Shanghai Nightlife and Drinking Guide: Best Bars & Clubs

Being a busy commercial center during day time, Shanghai transforms into a sparkling seductress after dark. Welcome to Shanghai, Pearl of Orient and Paris of the East .

Shanghai has the reputation as the city that never sleeps, as mainland China’s nightlife capital, Shanghai transforms after dark into a sparkling seductress. This is a party town from way back. Yesterday’s opium joints and gambling dens are today’s private members clubs and Giorgio Armani’s. Shanghai has returned to its rightful place as one of the world’s great sin cities – and one gets the feeling that the party has only just begun. Barflies now have a choice of everything from glamorous Art Deco lounges to the seediest watering hole; live rock and jazz can be heard into the wee hours and the dance club scene now employs DJs , foreign and local, to keeping the younger set raving. Welcome to Shanghai by night.

• The Bund and the beautiful

After a half-century of neglect, Shanghai’s iconic Bund waterfront is being dug up and transformed into a luxurious after hours destination. Shanghai nightlife mavens can trawl posh restaurants, cocktail lounges, jazz clubs, boutique hotels, day spas and the fashion flagships dotted between old banking headquarters along the main stretch of Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu, as well as in the atmospheric backstreets. More dilapidated heritage gems are set to be gussied up by top global brands in the years to come. The thoroughfare itself is undergoing renovation for the 2010 World Expo that will see traffic diverted underground and new landscaping along the famed riverbank.

It’s a far cry from a decade ago when restaurateur Michelle Garnaut opened Shanghai’s first independent international restaurant in the old Nissin Shipping Building on the waterfront. Back then, the Bund was a long shot – but M on the Bund proved to be a very popular pioneer. This eminently stylish institution is still one of the Bund’s best, serving contemporary European fare such as its signature slow-baked, salt-encased leg of lamb, accompanied by an excellent seasonal wine list. Downstairs, the pink-tinged Glamour Bar has a sophisticated 1930s vibe and excellent straight-up martinis. It also plays host to a diverse collection of artists, panel discussions, musical recitals and an annual writers’ festival (tel: [86-21] 6350-9988, 7/F, 20 Guangdong Lu).

Five years after M, Three on the Bund opened right across the alley (tel: 6323-3355, www.threeonthebund.com, 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu). The Michael Graves-designed beauty is home to some of the city’s top tables, an Armani flagship boutique and the first Evian spa outside France. This building is where the local cognoscenti start or, perhaps end, their Shanghai nightlife carouse, casually tousled yet immaculately chic. On the top floor, New Heights (tel: 6321-0909) serves Western food with a nod to Southeast Asia. It’s the most casual and affordable option and boasts the best view in the house from the wraparound terrace.

On the fourth floor, Jean Georges (tel: 6321-7733) is the three-star Michelin chef’s only signature restaurant outside New York. Inspired by old Shanghai grandeur, the moody lounge is filled with pony-hair club chairs and eel-skin benches leading through to a luxurious burnished copper and cobalt blue dining room. If you’re not dining on an expense account, try the Nougatine experience nightly from 6-11pm. Seated at white-clothed tables in the more relaxed bar area, you can sample a selection of JG favourites starting at just Rmb58. We recommend the black truffle and fontina pizza. This is Shanghai dining at its best.

The Gothic castle at 6 Bund (6 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu) is also home to several upscale restaurants and a couple of fun lounges. Our pick is Japanese Sun with Aqua on the second floor (tel: 6339-2779), which is remarkably good value for the Bund. Its adjoining Aquarium Bar has a cool underwater vibe, curtained beds – and sharks. The bijou Dolce & Gabbana Martini Bar (tel: 6323-2277) between the men’s and women’s D&G boutiques on the ground floor is a fashionable spot for a restorative espresso or ‘tini between shopping.

Bund 18 (tel: 6323-7066, www.bund18.com, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu), in the powder-grey neoclassical former Macquarie Bank Tower, features Hong Kong chef To Chi Hoi’s trendy Cantonese cuisine at Tai Wan Lou (tel: 6339-1188) on the fifth floor.One floor up, Mr and Mrs Bund (tel: 6323-9898) is a show-stopping Shanghai restaurant. Taking a break from the molecular cuisine that made his name at Shangri-La’s Jade on 36, French chefs Paul Pairet returns to his roots offering modern French bistro fare – some rustic, some glammed-up – with over 200 dishes meant for sharing. It is open for dinner nightly and continues as a supperclub until 4am five nights a week. Be sure to book a window seat and save room for the excellent desserts.

Bund 18’s top-floor Bar Rouge (tel: 6339-1199) is party – and promiscuity – central. Designed by Imaad Rahmouni, a protege of Starck, the bar features 33 hand-blown Venetian chandeliers, Sino sirens splashed across the walls and a scenic terrace. Between show-off bottle juggling and setting fire to the bar, the bartenders may deign to make you one of their signature ginger melon martinis. Downstairs, Lounge 18 (tel: 6323-8399) attracts a similar crowd.

M1NT Club’s venues in Hong Kong, Cannes and Shanghai are owned by shareholding members and come with an exclusive members-only door policy. The macho Shanghai club sprawls across a 2,000sqm, 24th-floor penthouse, offering 360-degree views from behind the Bund. It also features a 17-metre shark tank, raunchy pop art murals and shareholders-only hot tubs on the rooftop terrace. A good concierge should be able to get you in. (tel: 6391-3191, 24/F, 318 Fuzhou Lu) an

LAN Club (tel: 6323-8029, 102 Guangdong Lu), which occupies an entire four-storey neoclassical mansion near the Westin hotel, is another highly ambitious mega-venue offering Chinese, French and seafood restaurants, multiple lounges and a small nightclub. Down the road, at the glorious intersection of Fuzhou and Jiangxi Lu, Hamilton House (tel: 6321-0586, 137 Fuzhou Lu) is a trendy French brasserie and cocktail lounge in a soaring 1934 Art Deco mansion. Their marmalade-laced Breakfast Martini is a good choice – at any time of the day.

