It may be so, at least between 2pm to 8pm on weekdays and 4pm to 8pm on weekends. Located on Hongmei Lu's Laowai Street, Shanghai Brewery has an almost mindbogglingly well-priced happy hour price - their homemade beers are just 28rmb for a big glass (and 20rmb for a smaller one).
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Shanghai Brewery: The best microbrew deal in town?
Shanghai Flower and Bird Markets: Hong Hang on Hongqiao Lu
Spring is finally here and with it comes the urge to watch greenery grow. What better time than now to check out some of Shanghai's best Bird & Flower markets? We've checked out several around Shanghai that are relatively easy to get to from city center - greenify your life today!
Choo-choo-choose it: The Minoya Freshmart sushi train
I'll admit: this restaurant is mainly worth going to for novelty's sake. There are a multitude of sushi-go-rounds with the same quality for similar (or lower prices), but there's something to be said about getting your discount rolls delivered by a toy shinkansen.
More super gigantic stuff to be built in Hongqiao!
Screw Pudong and its pedestrian-hostile streets and villas full of piles of cash (that's what they keep in there, right?). Could Hongqiao be the future of Shanghai development?? According to reports this week, they're soon to get the world's largest exhibition center AND a really really elaborate transportation hub. Despite the fact that I don't see any giant phallic or appliance-shaped skyscrapers coming any time soon (we like those to be conveniently lined up together for photo ops from the Bund) Shanghai developer Vincent Lo (and the bazillions of dollars being invested) says it's got a shot.
Spiderman washes Sheraton windows in Shanghai
At the Sheraton Hotel there's a new hero in town: Spiderman is washing the windows.
Wine and Jazz at a new venue in Hongqiao
Price is 888rmb per head inclusive of performance + a 388rmb value wine card and selection of food frommore ›
Retail revamp at Hongqiao Airport?
Okay, it may be the case that we don't fly enough, but yesterday at the Hongqiao Airport, we were really surprised to see this Virgin bookstore at the departure hall (that Richard Branson has really acted fast, hasn't he?). Does anyone know how long the store has been there? Food and beverage options appear to have widened up quite a bit too. Element Fresh has been there since last summer, located just outside the exit (sorry, no picture there), serving decent food at the same rates as their outlets elsewhere in town. With the competition, travellers are finally getting food that can actually be eaten, and prices also seem to have come down a bit on the average. In the meanwhile, we think the retail experience at Pudong Airport continues to rot away with its portfolio of Chinglish brand apparel stores and cafés that get away with serving bad coffee for RMB50. What do you frequent flyers out there think?
Orange fog alert and lousy airport/airline services
From Shanghai Daily:
SHANGHAI issued an orange alert for heavy fog this morning. It was the first orange fog warning since winter began early this month.more ›
Chili Cook-off - the sequel
For starters, we have moved the cook-off to the street that runs alongside Bubba's Bar-B-Que (between us and Marriott Hong Qiao). It is a nice, tree-lined street and we're gonna close that sucker down to traffic and allow pedestrians and cooks only. Oh sure, we'll have music, games for kids, and games for adults as well.more ›
Element Fresh coming to Hongqiao Airport in July
We have whined before about the dearth of decent restaurants in Shanghai's airports. Pudong travelers are still better off brown-bagging it, but it seems relief will soon be on the way for domestic travelers: Element Fresh is opening up shop at Hongqiao Airport. From their website:
Pencil This In: What's coming up this week in Shanghai
Summer is here and everything is heating up. Leading up to this weekend, this is what Shanghaiist thinks is going to be hot today and tomorrow.
Today's Links: Mr. Mom, sturgeon and fake wine
"Academics who study China, which includes the author, habitually please the Chinese Communist Party, sometimes consciously, and often unconsciously. "
"China plans to expand its use of animated police figures into a virtual force symbolizing the government's monitoring of all major Web sites and online forums, state media said Saturday."
"The story was about some mainlanders believing that eating human fetuses can improve looks and heal diseases, and therefore they purchase dead fetuses from hospitals."
"So let's call this nail house what it really is: blackmail."
"Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes Magazine is in China right now and blogging on it. In Karlgaard's most recent post, he asks whether Shanghai or Beijing are China's future in a post, appropriately entitled, 'China's Future: Shanghai Or Beijing?'"
"Nearly 60 percent of saleable tickets will be reserved for residents of China, while the rest of the world will get 25 percent, said Rong Jun, director of the organising committee's ticketing department."
"Severe pollution in the Yangtze River is threatening the existence of the Chinese sturgeon, or Acipenser sinensis, an anadromous fish that has lived on the earth for more than 140 million years."
"However, there is something about China's video sharing sites that makes them much more interesting than their American counterparts: broadcast TV in China is really boring."
"Tears, wild hair and unhealthy songs are banned when China's latest version of "American Idol" goes on the air next month."
"Shanghai, China: In its relentless rush into capitalism and modernity, China's second city is currently exploding in every aspect."
"Phantom Shanghai is a spectacular look at a Shanghai that won't survive the vision the country has for itself."
"Children in more than 40 percent of families with one full-time parent are looked after by house husbands, a survey conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences suggests."
We apologize to the guy we hit in the head while we were playing Wii tennis.
"Pay starts at a measly RMB 2000 a month, and can rise up to about a base of RMB 2500 plus bonuses for kilometers driven. Take-home after tax for the year is about RMB 38,000 (USD 4,900). Benefits are pretty good, though."
"More than half of paint products available for sale in the city have failed quality tests in recent random checks by the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration."
"China's Three Gorges Dam reservoir has been fouled by pesticides, fertilizers and sewage, and more than 600 kilometres of the Yangtze river are critically polluted, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a report."
"Everyone, if you travel to Shanghai, definitely avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday night. Never ever think of landing in Hong Qiao on Friday night. There is a simple reason for that - there is just no taxi that can help you get out of the airport."
"Now that China's showcase megacities are experiencing rising costs and fierce competition both in most sectors, foreign investors are slowly waking up to the fact that there are other cities in China besides Shanghai and Beijing."
"The investigated data from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences presented that more than a half wine and overseas wines in Shanghai market were fake." So then what is it?
"The report said Shanghai's online consumers totaled 1.76 million last year, accounting for 34.6 percent of local Netizens, with Beijing following by 29.2 percent."
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Shanghai Sexpo: 'And now we will begin exercising'
Shanghaiist decided to have a look at the Annual Adult Care Expo (or "Sexpo" as many call it). Located at the International Exposition center on Xingyi Lu, with a 30 RMB admission fee, the Expo features just about everything related to sex. Much of this was toys -- fancy dildoes and vibrators. As it was last year, there were several exotic toys that take the brain and physical work out of thrusting a piece of plastic into yourself, leaving you to simply lean back and enjoy the ride.
24-hour diner to open in downtown Puxi (and other news)
Great news out of Jarrett Wrisley's restaurant and bar gossip column this week in SH (especially if you live near Tongren Lu like Shanghaiist does):
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