• Muse's Comment of the Week Winner: eddie10

    The CW team has teamed up with Muse on the Bund to give away a RMB1,000 gift card every week. When we see an interesting/thoughtful/funny/weird/cute comment or review, we'l... (More...)
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    The Villa is having a three-day “flash sale” starting today. Head to the luxury fashion boutique for updates to your season appropriate wardrobe with the l... (More...)
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    Living in Shanghai, we are so blessed to have access to top-notch medical care but we all know the need for better healthcare and more facilities is ever rising. On our rad... (More...)
  • Shanghai Fight Night Match-ups

    Too many exciting things this week, folks. Shanghai's first professional fight night is this Saturday, and Pro Boxing China has just released the list of boxers and their m... (More...)
  • Milkshake Shop Popping Up

    Just spoke with some of those crazy kids over at Snow Maple Desserts (formerly Jiong Gelato), and they've got a great fun idea for the summer: a milkshake pop-up shop! They... (More...)
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Choice Chinese: Moo Noodles

Great Chinese Restaurants   That this restaurant is deep inside a residential lane hasn’t stopped people from coming. Owner / chef Mr. Zhou uses a recipe from his hometown in Chaoshan: the slow-braised beef is melt-in-your-mouth, the ox bone broth is delicious and the noodles are made with the fin...

Tour the Chenshan Botanical Garden

Expat Life   In this last window of pleasant spring weather, take a jaunt out to Shanghai’s most spectacular botanical garden, the Chenshan Botanical Garden in Songjiang. On our most recent trip, we happened to admire vibrant tulips and award-winning orchids, but this time of year b...

Second Bite Review: Shanghai Uncle

Second Bite   Shanghai Uncle is an old standby on the Shanghainese dining scene and while it may not be new and exciting, longevity suggests they must be doing something right. One of the things that they excel at is pork. We wanted to have the famous crispy flaming pork (RMB118), but the ...

Shanghai Goes Green at Lifestyle Hub Eco Village

Shanghai Style   At Eco Village, a newly opened eco-lifestyle hub, green is the new black. Maintaining a significant stake in eco-developments and sustainability, the proprietors at Eco Village are putting this overlooked 4,000-sq.-meter industrial area, which used to be a textile factory, on ...

Escape Shanghai: The Beautiful Mountains of Fujian

Travel   Lonely Planet devotes a paltry four pages to Fujian, but the beautiful mountains and breathtaking tea terraces of the province have a lot to offer those who appreciate good Chinese tea and dare to step off the tourist path. Enter the province through Xiamen, an island with a ...

Hillbilly Tea: An American Run Tea Shop in China

New Eats   “Two Americans opening a tea shop in China seems kind of crazy,” confesses manager Kyle Brown. But it’s happened, and now the question is: can they sell it? Hillbilly Tea comes from Louisville, Kentucky, where it’s a hipster hangout and one of the city...

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