Where you drink: if you are a lobbyist
Bernard Vanderlande
Consultant
When I go for a drink, I do so for the company and environment more than anything else, so my favorite spots end up being as eclectic as my friends. On one hand, Glamour Bar is a great place for seeing and bumping into peripheral acquaintances. On the other, a cozier, more intimate environment is sometimes nicer and I've recently taken to YY's dark, smoky interior that's a bit reminiscent of old Shanghai. My life is full of drinks of every kind and it would be wrong to not give mention to the Old China Hand Reading Room on Shaoxing Lu–by far my favorite cafe to sit with a cigarette in hand, good novel and an endless pot of tea on a Sunday afternoon.


