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Alea is a contemporary Western restaurant in Shanghai

Alea Shanghai: Casual Fine Dining with Chinese Accents

Alea is a casual fine dining restaurant in Shanghai where Ningbo heritage meets modern Western technique in an intimate six-table setting.
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Yeats is a modern Irish bistro in Jing'an, Shanghai

Beyond the Pub: Yeats Elevates Irish Cuisine in Shanghai

Modern Irish bistro Yeats reimagines the classic comforts of Ireland with French technique and a subtle Chinese inflection.
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Spago Shanghai by Wolfgang Puck, iconic restaurant on the Bund with great views.

Spago Shanghai by Wolfgang Puck Opens on the Bund

Spago Shanghai by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck opens — burning up social media feeds with its jaw-dropping skyline views.
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Aster by Joshua Paris, restaurant in Jing'an, Shanghai

New & Hot in Jing’an: Aster by Joshua Paris

Borderless cuisine at this highly anticipated restaurant opening. Aster by Joshua Paris, founded by the former head chef of Michelin three-star Ultraviolet in Shanghai.
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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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