Just past the Bund, in the historic Hongkou district formerly home to the Japanese concession and Jewish Ghetto, Gosney & Kallman’s Chinatown (tel: 6258-2078, 471 Zhapu Lu) brilliantly references Shanghai’s 1930s “Sin City” days. The burlesque club transforms a heritage Shinto shrine with theatre boxes, hard-hitting cocktails and high-kicking show girls. Open Wednesdays to Saturdays, it’s a bit off the beaten track but there is no cover charge and shows feature New York crooner Frank Brae, Shanghai acrobats and a six-strong chorus line. Good fun.

• Highs and lows in Pudong

Pudong has perked up considerably and some of the Shanghai nightlife throb has moved here. It is steadily becoming a viable option for a good night out. Park Hyatt’s 100 Century Avenue (tel: 6888-1234, 91-93F, Shanghai World Financial Centre, 100 Century Ave, Pudong) is the highest restaurant and bar on the planet, stretching from the 91^st to 93^rd floors of the 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Centre. Despite its high profile, it’s not the least bit highfaluting. Filling the 91^st floor is a very cool and convivial tavern with Western, Chinese and Japanese show kitchens and a 750-label cellar. The à la carte menu here allows you to mix-and-match different cuisines, and highlights top quality produce including seven types of US oysters, Australian Wagyu beef and fresh fish from Tokyo’s Tsujiki Market. The 92^nd floor hosts a jazz bar and quieter Oriental lounge with a small dance floor and ballroom dancing four nights a week, while the uppermost level is a private dining space for 100 people adorned in mod-Nordic style and lorded over by mischievous ceramic mooseheads.

In the basement of the Shanghai World Financial Centre (2/B, 100 Century Ave, Pudong), celebrity chef Salvatore Cuomo’s 3,000sqm upmarket food hall incorporates eight different restaurants including an Italian Restaurant and Grill, Japanese Yakiniku, Crystal Jade dim sum counter and a relaxing lounge bar. Gourmet European grocer Bottega is a great place to pick up picnic supplies.

Perched on the 87th floor of the Jin Mao Tower, Cloud 9, the Grand Hyatt’s hotel bar, offers one of the best views in Asia. Make sure you get a table facing west for views of the Bund, Pearl Tower, and the lights of Puxi; windowscapes of its new, taller neighbor, the Shanghai World Financial Center, are to the southeast. Drinks at Cloud 9 aren’t as expensive as you might think, with prices starting at around ¥75 for a small draught Tiger, while cocktails start at about ¥90. There’s a two drink minimum after 8pm and a 15% service charge.

Tucked away by the riverside behind the Oriental Pearl Tower is Salvatore Cuomo’s original Pudong location, The Kitchen (tel: 5054-1265, Unit D, 2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu), another Shanghai dining favorite. The airy Italian is a great place for sundowner drinks looking across the water to Puxi, and its woodfired oven turns out arguably the city’s best pizza.

Jade on 36 is a restaurant that must be experienced to be believed. Perched on the 36th floor of the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel tower, the Jade lounge/restaurant is simply beautiful. Drinks don’t come cheap but neither does real glamour.. Downstairs, the Japanese institution Nadaman serves teppanyaki and yakitori in a Zen-like setting with sleek granite surfaces and big paper lanterns. Yi Café is buffet brilliance, with 10 show kitchens presenting cuisines from China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. (tel: 6882-8888, Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fucheng Lu, Pudong).

For laid-back happy hour drinks, head to Blue Frog alongside the enormous Super Brand Mall. This popular Shanghai chain offers 2-for-1 house pours daily from 4-8pm, good burgers, free Wi-Fi and a pleasant terrace surrounded by skyscrapers.

Located within People's Park, Barbarossa is a chic bar & restaurant with a Moroccan theme.

• Playtime in People’s Park

Constructing an Arabian palace on historic green space in the heart of the city was a questionable move by Shanghai’s town planners – but the party people aren’t complaining. Deep in People’s Park, on the edge of a still lake, candlelit Barbarossa (tel: 6318-0220, 231 Nanjing Lu) glimmers like a mirage. Step inside to find three storeys of maharajah chic filled with North African antiques and the European trip-hop beats. Food and service can be lacklustre but you won’t much care after a cappuccino-flavoured sheesha pipe on the terracotta rooftop.

The same group has also opened a sprawling club next door to the Four Seasons. Sin (tel: 6267 7779, 23/F, 211 Shimen Yi Lu) lives up to its name with a suitably decadent design incorporating a dance floor, hot pink cushiony nooks and city views from the 23^rd floor.

On the rooftop of the old British Racing Club, now the Shanghai Art Museum, Kathleen’s 5 (tel: 6327-2221, 5/F, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Xi Lu) is an elegant restaurant in a glassed-encased terrace beneath the original clock tower. The food plays second fiddle to the ambience. The Backroom Bar is a charming place for cocktails and the occasional tango milonga.

