This might not be the easiest restaurant in the world to find but when you do you are stepping into a little bit of Shanghai culture and history. The building, tucked away among a group of long tong (narrow alleyways), was originally a flourmill that was converted into a clothes factory back in 1949.
This is a little hidden restaurant that is cozy and simple, they also have a bar where you can eat and drink. It’s an open kitchen so you can see them make your dinner. It’s a great place to take a date for dinner. It’s not a place to go with a big group. Even if they put the tables together, they don’t have that many tables.
Eating at a Korean barbeque restaurant is always a lot of fun. At this restaurant you can have either one. Each table has a ventilated hood over a cavity in the middle where briquettes are placed and covered by a grill. Diners order raw entrees, vegetables and various side dishes called Banchan and get to cook them right at their own table.
Down a lane to the side of the Pearl Craft Market just past the Hong Mei Road pedestrian street lies ZAZA Cafe and Nail Spa.
Outside there is a nice decking area and inside, on the ground floor, there is a small chic café serving California style cuisine in a nice relaxed atmosphere and upstairs there is a nail spa.
A trip to Hangzhou's legendary West Lake is often deemed mandatory for all visitors... but something worth remembering is that not all visitors to the area are tourists.