Le Sheng, the latest venture by Shanghai's darling of fine-dining, David Laris, promises a marriage of traditional Shanghai food with more modern elements. Eager to see how the Greek-Aussie chef, who's tackled a plethora of concepts from Mediterranean to Continental to "Barbie," would fare when faced with the native cuisine, we motored down to the French Concession.
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Results tagged “shanghainese”
Le Sheng: A worthy homage to Shanghai cuisine despite its faults
Learning Shanghainese just got easier with Dict.cn!
John Pasden of Sinosplice alerts us to the brand new Shanghainese portal on Dict.cn which will help you master shanghaihua!
Shanghai Airlines to begin greeting passengers in Shanghainese
Shanghai Airlines have announced plans to include passenger announcements in Shanghainese, as well as Putonghua and English, on a number of flights. The scheme is set to begin after Chinese New Year, with the local dialect making an appearance on flights arriving from Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in order to "give visitors a sense of the city's personality."
Rebellious Shanghai metro driver uses Shanghainese to announce stops
Yesterday on Line 8, a rebellious metro driver decided to ignore the Metro authority's provisions to give announcements only in standard Mandarin, and instead used Shanghainese to announce the stops.
Shanghainese to join English and Mandarin in the metro?
Shanghai Metro authorities have proposed that Shanghai's local dialect join English and Mandarin as one of the official languages for Metro announcements. The exact reason behind the addition remains yet unclear, and not surprisingly, the fledgling project has sparked a furious debate.
Video: Good Samaritans coming out of the woodwork in Shanghai
Yesterday a video was uploaded online showing multiple passersby rush to aid a pregnant woman who collapsed in Luxun Park in Shanghai on Sunday. Around a dozen people gathered to carry the woman to the park entrance and hailed her a car. When the cameraman asked one of the good Samaritans for his name, the man simply said "I am Shanghainese" (我是上海人).
Stupid slang to impress your Shanghainese friends
Today when we were Weibbing about as usual, we stumbled upon a sentence that was so bizarre we just had to investigate it. Strange enough was the combination usage of English and Chinese, but what really piqued our interest was the tagline "Shanghainese will understand." With that challenge posed, we of course decided to decipher it.
Quote of the Day: Minhang high schooler on her improper use of Shanghainese
"I would like to sincerely apologize for using a sentence in Shanghainese during your language class to answer your question, and for disturbing order during class. There are provisions in the code of conduct for primary and secondary school, where Putonghua must be used. I not only failed to strictly comply, making such a serious mistake in such a serious language class, but also wasted almost 30 minutes of you and your students' valuable time in having this problem addressed. "
Interactive map: How Shanghainese really view the rest of China
Ever wonder how the Shanghainese truly view the rest of China? Well wonder no more! These great maps come courtesy of The China Expat and explain the rest of the country in light-hearted terms as seen through the eyes of a Shanghainese. Click on the images to get a pop up interactive version complete with English translations.
Shangdarin now a protected local dialect
Mandarin spoken with a Shanghai accent is now being "recorded for posterity," according to the Shanghai Language Committee Office. Not Shanghainese (which obviously is already considered a dialect0, but that hometown way of talking that causes cabbies to only understand "Hengshan Lu" when you pronounce it "Hengsan Lu" or "Panyu Lu" when you pronounce it "Fanyu Lu." Why bother with the protection? Because ""Shanghai-accented Putonghua has been influential in the city," one official said.
Around Shanghai: Mediamarkt, party flyers, postcards, airport shuttle, Shanghainese
That ain't Shanghainese you're speaking
For anyone who has mastered a few basic Chinese commands and been stumped when your local street vendor doesn’t know what you’re saying since he speaks ‘Shanghainese’, you may be able to call his bluff next time! It seems that there are very few ‘pure’ Shanghai dialect speakers; whatever ‘pure’ means. The Shanghai government has had to rethink a recent recruitment drive to recruit Shanghainese speakers as they failed to find even a few qualified candidates. Of the 13 recruitment sites, only 2 found suitable candidates despite it being reported that there are over 14 million speakers of the dialect. The government are now turning to the media for help in preserving and researching the dialect. If you're looking to brush up on your Shanghainese then visit Shanghai City’s very own ‘how to guide’ - complete with sound clips!
