Of all kinds, with all kinds, for everybody
I don’t know if Chinese cuisine has any mantra, but the one above mentioned would fit it to a T. It is the only place in the world where the jokes with "fried scorpions sandwiches" would not be ...
"Worthy of an emperor"
That’s what you hear when you meet them, when they welcome you, glowing with pride in Yi Long Court restaurant of Peninsula Hotel, one of the most exclusive restaurants in Shanghai. And they are ...
Walking down the street
In Shanghai, like in all Asia, there is a real culture of eating in the street. Especially when the goodies invite you everywhere, because the food stalls are all over the place, in the streets. From meat rolls, joint roasted on the ...
"Sense and Sensibility" in Salon de Ville
No, we haven’t arrived in Miss Austen’s Haye Park, we are still in Shanghai, in a place where tea is art, modus vivendi, poetry and history (nevertheless, the Chinese are the "forefathers" of the tea, the first people on earth who ...
Susan - the tea story-teller
A late spring afternoon in Shanghai. After whole days of enjoying adventure in the city, by admiring, shopping, looking and experimenting, it was high time for me to enjoy a moment that I only...
"Those who sing will always find music"
....as a Chinese saying goes. I found it hidden in a "fortune cookie", in a restaurant in Shanghai. I’ve just remembered of it, while wondering why, from all the cities in the world, in which I went, in Shanghai I was ...
