• Shanghai's old people know how to live (and not just longer!) To make sure their mahjong runs go late into the night and into the early mornings, they are binging on ketamine, cocaine and meth! [Guardian]
• A Shanghai court has convicted six people Thursday in connection with the Minhang building collapse, sentencing them to terms ranging from three to five years for causing a "criminal major accident." [WSJ]
• Well this sounds delicious-ish? McDonalds has said they're going to launch a new hamburger university in Shanghai to train 5,000 employees. [China Retail News]

Since the family was once again in town, we decided to have dinner, not at Jade on 36 this time, but at what is maybe Shanghai's most famous restaurant of Shanghainese food (with a Sichuan twist, according to this site): Meilongzhen. We first tried this place two years ago, and then again last April, but this time we went to their branch accross the street, on the 6th floor of the Westgate mall (which incidentally is called in Chinese Meilongzhen Guangchang 梅龙镇广场). For 2 months starting last April, the old restaurant was closed for refurbishment, and only its branch was open. more ›

Anyway, we thought some of you might want to know that we recently found relatively cheap legitimate breakfast cereal at the supermarket underneath the Westgate Mall (Mei Long Zhen, Nanjing Xi Lu and Jiangning Lu) -- and it's not the same Chinese Trix and Cheerios that have been available for 12.9 kuai per 150 gram box for a while now. more ›

... a fencing competition. We Googled the name of the event -- "Westgate Mall FIE Men's Foil AND Women's Foil World Cup" -- and found nothing. But sources tell us that some of the participants were hanging out at Shuffle Bar on Saturday night. more ›

Like many of you, Shanghaiist spent the Spring Festival holiday alone in our apartment, drinking to ease the unbearable pain of being enjoying a malt beverage. Or two. Having a preference for hopped-up beverages, Shanghaiist is pleased to report the following alternatives to the formaldehyde-enhanced, flavorless, pilsner-style local product: more ›

It's Super Bowl time. We'll be watching at our house, assuming our satellite holds out (a big assumption lately). Oh, and don't bother trying to buy Sam Adams beer at the supermarket in the basement of the Westgate Mall -- we cleaned them out last night. (Beer for breakfast ... mmmmmmmmmm.) more ›