, waxing and
pre-natal treatment.
www.imandarin.net
Lu (Shanxi Nan Lu Metro Exit 1).
T: 6474 9716.
Jing’an Campus: Lane 90, 50
Qinghai Lu (Nanjing Xi Lu Metro Exit
2). T: 6218 3629.
School
•2F,Brain
126 Ronghua Dong Dao.
Campus, Century Park: 1433 Dongxiu
Lu. T: 5045 6475
75 Wuxing Lu. T: 6437 3773
吴兴路75号
Little Eton Bilingual
•Kindergarten
Massages, waxing and manicures by
experienced, well-trained therapists with
complimentary sandwiches. They also
offer a therapist's training course, if you’d
like to massage your family members.
www.blretreat.com
清云居: 浦东陆家嘴银城中路68 号时
代金融中心403 •
Banyan Tree Spa
3F, The Westin Shanghai (Westin
Residences), 88 Henan Zhong Lu
(near Yan’an Dong Lu). T: 6335 1888
Highly regarded spa in the Westin, for
massages and spa treatments.
威斯汀酒店3楼
•
BAMBOO 7
3F-C1, 37 Shuicheng Nan Lu. T:
6209 8400. Huaguang Shop: 3308
Hongmei Lu. T: 5422 1271. Biyun
Shop: 1198 Biyun Lu. T: 5030 8406.
Jiuzhou Shop: 3F, 3219 Hongmei
Lu. T: 5175 9168. Meihua Shop:
985 Meihua Lu. T: 5059 9059.
Luocheng Shop: 12 Shuicheng Lu.
T: 6295 0300. Pucheng Shop:
708 Pucheng Lu. T: 5877 1788.
Xintiandi Shop: 586 Madang Lu.
T: 3331 7117. Yingchun Shop:
1130 Yingchun Lu. T: 6856 7122.
Huangjinchengdao Shop: Room201,
735 Huangjinchengdao Lu. T: 6208
9200. Dapu Shop: 550 Xujiahui
Lu. T: 5465 9959. Dagu Shop: 508
Dagu Lu. T: 3366 2778
Charme Hair Sculpture
•Room 106, 308 Anfu Road (near Wukang Lu). T: 6433 9929
A trendy salon set in the midst of the French Concession offering a high
level of professional standards. Tanning
•B1,Eurosun
376 Wukang Lu (near Hunan Lu).
Massage
•LaneChang
177, 183 Fumin Lu (near Julu
Lu). T: 5403 6919
Dedicated to delivering a smart tan,
Eurosun boasts state-of-the-art tanning
beds. Hours: 9.30am-9pm
Hours:11am-2am
武康路376号(近湖南路)
•
Evian Spa by Three
•2F, Three
on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan
Chengcheng Massage
51 Fumin Lu (near Yan’an Zhong Lu).
T: 6289 3210
Uses fragrant oils combined with
traditional Chinese massage. House calls
available. Hours: 11am-2am
富民路51号
•
Chuan Spa
3F, The Langham, Yangtze Boutique.
740 Hankou Lu.
T: 6080 0722
Facilities include infinity baths, steam
showers, body spray, wet and dry saunas.
Club Mayson Shanghai
•House
2, 3911 Hongmei Lu.
T: 6262 8077
Keyuan Lu (near Longdong Da Dao).
T: 2898 6078. 266 Ruijin Er Lu
(near Taikang Lu). T: 5465 7291.
Nanchang Lu (near Yandang Lu).
T: 6384 2033 [email protected]
科苑路88号德国中心3号楼（近龙东
大道）；瑞金二路266号（近泰康
路）；南昌路66号, （近雁荡路）
• Shanghai montessori
Dragonfly Crossroads @
•Donghu
• SHANGAHI XIANGYANG
BILINGUAL Kindergarten
1481 Huqingping Lu (near Zhuguang
Lu). T: 5988 6116
www.xiangyang.sh.ejt.cn
Bronze Bodies
•209A,
Infinity Plaza, 138 Huaihai
Zhong Lu. T: 6335 3091.
Suite 1FB, Silver Tower, Jiu An
Plaza, 258 Tongren Lu. T: 6247 7377
上海市卢湾区淮海中路138号无限度
广场209A；铜仁路258号1楼B室
沪青平公路1481号
Sunflower International
•Kindergarten
418 Yunjian Lu. T: 5030 3681
www.sunmonte.com 云间路418号
TINY TOTS PRE-SCHOOL AND
•KINDERGARTEN
50 Gumei Lu (near Lianhua Lu).
T: 6480 8933. 43 Fuxing Xi Lu (near
Yongfu Lu). T: 6431 3788
2F, 218 Xinle Lu, Xuhui District (near
Donghu Lu) T: 5403 6133
Hours: 12pm-12am
上海市徐汇区新乐路２18号2楼
•
Dragonfly Therapeutic
Retreat
20 Donghu Lu. T: 5405 0008.
Villa 5, Lane 3911 Hongmei Lu.
T: 6242 4328. 206 Xinle Lu.
T: 5403 9982. 386 Hongfeng Lu,
Jinqiao, Pudong.T: 3872 6996.
2F, 218 Xinle Lu. T: 5403 6133.
Pudong Kerry Parkside, Retail L119,
1378 Huamu Lu. T: 2025 2308.
646 Baole Lu. T: 6221 9770.
Room 202, 322 Anfu Lu. T: 5406
0680 193 Jiaozhou Road T: 5213
5778
Art Kindergarten
•75 Xuhui
Wuxing Lu (near Hengshan Lu).
www.shei.gov.cn/qycp/q0294100.htm
BEAUTY
Nail Salon
•208Glamour
Nanyang Lu (behind Shanghai
Centre, between Big Bamboo &
Malone’s). T: 6279 0170
Friendly, professional, high quality
service in a convenient location. Hours:
10am-10pm
世纪大道88号金茂大厦J-life1楼15号
Just BB
•T: (400)
8202 203
HAIR SALON SPA
•15AMANI
Wujiang Lu (next to the
Adopting from ancient Cambodian
wellness philosophies, APSARA SPA
brings you a heavenly experience that
rejuvenates your body and mind with
spa rituals & facial care. Services
include signature Royal spa rituals,
relaxing massages, rejuvenating facials,
pampering body therapies (body scrub,
Jinqiao Branch: T: 2023 6727
Hours:10am-12pm.
www.greenmassage.com.cn
Tower, 88 Shiji Dadao.
