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Guides to the best of Shanghai food and drink. Featuring the top restaurants to eat xiao long bao to terraces for happy hour to outdoor brunch spots.

The Zuk Bar at The Sukhothai Shanghai has just gotten a major upgrade with a Thai-style garden terrace. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

9 Excellent Terraces with Happy Hours in Shanghai

Praise be, spring is here. Here are 9 restaurants and bars in Shanghai with excellent terraces & outdoor seating. Plus, info on their drink deals.
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Klay, one of the best restaurants in Shanghai 2021.

Favorite New Restaurants in Shanghai From 2021

A round-up of my favorite new restaurant openings in Shanghai from the past year, plus a shortlist of notable mentions. A good recap of 2021.
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Where to eat raclette and fondue in Shanghai. Restaurants serving the cheesy stuff. @ Nomfluence

Where to Eat Raclette & Fondue in Shanghai

Raclette and fondue, both oh-so cheesy and equally delicious. Here’s a list of restaurants in Shanghai that serve them, plus links on how to DIY at home.
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The Roof in Xintiandi, Shanghai is a new lifestyle development by Aspect Studios and Ateliers Jean Nouvel that houses nearly 20 restaurants, cafes and bars, as well as office space. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

Inside Xintiandi’s The Roof aka The Red Building

The Roof aka the “Red Building” is a newly opened lifestyle hub in Xintiandi, Shanghai. Here’s a guide to the restaurants, bars, and cafes in the building.
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Coffee shops in Shanghai. @ Nomfluence

Get Caffeinated! 8 Coffee Shops on Shanghai’s Ruijin Lu

Just so happens that coffee shops in Shanghai tend to cluster. Here are 8 quirky and quaint coffee shops on Ruijin Lu and what you should order.
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10 Terraces for Happy Hour in Shanghai

For when the weather is right, here are 10 terraces in Shanghai with happy hours/deals for you to drink al fresco. Champagne, beer, cocktails and wine!
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Lunch sets at Oha Eatery Shanghai

3 Excellent Lunch Deals: Highline, Oha Eatery, Popot

Here are three great value lunch deals in Shanghai. Steak frites at Highline, Guizhou-inspired food at Oha Eatery and a global selection at Popot.
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Hakkasan happy hour drink

Five Excellent Happy Hours in Shanghai

Cocktails from ¥38, half-off wines, win your drink, and get free steak sandwiches. Here are five happy hours in Shanghai that make the effort.
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3 Super Cheap Places To Drink Draft Beer in Shanghai

Whether by conspiracy or by coincidence, three of the cheapest bars in Shanghai for craft beer on tap are within five minutes of each other. Beer for ¥10!
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Favorite New Restaurants & Bars in Shanghai from 2020

Rounding up my favorite new restaurant and bars in Shanghai from 2020. Here are the 8 places you should be eating and drinking at.
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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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