Shanghaiist: Taking a break for lunch on Fuxing Lu

T

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:21:59 +0800

My Pitchfork reading ass would be offended, except I lack the requisite thick black framed eyeglasses and the "bands you haven't heard of yet" t-shirts.

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:16:52 +0800

I will concede that the love of cocaine is shared amongst proper hipsters and Shanghai Euro Yuppies. However... lets not get lazy in our amature anthropology here people... I mean.. when was the last time you saw Euro Yuppies wasting their time in shitty bands?

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:08:28 +0800

Whats the hipster bashing that sometimes arises in Shanger's media. There's like three hipsters in the whole city. Hardly an epidemic. The people in Boona are Euro Yuppies. Plain and simple. Its a different breed entirely. Just because they sport the same tight pants, not-quite-short-not-quite-long haircuts, tight T's and scarves doesn't make them hipsters. They are NOT working on screenplays or novels on their laptops. They are working on Luftanza logos or interior designing something. These people have never heard of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Parliament cigarettes, Elanor Rigby, Gawker, or Williamsberg. Because they're from Stuttgart, man! I think people drop "hipster" in Shanghai because they hate missing out on all the hipster bashing back home and want to get in on the action...

t_08

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:25:04 +0800

Hm.... I guess I'm the lone one here. I actually like Boona 2 Cafe...AND the tuna melts... Then again, I love tuna melts and any place that serves it well deserve a spot on my heart.

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:19:08 +0800

Too expensive for me. I think I'm the only foreigner in Shanghai that makes next to nothing.

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:13:45 +0800

Being a poseur was supposed to have the tag through it. So much for being able to use HTML on the comments.

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:12:36 +0800

No, see you both don't understand. Sitting in a coffee shop nursing one cup while tapping away at a laptop pretending to write the next great novel or screenplay is the HEIGHT of being a poseur hipster cool.

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:37:17 +0800

EXACTLY! I don't know what all the fuss is about. Come on guys, the food at Boona is mediocre at best - some basic passe sandwih designs and mamahuhu coffee. Yes, comfortable fit out, if u can get a table, usually full of black skivvies looking busy on their computers. And if Shanghaist is serious about food, how could you possibly miss out on Ginger for lunch on Fuxing Lu. Ginger is probably the best cafe in town if you want some seriously thoughtful and well prepared food. Ginger have set the standard in my mind and cafes that come close you could count on one hand. Boona (1+2) deserves to be on my left foot. Pick up your game cafes of shanghai!

guest

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:48:40 +0800

I wanted to try Boona Cafe, but both times we went it was full, every seat taken, mostly by people with laptops, apparently surfing the net while seemingly hanging on to one cup of coffee for as long as they can. a sign on the door in Chinese with clumsy English translation reminds customers not to bring in food from the outside. if this is the regular situation of Boona, then they won't last long, unless their rental is really low and the staff work for free. arugula does have a nice design on 1rst and second floor, but if you are non-smoker you are likely to be taken to 3rd floor, where the designer may have run out of steam, a bit. while the burger was entirely catastrophic, the quesiladas were just great. recommendable also the fresh fruit blends. has shanghaiist not come accross marakesh on fushing lu, or is it being ignored? they are building a really hip bar next door, too.