Results tagged “xiaolongbao”

Around Shanghai: Eileen Chang's school, JG Ballard's home, and the best xiaolongbao in Shanghai

  • Just a reminder: Gourmet Month is almost ending! Book a restaurant today. IMMEDIATELY! [City Weekend]
  • A group of residents are now protesting the destruction of prolific Shanghai writer Eileen Chang's grade school. The area, which was supposed to be a protected heritage site, is now almost completely a pile of rubble. [Xinmin (Chinese)]
  • Shanghai may be extending what would become the longest and fastest Metro route to Kunshan, a commercial center in Jiangsu Province that's 50km away. Talk about one helluva commute! [Shanghai Daily]

If living like a rock star in Shanghai has forced you to relive your college ramen days, this series is for you. ChinaOnTV shares with us a pilot from "50 Kuai Shanghai" where the host, Emily, explores familiar neighborhoods and shows us how to eat and play for less than 50RMB a day (about $7). This three part episode was filmed around People's Square.

New Burger on the Block: Thanks to the always up-to-date Christine Lu from the China Business Network, we learned that Los Angeles based burger joint Fatburger is planning on expanding big into China, starting with their first restaurant at the Venetian in Macao. From their press release: Additional Fatburger restaurants are scheduled to open in Hong Kong in the coming months: the first on Queens Road East and the second at Jia Hotel in Causeway...

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