T: 5103 6767
吴兴路75号，近衡山路
Lu). T: 6258 5580
Hours: 10:30-2am.
GIn One Spa
•No. 15
Entrance, 1F J-life, Jin Mao
T: 6474 4595
APSARA Spa
•457
Shanxi Bei Lu (near Beijing Xi
Shunchang Lu). T: 5386 0222.
Xujiahui: 88 Xingeng Lu (near
Tianyaoqiao Lu). T: 6468 7076.
Shanghai Centre: 202 West Retail
Plaza, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing
Xi Lu (near Xikang Lu). T: 6289 7776.
Lujiazui: 304, 3F, The Shops
& Restaurants, Shanghai World
Financial Centre, 100, Shiji Dadao
(near Dongtai Lu). T: 6877 8188.
东湖路20号；虹梅路3911号5号别
墅；新乐路206号；浦东金桥红枫
路386号；新乐路218号;浦东花木
路1378号；保乐路646号；安福路
322号202室;胶州路193号
闵行区：古美路50号（近莲花路）
徐汇区：复兴西路43号
南京西路店：吴江路15号 (近上海电
视台)；浦东店：梅花路1071号 (近国
际博览中心)；浦东南路1078号
Green Massage
•Xintiandi:
58 Taicang Lu (near
Contemporary Asian retreat.
Hours: 10am-1am.
www.dragonfly.net
International pre-school and kindergarten
for children aged 20 months to 6 years.
Tiny Toddler class for children aged 12-24
months every Monday, Wednesday and,
Friday afternoon.
www.tinytots.com.cn
Shanghai TV Station). T: 5213 5823.
1071 Meihua Lu, Pudong (near the
International Expo Center). T: 6093
6068. 1078 Pudong Nan Lu. T:
2023 5935
虹梅路3182号；虹桥路1号港汇广场
4楼466铺；陕西南路35号，1楼4号
商铺（长乐路）
T: 5404 7861
KINDERGARTEN Qingpu Campus
1230 Zhuguang Lu. T: 5988 6688
kindergarten Xuhui Campus
21 Donghu Lu. T: 5403 7699
Global leading hair salon features highly
trained stylists and colourists. Hours:
10am-10pm
COLORISTE
•2F, Diage
Complex, 20 Donghu Lu.
Diva Life Nails & Beauty
•Tower
3, German Centre, 88
诸光路1230号
No 466, 4F, Grand Gateway, 1
Hongqiao Lu, T: 6407 3172. GF, 35
Shaanxi Nan Lu (near Changle Lu).
T: 6267 5171
Hours: 10am-10pm.
www.cmmbeauty.com
Shanghai MeiMei Montessori
•Kindergarten
• SHANGHaI MONTESSORI
Franck Provost
•3182
Hongmei Lu, T: 6446 6928.
T: 5466 0505
宛平南路592号 (近零陵路)
上海美美双语幼儿园: 徐泾镇诸光路
1117弄20弄
Spa
•598CMM
Hengshan Lu (near Wanping Lu).
Founded by Asia’s hair colourist master,
Jun Laung, COLORISTE is a stylish and
chic choice for hair colour, styling and
care. www.coloriste.net
www.s-m-k.com.cn
Dong Yi Lu (near Guangdong Lu).
T: 6321 6622 Hours: 10am-10pm
虹梅路3911号2室
592 Wanping Nan Lu (near Lingling
Lu). T: 6469 0445
1129 Zhuguang Lu. T: 3319 9422
T: 6126 7628
Just BB is a new generation of nude
makeup for beautiful women.
www.justbbcream.com
Beauty Farm
•Shop
210, Central Plaza, 381
•10F,LeLeSpa
Royal Méridien Shanghai,
Shop 332, Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 6288 4646
Professional aromatherapy by certified
practitioners. Expert skincare and beauty
treatment by certified practitioners.
淮海中路381号210店铺；南京西路
1266号恒隆广场332店铺
Beauty Salon
•Room
1701, Kun Yang Business
Centre, 798 Zhaojiabang Lu.
T: 6473 8572
肇家浜路798号1701室
•
Benson’s Salon
Puxi: 778 Jiangning Lu (near
789 Nanjing Dong Lu (near Xizang
Zhong Lu).
T: 3318 9999
Essensuals Salons
•Essensuals
Hangzhou Shopping
Centre I. T: (571) 8678 6560.
Essensuals Hangzhou Shopping
Centre II. T: (571) 8510 2126.
Essensuals Kunming.
T: (871) 363 3950. Essensuals
Ningbo. T: (574) 8389 9868.
Essensuals Fujian. T: (595) 8391
9999/8366 6789
www.essensuals.co.uk
A contemporary, urban day and wellness
spa. Plus, sauna, steam rooms, gym,
aerobics, plunge pools and indoor pool
with outdoor sun deck.
南京东路789号艾美皇家酒店10楼
The Living Room Day Spa
•55 Xiangyang
Bei Lu (near Changle
Lu). T: 5404 6007
Holistic day spa in Shanghai, in a 70 year
old colonial house.
Hours: 10am-10pm
襄阳北路55号 (近长乐路)
MIC
•MIC
Channel One. T: 3131 5145.
MIC Hongqiao Parkson. T: 6237
0083. MIC Cixi, Zhejiang. T: (574)
6393 3555. MIC Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
T: (0575) 8511 6660
www.mic-group.com.cn
•
Make-Up by Kate Noble for
MAC Cosmetics
An Australian make-up artist, Kate Noble
has 10 years experience in Shanghai.
In 2006 she started her own company,
which provides make-up, hairstyle, body
painting, and wardrobe services. Her work
has appeared in ads for Crocs, Shangri-la
Hotels, Colgate, and KOHLER, as well as
in magazines like Esquire (China), Estetica
Protagonist (Italy) and Talk. www.kate-noble.
com
水疗：浦东金桥金港路318号富豪金
丰酒店五楼
乌鲁木齐北路123号 (近愚园路和北
京西路口)
SOSPA
•Sofitel
Shanghai Sheshan Oriental,
3388 Sichen Lu, Sijing Town.
T: 3761 8888 × 1555
Bund Flagship Store: Lane 8, 1
Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. T: 6445 8218.