Also on People’s Square, JW Marriott’s 40th-floor Champagne Bar (tel: 5359-4969, 399 Nanjing Xi Lu) is a top spot to kick back in style and drink in the vertiginous views of the Square (which is actually round) and the city radiating beyond. It’s a good spot to contemplate your Shanghai nightlife options.

Great drinks, design, décor and dining - T8 in the ultra-hip shopping and dining district of Xintiandi is a don't miss.

• Shikumen chic – Xintiandi bars and clubs

Site of the Communist Party’s first clandestine meeting in 1921, the 19th century shikumen neighbourhood of Xintiandi (Lane 181, Taicang Lu) is now a hub for all manner of glamorous delights. If you have the cash, you can’t really go wrong with the venues here – there are more Shanghai dining options here than you can shake a stick at – but some are more memorable than others.

T8 Restaurant & Bar (tel: 6355-8999, No 8, North Block Xintiandi, www.t8shanghai.com) serves global cuisine in a lacquered Zen setting, with an impressive list of boutique wines. If you’re craving Chinese, Xintiandi has two worth trying: Crystal Jade (tel: 6385-8752) and Din Tai Fung (tel: 6385-8378). Casual American bistro KABB has a faithful following and great hangover brunches on weekends.

Fans of Liuligongfang will love Taiwanese owner Yang Hui Shan’s showcase restaurant TMSK (tel: 6326-2227, www.tmsk.com, Unit 2, House 11, North Block).

Perch on a crystal stool at the bar or head up the carved staircase to a sumptuous dining room complete with musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments on a small stage.

The dark, sultry DR Bar (tel: 6326 8008, House 15, North Block) next door is owned by the architects of the Xintiandi development, Ben Wood and Carlos Zapata.

Their minimalist venue showcases design materials sourced in China, from the ink stone slabs to the trio of vodka shooters served in a Chinese “cricket jar”.

Cotton's is popular with many expats for its friendly vibe and quintessential Shanghai setting in a romantic French Concession mansion.

• To the manor born in the former French Concession

Shanghai bars and restaurants have made full use of the city’s rich architectural heritage and many of the city’s finest old villas are now atmospheric tippling grounds.

Private members club KEE Shanghai (tel: 3395-0888, 3/F, 796 Huaihai Lu) occupies the upper floors of twin 1920s French Concession villas just off Huaihai Lu. The club is part of Richemont Group’s luxury headquarters, and sits above flagship ‘homes’ of Alfred Dunhill and Vacheron Constantin. Its classic European restaurant and luxe scarlet lounge adorned with art and antiques, lead out to a colonnaded balcony overlooking a quiet garden. A good concierge should be able to get you in to this posh Shanghai dining venue.

Sasha’s (tel: 6474-66289, Dongping Lu) has been the long-time resident of a big red villa formerly home to the infamous Soong family. The bar offers a relaxed, colonial vibe, pool table, reasonable happy hours and an expansive courtyard with comfy wicker chairs. Steakhouse, Prime, sits on the second floor. Sharing the garden, Mexican cantina Zapata’s (tel: 6474-6166, 5 Hengshan Lu) is still the place to be on Wednesdays – free margaritas for the girls, ’80s house music and dancing on the bartop assured.

Cocktail gem Constellation II (tel: 5465 5993, 1-2/F, 33 Yongjia Lu) is a more refined affair. Taking its interior cues from the roaring 1930s its two floors joined by a spiral staircase are filled with quiet nooks and leather armchairs bathed in the glow of antique lampshades. Immaculate cocktails are shaken by Japanese-trained barman/owner, Kin.  Down the road in a two-storey heritage villa on quiet Anting Lu, Cotton’s exudes warmth, with four open fireplaces, a large garden terrace and  genuinely friendly vibe (tel: 6433-7995, 132 Anting Lu).

A Future Perfect has the style and ambience, and most importantly, good food.

Another alfresco Shanghai dining option is A Future Perfect in the popular B&B, Old House (tel: 6248-8020, No 16, Lane 351 Huashan Lu). A wholesome, organic approach is evident in the recycled decor and a healthy menu of steaks, salads and smoothies. Best of all is the spacious walled garden under a leafy canopy where Panton-inspired cantilevered chairs and a futuristic outdoor bar are strikingly juxtaposed against the original 1930s facade.

South Beauty 881 (tel: 6247-6682; 881 Yan’an Zhong Lu) combines artfully presented Sichuan and Cantonese dishes and cutting-edge designs by Japanese architects SuperPotato. But the real gem is the property’s original 1930s mansion, home to 19 dramatically decorated private dining rooms around a lipstick-red bar. Rooms seat from two to fifty people and there’s a lovely rooftop terrace.

Another excellent option with an Asean kick is Lost Heaven (tel: 6433-5126, 38 Gaoyou Lu). Tracing the folk cuisines of the Dai, Bai and Miao ethnic hill tribes through China’s Yunnan province and into Burma and Laos, the richly spiced curries are served in a suitably exotic villa setting.

Casa 13 (tel: 5238-2782, Rm 13, 1100 Huashan Lu) is a dash of Mediterranean in the courtyard of a heritage Spanish villa. This warm, romantic venue with chandeliers strung from high ceilings serves hearty seafood, roasted meats, risottos and pasta, accompanied by an impressive wine list. The Casa’s owner Eduardo Vargas, is a Shanghai dining powerhouse – among his other popular Shanghai restaurants are Vargas Grill (tel: 6437-0136, 3/F, 18 Dongping Lu), Bistro Burger (tel: 6170-1315, 1/F, Mansion, 291 Fumin Lu) and Osteria (tel: 6256-8998, 226 Jinxian Lu), where the excellent Rmb198 Italian prix fixe menu is complemented by a well-priced wine list.

