Joanne Yao (United States) Home town: Bay Area, California

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Shanghai is my home away from home. When I'm not working on wine & dine, you can find me hunched over a book (especially at cafes with good coffee). I love this city :)

Joined the site 15 Dec 2008

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(20 most recent posts)
Added Dec 08

Over the Moon

Event If the holiday season is the one time...

Added Dec 01

Sweet Wines for a Sweet Christmas Celebration

Article Christmas is approaching and it’s tim...

Added Dec 01

Holy Smokey: The Town's Best Smoked Salmon Sarnies

Article _Intrepid foodie and CW contributor K...

Added Nov 24

Teddy Bear Tea

Event Indulge your kids this season with a ...

Added Nov 18

Get Your Money's Worth with Malbec

Article **Argentinian Flavor** Admittedly, A...

Added Nov 18
Added Nov 03

Spanish Bubbly For the Fall

Article **Did you know about Cava?** If yo...

Added Nov 03

Shanghai's Tastiest Green Curries

Article Duncan Rickelton is a man who loves h...

Added Nov 03

WIN An Elegant Thanksgiving Dinner For Two

Event Do you love the Westin brunch? **Then...

Added Nov 03

WIN An Elegant Thanksgiving Dinner For Two

Event #Congratulations to princepu! You'll ...

Added Oct 28

Yi Ding Shi Shang

Listing This restaurant offers very affordabl...

Added Oct 27

Interview: Simonetta Girelli, Executive Chef at Giovanni’s

Article #Viva Italia!# **What’s it like ...

Added Oct 27

New Zealand Whites For Fall

Article New Zealand’s ocean-influenced clim...

Added Oct 27

Shanghai's Best Chocolate Cakes

Article _George Wyndham believes in chocolate...

Added Oct 27

Chili Showdown

Event Reap the benefits as teams of chefs a...

Added Oct 19

Sud De France Takes Over Shanghai

Article Added to the list of why we love fall...

Added Oct 13

Sardinian Wine Dinner

Event Taste wine with a rich history and a ...

Added Oct 13

Coriole Wine Dinner

Event Taste a selection of wines from award...

Added Oct 08

Meet Hairy: Four Delicious Hairy Crab Dishes To Kick Off the Season

Article **Spicy Crab Roe Dan Dan Noodles** ...

REVIEWS

 
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Whisk Choco Café I'm in love with the hot chocolate with fat, homemade mar...

 
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Bukhara Grill **Second Bite | Sensational Samosa** Located in Gubei ...

 
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Roosevelt Prime Steakhouse [*Shanghai's Best Steaks*](http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/...

 
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Lawry's The Prime Rib [*Shanghai's Best Steaks*](http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/...

 
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Moon's Steakhouse and Prime Rib > Swissotel Grand [*Shanghai's Best Steaks*](http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/...

 
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VUE Restaurant *Find of the Week* | **Plump Pork Chop** In China, po...

 
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Closed Door Delicious food and quite intimate for Shanghai. This woul...

 
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Cantina Agave Find of the Week | *Burrito Delicioso* These days, we'...

 
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Sushi Oyama New Eats | **All in the Details This new Japanese rest...

 
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Three Sisters **Chinese Bite** | _Three Hot Sisters_ This restaurant i...

 
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Otto Restaurant & Wine Bar love the new Chef, [Catia Gallardi](http://www.cityweeken...

 
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Fu Chun Even after three years in Shanghai, it can still be hard ...

 
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Hong Rui Xing > Shanghai Stadium **Find of the Week** | Feeling Fishy This fish casserole...

 
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Barbarossa Restaurant & Lounge _Find of the Week_ | **Amazing Ahi**<br> When we go to t...

 
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Wu Guan Tang _Chinese Bite_ | **Vibrant Vegetarian** We’re not sure...

 
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Number 17 Crawfish House _Chinese Bite_ | **Crawfish Crawl** In America, summer...

 
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Amorino > Shuicheng Lu _Find of the Week_ | **Gelato Mi Amore** As much as we...

 
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Fountain Find of the Week | **Fancy Tuna Sandwich** Trying to f...

 
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Legend Taste **New Eats** | Yunnan Delights Yunnan chef Tang Dechao...

 
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Cantina Agave **Seduction by Burrito** Stray sombreros and colorful,...

COMMENTS

Oct 30

Get in Line! These Fantastic Foods Are Worth Waiting For Hi stilltmdl, I have updated the article to link to the r...

Sep 10

The Quest for Good Muffins in Shanghai Complete I vote in favor of bagel quest too :) preferably one topp...

Sep 10

Shanghai Carnivores: Your Time Has Come Must...gooooo.... Sounds a-mazing!! I have to check th...

Sep 07

The Quest for Good Muffins in Shanghai Complete Hi preciouz29, find the address and tel for good morning ...

Sep 03

Café du Metro As Delicious As Ever, Now with Sunshine Its like a frisee lardon. Eggs are pretty good in salads ...

Aug 17

City Deli Second Bite | **More Meat** We remember a time when th...

Jul 28

Tired of Shanghai's mediocre bread? Here's how to bake a great loaf yourself !! Somebody should attempt to make this bread, but PANDA ...

Jul 21

Shanghai's Food Streets: Dingxi Lu Hi laoming, thanks for your catch. I've updated Chaosh...

Jul 16

UPDATED: Foodie Alert: Miracle Fruit Comes to Shanghai on Saturday! **I was just told there may be a location change for this...

Jun 11

Shanghai's Best Restaurants: City Weekend Readers' Choice Awards Hi Micky, Just saw your comment :) I make an effort to...

Jun 09

Beer-Battered Heaven: Shanghai's Best Fish and Chips mmm...that sounds kind of delicious in a fatty way.

Jun 05

Shanghai's Best Restaurants: City Weekend Readers' Choice Awards Hey there, I've seen the Shanghai Chefs blog as well. ...

Jun 01

3X11 China Tour: The Magic Mummenschanz I can't wait to see this. So awesome!!!

May 11

A FuturePerfect _Second Bite_ | **A Taste of Spring** When we heard th...

May 04

Woop Woop for Wine #**This Event is CANCELLED**#

Apr 28

Cheap and Delicious Chocolate Lava Cake at Beard Papa's these cakes are seriously amazing. (!!!) and so cheap!!

Apr 27

Kakadu _Second Bite_ | **Tastes Like Chicken** We’re fans of ...

Apr 13

HANAGATAMI (Ritz-Carlton) at Gourmet Month I went to try this gourmet month menu with my parents abo...

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taiwan88

嗨Joanne, 我也来自加州!你在上海干什么?我现在在东北到七月份左右然后搬家到那边。。我去过上海一次但我还不熟悉。有时间的话跟我联系好吗,可以介绍上海好的地方等等。。Hope you can speak some Chinese..

4 weeks ago

krchiu

Hi Joanne!

im from the bay as well! omg do i miss that city

I just moved out here to open a restaurant. been here for about 3 months and the restaurant is finally open. please come try it out!

i just listed us on city so you can go check out some photos.

Guilty Pleasure No. 66. ShanXiBei Road ( near Wei Hai Road)

hope to see you here!

  • Krista
1 month, 3 weeks ago