Xintiandi Store: Unit 3, House 3,
North Block, Lane 181 Taicang Lu.
T: 6320 0045
AT KERRY SPORTS
•KerrySPAHotel
Pudong Shanghai, 4F,
1388 Huamu Lu. T: 6169 8856
A multidisciplinary and holistic approach
to well-being including physiotherapy,
restorative massage, skincare and body
treatments inspired by Wudang wushu.
Hours: 10am-11pm
Linen and embroidery. Hours: 10am10.30pm. www.annabel-lee.com
Au Nom de la Rose
•122
Jianguo Xi Lu (near Shanxi Nan
Lu). T: 6415 3686. The Village, 6
Dongping Lu (near Hengshan Lu).
T: 5465 9125
Professional manicurists.
新天地兴业路123弄F座21-22
• Oh’s Chiropractic
Centre
Room 1202, Mingzhu Building,
55 Shuicheng Nan Lu (opposite
Carrefour Gubei Store). T: 6209 5546
Adjustment, neuromuscular, spine, joint,
exercise and relaxation. Hours: 9.30am8pm. [email protected]
水城南路55号明珠大厦1202室
Olden Resort Massage
•678
Shanxi Bei Lu (near Wuding
Lu). T: 6217 8628. Hours: 12pm-2am.
636 Yongjia Lu (near Hengshan Lu).
T: 6445 1729
Hours: 12pm-3am
陕西北路678号(武定路路口); 永嘉路
636号 (近衡山路)
• Oriental Taipan Massage
and Spa
39 Donghu Lu. T: 6415 8880
Indulge in the pleasure of luxurious
massage. Seek out the perfect balance of
body, mind and spirit through the caring
hands of our trained masseuse. Free
serving of healthy fruit juices and snacks.
Hours: 12pm-1am. www.taipan.com.com
东湖路39号
Hours: 10.30am-9pm.
www.aunomdelarose.com
建国店：建国西路122号(近陕西南
路); Village店: 东平路6号(近衡山路)
Village二楼
洲际水疗馆,浦东雪野路1188号(近南
码头路)，上海世博洲际酒店四楼.
Massage
•370YuWuyuan
Lu (near Wukang Lu).
Ministry of Waxing
•158Strip,
Xinle Lu (near Xiangyang Bei Lu).
House calls available, taxi fare payable by
the client. Hours: 11am-2am
T: 5403 0011
Hours: 11am-9pm daily.
www.strip-shanghai.cn
新乐路158号
The Spa
•4F, 250
Huashan Lu (in the Hilton
Shanghai). T: 6248 0000 x 2600
Combining traditional Asian therapies
with modern techniques, The Spa offers
a full range of fitness classes, body work,
amenities and services. All cards.
Hours: 6am-11pm
华山路250号4楼
TONI&GUY Salons
•TONI&GUY
Times Square. T: 5351
3606. TONI&GUY Shanghai Centre.
T: 6279 8806. TONI&GUY Green City
Jinqiao Shanghai. T: 5030 5521 / 5030
8022. TONI&GUY Super Brand Mall. T:
5047 2298 / 2828 6691. TONI&GUY
Cool Docks Shanghai. T: 5098 8016.
TONI&GUY Taikoo Hui Guangzhou.
T: (20) 8754 2113 / (20) 8754 2116.
TONI&GUY Sinopec Guangzhou. T:
(20) 3892 2110 TONI&GUY Gingko
Shopping Mall Kunming. T : (871) 5264
262. TONI&GUY Wuhan Tiandi. T:
(27) 8270 1115. T: (28) 8665 0277.
TONI&GUY Mix Mall Shenzhen. T: (755)
2290 9505
www.toniandguychina.com
TONI&GUY上海时代广场店；上海商
城店；上海金桥店；上海正大店；
上海老码头；广州太古汇店；广州中
石化店；云南昆明店；武汉天地店；
深圳万象城店
A home away from home.
www.lansonplace.com
Annabel Lee – Exquisite
•Chinese
Silk
上海市松江区泗泾镇泗陈公路
3388弄，上海东方佘山索菲特大酒店
SOSPATM水疗中心
•
Xingye Lu (at Xintiandi Plaza).
T: 5306 1955
www.travelzoo.com/cn
VARIOUS
SPA InterContinental
Shanghai Expo
Level 4, InterContinental Shanghai
Expo, 1188 Xueye Lu, Pudong (near
Nail Salon
•UnitM20
21-22F Building, Lane 123
Lanson Place Jinlin Tiandi
•Residences
Lu (near Shanghai Railway Station).
T: 6056 1000
恒丰路568号恒汇国际大厦1601室
( 近上海火车站 )
Offers the ultimate experience in luxury
and relaxation, allowing guests the ability
to unwind and indulge their senses, while
conveniently remaining within 35 minutes
of downtown Shanghai.
Highly skilled professional therapists
incorporate the wisdom of natural healing
to invigorate and restore harmony to
your body.
Travelzoo
•Room
1601, Centro, 568 Hengfeng
T: 5403 9931
愉庭保健会所: 五原路370号(近武
康路口)
Yuan Spa
•Lower
Lobby, Hyatt on the Bund, 199
Huangpu Lu. T: 6393 1234 x 6527
Includes 12 spa treatment rooms, a 24 hour
fitness centre, swimming pool, whirlpool,
steam and sauna rooms, a beauty salon and
a juice bar. shanghai.bund.hyatt.com
源Spa：黄浦路199号上海外滩茂悦
大酒店底层大厅
•
Zen Massage
Lane 210 Wuyuan Lu. (near
Wulumuqi Zhong Lu). T: 3368-1227
五原路210弄1号
Zen Palace Massage
•41 Mengzi
Dong Lu (near Liyuan Lu).
