Rachel Gouk has been writing about food and drink in Shanghai since 2011. She is a food critic, writer, photographer, and F&B consultant based in Shanghai. Nomfluence was founded in May 2018 as a means to express her love for the Shanghai F&B scene. Follow her blog www.nomfluence.com or on Instagram @nomfluence.
Swedish franchise Wayne’s Coffee opens its first location in Shanghai—Swedish culture, sustainability, and organic coffee. Plus, something called Tom Tits.
Starbucks has opened its first all-day dining Reserve Bakery Café with Italian bakery Princi in Shanghai, China. And for the first time—Starbucks brunch.
Colombo, Sri Lanka’s famed Ministry of Crab opens a restaurant in Shanghai’s People’s Park. Eating ginormous 2kg crabs and dipping into buttery sauces.
Bring forth the meatness! Sinful chunks of charcoal grilled dry-aged premium wagyu beef and delicious izakaya bites at Nakama, a Japanese yakiniku in Shanghai.