Catalan chef Willy Trullàs Moreno helms delightful villa restaurant, El Willy (tel: 5404-5757, 1/F, Diage, 20 Donghu Lu). Innovative dishes on the menu here include scallop with ceviche, avocado and crispy shallots, and chocolate coulant with green tea ice cream and tomato cardamom jam. A tucked-away garden hosts alfresco seating and occasional organic farmers markets.

Designer Wang Xingzheng has a passion for Chinese culture and his three bars should not be missed. Yongfoo Elite (tel: 5466-2727, www.yongfooelite.com, 200 Yongfu Lu) is a rarefied members club in the old British consulate evoking the Shanghai of popular imagination rendered in mahogany, old leather, crystal chandeliers and Chinese lanterns. The Shanghainese cuisine is nothing to write home about, but an evening spent draped across a canopy bed in the garden sipping gin-and-tonic and listening to Beijing opera in the background certainly is. The Door, way out in Hongqiao (tel: 6295-3737, 4/F, 1468 Hongqiao Lu), and Xian Qiang Fang (tel: 6351-5757, 5/F, 600 Jiujiang Lu), located in an old theatre near People’s Square, are similarly decadent.

Big Bamboo is Shanghai's best sports bar. Malone's, which attracts a similar if slightly older clientele, is just around the corner.

• A walk on the wild side –  Julu Lu and Tongren Lu

Time to dive into the seed or, at any rate, skirt past it. That’s right. The cheap lipstick heart of Shanghai nightlife, Julu Lu caters to all tastes. Near the junction of Changshu Lu is a row of down-at-heel girlie bars with names like Goodfellas and Badlands and propositions by the yard. However, the Fumin Lu end is infinitely classier. For its jaw-dropping industrial-chic interior and nouvelle Japanese cuisine, book one of the mezzanine tables at Shintori Null II (tel: 5404 5252, 803 Julu Lu). The same group also owns bar/restaurant People 7 (tel: 5404-0707) next door, known for its fun password-protected entrance and trick toilets.

Nearby, an old electronics factory retains its buzz as the well-heeled watering hole Manifesto (tel: 6289-9108, 748 Julu Lu). Be sure to try one of their creative cocktails like the Belgian white chocolate martini. The downstairs restaurant, Mesa, has a good modern Australian menu and fabulous weekend brunches.

For booze, babes and beats, the seedy masses head to Tongren Lu bar street. The most sophisticated of the bunch, Blue Frog (tel: 6247-0320, 86 Tongren Lu) wins points for its slick but super-casual ambience, daily happy hours (4-8pm) and famous 100 shooters. Within stumbling distance, Malone’s (tel: 6247-2400, 255 Tongren Lu) is a beefy American bar popular with the beer-swilling masses for its super burgers, sports and Filipino house band. The top floor of this massive bar has been refitted as a slightly more sophisticated chill-out zone, complete with a country-western crooner. Big Bamboo (tel: 6256-2265, 132 Nanyang Lu) and The Spot (tel: 6247-3579, 331 Tongren Lu) kick on until late with a variety of sports on big screens, bar sports and beer swilling.

Also on Tongren Lu, City Diner (6289-3699, 2/F, 146 Tongren Lu) is open 24 hours. Their hearty portions of all-American comfort food go down a treat after a long night of drinking.

Babyface: Probably the best nightspot to hit up for some Chinese-style clubbing complete with loud thumping music and patrons playing table-side dice games.

• Shanghai clubbing – dance until dawn

Packed to the gills and reeking of parfum and pretension, the enormously popular Baby Face (tel: 6375-6667, Unit 101, 138 Huaihai Zhong Lu) consists of two separate dance areas, a central bar that you’ll be lucky to get to and exclusive mezzanine lounges requiring a Rmb2,500-Rmb3,500 minimum order. There’s a cover charge on weekends, brutish bouncers manning the door and floor, and a largely local crowd.

In Fuxing Park (2 Gaolan Lu), Muse at Park 97 (tel: 5383-2328) and club Guandii (tel: 3308-0725) attract a glittery Chinese crowd – don’t forget your dice and aviator specs. Velvet Lounge (tel: 5403-2976, Bldg 3-4, 913 Julu Lu) is a favourite late-night lounge for expats and locals alike with curtained enclaves, a DJ, dance floor and great thin-crust gourmet pizzas.

MAO Livehouse Shanghai (tel: 138160-95660, 46 Yueyang Lu, www.maoshanghai.com) stands for Music Art Oasis, and features a recycled chrome and concrete interior, all-natural cocktails and a grassy backyard chill-out zone. At the end of the night head to the tiny Dragon Club (tel: 5404-4592, 156 Fengyang Lu), which kicks on until 7am at weekends.

When it's all about the jazz, man, the gimmick-free sublte charms of JZ club can't be beaten.

• Mellow mood – all that jazz

Shanghai and jazz are synonymous and two of the city’s best-loved live jazz clubs are within a stone’s throw of each other on Fuxing Lu. The plush JZ Club (tel: 6431-0269, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu) hosts a varied weekly line-up of vocal jazz, Big Band, Latin and Shanghai jazz, headlined by popular Shanghai-based musicians, such as flamboyant Chinese vocalist Coco Zhao and guitarist Lawrence Ku, while the long-running Cotton Club (tel: 6437-71108, Fuxing Xi Lu) is a much rawer venue with a dark, smoky interior and righteous blues.

