Ahh Friday’s. What would they be without a good monkey story?
About a month ago I was sipping, as elegantly as one can at 10pm, on a margarita at Cantina Agave on Fumin Lu (which is the best Mexican in town by the way) when a monkey came up on the bench and started begging. It’s [...]
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Guys (and girls?) who like playing dice, pool, and drinking games with hostesses on Julu Lu might be upset at the news that the bars on the street are being shut down next month.
That was the groundbreaking news I received on the weekend from one of the girls we know who works there (it isn’t [...]
Last weekend we headed over to what is being hyped as the next cool area of Shanghai: Cool Docks. Located at the southern end of the bund at 479 Zhongshan Nan Road, near Fuxing Road, one could easily drive past and not really notice the new area – its right next to a whole heap [...]
Let’s face it, most bars with gimmicks suck. It’s usually a distraction to the sucky music, people, atmosphere, or location and an excuse to hike the drink prices. But, seriously, what the hell were the owners of this Singapore establishment thinking when they decided to open a wheelchair bar?
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Well, it’s yangmei season once again in Shanghai. Known as the Chinese Strawberry, yangmei can be found in the fruit stalls and street vendors all over town this time of year. The furry-looking fruit looks similar to a lychee at first glace but is dark red in colour. Tasting somewhere between a strawberry and a [...]
Xintiandi (新天地 – New Heaven and Earth) is a rather cosmopolitan area of Shanghai with restored shikumen (“stone gate”) houses which facade some of the town’s most upper crust cafe’s, restaurants, bars, and shops.
It’s a cool place to hang out, especially in summer with the various outdoor eating and drinking options. While the area [...]
The very first Whiskey Live worldwide tour whistled through town on the weekend. Set up at the Russian-inspired Shanghai Exhibition Center, kilted Scots and bourbon barons were dispatched from their home countries to ‘educate’ the Chinese market on various whiskeys available.
Of course, just a sniff of an alcohol-related event in town also attracted the [...]
One of the constant grumblings of lush expats in Shanghai (guys like me, I’m a guy like me) is the lack of decent ‘drink now’ red wines available for a reasonable cost. The casual bottle you can regularly buy and pour a cheeky glass or three for dinner, or, swill with a visiting neighbour. Unfortunately, [...]
In the last week bushfires (forest fires for the yanks) have ripped through the state of Victoria in Australia. It’s been the worst natural disaster the country has faces in over 100 years and so far has claimed the lives of more than 180 people with many more injured.
The fires have destroyed over a [...]
There are some cheesy ads tying products to Chinese New Year but I think this has to be one of the saddest pieces of display advertising I’ve encountered.
