They have done it again! The folks at the Rhone-Alps Pavilion have come out with their latest take on the sights and sounds of Shanghai. This one's entitled, Manger! (Eat! for you non-Francophones out there). Follow them as they glide around town hitting some classics like snack haven Nanjing Dong Lu, a savory xiaolongbao joint and the neighborhood meat-on-a-stick-guy. more ›

My brother read about this deal in a magazine, so I'll credit him with finding me the best, most delicious, most enjoyable way to spend 150RMB on a Wednesday night in Shanghai. Kakadu, Australian grill, has an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink (of Stella draft) buffet. more ›

Woah! Who knew that PAUL bakery was having so many problems? I'll admit I usually passed them up for much cheaper taiwanese pastries at Croissants de France or 85C, but I thought it's expat following for overpriced baked goods was strong enough to weather it through any storm. Apparently not. more ›

SmartShanghai informs us that September not only brings to Shanghai its second Restaurant Week, but actually its second Cuisine Festival as well! And both are striving to be much better than last year. more ›

I think the first thing anyone hears about Yasmine's (located in the Expat enclave of Jinqiao, Pudong) is their massive two kilo burger. Chris St.Cavish went there sometime near the end of last year and watched two friends polish off one each. But there's more to the place than just that burger - and by more I mean, jeebus, EVERYTHING there is super-sized. more ›

• The new terminal at Hongqiao Airport opened yesterday. Fun facts: It cost $2.2 billion, it's four times bigger than the old facility and will be expected to handle 40 million passengers a year by 2015. [AFP]
• Of course, no opening is without its troubles. Thousands of passengers went to wrong departure points yesterday during the debut... some missed flights as a result. [Shanghai Daily]
• Want to read something depressing? The most delicious Shanghai foods... are also some of the fattiest. Terrible. [CNNGo]

Yes, St. Patrick's is tomorrow. And if the parade on Saturday didn't whet your appetite for some good pub grub, I don't know what will. It certainly did for us, and isn't it lucky that we had a chance to sample one of the delectable Paddy-themed menus around town? Isn't it even luckier that the menu we sampled, Malone's on Tongren Lu, was well worth every penny? more ›

You might have missed it during your week-long gorge on Chinese food (like us), but Baskin-Robbins opened up shop in Shanghai over the Spring Festival holiday. According to their press release, the ice cream purveyor now has two locations in the city and plans to open a third one in February. While the press release frustratingly didn't tell us where the new shops were, we were able to find them after a bit of investigative snooping (okay, a lucky taxi ride just happened to drive us by one). more ›

We liked Backyard Cafe. We like its successor, Kakadu, even more. After proclaiming that we were going to visit the new Australian restaurant during the Spring Festival holiday, we did as we always do and ended up lazing in bed instead. We finally made our first trip down there, and are happy to report that Kakadu is what this particular diner is always pleased to find in Shanghai: quality uniqueness. We profess to be quite the ignoramuses when it comes to Australian food and culture, so we had some help from the affable Aussie co-owner and manager, who described to us the recent revival in his home country of its indigenous cuisine. Dishes that included barramundi, kangaroo, and crocodile meat were once solely the purview of restaurants and chefs catering to the tourist crowd, but now are blended with the country's superlative produce and spices and other international influences, and have properly been reintroduced and welcomed into the mainstream to form a modern and unique culinary renaissance. more ›