•
Barefoot Portraits
4F, 668 Huai'an Lu. T: 136 3649 9378
www.barefootportraits.org
淮安路668号4楼
CROWN RELOCATIONS •Crown
Worldwide Building, Lane 72975, 59 Suide Lu. T: 6250 8820
Crown Relocations, a division of the
Crown Worldwide Group, serves over
10,000 customers from over 250
locations in 55 countries, providing
domestic and international transportation
of household goods, transit protection,
storage services, home and school
search, inter-cultural training, expense
management, policy consulting,
program administration and other
relocation services. The company
serves corporations, diplomats and
private customers. www.crownrelo.com,
[email protected]
嘉柏（中国）国际货运代理有限公
司：上海市普陀区绥德路729弄75支
弄59号嘉柏大厦 T: 3308 0893
蒙自东路41号（近丽园路）
TRAVEL
Airlines
Air France
•Room
3901, Ciro's Plaza, 338 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 6350 9268
Cathay Pacific
•Room
2101-2104, Shanghai Square
Office Tower, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu.
T: (400) 888 6628
www.cathaypacific.com.cn
Lane 168, 3 Xingye Lu.
T: 2306 1888
•
Lanson Place Jinqiao
Residences
Lane 399, 18 Zaozhuang Lu, Pudong.
T: 5013 3592
These one- and two-bedroom homes
are close to expatriate communities,
international schools and European
supermarkets. www.lansonplace.com
Lemon Zest
•1 Taojiang
Lu.
T: 6466 9099
Lemon Zest offers factory direct prices
up to 40 per cent below the brand names
and a lifetime warranty against defects.
Hours: 10am-9pm (10pm Fri, Sat).
Simply Life
•Unit
101, Xintiandi, 159 Madang Lu,
(near Taicang Lu). T: 6387 5100.
9 Dongping Lu (near Taojiang Lu).
T: 3406 0509
逸居生活：马当路159号新天地
101单元
RURU STUDIO 若然雅居
•Private
Concept Studio
873, Wuding Lu (near Changde Lu)
T: 6211 5095
Hours: 10am-10pm. This private concept
studio located in the heart of Jing' an
district features women's and men's,
clothing, a cafe and a private art centre.
The vision is to create a place with "art
life". www.rurustudio.com.cn
Appointment only.
武定路873号 (近常德路)
品厨：桃江路1号
Lingerie & Me
•Room
28, Building 5, Lane 1173,
Ultra-luxury private apparel for modern
chic women. Visitors by appointment only.
www.lingerieandme.com
南京西路1173弄5号楼28室
LZ LifeZtore
•Yi-Shan
Store: Room 1-5, 1F, Living
Design Center, 407 Yishan Lu.
Huaihai Store: Room B002B/B002C,
Infiniti, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu.
Designer furniture and home accessories
that are functional with a twist of fun.
www.lifeztore.com
生活经艳：宜山路407号筑园1层
1-5号近裕德路
•86Lollipop
Wulumuqi Zhong Lu. T: 5403
2582. 3211 Hongmei Lu, Suite 606
T: 6406 8220. 566 Biyun Lu.
T: 6105 9581
Stock up on baby gear, apparel, furniture
and toys at this kid-friendly store.
[email protected].
www.shanghailollipop.com
Hours: 9am-6pm
Collection
•60 Marrow
Tianlin Dong Lu. T: 6481 0027
One of the brands owned by the
Nacor group, famous for luxury home
furnishings.
www.marrowcollection.com
美雍家居：田林东路60号
Putuo Shanghai
•LaneModena
58, 1 Tongchuan Lu, Putuo.
• Fraser Suites Top Glory
Shanghai
上海品尊名致精品酒店公寓：
普陀区铜川路58弄1号
T: 6117 7668.
www.modenaresidence.com/shputuo
Fang Maison de Thé
•227Song
Yongjia Lu. T: 6433 8283
Specialises in fine quality Chinese teas
and premium blended French teas.
[email protected] 永嘉路227号
Clothes Spa
•1156Sophia
Kangding Lu. T: 6231 7736
Free pick up and delivery (next day service
available). www.clothesspachina.com
康定路1156号
life
•ShopVedic
104, Building 5, Highstreet Loft,
283 Jianguo Xi Lu.
T: 5466 0715 A complete lifestyle store with products
from India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
[email protected],
www.vediclife.net
建国西路283号5号楼104商铺
Lane 600, 1 Yincheng Zhong Lu,
Lujiazui. T: 6378 8888
Long stay accommodation for both singles
and families. Fraser Suites offers a more
flexible way to stay in Shanghai.
GRACES FLORAL
•AptTHE
101, Block 5, Huaihai Xi Garden,
Lane 288 Huaihai Xi Lu.
T: 138 0195 5944
www.thegracesfloral.com
淮海西路288弄淮海花园5号楼101室
EVENTS CHINA
•21F,GLRoom
2107, Information
Emirates Airlines
•Room
3302, Zhong Xin Buliding,
•
1466 Nanjing Xi Lu. T: 3222 9999
Quan Spa
21F, 159 Henan Nan Lu, Renaissance
Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel. T: 2321 8888
Dragonair
•Room
2101-2104, Shanghai Square
With gymnasium, infinity edge pool, juice
bar, indoor spa garden and relaxation
areas. Hours: 10am-10pm
Office Tower, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu.
T: 400 888 6628 / 400 881 3368
(real-time flight information)
河南南路159号
www.dragonair.com.cn
•
Sensations Spa
B3, Hong Kong New World Tower,
300 Huaihai Zhong Lu. T: 5383 6633.
3F, Jinqiao Megafit Sports Club, 600
Lantian Lu, Pudong. T: 5030 6005
Comprehensive day spa.
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-9pm, Sat-Sun
10am-9pm. www.sensationsspa.com
淮海中路300号香港新世界大厦B3；
浦东蓝天路600号3楼
Senses
•Shop
413, Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing
Xi Lu. T: 6288 2188. Shop 202,
1138 Pudong Nan Lu, Pudong.
T: 6888 2995
Shui Urban Spa
•5F, Ferguson
Lane, 376 Wukang Lu
(near Tai’an Lu). T: 6126 7800
A classy contemporary sanctuary
– enjoy the tree-top view of the French
Concession in Moroccan-style daybeds.
Hours: 11am-9pm, 11am-7pm (weekends)
武康路376号五楼（近泰安路）
•
Shanghai Wonjin Medical
Beauty Hospital
Floor 3-4, No. 111 South Yili Road
T: 5116 0088
Painless hair removal,TCM Message，
IPL, yellow lazer
Lu, Jinqiao. T: 5899 3838 x 3374
An enjoyable and relaxing indulgence.
