Results tagged “marcopolo”

Inspectors testing cream cakes sold in bakeries around town for melamine did not find the kidney stone-causing agent but they did find high levels of bacteria present in the cakes, and no, they're not of the good kind. According to Shanghai Daily:

Another week, another edition of Shanghaiist Reads. SH and Shanghai Talk are on the clock …

Last night at dusk, Shanghaiist boarded a bus for Kunshan to indulge in an evening of beer and pretzeled bread. For those of you who haven’t experienced the delights of Kunshan, it’s halfway to Suzhou -- though not nearly as replete with the canals and gardens that Marco Polo raved about.

We didn't go to the Rolling Stones concert last night. And we have only heard from one person who did go, second hand at that. Here's the message we received today:

While noodling through a newspaper Shanghaiist came upon the story of an interesting archaeological find in Qinghai province: a remarkably well preserved bowl of mian that had been sitting there for 4,000 years. That's older than some of the stuff in our fridge.