Shanghainese families open homes for Expo, but few tourists come to fill them
Aw nuts, looks like the initiative to let tourists stay with Shanghainese families didn't turn out as well as everyone hoped, mostly because it's too tough to get into a Shanghainese household to begin with. Though tourists have contacted tourism agencies to inquire about family stays,
Qian Nairong: Keeping the Shanghainese language alive
The silencing of Shanghainese was one of various schemes - see also: banning pajamas, banning Chinglish - authorities tried to push through pre-Expo. Like the others, it didn't quite work out. Though, unlike the others, it was probably due to a widespread backlash that made Shanghainese even more popular. One of the people who've helped more and more Shanghai residents is Qian Nairong, Shanghai University professor and Xinmin's resident "Shanghainese" columnist. CNNGo has a great profile piece on him that just went up today - I recommend you read it, even if you can't tell your 侬(nong)s from your 我(ngu)s.
ChinesePod now teaching you Shanghainese! Ja ja nong!
A couple weeks ago I translated the rants of a Shanghai subway security dude. It contained a bit of Shanghainese and I cursed my inability to speak the language. Well - if I want to translate anything by the locals ever again, ChinesePod is now offering Shanghainese lessons! Each dialog on their new spankin' podcast has been recorded by a native and will be things you can hear at any restaurant or street. I'm looking forward to it (coming: April 23)! Note: The guys from M and MX wanted to tell everyone that they teach Shanghainese too (and have been for a while). Well, TWO podcasts to learn the dialect from. Aren't we lucky?
Videos: Clubbing Shanghai style
Looking for a dose of Shanghainese culture immersion? You will do well to skip Zhou Libo and those yappy middle-aged ladies at the neighborhood market. Check out what we'd stumbled upon last weekend at Club G+. Homeboys rappin' up a storm in the Shanghainese dialect, complete with bubble machines, gorilla suits, confetti and cardboard props.
Around Shanghai: Being Shanghainese, Catalpa Garden, and YYT
- Cityweekend invites you to get as Shanghainese as your lily white ass possibly can: eat like them, act like them and drink like them? Ugh, we'll pass on the green tea whiskey, thanks. [Cityweekend]
- Congratulations! Shanghai sports poster child Yao Ming is going to have his own lil' Yao this summer. Somebody break out the cigars! [All Headline News]
- When a listener implored him to stop speaking Shanghainese, Radio host Xiao Jun said "this audience member, please roll yourself into a balland then roll yourself out of this city you so hate or the presence of of these people you so hate." Hilarious! [Chinasmack]
Maps of China from people around China
While on our regular traverses through the internets, we came across these hilarious netizen-made maps detailing what people from specific regions of China think about the other regions around China. And if you've ever been in a conversation with a Chinese person, you'll know they're full of opinions about what their Henan brethren are like, or what those damn Shaanxi people are always up to.
Four basic phrases in Shanghainese
In case you wanted to start out your morning learning a little Shanghainese, mandmx.com, a delightful little site for Chinese language learning, has what they're calling the Top 4 Most Important phrases.
Shanghai silencing Shanghainese, promoting Putonghua
Shanghai's on a mission to silence Shanghainese before the World Expo comes to town. According to the South China Morning Post, Shanghai authorities are pushing forth their 12th annual Putonghua Promotional Week, a week-long Mandarin campaign that hopes to stop instances of people talking only in the Shanghainese dialect. Besides the Week, the government has also broadcast tv and radio adverts in recent months that portray Shanghainese as "uncivilized or backward." The Global Times outlines some of the reactions to official efforts to wipe out Shanghainese, pointing out that it's disappearing on its own anyway and that something precious will probably disappear along with it. "Once the dialect is lost," says Ma Lili, deputy chief director of the Hu Opera Theater of Shanghai, "the culture will surely follow."
Shanghainese: Spell it out
Shanghaihua, or Shanghainese, the language (or, well dialect, officially) spoken by the city's inhabitants will now enter a new era. From having been a completely spoken language, Shanghai urbanites will now be able to write and type what they are saying.
Hui Yuan Fang: A Shanghainese surprise
The corner of Fumin Lu and Julu Lu is a hotspot for expat diners: Nepali Kitchen, Shintori, Guyi, Otto, Coconut Paradise, and Mesa. But smack dab in the middle are also a handful of Chinese restaurants that don't get much mention in our beloved English-language rags. We checked one of them out recently and have now added Hui Yuan Fang (汇元坊) to the list of worthy destinations located within that intersection.
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