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Scarpetta Italian restaurant Shanghai. @ Nomfluence

Scarpetta Shanghai: Exquisite Pastas & Pizzas

Shanghai’s long-standing Italian restaurant Scarpetta undergoes a rebirth, dishing up Italian handmade pastas and luxurious pizzas.
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Cellar To Table, a wine bistro in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

Cellar To Table Wows, Francesco Bonvini’s New Menu

Cellar To Table impresses with a new menu from executive chef Francesco Bonvini. Highlights see dry-aged whole fish and handmade pastas.
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Comforting Italian food at Bambino, restaurant in Jing'an, Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

New Dishes at Bambino: Nonna’s Bolognese & Ossobuco Pie

Chef Lucky Lasagna’s new dishes at Bambino see fresh handmade pastas and an ossobuco pie. Comforting food with a home-cooked feel.
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Italian restaurant Bella Vita Bistro in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ nomfluence.

New Dishes That Impress at Bella Vita Bistro Italian Restaurant

Downright soulful Italian dishes of slow-cooked pork head, house-made spaghetti with tuna, and an off-menu sautéed cappelletti.
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Scena di Angelo, Shanghai by chef Angelo Agliano

Scena di Angelo, Michelin-Starred Angelo Agliano Comes To Shanghai

Chef of Michelin one-star Tosca di Angelo (HK) brings Mediterranean cuisine and Italian coastal flavors to The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong.
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Bella Vita is a casual Italian restaurant in Jing'a, Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

​Bella Vita Jing’an: Solid Pizzas & Generous Grill Platters

Bella Vita is a casual Italian restaurant in Jing’an that does good, simple, and tasty Italian comfort food—pizzas, pastas & grilled meats.
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8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana is a Michelin two-star Italian restaurant in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

Michelin-Starred Lunch at 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA, Shanghai

8 ½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA is a Michelin two-star Italian restaurant in Shanghai. Don’t have deep pockets? Try the lunch to whet your palate.
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Destination Italian: Bella Vita Bistro Shanghai

Bella Vita Bistrò is a traditional Italian restaurant in Xuhui. Unadulterated Italian dishes in a villa with a spacious rooftop terrace.
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Bottega Shanghai opens — serving Neapolitan pizzas and Italian comfort food. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

Bottega Shanghai Now Open! Devilishly Delicious Pizzas & Italian Comfort Food

Bottega, purveyor of Neapolitan pizzas and Italian comfort bites is now open in Shanghai! Italian comfort food and excellent vibes.
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Chef Lucky Lasagna opens Bambino, a modern Italian restaurant in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence

Bambino: Lucky Lasagna Returns With The Juke Team

Chef Lucky Lasagna opens Bambino, a restaurant in Jing’an that serves “unconventional traditional” Italian food alongside excellent cocktails.
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Rachel Gouk | Writing about food & drink since 2011

Aventure. A remarkable modern Chinese restaurant m Aventure. A remarkable modern Chinese restaurant making waves in the southern coastal city of Xiamen.

Executive Chef Esther Hou and Tea Master Rita have poured their heritage and hearts into every aspect of Aventure. The cuisine is built on a foundation of Fujian ingredients and traditions, enhanced by the Esther’s Sichuan roots and fine dining training. 

Rita, who hails from Xiamen’s Gulangyu Island, brings her expertise in tea to the fray, sourcing leaves from across China, and innovating with temperature, infusions, and even the starchy water from boiling rice.

The result is a creative dialogue between tradition and expression, delivered through a visually striking tasting menu.

Highlights:

Iconic Xiamen staples like shacha noodles, oyster omelets, and blood cockles appear on the menu, but with a 180-degree twist from their original street food forms. 

Esther’s roots show in a pig’s brain course, transforming the usually gritty texture into something smooth, much like foie gras, before being molded back into its brain form. A daring approach for a daring dish. She also spoke fondly of the five-spice pork roll, a complete reinvention of the fried street snack, making it with tuna toro, five spice, and buffalo mozzarella gelée. 

Another comforting standout was the fish congee, a dish that was simple and profound — a rich broth of yellowfin tuna, clams, fish maw, and Dalian rice, topped with delicate yellow croaker.

On teas, it was one of the last that really stuck with me. A Sichuan-Tibet dark tea that had been combined with boiled rice water (like the top watery layer of congee). Is it a tea or a soup, now? Either way, the roasted tea aroma + velvety texture was great. Definitely the coolest tea pairing I’ve experienced.

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🔘 Aventure. @aventure_amoy 
📍 13-106 Xiahe Road 厦禾路13-106号 | Xiamen 厦门
📞 18144134025
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#modernchinese #finedininglovers #chinafood #chefsofinstagram #finedining
Hulu Sushi — one of the few omakase restaurant in Hulu Sushi — one of the few omakase restaurant in Shanghai I keep coming back to. 

Another excellent omakase meal! Thank you Liu-San!

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🔘 Hulu Sushi @hulu_sushi_ 
📍 110 Xingfu Road (inside Pirata) 幸福路110号101单元
📞 13501689458
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#omakase #shanghaifoodie #shanghaieats #sushibar #shanghairestaurant
Following the release of the latest Bangkok Michel Following the release of the latest Bangkok Michelin Guide, @restaurant_suhring was awarded three Michelin stars — making it one of only two restaurants in the city to receive the highest honor. 

I sat down with @thomas_suhring and @mathias_suhring talk about what that moment really means.

Childhood memories and family traditions, playfulness on the plate and an ode to the German hunting season, their food tells a story that carries a deep sense of home.

The Highlights: 

- Brathering - Pickled then pan-seared herring fish with kombu seaweed gel, chervil and horseradish cream. 

- Wildpastete, a dish that represents the hunting season in Germany. A work of art made with game meat of wild boar, dear, and pheasant, plus duck liver, lardo de Colonnata, black truffle, and Pistacchio. 

- Spatzle with Bavarian mountain cheese sauce, crispy onions, freshly shaved winter white truffles. 

- Butter poached turbot served with zucchini and summer squash, caviar, and clam, finished with seaweed-infused cream and vin jaune.

- Brittany blue lobster in vanilla butter with lobster bisque, hazelnut oil, rutabaga ravioli & persimmon. 

Sühring is also No. 11 on the Asia’s 50 Best.

#michelinguide #asias50best #bangkokfood #finedininglovers #chefsoninstagram
Sunday Funday! 🥩 😂 When you have access to some Sunday Funday! 🥩 😂 

When you have access to some really good ingredients and have all the kitchen equipment you can dream of right at home. 

Sukiyaki! With M7-9 Australian Wagyu and home-made warashita by @timbecq 

🤔 Having a restaurant grade slicer at home… Worth it? yes or no? 

#cookingathome #sukiyaki #foodreels #lifehacks #japanesefood
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