Eric Hu

One time back in college a few of my less then sober friends decided to pilfer a bottle of Grey Goose from a neighboring bar. After snuggling the victim into someone’s coat and brazenly walking out of the restaurant, they returned home and triumphantly opened the bottle to discover... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Eric Hu is the guy who writes a lot of our food stuff. He is also the founder of the motion graphics studio Republic. 2009 saw a few new truly great restaurants open up, dining trends hardening into the fabric of local eating culture, chefs making hops within and... continue reading on Shanghaiist

We checked out the Krispy Kreme grand opening today on Wujiang Lu, intending to take a few pictures and bite into a few donuts. No dice on the latter, as we were met on this rainy day with an annoyingly long queue of people waiting to get into the store... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Second in our winter series of hotpot reviews is Aberdeen (春秋火锅), a Cantonese style hotpot located in a renovated old house on Fuxing Lu. For us, Cantonese hotpot has always connoted clean and uncomplicated broth spread across a variety of regions. Want a spicy ma la or satay stock?... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Looks like Shanghai’s Year of Pho will soon have its first cage match. Yes, our pleas for decent pho through the years have been thoroughly drowned out by the sound of so many pho restaurants popping up left and right, front and back. But something intriguing is happening on... continue reading on Shanghaiist