A nice crowd of beer lovers gathered at Southern Barbarian on Saturday afternoon to ... well ... drink beer. Very good beer. And eat food. Very good food. Mission accomplished. For attendees who left with minds foggy thanks to the strong beers, these photos should jog your memory. Yes, you did drink that much. A big thanks to American Craft Beer Partners and Southern Barbarian for helping make this happen. And thanks, as well, to......

Around three hours until our craft beer tasting at Southern Barbarian. Plenty of time to take in "A Better Brew: The rise of extreme beer," Burkhard Bilger's story in the latest New Yorker. That should get you in the mood. See you soon.......

Updating yesterday's list of Lucky Draw prizes for Saturday's beer tasting at Southern Barbarian, Sherpa's has generously offered RMB 500 in vouchers as a prize. See you Saturday. Come thirsty.......

Our big beer event at Southern Barbarian this weekend is just a few days away, so it's time to give you a few more details. Below you will find a complete list of the beers on offer for unlimited tastings. But first, let's run down the event's lucky draw prizes (everyone who attends will automatically be entered into the drawing): One RMB 500 voucher from Southern BarbarianOne assorted case of beers from American Craft Beer......

SH mag food guru Chris St. Cavish somehow got his hands on two free passes to the Shanghaiist beer tasting at Southern Barbarian. Check out his latest column for details on how you can win a ticket from SH. (And everyone loves a good sandwich joke. Those never get old.)......

Visitors to the Life Art Center, also known as that place on Maoming Lu with lots of bad art and Southern Barbarian, may have noticed something a little out of the ordinary lately: Shanghai's first head shop (that we know of at least). They aren't even trying to hide it, either. It's literally the first thing you see at the end of the hall when you step in through the Jinxian Lu entrance. Bongs, pipes,......

Enjoy an autumn afternoon tasting world-class American craft brews. Beers will be matched with select finger foods from Yunnan Province. What: Shanghaiist's Beer Saturday: Craft Brew Tasting at Southern Barbarian, presented by American Craft Beer Partners When: Saturday, November 29, 2-6pm Where: Southern Barbarian 南蛮子, 2/F, Area E, Ju'Roshine Life Art Space, 56 Maoming Nan Lu, near Changle Lu, 茂名南路56号,生活艺术空间E区2楼,近长乐路. Tel: 5157-5510 Entry: RMB 150 Includes: Unlimited tastings of select craft beers from America and......

Steve Buscemi and Southern Barbarian owner Feng Jianwen (Credit: Southern Barbarian) Next time, Steve, stay for some Grandma's Mashed Potatoes. Trust us. It's not every day that a Golden Globe and Emmy award nominated actor shows up unexpectedly at the launch party for a small photo exhibit at a Yunnan restaurant in Shanghai, China, but that's what happened yesterday when Steve Buscemi stepped in from the rain to check out Ying Tang's "Balance" at......

Here, Shanghai, were your favourite stories for the year 2007: Most Voted: 1. Man with world's largest hand in Shanghai for surgery 2. Giant man-eating catfish found in Guangdong reservoir? 3. China home to the world's largest Christian population? 4. Is Shanghai the sex capital of the world? 5. Chongqing's doggie-style public sinks 6. Don't date men who regularly peruse personal ads 7. We'd kill to eat at Southern Barbarian 8. Public pocket pinball......

What's happening now: The Thai Food Festival is currently running in Shanghai through September 9th at four Thai restaurants that have received the official "Thai Select" designation from the Thai government. Organized by the Commercial Section of the Royal Thai Consulate General, Baan Thai, Lan Na Thai, Ma Boon Krong and Simply Thai will aim to present dishes that represent the four regional cuisines of Thailand. Shanghaiist is a little curious about the aforementioned "Thai......

Back in January, we told you how much we loved the food at Southern Barbarian, the great Yunnan restaurant that some people complained was too far away because it was north of Beijing Lu. Well, we are happy to report Southern Barbarian has moved farther south, and now resides amongst a cluster of art galleries and shops near the intersection of Maoming Lu and Jinxian Lu (just one subway stop from Shanghaiist headquarters). The......

We were leafing through the latest City Weekend* over breakfast this morning when we realized we forgot to tell you something very important: We love Southern Barbarian (南蛮子). It's a Yunnan restaurant that opened in the fall (we have mentioned it briefly twice before). It is easily one of our favorite restaurants in the city, Chinese or non-Chinese. The food is fantastic — tasty and plentiful — and it is cheap (especially when compared to......

We're sure glad we left Southern Barbarian* when we did. We were told that the Maxïmo Park gig would start at 9 pm and that there would be an opening band. So someone brought up on Western rock concert tradition would assume the very earliest Maxïmo Park would take the stage would be 10 pm. But we figured it would be more like 11 pm or midnight — that way the bar sells more drinks.......

You can view the photos here. Prices are included, as are dish names in both English and Chinese. We think this is a great idea. We haven't been to the restaurant yet -- but we plan on going soon ... because of the photos (not to mention the prices). Only 12 dishes are online right now -- we doubt that is the whole menu -- so let's hope they add more. The restaurant is called......