Hours: 7am–10.30pm
Created in 1978, GL events is today
a major player in the event market
through its three main activities: venue
management, event management and
services. They have a presence in
over 15 countries through almost 80
establishments. www.gl-events.com/www.
pudongexpo.com.cn
浦东新区民生路1403号上海信息大
厦2107室
Jamy Yang & Associates
•Design
Inc.
Room 307, Design Center, East China
Normal University, 896 Zaoyang Lu.
T: 6280 2294
Edge
•85F,Water’s
Park Hyatt Shanghai, 100 Shiji
Fashion, stationery, furniture and
homewares, digital products, information
directing systems, public facilities and
retail display. www.yang-design.com
Dadao. T: 6888 1234 x 4250
FIve star TCM and aromatherapy make for
one heady spa trip!
杨明洁联合设计机构: 淮海西路570号
上海红坊商务社区C3-203/204
Retreat Wellness & Spa
•8F, Urban
Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi
Lu. T: 6289 7007
Hours: 10am-12am. www.urbanretreat.cn
青籁水疗: 南京西路1376号上海商
城东峰8楼
Village Retreat
•2F, 6TheDongping
Lu (near Hengshan
Lu). T: 6466 5123
Vita Spa
•7F, Hotel
Sofitel, 507 Nanjing Dong
Lu. T: 6351 5888 x 59
Fully equipped gymnasium and
professional massage facilities. All cards.
Hours: gymnasium 6.30am-11pm, sauna
6.30am-2am, spa 9am-3am
南京东路507号7楼
NAIL STUDIO
•123VILLY'S
Wulumuqi Bei Lu (near Yuyuan Lu
and Beijing Xi Lu). T: 3255 8131
Sino Spa
•5F, Regal
Jinfeng Hotel, 318 Jingang
Tower, 1403 Minsheng Lu, Pudong,
With the comfiest chairs and some of
the best base coat in town, Villy’s offers
the whole package (which includes
complimentary wi-fi and wine or tea.
SPECIAL PROMOTIONS 1) Book Manicure
or Pedicure get Paraffin wax 50 per cent
off. 2) Come Mon-Fri during lunch break
(11AM-2PM) get free sandwich
(Reservations only). Hours 10am-10pm
Travel Agencies
B Plus Travel
•Room
7A, Block A, Jiafa Building,
Lane 129 Datian Lu (near Beijing Xi
Lu). T: 6289 9090
[email protected] www.bplustravel.com
Country Holidays
•Silver
Block, 5F, Unit 5A, Jiu An Plaza,
258 Tongren Lu
铜仁路258号,九安广场,银座5A
Ctrip
•T: 400
820 6666
Xuan Antique Furniture
•50 Jin
Huashi Lu. T: 5425 0613
Traditional artworks, plus centuries-old
antique furniture. www.jxgdjj.com
锦轩古董家具：华石路50号
BCN
•614GRISS
Julu Lu (near Xiangyang Bei Lu).
T: 6247 2964
This cute little boutique located in the
heart of the former French Concession
stocks authentic Italian, French &
Spanish styles, including hot brands like
Etxart & Panno, IKKS, Sita Murt, Siste's
and Guarapoall. www.grissbcn.com
巨鹿路614号 (近襄阳路)
China's leading online travel services
provider. www.ctrip.com
Flight Centre
•www.flightcentre.com.hk Imtravelin.com
•T: 5108
7090
Your personal travel assistant in China is
here! Still fed up with searching hotels
and booking air tickets for your business
trip or family vacation? Tell them your
request and let them do the rest.
vwww.imtravelin.com
June12 TalkMagazine
59
THE SCENE
IN REVIEW
The Avengers
Dark Shadows
Pirates! Band of Misfits
Winning a high critical acclaim on Rotten Tomatoes,
with ratings of 94%, I expected great things of
Kevin MacDonald’s (State of Play, The Last King
of Scotland) tribute to the late reggae and ska
artist Bob Marley, but found myself surprisingly
disappointed. Unless you already have an existing
devout interest in Bob Marley, this 144 minute
long documentary-biography with interviews from
ex-girlfriends, former accompanying instrumentalists
and family friends, can be a bit heavy for watching
in one sitting. Nevertheless, Marley offers interesting
and fresh insight into the famed artist, and takes
the viewer on a journey of his short, but influential
life. Marley is informative in explaining every
aspect of Bob Marley’s character: the troubles that
he experienced financially as a rising musician,
personally as a Jamaican of mixed race, physically
as a sufferer of terminal cancer, and politically, as a
peace protester against rising tensions in Jamaica.
Accompanied by a soundtrack of Marley tracks
including his earlier works with the Wailers, it’s
interesting to see how his Bob Marley’s distinctive
musical style has developed, and the parts of the
documentary addressing his role in alleviating
existing political tensions in both Jamaica and later
Zimbabwe are admittedly interesting.
Steph Buckingham
Fans of director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse) will rejoice. Whedon’s
crossover into the world of Hollywood blockbuster
movies maintains everything that he has been
known for: clever dialogue, compelling character
development and fun. Except now he’s got a multimillion dollar 3D special effects team to back him up
for the production of The Avengers.
As a movie, The Avengers won’t revolutionise
the superhero genre, but it does go a long way in
preserving it. A mash-up of Marvel Comics’ most
recent films Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk and Captain
America, the film has the potential to drown in the sea
of clichés that attend others of its type. And it almost
does. The plot is simple enough, anemic even: Good
guys (the Avengers) need to fight bad guys (the Norse
god Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his army of evil aliens),
but instead fight each other. Then they learn to work
together and win the day (take that, aliens!). Still, all
is forgiven as our heroes trade one clever retort after
another on and off the battlefield, endowing the action
with startling wit and humanity. The characters are
indeed reluctant superheroes, but the movie is equally
as reluctant, giving you what you know is coming, but
with a giant smirk. In a company of great performances, Robert
Downey Jr. shines as Tony Stark (aka Iron Man),
assaulting everyone with a litany of smug comments,
one after another. However, it’s Mark Ruffalo who
ends up stealing the show as Bruce Banner (aka The
Hulk), holding back the anger that turns him into a
giant green beast with pitch-perfect conviction. All
in all, it’s enough to make us look longingly into the
years ahead when the Avengers have to take on a
new batch of baddies all over again.