In a heritage villa behind the Bund, House of Blues & Jazz (tel: 6323-2779, 60 Fuzhou Lu) revives the golden Shanghai Jazz Age, complete with wood-panelled walls, art deco furnishings, fat cigars and stiff G&Ts. The musical roster brings top jazz and blues bands from the international circuit for three-month stints, along with ‘mellow Monday’ gigs by local performers, and jam sessions on Sundays.

Shanghai nightlife waits for nobody, so strap on your beer goggles and enjoy the ride.

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上海滩十大最有“资”有味早午餐厅

米氏西餐厅的班尼迪克蛋很好吃

• M on the Bund 最爱班尼迪克蛋

推荐理由：M on the Bund的班尼迪克蛋很好吃。该店户外露台的风景也不错，不过有时会有老外在那儿不停地拍照。

美味的周末早午餐时光，当然需要美妙的景色相伴。你以为，选择M on the Bund仅仅是迷恋这里的外滩美景？米氏西餐厅的班尼迪克蛋很好吃！虽然没有新天地的KABB的班尼迪克蛋做得好，但也算是上海滩数一数二的了。

M on the Bund的周末早午餐，汲取了欧陆菜肴的精髓。从一杯鸡尾酒开始：血红玛丽、含羞草(香槟橙汁)，或是香槟鸡尾酒，来唤醒周末的味蕾。在“早午餐最爱”中 选择蓝莓芝士薄饼、班尼迪克蛋、或是周末烤肉拼盘，来犒劳忙碌一周的自己……同时还有儿童菜单供应。

Information：2道菜218元，3道菜258元，均包含1杯鸡尾酒，以及咖啡或茶畅饮，供应时间 每周六、每周日，11:30-15:00。

M on the Bund (米氏西餐厅)，黄浦区广东路20号7楼(6350 9988)。

• 外滩茂悦香荟 巴黎之花香槟畅饮

推荐理由：香荟的早午餐的菜肴品种多，最吸引人的莫过于可以享受到世界顶级香槟“巴黎之花”畅饮。

外滩茂悦大酒店二 楼的香荟餐厅，这家的周末早午餐最吸引的无疑是美妙的巴黎之花香槟畅饮。对于代表浪漫、艺术、高雅、尊贵的顶级香槟“巴黎之花”。但凡享用过这款香槟的人，就应该对这款香槟美妙的外型和出众的口感留下不可磨灭的印象。确实也无需多做言语上的修饰了。

再来说说香荟周末早午餐的食物，每道菜肴均由厨师当场烹制。开放式厨房的现场料理台不断提供最新烹饪的美食，现煮面条、热腾小笼包、 新鲜意大利面等。厨师根据要求为客人配切烧腊烤鸭，现场切片意大利火腿，木炭烤炉烘培新鲜意大利风味比萨香 气四溢，法式煎饼和原味华夫热气腾腾，甜美芬芳。

除了西式料理，更有中式点心，虾、蟹以及生蚝等海鲜。天妇罗之外，正宗的日式铁板烧更 吸引人，肉质肥厚的鲷鱼被煎成微微的金黄色，辅以丰富的配料，口感丰富，齿颊生香。那边厨师正利索地打开生蚝，剔透乳白的蚝肉上淋上几滴柠檬汁，让人满口 都是大海的清新自然。琳琅满目的奇趣甜品、现制的水果奶昔、多款新鲜果汁。

除了美食和美酒，香荟还新增了民间艺人表演，面塑、草编、剪纸以及糖画，可以让一起来享用早午餐的小朋友亲近中国传统艺术，生动富有乐趣。餐厅 还设有充满玩具、游戏和其他娱乐项目的儿童中心，这点设置对年轻的父母来说很贴心。

Information：香槟畅饮价：428元(无限畅饮“巴黎之花”香槟酒)；普通价格 258元，6岁至12岁儿童半价，6岁以下儿童免费。以上价格须另加15%服务费。供应时间 每周日 11:30-15:00。

香荟餐厅，黄浦区黄浦路199号，上海外滩茂悦大酒店二楼(6393 1234-6322)。

• 波特曼宴餐厅 历史最悠久的早午餐

推荐理由：波特曼1991年开业，开业不久就做周日早午餐了，算是上海历史最悠久的周日早午餐。今年，全新装修更名为宴餐厅的自助餐厅，延续了 波特曼早午餐一惯的品种丰富，不过在此消费不论喝不喝香槟都是一个价钱，不免让不沾酒的人士心中打点折扣。

由大理石和精选木材完美混合的地面在柔美灯光的映衬下流露出现代气息。全新的宴餐厅每个餐桌由不同的材料装饰而成，有大理石、珍珠母贝马赛克、 黑色玻璃、青铜、木材、彩色装饰境面等。

为不同美食爱好者提供过餐饮服务的餐厅主厨宋子超负责开放式厨房的营运，并烹饪中国各地及东南亚地区的美食，如泰国、马来西亚、 越南和印度尼西亚等地道的当地佳肴。零点菜单还汇集了由有机产品制做的西式菜肴包括三 明治、色拉、烤肉等。根据每位食客的不同喜好，色拉可分为大 小不同规格。对于素食主义者或是喜欢低热量高纤维食物的宾客，还可以享用餐厅提供的2道或3道式的菜肴。

