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Lai Lai Lai is a Thai restaurant in Shanghai

Lai Lai Lai Brings Thai Street Vibes to Shanghai

Casual Thai restaurant Lai Lai Lai channels Bangkok’s street energy, serving up classic dishes from The Land of Smiles.
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Rambu, a creative Southeast Asian restaurant in Shanghai.

Rambu Levels Up Southeast Asian Flavors in Shanghai

Rambu puts a bold, creative spin on Southeast Asian cuisine — it’s new, yet oddly familiar. This season’s hottest new opening.
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What is Yee Sang or Lo Hei or Prosperity Salad for Chinese New Year?

Explained: Yee Sang / Lou Hei Prosperity Salad

Yee Sang or Lou Hei or Yu Sheng is a popular festive dish in Malaysia and Singapore, eaten during Chinese New Year for prosperity and luck.
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+PINK: Regional Vietnamese Cuisine from Saigon Mama

+PINK is a vibrant Vietnamese restaurant that expands beyond pho and banh mi. Don’t miss the beef rib curry!
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Secret Flavor, Malaysian restaurant in Shanghai. Photo @ Nomfluence

100% Approved: Secret Flavor for Malaysian Food in Shanghai (Moved)

Secret Flavor is a Malaysian restaurant in Shanghai that has long been on my to-eat list, and as a Malaysian, I’m proud to say that it is 100% approved!
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Thai Boat Noodles in Shanghai. Photo @ Nomfluence

Worth The Queue: Thai Boat Noodles in Shanghai

A Thai boat noodle shop in Shanghai that’s all the rage — for good reason! A rich and dark beef bone broth with noodles loaded with tender beef, meatballs, and tendons.
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Fat Pho is a casual Vietnamese restaurant chain in Shanghai. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

Fat Pho: Hip & Trendy Vietnamese Restaurant Chain For Affordable Noods

Fat Pho, a fast-casual Vietnamese restaurant chain in Shanghai (and beyond) lauded for its tasty noodle soups, consistency, and affordability.
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3 New Openings: ma-ia-ki, Oliang Bangkok Bistro, Efes

Vos Families group opens yakitori restaurant ma-ia-ki, Thai restaurant Oliang Bangkok Bistro, and Turkish restaurant Efes expands to Puxi.
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Stellar Thai restaurant Urban Cafe at The Sukhothai Shanghai launches new winter dishes. Photo by Rachel Gouk @ Nomfluence.

With Love From Chiang Mai: New Dishes at URBAN Café

Stellar Thai restaurant URBAN Café at The Sukhothai Shanghai launches new winter menu of Chiang Mai dishes.
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3 New Menus: Lost Bistro, Frasca, Carrot & Cleaver

Hainanese chicken and French-style roast at Lost Bistro, Italian restaurant Frasca launches its seasonal menu, and vegan meal plans by Carrot & Cleaver.
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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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