Tom Mangione
Tim Burton’s (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
Alice in Wonderland) latest blockbuster based
on the 1960s/70s soap opera of the same
name brings together a star-studded cast for
a comedy-horror adventure that is fresh, funny
and all-round fantastic. Burtonites out there,
listen up.
This latest film takes place in 1980s America
where 200 year old vampire Barnabas Collins
(Johnny Depp) is freed from a coffin he has
been kept in by devious witch Angelique
Bouchard (Eva Green). He returns to his
former home, where he is accepted by distant
cousin Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her
dysfunctional family including “ne’er do well”
brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller), rebellious
daughter Carolyn (Chloe Grace Moretz) and
live-in alcoholic psychiatrist Dr Julia Hoffman
(Helena Bonham Carter). Upon arriving, he
discovers that the family are losing their
business to rival fishing company Angel Bay
Fishery, run by Angelique, and old feuds are
stirred up again, with Barnabas out to take
revenge on Angelique for the curse that she
placed on him two centuries ago.
An excellent film, with hilarious dialogue
and a gripping plot, Dark Shadows packs
spectacular punch and is a must-see this
month. Depp, Pfeiffer, Miller and Bonham
Carter are all as expected, fantastic in their
individual performances, but it's Green who is
particularly captivating in her role as wicked
witch Angelique. Watch out as well for special
cameo appearances from Lord of the Rings actor
Christopher Lee and rock legend Alice Cooper.
Kerry Allen
Pirates! Band of Misfits is a light-hearted, witty
film that will amuse children as well as adults
with properly executed British slapstick comedy.
Enlisting the vocal talents of Hugh Grant as
Pirate Captain, Martin Freeman as Second,
Imelda Staunton as Queen Victoria and David
Tennant as Charles Darwin, directors Peter
Lord and Jeff Newitt have created a fantasy
pirate world (sans Captain Jack Sparrow) that
is colourful, humorous and, at times, even a bit
tongue-in-cheek.
The protagonist, Pirate Captain, has set his
sights on being named ‘Pirate of the Year’ above
all his fellow peers, despite his recognised
shortcomings as a mediocre pirate. He, unlike
other captains, is trusting, kind-hearted and a bit
oblivious to his surroundings. However, what he
lacks in acceptable pirate etiquette is precisely
the reason he is so beloved by his crew. They
adore him unconditionally and hence encourage
Pirate Captain to enlist himself in the running for
the coveted title.
Pirates! Band of Misfits is memorable because
it does not employ trite conventions. A strong
moral of everlasting friendship is the underlying
message throughout the film, thus making it
emotionally and intellectually stimulating. The
comedic content is also delivered in such a
fun and whimsical manner that it is difficult
not to burst out laughing at its most random of
scenarios.
Audiences can expect among them, a Dodo
bird that is the key to ‘untold riches’ and a
monkey butler (also known as the ‘manpanzee’)
that communicates only with flashcards.
Melissa K Trias
Don’t Cry, Tai Lake:
An Inspector Chen Novel
The Wind Through the
Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
Born Villain
Never Sever
By Qiu Xiaolong
Minotaur Books, pp 262
By Stephen King
Hodder & Stoughton, pp 352
Chief inspector Chen
Cao of the Shanghai
Police Bureau arrives in
Wuxi to spend his long
awaited vacation at the
Wuxi Cadre Recreation
Centre, trying to make
it as quiet as possible
and enjoy the amazing
Tai Lake, famous for its
clean crystal waters. At
one of many dilapidated eateries he frequents,
he accidentally meets Shanshan, a female blue
collar worker at a local chemical company.
This rendezvous completely changes the
purpose of the inspector’s stay, as he finds himself
getting involved in the investigation of the terrible
murder of Liu Deming, Shanshan’s general
manager. Right before the murder Shanshan
received a strange phone call, which she wrote
off as a prank. However with the unveiling of the
murder, suspicion starts to fall on Shanshan, and
detective Chen trusting his intuition, believes that
she is innocent and starts to go about proving her
innocence in this mysterious case.
Don’t Cry, Tai Lake is the seventh of Shanghai
born Qiu Xiaolong’s detective Chen crime-thriller
novels, all featuring the main character Chen
Cao – a thoughtful and poetic inspector, who,
influenced by Confucious, often goes about trying
to write poetry himself. The book offers some good
and wise quotes and is informative to those not
clued up on Chinese culture; but in general, the
plot of the novel is rather banal and trite. Thrillerlovers might well find this book intriguing, but it’s
not a must for your bookshelf. Nick Korjov
Stephen King returns
to mid-world in this
nesting doll of tales
from his seminal Dark
Tower series which
feature anti-hero Ronald
Deschain on his quest
to find the tower, said
to be the nexus of all
universes.
The novel sees
Roland recounting to his ka-tet (a group of
travellers who are tied by fate) an episode
from his youth, when he faced a murderous
shapeshifter known as the ‘Skin-Man’. During
this story young Roland tells the titular tale ‘The
Wind Through the Keyhole’, a mid-world fairytale
complete with a wicked stepfather, magic, Merlin
and a brave boy named Tim.
While events in this new volume are set
between books five and six it is not necessary
to have read any of the previous books to enjoy
The Wind Through the Keyhole. In fact new
readers may find this a good jumping point into
the world of the Tower; providing, as it does,
some background into the character of Roland,
the last gunslinger of a fallen society, and his
world.
While the quest for the Tower is not
furthered, it is always a joy to discover a new
episode in the life of Roland Deschain and his
world before it 'moves on'. The fairytale of The
Wind Through the Keyhole is brutal in the way
of Grimms' original tales and King proves once
again that he is still one of our foremost of story
tellers. Robyn Hughes
Born Villain marks
American shockrocker Marilyn
Manson's eighth
studio album, and for
many the fact that
the taboo breaking
artist is still continuing
to produce music is a shock in itself. But listen up,
even more shocking is the fact that this most recent
effort isn't half bad. Instead of authoring what many
thought would be his death knell, Manson has
succeeded in writing another macabre chapter in his
dark oevure.
