It is in fact National Chocolate Day today (at least in the United States,where most of our blogging brethren are based), so in the spirit of that, Shanghaiist is pitting two of Shanghai's most famous chocolate purveyors against each other in a Chocolate Face-Off! more ›

It was 8pm on a Thursday night and we were dying for a place that would give us a buzz to last into the weekend - yes, we're alcoholics like that. Luckily, located conveniently on Fumin Lu and Julu Lu was the prescription for our needs: Dr. Wine. more ›

Looks like Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times is up to her old tricks again, highlighting the ostensibly huge gulf between what goes for Chinese food in the States and the kind that Chinese people actually eat. This time around, it's the fortune cookie that gets the attention. Check out this clip of folks here in China getting introduced to fortune cookies for the first time; read Lee's article here. more ›