Lange Bar & Restaurant
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 06:37 — editorLocation(s)
A comfortable Italian eatery with a classy atmosphere offering good value set menus as well as a la carte in downtown Shanghai.
Simple, yet stylish, common, yet comfortable, familiar, yet romantic, Wu Ding Road’s Italian Lange Bar & Restaurant, its low lighting, cozy chairs, thick napkins, and Italian music, has all the fixings for your typical Italian restaurant that can be found anywhere in the world.
The Melting Pot
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 06:18 — editorLocation(s)
The Melting Pot – an authentic Thai restaurant led by native Thai Head Chef, Alyssa Han Pongpandh, will neither disappoint Thai food lovers nor burn a hole in your pocket. Enjoy these authentic delights in the French Concession district.
The Melting Pot serves its Thai cuisine competitors a large slice of humble pie. The competition only deserves it, because they are, as reflected in price, establishments that pay more attention to trendy décor and stylish presentation rather than pure taste. The Melting Pot on the other hand, has found a niche of authenticity deserving of praise.
Factory
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 12:15 — editorLocation(s)
Find Sean Jorgensen’s contemporary creative fusion cuisine located in the creative space of Hong Kou district, known as the Factory.
People in the real estate and creative circle are already familiar with the launch of a lifestyle and design center 1933, a 74 year old former slaughterhouse that is located on 10 Shajing Road in Hongkou. Following the creative wave, the recent opening of the Factory, annex to 1933, reflects on the emerging trend of creative space-cum-restaurant.
Acropolis
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 06:25 — editorLocation(s)
If I say “ancient Greece”, what comes to mind? Loads of stuff, probably. Aristotle, Socrates, the birth of democracy, the birth of civilization. Archimedes, Pythagoras, school maths, cold sweats – stay on track now. How about the Parthenon, Mt. Olympus; Homer, Troy, the Olympics. How about the Acropolis? How about Zeus? What a race! Slaves, paedophiles. Ok, ok, that’s enough.
Now how about I say “modern Greece” – what comes to mind? Err… Kebabs, surely. Feta cheese. Smashing plates, perhaps…
Greece, what went wrong?!
The Aman Resort, Beijing
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 04:53 — editorLocation(s)
Hearing that Aman was a small, recently opened resort located on the grounds of the Summer Palace was akin to hearing that a hotel had been built next to the Eiffel Tower; for the unacquainted, the Summer Palace is one of Beijing’s must-visit destinations, a site chosen for an imperial retreat and a site deemed worthy of the coveted UNESCO world heritage label.