Okay, so you've got to buy into Manson's
trademark pseudo-intellectual ethos to get into
it, but it's not too hard. Manson dispenses with
the gradiose concepts of Antichrist Superstar and
Mechanical Animals that made his career and gets
down to rocking. Well, almost. On 'The Gardener'
he still portrays himself as a reluctant member of
humanity, scream-singing, "I'm not man enough to
be human / but I'm trying to fit in / and I'm learning
to fake it." On 'Overneath the Path of Misery' (how's
that for a goth title?), Manson quotes the "life’s but a
walking shadow" soliloquy from Macbeth. Die-hard
Mansonites needn't worry; Manson is still Manson.
Manson's tunes throughout the majority of the
album reach more personal places, often at times
preferring to create an effect rather than sermonise
or shock. Manson repeats "There isn’t a key, / you
can use on me / There isn’t a key, / so lay down
your arms" on 'Lay Down Your Goddamned Arms'
while letting his voice trail off into the background
of grinding guitars. On 'Pistol Whipped', he turns his
attentions to a relationship that feeds on violence – a
sinister realtionship, maybe, but not one purposefully
intended to shake the foundations of American
morality. Still, it's enough to get us whispering,
"Manson's back." Tom Mangione
Of all of Shanghai’s
bands, duo X is Y most
precisely capture the
helter skelter rhythms of
life that define the city.
Even the band’s frequent
line-up changes reflect
something of the chaos.
Often billed as a math rock band, X is Y are indeed
concerned with redefining song structure and
rhythm with the scapel-like precision that the
genre requires, but manage to do so while still
retaining a human spirit. The band’s newest 17minute EP Never Sever isn’t simply a dry display
of musical intricacy, it rings with a promising
intimacy as well.
On the album’s title track ‘Never Sever’, a sinister
riff a la Tool winds its way into an anthem of love
where lead singer, guitarist and songwriter G sings
with bravado “Now that we know we need each
other / we’ll never sever”. In characteristic style, the
anthem disappates into whispers and the interplay
of former drummer Fabien Barbet’s percussion
becomes reborn again. ‘Still’ sees racing,
syncopated and at times dischordant guitar work
resolving quickly into a chorus sung with former
bassist and backing vocalist Yajing’s whispery voice
rattling in the octaves.
For all of the music’s pretensions to complexity,
lyrically the album is straightforward, speaking
directly and letting the music carry the burden of
profundity. On ‘Whispering’ the chorus repeats
a simple phrase that gives us a break from the
technical prowess: “wait for me”. The lines of
‘Father-Son’ prove more complex, but their long
phrases become more like instruments, pulling us
in deeper. We might be befuddled, but we can’t stop
listening either to one of Shanghai’s most unique
voices. Tom Mangione
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CANCER (22 June – 22
July): Health is highlighted
this month with the full
moon in your 6th house.
Any issues you have had
in this area may need to
be addressed now. You love to nurture and
that’s great, as long as you don’t neglect your
own needs. However when you do so on a
consistent basis, you create stress and stress
is the enemy of good health.
CAPRICORN (22 Dec – 19
Jan): On the 25th Saturn
goes direct and your life
moves forward. No more
waiting for others or for
things to happen. If you’ve
done the work, then the reward will be there.
Saturn always pays its debt, although the
check may come at end, rather than the
beginning. What you are building is your
reputation.
LEO (23 July – 22 Aug):
As a fire sign you’re not
known for your listening
skills. If you don’t hear
what people want or need
you can’t make them
happy in business or your
personal life. Tenor Robert Brault once said
“You never get people's fuller attention than
when you're listening to them.” It’s a simple
talent; use it in your life.
AQUARIUS (20 Jan – 18
Feb): You’re about to take
freedom to a new level.
So don’t be seduced by
your past obsessions, even
if they are offered to you
on a silver platter. Ask
yourself if it’s something you really want now;
hopefully you’ve grown and can see the folly
of the old dream as well as its assets. Choose
accordingly.
VIRGO (23 Aug
– 22 Sept): With Jupiter
entering your 10th house
on the 12th, things pick
up at work. If you want
a raise, this is the time
to ask for one. If that’s not an option, then
expansion in some way is. Opportunity is
strong now, so reach for what you want. Keep
your goals clear and you’ll see the next step.
PISCES (19 Feb – 20
March): As the last of the
water signs you’re the most
stubborn, so finding yourself
in situations with no choice
is always a good thing.
When Jupiter enters Gemini on the 12th and
squares Neptune, there is no more room for
procrastination or complacency. Listen to your
divine discontent and let it lead the way.
LIBRA (23 Sept – 23 Oct):
With Saturn at the end of
your sign you’re getting
ready for the next phase of
your life. You’re tired of the
past and its routine; you’re
ready to open yourself up to new experiences.
Trust your instincts and go with the flow.
When you do, you will be amazed at how
talented and successful you can be.
ARIES (21 Mar – 19 Apr):
Accept yourself with all
your flaws. There’s nothing
wrong with being human or
imperfect. Don’t waste your
time learning the hard way,
just learn from everything
you do and wisdom will be yours. You need
to be emotionally independent now, and that
requires self-acceptance.
SCORPIO (24 Oct – 21
Nov): Standing alone is
a good quality, as long
as you don’t do it all the
time. The truth is, if you
can bring like-minded
people together it makes
your position stronger and you don’t feel so
alone. You don’t want to be singled out as the
source of the problem. Sometimes being in
control is not a good thing.
TAURUS (20 Apr – 20
May): Your thoughts are
more powerful than ever.
Founder of the Ford motor
company, Henry Ford once
said, “Whether you think
you can or think you can't - you are right.”
What you believe, you create. So replace
your critical voice with a positive one that
will empower you. Confidence is the key to
success.
1
The word: ‘dragon’ comes
from French, but its origins
can be traced further back to
which language?
2
3
What is a dragon with no
legs called?
In Russian culture, dragons’
heads are all a multiple of
three. True or false?
9
How many claws did the
Imperial Chinese dragon have
on each foot?
10
11
In Chinese culture, most
dragons have a small
sphere under their chins. What
does this flaming pearl represent?
4
12
5
13
6
14
Which character from
the classic story The Iliad
is described as having a blue
dragon motif on his sword belt
and on his breastplate?
It is considered a sign
of bad luck in Chinese
culture to show a dragon facing
downwards as it can’t ascend into
the sky. True or false?
Japanese dragons are
portrayed as having only
three claws on each foot. True
or false?
What nationality
sometimes refers to
themselves as the “descendants of
the dragon”?
