CITY WEEKEND 15 November 2009 in Food reviews, Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

My review of Haiku by Hatsune appeared in Shanghai’s ‘City Weekend’ magazine.. I wasn’t told, so it was a bit surprising when I was flipping through the pages and suddenly saw my face staring right back at me, *lol*!

MAYA 10 November 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Maya 2/F, Shanghai Grand Plaza 568 Julu Lu Shanghai, China PRICE: ????? RATING: Maya is expensive. But it’s expected, since they’re a tapas place, and from our experience, tapas is always expensive around the world. The prices are up around Australian prices, which I...

MOON’S STEAKHOUSE 9 November 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Moon’s Steakhouse 1 Yuyuan Lu (???1?) Shanghai, China PRICE: ????? RATING: It’s not particularly easy to get a good ‘ol steak in China. You pretty much can only find it in fine-dining restaurants.. very very few casual/cheap places have steak, and if they do,...

THE CUISINE FESTIVAL 2009 in Festivals, FOOD, Food reviews, Uncategorized

On a lovely warm day, we headed off to the The Cuisine Festival. We were pleasantly surprised that people were really well-behaved (no crazy shouting, pushing & shoving) and that there weren’t actually that many people there. But then we realised, it was fairly...

QUAN JU DE ROAST DUCK 8 November 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (???) 786 Huai Hai Road Shanghai, China PRICE: ???? RATING: Since Mum and Dad were in town, a visit to Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant was a total MUST. It’s the best place to bring visitors because it’s the perfect China...