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5 highlights from the Michelin Food Festival on the Road

While the water cooler talk over the past few weeks has been the Michelin Guide Shanghai 2024, the results of which were officially released on November 16, 2023, the Michelin Food Festival on the Road from November 24 to ...

By: Sammi Sowerby Posted: 10:57 am, 30 November 2023

Hcreates Interior Design: “We Want to Make Shanghai Even Cooler”

Kind of a big deal though they don’t know it themselves (or if they do, they prefer to stay low-key), this Kiwi couple can be credited with making Shanghai that much cooler. Many of our favourite F&B spaces and business...

By: Sammi Sowerby Posted: 12:06 pm, 23 November 2023

Timely release of 'Rick and Morty' pastries by Chinese bakery

"Wubba-lubba-dub-dub!" Adult Swim’s absurdist animation Rick and Morty is back for its seventh season, promising more intergalactic and interdimensional travels, bodily fluids (both human and alien), family spats, and shock value...

By: Sammi Sowerby Posted: 11:33 am, 03 November 2023

6 new and trendy teahouses to escape the bustling Shanghai

Much has been recently written about the growing trend of coffee shops here in Shanghai. Despite being the world’s coffee capital, a tea shop revolution is unfolding beneath our collective noses...

By: andy dickinson Posted: 1:37 pm, 06 September 2022

Shanghai now ranks the world's 8th most costly city for expats

We love Shanghai, but it isn’t necessarily the most affordable city in the world. While some products and services are jaw-droppingly cheap, such as public transport, others have gone bonkers over the years (yes, we are talking about rent)...

Posted: 5:17 pm, 14 June 2022

These Shanghai restaurants are open for deliveries and takeaway

Getting tired of cooking? As the city slowly eases pandemic restrictions, you can finally take a break from cooking and get your favourite meals delivered to your doorstep...

Posted: 5:13 pm, 14 June 2022

Shanghai Film Fest cancelled, Shanghai Fashion Week goes online

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which was due to run from June 10-19, was postponed to 2023 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, announced the SIFF committee this Monday. According to its official WeChat account, all of this year’s ...

Posted: 11:53 am, 09 June 2022

Some tourist attractions and a third of Shanghai parks are open

Wednesday 1 June marks the beginning of a new normal. Over 22 million Shanghai residents living in low-risk areas are allowed to walk out of their compounds while many tourist attractions and parks are slowly reopening...

Posted: 1:47 pm, 02 June 2022

5 new Chinese words to upgrade your lockdown vocabulary

There's a lot of confusion and frustration living as a foreigner under lockdown. You can guess it’s time for a PCR test when the megaphone starts screaming like crazy downstairs, and when a group of people in hazmat suits suddenl...

By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 11:37 am, 31 May 2022

Airbnb to suspend all housing listings in China from July

Another big news hits the already fragile tourism industry: Airbnb is closing its house-listing business in China, effective from the end of July. According to an announcement from Airbnb, starting 11am today (Tuesday 24), users will not be able...

Posted: 10:52 am, 31 May 2022