选择每周日的香槟早午餐由厨师团队精心准备的丰盛午餐体验，融汇了亚洲精选菜肴以及无限量畅饮的酩悦香槟。

Information：周日香槟早午餐供应时间 周日11:30-14:30，498元/位加15%服务费。

宴餐厅，静安区南京西路1376号(6279 7166)。

推荐人 Micheal 万意宣传讯 董事总经理

• 新元素 健康最大

推荐理由：新元素的菜品很健康。

虽然新元素并没有正儿八经的brunch菜单，但是光是他们家每天的早餐套餐就很丰富，58元的健康早餐套餐，有用西兰花、番茄、洋葱、蘑菇、 新鲜香料以及蛋清制成的杏仁蛋，配黑吐司、水果酸奶及小杯新鲜果汁。营养搭配很合理。还有各式色拉，从早到晚供 应，品种也很齐全。对于女生而言一盘色拉就可以吃饱，男生加一个三明治就可以了。此外他们家的果醋也是值得推荐的，品种多，会根据不同需要配不同水果，我 推荐28元的芒果果 醋加10元的螺旋藻精，口感不会太酸，酸中带甜，营养也好。这样的话，周末去新元素吃brunch也一定不会让人失望的。

如果有兴趣的话去淮海路的新元素吧，那里的楼顶有露天阳台，看得远，吹吹风，视野非常好。

Information：早餐套餐 58元，周六周日早餐 供应时间 7:00-16:00。

新元素(淮海店)，徐汇区淮海中路1028号嘉华坊4-5楼(5403 8865)。

推荐人：Another 《Shape 你》杂志 资深生活编辑

作为一个无肉不欢的金牛座，对餐厅的挑剔她也是出了名的！

• Boonna Café 适合一个人的早午餐

推荐理由：boonna3是一个小花园，坐在里面很舒服，不像大酒店那种比较有环境的压力。

因为这家Boonna是第三家店，所以，熟悉它的人，习惯称它为Boona 3。它的brunch有蛋、香肠、好吃的面包、烤番茄，还有一杯很特别的印度奶茶及几个简单的小食。这些够一个人刚醒来食用，不会太饱，晒晒太阳，聊聊 天，感觉非常好。而且因为是户外，所以可以带上狗狗一起，不愿意打扮的你可以带本书，带只狗，或者带个电脑去写写东西，都不错。

Information：周六、周日供应时间 10:00-12:00，25元-45元/套，含各种三明治、 可颂面包、美式蛋饼，吐司。

Boonna Café，徐汇区淮海中路1690号(6433 0835)。

推荐人：Lunna Gu　Club Med中国区　公共关系负责人

因为工作关系可以在世界各地畅享美食美景。主张美食无国界、形式无框架，但是风格要纯粹，口味要深情。

• 滩万日餐厅 日系周末秀宴

推荐理由：一定要点梅子气泡清酒，不仅可口甜美，更是陪伴日式料理的佳品。还有就是蛤蜊汤，味道鲜美不说，它的呈现方式更是可爱独特。餐后的甜 点是厨师自制的，特别有新鲜感。

最近迷上了浦东香格里拉大酒店滩万日餐厅的周末早午餐。说到用餐环境，五星级酒店就不用说了，滩万在装 修上更有其特色，古典又不失现代，优雅又不失活泼，富有节奏感的日本音乐挑选得恰到好处。虽然早午餐的菜单只有两张，但也是个个精彩了。

8 种铁板烧，9种寿司和开胃菜，13种之多的天妇罗和 炸物，还有自制汤，品种并非亮色，关键是成品的色味，无论是寿司拼盆，芥末拌北极贝，还是烤鳕鱼，铁板T骨牛排，都像是一件件的艺术品摆放在你的面前，味 道更是一级棒，你一定可以想像如果你是此次聚会的发起者或邀请者，那是多有面子的一件事。在一桌“艺术品”面前，你也不会狼吞虎咽，只会珍惜厨师那份无与 伦比的创意和手艺，细嚼慢咽，度过一个极为体面的午餐时光。

服务人员也非常和善主动，无论是多少次的点单，她们都不会显示任何的不耐烦，让你吃到畅快为止。那位名叫Carrie的服务员更是亲切周到，她 的服务如暮春风。

Information：滩万日餐厅UTAGE周末秀宴周六、周日午餐11:30-14:00，300元/位+15%服务费，包含UTAGE周 末秀宴菜单上所有品种无限畅享，以及生啤和特选清酒畅饮。

滩万日餐厅，浦东富城路33号浦东香格里拉大酒店2楼(6882 8888-260)。

• 佘山艾美酒店　享受度假早午餐

推荐理由：可以游泳，可以带宠物，完美度假感受。

我之前在佘山艾美酒店工作过，虽然离开那里已经有一段时间了，但乘这个机会还是跟大家推荐一下 那里的周日早午餐。当然除了吃，那里还有两个独一无二的特色，一是可以游泳，二是可以带宠物，有车一族不妨去happy一下，有吃有喝有玩，快快乐乐度过 一个完美的周末下午时光。

Information：世茂佘山艾美酒店提供早午餐在它的月湖西餐厅， 供应时间 周六、周日 11:30-14:30，318元/位。

世茂佘山艾美酒店，松江区林荫新路1288号(5779 9999-7722)。

推荐人：Tony Wang　上海朗廷扬子精品酒店　市场传媒总监　资深五星级酒店公关。

• Stiller’s Restaurant 看着菜单点N道菜

推荐理由：“随意畅食”也能优雅而有趣——菜单上任点的西餐是一道道正儿八经地端上桌的，虽然每个装盘的分量都是小小的“一眼眼”，但不要小看 它们对胃的征服，这“一眼眼”何尝不是在抛媚眼：再试试menu上别的？

