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Speak low is an award winning cocktail bar in Shanghai

Award-Winning Cocktail Bars in Shanghai

The best cocktail bars in Shanghai with award-winning accolades from the 50 Best Bars.
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Upperwood, a super lounge at INS in Shanghai's Fuxing Park nightlife destination.

Upperwood Super Lounge: Shisha & Bar, CUN Creative Dining

New in the Shanghai nightlife scene is Upperwood, a super lounge at INS in Fuxing Park that combines creative restaurant CUN, shisha, and cocktails all in one space.
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Penicillin, Shanghai cocktail bar from Hong Kong, Asia's 50 Best sustainable bar.

Asia’s 50 Best Bar Penicillin Opens in Shanghai

Introducing mad-scientist creativity and world-class cocktails. Asia’s 50 Best Bar Penicillin opens in Shanghai, delivering high-caliber cocktails forged with a sustainable ethos.
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The Old Jazz Band at the Peace Hotel Shanghai

Shanghai Must-Do: Old Jazz Band at the Fairmont Peace Hotel

A Shanghai institution: Catch the Old Jazz Band at The Fairmont Peace Hotel on the Bund. Guinness World Record holders playing seven nights a week.
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Award winning cocktail bar Sober Company launches a drinks and food pairing menu.

Sober Company Launches Sober Airways Tasting Menu

Award winning Shanghai cocktail bar Sober Company launches a new tasting menu — all aboard Sober Airways — a globetrotting food and drink pairing.
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1929 by Guillaume Galliot is a fine French restaurant in Shanghai.

1929 by Guillaume Galliot Shanghai: Refined French Cuisine with an Edge

1929 by Guillaume Galliot is a fine French restaurant (with an Asian twist) in Shanghai. A stellar pate en croute, Hot & Cold Onion Soup & Cordon Bleu.
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Antique Garden cocktail bar and cafe near Sinan Mansions, Shanghai. Photo @ Nomfluence

Antique Garden: A Quirky, Curio-Filled Bar Near Sinan Mansions

Near Sinan Mansions is Antique Garden, a cafe-bar established in 2006. It’s a quirky space filled with curio trinkets and has a unique cocktail bar setting.
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Hanok is a Korean bar and eatery in Jingan, Shanghai Photo @ Nomfluence

Hanok: A Cool Korean Bar & Eatery in Jing’an

Hanok is visually enticing Korean bar and eatery in Jing’an that deals in seltzers, cocktails, and Korean spirits. A slick yet casual space with upbeat ambiance.
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COA Shanghai reopens. Photo @ Nomfluence

COA Shanghai Returns: Agave Cocktails From Asia’s 50 Best Team

Agave spirits cocktail bar COA Shanghai has reopened on Fuxing Zhong Lu.
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Swirl cocktail bar in Huangpu, Shanghai. Photo @ Nomfluence

Wine Cocktails at Swirl, The Latest From SG Group

Swirl is the newest cocktail bar by the SG Group, serving up wine cocktails that are “not shaken, not stirred, just swirled.”
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Celebrated master of Jiangnan cuisine Chef Yu Bin Celebrated master of Jiangnan cuisine Chef Yu Bin opens his first overseas restaurant, Purple Laurel, located at Gaysorn Amarin mall in Bangkok. Yu Bin’s helmed multiple Michelin and Black Pearl awarded restaurants in China, including the prestigious one-star Jie Xiang Lou in Hangzhou.

In a quick interview, he talks about the differences between Chinese food from China versus overseas Chinese food, global and local trends, and what the future of modern Chinese food looks like. 

@purplelaurel.bkk 

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🔘 Purple Laurel (Bangkok)
📍 Raynue zone, 4/F, Gaysorn Amarin, 502 Phloen Chit Rd
📞 +66 96 668 1616
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#chinesefood #chinafood #bangkokrestaurant #bangkokfood #chinesecuisine
Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s fam Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s familiar, nostalgic, and playful, done with care and confidence. And honestly, as a Malaysian, it makes me feel so proud to see the flavors of home done like this. 

Kudos to chef @junnishiyama and team!

The veritable signature is the Rendang Donut, a labor of love. Slow-cooked oxtail with deep spices (and chocolate) is compacted into an utterly rich bite.

The Ayam Penyetttt!!! lives up to its exclamation points. The Indonesian-inspired “smashed chicken” is shattering crisp, paired with turmeric aioli and pineapple sambal. Do not miss this.

Next, Nasi Ulam, a rice salad combines fresh herbs, sambal, crunchy shallots and chicken skin. A flavor-bomb that’s pulls at nostalgia.

Rambu even features far-flung ingredients like buah keluak, an earthy-bitter complex flavored nut native to Malaysia. That’s paired with spiced butter and fat creamy mussels on flatbread.

Channeling street food energy is the grilled mutton skewers, wrapped in betel leaf. Meanwhile grilled ox tongue is soaked in an addictive sourdough dashi broth, dusted with toasted rice powder.

Finally, an elevated kaya toast! Homemade kaya, ice cold butter, but with salted egg yolk and a mad genius egg-and-soy cream. Don’t miss the Thai creme caramel. Full Thai tea flavors with this one, paired beautifully with pecans and grilled watermelon & calamansi reduction.

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🔘 @rambu.sh 
📍 966 Wuding Road 武定路966号
📞 19921361351
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#shanghaieats #shanghaifood #onthetable #shanghairestaurant #malaysianfood
A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengta A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengtang — the HK-style Cantonese restaurant that’s been slingin’ crispy garlic madness since 1998. 

Revisiting after nearly a decade, somethings have changed (mostly the interiors) but others (like the classics) remain the same: garlicky, tasty, and affordable.

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🔘 Bifengtang
📍 1 Dapu Road 打浦路1号
📞 33682997
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaitrip #shanghairestaurant
I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but he I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but here it is, tins of them, completely unattended! That’s YICAFE’s Friday night seafood buffet for you. Absolute, glorious madness.

Beyond the caviar free-for-all, there’s lobster, king crab, fresh-carved tuna sashimi, crayfish, hairy crab…you get the idea. But also steak, short rib, and food from 10 other live cooking stations. 

It’s normally ¥598, but I’ve arranged a lil something: 20% off, so ¥478.40. (until Jan 30) Woop woop!

Details are on rachelgouk.com

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🔘 YICAFE (Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai)
📍 2/F, 33 Fucheng Lu 富城路33号2楼 
📞 28286888
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaifoodie #shanghaicity
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