street treats, small eats and other comfort foods of Shanghai and beyond
Posted in Shanghai on Mar 18th, 2008
I haven’t done much with this blog for a while, largely because I haven’t been to Shanghai since I began it, my travel demands being eastward (from here in San Francisco) to New York or Montreal these days, as I have fish to fry there. Hopefully, I finally will be back in Shanghai in […]
Posted in Xiaolongbao, Shanghai on Sep 23rd, 2007
Dianping.com, the giant of democratic restaurant review sites in China, has just released a definitive short list of the best places to go for some of Shanghai’s most famous small eats, as reported by Shanghaiist today. This is definitely a major development for those seeking out Shagnhai’s tastiest. Some, like Xiao Yang’s for […]
Posted in Xiaolongbao, Shanghai on Sep 5th, 2007
“Pane” (Colleen) on recommendations for me and the Erica mentioned in her post, just reported this on Chowhound.com:
With some input from Gary Soup and reports from Erica, I drew up a list of chow-ish places to visit on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai last week. I ended up hitting quite a few of […]
Posted in Xiaolongbao, Shanghai on Aug 5th, 2007
I was excited to hear that the latest installment of Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” had him in Shanghai, sampling local small eats. When I caught the re-run, though, I found it to be a huge disappointment. Although the episode was identified as “Shanghai,” there was a scant 10 minutes or so of an […]
Posted in Xiaolongbao, Shanghai on Jun 8th, 2007
According to this article in Shanghai Daily,
SHANGHAI named 83 folk arts as its first batch of city-level intangible culture heritage today as part of the city’s efforts to protect and promote these “traditional treasures.”
The popular “Huju Opera, Lion Dancing, Dough Modeling and the Longhua Temple Fair” can be found on the list, which has 10 […]