Best Food In China

Location(s)

You’ll find the Moonsha restaurant at 5 Zhong Shan Dong or, as most foreigners know it, 5 the Bund. Situated on the third floor below the much famed restaurant ‘5 on the Bund’, Moonsha is very different from its illustrious neighbour. It mixes high quality Japanese cuisine with a décor that, with its deep red and black colours, is reminiscent of Shanghai back in the 20’s and 30’s.

photos: 

Location(s)

Along the west bank of the Hou Hai lakes glows a giant red chop that serves as the entrance marker to Ken de Rouge; the four month old fusion restaurant nestled between bars and curio shops. Fusion does not begin to do justice to this beautiful collage of Chinese architecture and Hutong styles nor the menu featuring some very non-Chinese items.

photos: 

Location(s)

If you like things that go bump in the night…?

In many ways, the Whale Inside Dark restaurant, conveniently located at Jian Wai SOHO, defies the traditional measures by which one would rate a restaurant. For example, in terms of décor and food presentation, I am completely in the dark, and that is because patrons of Whale Inside Dark dine in complete darkness.

photos: 

Location(s)

After you touch the crystal ball outside, the main doors slide open and you’re welcomed by a waitress who leads you through a bamboo maze into a library. Search the bookshelves to find the hidden button that opens up the bookcase to reveal a hidden passage into the restaurant. This has to be one of the most novel entrances to a restaurant I’ve ever experienced.

photos: 

Location(s)

How does one conduct a restaurant review when you cannot see what you are eating? Well, this review goes down as one of the more interesting location I have so far encountered in Shanghai; eating in a pitch dark, zero visibility restaurant! Whale Inside is a theme restaurant that has established restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

photos: