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Restaurant Fu, Cantonese restaurant in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

3 New Openings in Shanghai: Restaurant Fu, KRU On Tap, Huata

The OHA Group opens Restaurant Fu, a traditional Cantonese restaurant; The Flask Group opens bistro-bar KRU On Tap, and upscale Spanish restaurant Huata.
Rachel Gouk
  • January 3, 2025
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Sugar Area, a rum-based cocktail bar near Tianzifang, Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

Playful Rum-Based Drinks at Cocktail Bar Sugar Area

Sugar Area is a rum-focused cocktail bar near Tianzifang led by award winning bartender Jackie Lo. Havana bar party vibes.
Rachel Gouk
  • October 24, 2023
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COA Shanghai is a bar that specializes in agave spirits and cocktails. Founded by bartender Jay Khan, COA Hong Kong ranks #7 in The World’s 50 Best Bars. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

COA Shanghai: High-Profile Agave Cocktail Bar in Jing’an

COA Shanghai is a bar that specializes in agave spirits and cocktails. Founded by bartender Jay Khan, COA Hong Kong ranks #7 in The World’s 50 Best Bars.
Rachel Gouk
  • August 3, 2025
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Black Rock Shanghai is a whisky bar that carries more than 170 labels. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

Cocktail Bar Black Rock Shanghai, A Citadel of Whisky

Black Rock Shanghai is no ordinary whiskey-specialized cocktail bar, but rather a citadel of whisky for novices and connoisseurs alike.
Rachel Gouk
  • March 18, 2025
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Elevated American bar food at Cages Huangpu, Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

​2 New Openings: Cages Huangpu, O’Mills Light

lavic restaurant and bar Borsh & Kompot, Cages opens a second location at One East mall near West Bund, and O’Mills has another outpost in Xingfu Lu.
Rachel Gouk
  • October 22, 2025
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Sakaba Malabar is a restaurant and bar in Jing'an, Shanghai that serves a menu of Spanish tapas with Japanese influence alongside cocktails, sakes, and wine. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

New & Hot: Sakaba Malabar for Spanish-Japanese Food & Drink

Introducing Sakaba Malabar, a sleek restaurant and bar in Jing’an that blends Spanish tapas with Japanese cuisine alongside sakes, cocktails, and wine.
Rachel Gouk
  • November 15, 2023
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Root Down is a Japanese vinyl bar in shanghai.

Root Down: Cocktails, Vinyl & Great Ambience

Root Down is a Japanese vinyl bar in Shanghai that’s quickly becoming the new favorite hangout for quality cocktails and seekers of great music.
Rachel Gouk
  • October 22, 2025
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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.
Rachel Gouk
  • January 31, 2023
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Bord Bia and Jameson - cocktails and oysters in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

8 Excellent Shanghai Bars for Cocktails & Oysters

Irish food board Bord Bia and Jameson are teaming up with some of the best bars in Shanghai for two weeks of excellent cocktails paired with oysters. Drink up and slurp those oysters from March 12 to March 27.
Rachel Gouk
  • March 15, 2021
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Creative cocktails at ZUK Bar, Sukhothai Shanghai

Creative “Gemstone” Cocktails at The ZUK Bar, Sukhothai Shanghai

The ZUK Bar at the Sukhothai Shanghai has a new immersive cocktail experience: The Gemstone Box. These creative cocktails deserve your attention.
Rachel Gouk
  • January 26, 2021
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Ren He Guan (人和馆) is an excellent Shanghainese restaurant in Shanghai. A Michelin one-star with an average check of ¥250 per person.

Ren He Guan (人和馆) (Zhaojiabang Road)

FOTY is a mono-product bakery in Shanghai that specializes in the kouign amann. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

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Proper bahn mi! Yep. In Shanghai. Feral Bahn Mi Proper bahn mi! Yep. In Shanghai.

Feral Bahn Mi 

• Started out back in May as a pop-up street cart (totally illegal, totally gangsta) that roamed Shanghai. Now it has found a brick n mortar on Maoming Bei Lu.

🥖 The bread is... THE RIGHT KIND. You usually don’t find this in Shanghai. The bread has an extremely thin, brittle crust, shattering at a bite. And the crumb is soft, airy, and cotton-like — it’s like biting through a hard meringue. 

To order: Lemongrass chicken & crispy pork belly. Sauces are dope too, I favor the “buttery fruit chili sauce”.

📍82 Maoming Bei Lu 茂名北路82号

#shanghaifood #sandwiches #shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifoodie #上海美食 #bahnmi
I rarely recommend vegetarian restaurants, but thi I rarely recommend vegetarian restaurants, but this one is worth shouting about!

Salt-Less 淡盐

A creative restaurant in Shanghai’s Jing’an district that will change your perception about how tasty vegetarian food can be. As a carnivore, it really did impress. And contrary to its name, the food here is plenty flavorful. 

Also, if you’re allergic to shellfish, they do a vegetarian version of crab roe noodles that comes pretty close to the real thing. Great if you want to see what all the fuss is about.

#上海美食 #shanghai #shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #vegetarian #素食 #eatyourvegetables #chinafood
Brunch by day, bistro by night! Newcomer on Shan Brunch by day, bistro by night! 

Newcomer on Shanghai’s Yongfu Lu: La Pomme de Terre. 

Hearty breakfast plates and comforting bistro food (plus a few Canadian-inspired dishes).

Recommended:
🍳 The Big Breakfast 
👍 Burrata
🐷 Pork Belly 
🦞 Cajun Boil

🐶 Dog friendly venue!

📍 47-1 Yongfu Lu 永福路47-1号 
📞 15618527609
🕒 11am-3:30pm, 6pm-11pm

#上海美食 #Shanghai #shanghaieats #shanghailife #shanghaifood #shanghaifoodie #上海
When 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA says it’s white When 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA says it’s white truffle season, you come a’ running. This is most definitely the most decadent meal I’ve had this year. 

The never ending blizzard of white truffles! More on this later — still wrapping my head around the amount of white truffles I had in one meal 😆 from not one but three chefs!

Thank you so much for having me @nick_rotella @ottoemezzobombanashanghai @ottoemezzobombana_hongkong @umbertobombana @ottoemezzobombana_macau @marinodantonio 

White truffle menu is ONNN 

#whitetruffle #bombana #italianfood #shanghaieats #shanghairestaurant #shanghailife #shanghaifood #truffles #italia
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