Results tagged “burgerking”

 

Like we told you, the new Terminal at Pudong Airport opened smoothly* yesterday morning, bringing relief to crowded Terminal 1 and a whole stack of new shopping and eating options to those flying from the new building.

The dire restaurant choices at Pudong Airport will get a boost when Terminal 2 opens on March 26.

While we were "researching" information for this post, we came across an Answers.com entry about the Yangpu district which says that Wujiaochang was constructed in 1929, and the English name of it is "Pentagon Plaza." Maybe it's just because we're Americans, but we think that of all the English names we've heard for places, that's about the snazziest one. Well, not quite as snazzy as "Email Plaza" by Jing'an Park, but a close second.

In the end, regardless of who ends up claiming to be the most culturally offended, Shanghaiist is just glad the Triple Whopper is not making its way to China (at least not yet). Obesity and diabetes are already both on the rise here, and we are not sure more meat patties are exactly what the doctor is prescribing.

Like many people, Shanghaiist ducked out of the country for a few days over the October 1 holiday. We didn’t go far: just across the water to Seoul.

Shanghaiist found itself out at the Qi Zhong Tennis Stadium yesterday, clutching a media pass for the final day of competition in the FINA 8th World Short Course Swimming Championships. Outside, the rain pelted down in sheets and the parking lots were awash with water. This seemed rather apt, considering that the organizers had taken the ATP Masters tennis court and turned it into a 25-metre pool. If only they'd turned the forlorn "Media Snacks Centre" into a Burger King.

My, my ... aren’t we a romantic bunch here in Shanghai. After much excitement about the auction of the most precious natural diamond in the city’s auction history, the 19.305-carat stone failed to attract a single bid during an auction on Monday.

A couple days ago we whined a bit about the fact that the website for 8Days/SH magazine had been neglected for several weeks. Now we know why. SH and their two-letter cousins HK (Hong Kong), I-S (Singapore) and BK (Burger King Bangkok) all have a new online home: asia-city.com.

Those who have passed by Jing'an Temple this week have doubtlessly noticed the mighty Whopper swaying in the breeze, ready to fatten up a populace already hip to the featherless chickens of KFC and bottomless troughs of McDonald’s fries. The closed-to the-public opening ceremony of China’s first Burger King was a sight to behold on Monday -- slick industry fat cats (many of them quite large) mingled in the shiny new space, cutting ribbons and espousing the virtues of that fantastic flame-broiled taste. (The media was there, too.)

Shanghaiist has always been one to pull for the underdog (except for in baseball), so it makes sense that we grew up eating our fast food at Burger King[1], not McDonald's -- well, at least until Wendy's moved to town. Oh, those were the days -- before nutritional information was mandatory, when a family of four could order two Whoppers, two Jr. Whoppers and onion rings for everyone and actually feel good about themselves. These burgers were flame broiled, that must make them good for us.