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Kyochon Chicken is a Korean fried chicken joint that apparently has gained some following in the U.S., if our brother's yelps of glee when he discovered the outlet in Pudong's Thumb Plaza this summer were any indication. While our subsequent visits to the joint still didn't help us understand exactly what he was getting so ecstatic over, we have to admit - it does serve some damn fine fried chicken.

Every once in a great great while, when the stars are aligned just right and the temperature is just so and the winds are blowing at just the right speed, Shanghaiist will leave the friendly confines of Puxi and venture out into the foreign and terrifying netherworld that is known as Pudong. We had heard that some of the more familiar names (Moon River, Malone's, Paul, Punjabi) in Puxi had migrated out to the Dong's Thumb Plaza, which is where we headed today to enjoy lunch at the highly recommended Greek Taverna (O Milos).

We had some matters to attend to at the Thumb Plaza in Pudong today and as we arrived, we sensed something was amiss as the air smelt of fire and everything was smoky. The sirens started wailing and in true Shanghai fashion, people ran out (literally) en masse to see the show, and a cloud of smoke was rising from the second floor of some Chinese restaurant called Tasty Hall. The fire brigade arrived, and the men set about to put out the fire. Shanghaiist loves men in uniform but alas, we were running late for his appointment.

Lucky for Shanghaiist, we won't be. But we certainly feel for people who will be stuck in the city for the holidays. So we've compiled an incomplete list of a few things to keep you occupied while your friends are back home drinking eggnog and getting wasted with family around the Christmas tree.

Rising up from the soulless Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and McDonald's doldrums of "Thumb Plaza" in Pudong is the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art's international new media exhibition, ElectroScape. Only in operation for six weeks, it has created one of the first avant-art footprints in Shanghai with its premier. Don't know about you, but creating a discourse between the digital and organic usually makes Shanghaiist's stomach go to tizzies. While this exhibition falls well short of inducing a state of tizziness, it is well worth checking out if you enjoy such exercises in mental masturbation. And if you want to support the Shanghai art scene, it's the place to be before August 25.