According to Christian
belief, which English patron
saint slayed the dragon?
7
8
Do Chinese dragons have
wings?
When is this patron saint
celebrated?
In Western culture, dragons
are malevolent, fire breathing
creatures. Is this the case in China?
In ancient China it was a
crime punishable by death
for anyone other than the emperor
to wear a fully gold-coloured, fiveclawed dragon. True or false?
15
culture?
Who is the eternal rival
of the dragon in Chinese
Answers
SAGITTARIUS (22 Nov – 21
Dec): After the 12th of the
month, relationships and
partnerships will attract
your attention. If you’re
in one, then you’ll want
more from your partner, it’s
no longer good enough to follow a routine.
Feeling loved and safe will help you take risks
you wouldn’t normally take, or it can shrink
your world if you become too comfortable.
1) Latin 2) A Wyvern 3) True 4) Agamemnon 5)
True 6) St. George 7) 23 April 8) No – typically, the
dragon is a symbol of power, strength and good
luck 9) Five 10) No 11) Wealth and prosperity 12)
True 13) The Chinese 14) True 15) The tiger
GEMINI (21 May – 21
June): Jupiter enters
your sign on the 12th
and its time for growth
and expansion. If you’re
afraid, listen to the words
of Martin Luther King Jr.
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have
to see the whole staircase.” Don’t wait for
things to be perfect, instead move toward
your goals one small step at a time.
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June12 TalkMagazine
61
Talking To: Lorenz Helbling
Tom Mangione
Known as one of Shanghai’s and greater China’s
most respected galleries, ShanghART is the home of
thousands of works by over 50 renowned Chinese
artists. However, when owner Lorenz Helbling first
opened his gallery in 1996 in Shanghai, the art scene
and the city itself were completely different…
T
alking with Lorenz Helbling,
one can feel an intense
passion for art underneath the
introversion of his scraggly,
bespectacled exterior. As he answers
questions about the journey that he’s
been through over the last 15 years with
ShanghART, he responds with a openness
to each question that reveals not just
his own character, but also an intimate
knowledge of the unwieldy contingencies
that are contemporary art. In defining the
Chinese contemporary art world he says,
“Everyone tries to say what exactly that is.
My answer is that I try to be curious and
open. I know maybe more what it’s not
than what it is.”
Helbling’s journey to China began in
1985 when he left his native Switzerland
to enrol in a course of Chinese language
at Shanghai’s Fudan University. “It was
pull and push [that brought me here]. I
was studying history and art history and I
wanted to get away. I thought [by choosing
to study] Chinese, I could at least go to
China.”
After extending his study further for
another year at Fudan, Helbling returned
to Switzerland where he completed a
Master’s degree in history at the University
of Zurich. However, China left a strong
impact on him and in 1992 Helbling sought
to return to China, but found himself
instead in its close neighbour, Hong Kong.
“At the time, I was learning more about
Chinese movies. But in 1992, when cinema
wasn’t at its peak of interest, I went to Hong
Kong and saw [mainland Chinese] art there
and became interested in it. So I got
a job at a gallery there.”
And while his position working for
the Wangyutang Gallery in Hong
Kong afforded Helbling the chance
to interact with mainland Chinese
art, he became increasingly drawn
to the source. “There was much
more going on in China than in the
shops in Hong Kong; it was very
commercial. I knew that sooner
or later China would open up and
people would be going there to do
things.”
And so Helbling landed again in Shanghai
in 1995, knowing that he wanted to find
his niche in the Shanghai art world, and
possibly open a gallery.
But the path at that time was anything but
clear. “People thought it was a stupid idea
then. They said 'You can’t open a gallery
in China. There is no art and everything is
difficult. There is no market.' And it was a
different Shanghai and China to what we
know now. In 1995 there was no highway;
the Portman [Ritz Carlton] was basically
the only hotel. Foreigners didn’t go further
than 50 metres from the Portman. If you
walked down to Huaihai [Zhong] Lu
people would stare at you.”
Shanghai’s art scene was almost nonexistent compared to where it stands today
as a burgeoning international art centre,
second in China only to Beijing. “There
were a small group of artists working in
Shanghai, but nobody could see them. If
you went to an exhibition, it was a few
artists and nothing else, and a lot of smoke.
There were artists around who had been
active for 10 to 15 years, but it was a small
fringe thing.”
In 1996, Helbling started ShanghART,
drawing on Shanghai’s largely unknown
local talent. And while meeting these artists
proved easy, Helbling found that making
sense of the art he was dealing with still
proved to be a difficulty. “I’d studied art
history, but still I’d go into a studio and
have no idea what to think about a work.
From what I learned, everything was telling
me ‘no, get out of this studio, what you’re
looking at is totally wrong.’ In the 90s,
photos were all over the world [in galleries]
and here it was people sitting in a studio
smoking and doing oil paintings. In Zurich
everyone would say ‘forget it, you missed
the time’; but at the same time I looked at
it and I said, ‘he’s up to something’. So I
had to forget about what I knew and take
a chance.”
More than 15 years later, it’s apparent that
Helbling has been instrumental in the
proliferation of the Chinese contemporary
art scene, but getting to this point hasn’t
been easy. Putting on fine art shows requires
an immense amount of dedication and
coordination. “At the beginning it was more
like exhibition after exhibition and it could
get quite tiring. Then you’d stop for a while
and say, ‘Oh I should do an exhibition’ and do
three or four in one spurt. It’s a lot smoother
now, but there are still a lot of things to do.”
Currently Helbling has been working to
exhibit two works by eminent Chinese
film artist Yang Fudong in at the Beijing
branch of ShanghART. According to him,
it’s the most difficult project he’s dealt
with yet. “We had to work very closely
with the gallery because each work is a
ten-screen video. It cost a fortune. They’re
two great works that have been shown
in the Tate Museum and in museums all
over the world, but never shown in China.
Somebody has to do this job.”
But even more than his sense of duty that
he has toward art, deep down Helbling
still finds a place for art for art’s sake. “If
nothing works [to keep me going], it’s
looking at the works. It’s rewarding. It’s
surprising. Something comes back.”
ShanghART Gallery Main Space. Bldg 16, 50
Moganshan Lu, near Changhua Lu. Tel: 6359
3923, Web: www.shanghartgallery.com
June12 TalkMagazine
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