“把这家欧陆西餐厅brunch菜单上的4种冷菜、2种汤、7种热菜、4种甜品都吃一遍！”如果这种事是一个人干的，你一定觉得我是个非疯即傻 的饿鬼，还好我是和4个朋友一起，所以，如果想把bruch吃成皆大欢喜、其乐融融的聚餐氛围，你找对地方了。

这家高级西餐厅在老码头一栋老楼的7层，知道的人不多(对老板来说这不是个优点)，有开放式厨房，也能看到浦东美景，在世博之前，很适合带一些 回国的朋友来开开眼，震撼有三：1.他肯定会先经过“史上最丑且今后很长一段时间内不可能更丑的外滩”。2.通过印象中的新天地和眼前老码头休闲创意园的 比较，深切领会中国式新名词“山寨”的含义。3.这里的西餐做得还算正宗：老板曾在欧洲的米其林三星餐厅里做过，至少意大利面能 得到诸如“和我在意大利吃的味道一样 ”的评价。

顾客想“多快好省”地全景式体验菜单？没问题！在冷菜、汤、热菜、甜品的各个阶段，服务员都会很有建设性地提议：先每个来一份大家share一 下？喜欢哪个再多点一些——很契合菜单上的主题：Lazy Sunday brunch，Lazy啊，懒得连点菜都可以省了。

这里还有一个特色，菜单每周都根据当季的食材翻花样，但我希望冷菜中的“米线色拉配香煎大虾和芒果泥”、 热菜中的“香煎鹅肝配焦糖苹果”、“香煎小牛肉薄饼配土豆和蘑菇”和甜品“红莓慕斯配巧克力冰霜”，能常吃常有。友情提 醒：如果你在未来的新菜单上看到“烩饭”或者“汉堡”的字样，请直接忽略吧，因为当时我们5个人的胃已经检验过它们了。

Information：周日早午餐 11:30-15:30，288元/位。在老码头的停车场停车免费。

Stiller’s Restaurant ，黄浦区中山南路479弄老码头休闲创意园三号楼6-7楼，近复兴东路外滩(6152 6501)

推荐人：孙洁　《TimeOut上海》　执行主编

• 威斯汀舞台 有表演看的早午餐

推荐理由：吃的东西很丰盛，还有表演看。最重要的是，我婚礼的第二天，就是在这个餐厅跟老公一起享用周日早午餐的，现在想起来，感觉还是很甜 蜜。

周日早午餐当日，上下两层的丰盛食物包括有令人垂涎的鹅肝，阿拉斯加的雪蟹，香脆嫩滑的烤乳猪， 手工制作的意大利面和 中国饺子，鲜嫩的意式牛肉薄片以及丰盛的甜点，手工制作的巧克力，凯歌香槟，冰梵高伏特加，无限畅饮的葡萄酒和一群出色的艺术表演者。

每周日，客人们聚集在逸天廊大堂酒吧，一楼的舞台餐厅和二楼的意大利帕戈餐厅欣赏一系列的杂技表演，探戈，魔术，倾听12人的管弦乐演奏以 及女高低音独唱。为孩童还特设儿童小天地，提供现场保姆服务、玩具、卡通、游戏和儿童食物。更有幸运抽奖中您有机会赢取多种餐饮赠券。去威斯汀舞台餐厅享 受周日早午餐，节目丰富如过节。

Information：周日早午餐 每周日 11:30-14:30，498元/位+15%服务费，4-12岁的儿童230元/位+15%服务费。

舞台餐厅，黄浦区河南中路88号上海外滩中心威斯汀大饭店一楼(6335 0577)。

推荐人：项枚　《周末画报》　城市版副主编

• SUNDISSIMO 意味深长

推荐理由：原汁原味的意大利菜肴，充满激情的意式服务，大分量的菜品以及强调“分享”的温馨就餐氛围，在Issimo里都能切实体会到。

在每个周日的午后，这里热闹非凡，因为Sundissiom，可以尽情享受一道前菜、 两个风味各异的意大利面、丰盛的主菜，精选甜品，以及咖啡和家制巧克力。Issimo更是设了一个精彩眩目的菜单供你选择不同的前菜、意大利面以及主菜， 十分诱人。另有一个意大利气泡酒畅饮套餐，可以美美地款待自己和家人，那么只要加138元，便可纵情畅饮意大利香槟、Mimosa或Bellini美酒！ 坐在精致的环境内，处处是围坐一桌的开怀人群，这样，有家人朋友，美酒美食陪伴的周日就会过得很美妙。

Information:每周日12:00-14:00，198元/位 4道菜，336元/位 4道菜，畅饮意大利气泡酒，以上价格均需加收15%服务费。

Issimo酒廊餐厅，静安区南京西路931号，泰兴路口，JIA Shanghai二层(6287 9009)

唐宫壹号 老火例汤见功力

推荐理由：身为中式餐厅的唐宫一号以汤闻名，尤其是它的老火汤相当不错，店内的环境也很好。

Information:周六周日10:00-15:00，198元/4位用(含老火汤)，388元/ 4位用(含炖汤)。

唐宫壹号，长乐路400号锦江迪生3楼(5466 6377)。

推荐人 沈宏非　馋宗大师，美食家

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Visitor’s Guide to The Bund: Shanghai’s Newly Opened Waterfront Landmark

Children fly the balloons during the completion ceremony of bund renovation project to welcome the 2010 World Expoin Shanghai, March 28, 2010.

The Bund, Shanghai’s landmark waterfront district and once known as the “Wall Street of Asia”, reopens Sunday after a major facelift as Shanghai attempts to relaunch itself as one of the world’s great financial centers.

Its three-year $415 million restoration, including the building of a six-lane underground tunnel for through traffic, revamping the pedestrian riverfront promenade and adding green space, is a key part of the city’s $45 billion investment for the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the giant international trade fair that will open on the opposite side of the Huangpu River on May 1st.

The 1.8-kilometre, newly marbled walkway along the Huangpu River will offer the best views of the city of Shanghai – past and future. Turn one way to see Shanghai’s 21^st Century Bund – Pudong’s new skyscrapers and modern towers across the river. Turn the other, and the graceful neo-classical and art nouveau buildings along the Bund that once inspired people to call Shanghai the Paris of the East are at your feet.

The Peace Hotel, which once hosted Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, has had a full refurbishment, while the Peninsula hotel chain, which was founded in Shanghai in 1866 and once operated four hotels here, the last closing in 1949, has reopened.

The long bar of the Shanghai Club, once the watering hole of the city’s elite, is also to reopen next year, now managed by Waldorf Astoria.

• Highlights of the new Bund

Promenade

The famous 2,000-meter-long promenade is said by city planners to be “as charming and friendly to tourists as the Champs Elysee in Paris.?

The promenade was once a quite place for lovers to walk, hold hands or nuzzle along the banks of the Huangpu River. Today it’s wider, and still friendly to couples. Around 2,000 seats have been installed around the squares for tourists. Baby-changing rooms have been set up.

Parks and Squares

A 2,600-square-meter waterfront platform in the Huangpu Park Square is designed for viewing both sides of the Huangpu River.

A bronze bull sculpture, like the one on Wall Street, will be set in the Financial Square. Information screens will broadcast financial news. Two other squares are Chen Yi Square and Observatory Square, all connected by walkways, the riverside promenade and large areas of greenery.

Waibaidu Bridge

The bridge, which is known as Garden Bridge, at the north end of the Bund area was dismantled and moved away to make room for underground tunneling work. The restored Waibaidu Bridge made its return last year.

It offers a spectacular view of the Bund and Huangpu River.

Three levels

The new Bund has three levels ?the waterfront platform, squares and Zhongshan Road. Before the renovation, visitors had to use the tunnel or the overpass to cross Zhongshan Road.

Shiliupu Dock

The Shiliupu area at the southern end of the Bund has been transformed into a business venue, connected with a traffic hub, which is a terminal for four city bus routes and tourist buses.

The dock is also a cruise-ship terminal with 12 berths for river sightseeing vessels.

• Street smart: The Bund, Shanghai

Much of 1930s Shanghai has disappeared but here on the Bund you can still glimpse the pre-war decadence and sophistication at a host of reinvented glamour bars, restaurants and shops.

THREE ON THE BUND

Designed by American architect Michael Graves, Three on the Bund houses, inter alia, four of the city's top eateries, a spa with rivers of flowing Evian, and the city's flagship Armani store.

Start your exploring at Three on the Bund, a buzzy, multi-floor reincarnation of an elegant post-Renaissance building. Here you’ll find an exciting melting pot of art, culture, food, fashion, pampering and music. Four original restaurants cover most palates, including nouveau French by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Mod Oz by Greek-Australian David Laris. New Heights cafe on the top floor is less fancy (and less pricey) than the others, making it a popular spot for a drink under the stars. On the floors below you’ll find the impressive Shanghai Gallery of Art, the chi-chi Evian Spa and enough high-end stores to rattle the strongest of wills (Armani recently opened its China flagship store here, the first major fashion house to take up residence on the Bund).

No. 3 The Bund, entrance at 17 Guang Dong Road; +86 (21) 6323 3355; threeonthebund.com.

HUANGPU PARK

Monument to the People's Heroes at Huangpu Park, Shanghai

Greenis always gold in Shanghai, where high-rises and 24-7 construction are the norm. Huangpu Park is the oldest and smallest park in the city, sitting pretty at the northern end of the Bund. Here you’ll find the impressive Monument to the People’s Heroes, a 24-metre concrete monolith honoring those who helped to free China from foreign occupation. Drop by at dawn to witness legions of elderly Chinese practicing tai chi and qigong. Also in the park is the small but well-formed Bund Historical Museum, showing the history of the Bund in old black-and-white photographs.

The Bund, near the intersection with Beijing East Road.

THE HSBC BUILDING

The HSBC building completed in 1923, was the second largest bank building in the world at that time, after the Bank of Scotland building in UK

Architecture buffs won’t want to miss a peek into the vast lobby area of the renovated HSBC Building. Built in 1923, it’s one of the best examples of neo-classicism in China. In its heyday it was called “the most luxurious building from the Suez Canal to the Bering Strait”. It was renovated a decade ago, with the work revealing exquisite mosaic murals of world cities. A quick-thinking architect had the mosaics covered over in paint to save them from destruction by the Red Guards.

No. 12 the Bund.

M ON THE BUND

M's signature pavlova dessert

Australian Michelle Garnaut is a visionary. When she created her signature restaurants and bar on the Bund a dozen years ago, the area was derelict and unpopular. Today, the roll-call of guests who have eaten at M on the Bund includes Kevin Rudd, Henry Kissinger, Richard Branson, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, Bette Midler and John Galliano. The adjoining Glamour Bar is the most popular bar in Shanghai, a luxe, grown-up establishment with excellent views where bankers from Paris mix with starlets from Hollywood. The epic cocktail list includes terrific martinis. Sunday afternoon tea is also a treat.

No. 5 the Bund (corner of Guangdong Lu); +86 (21) 6350 9988; m-restaurantgroup.com.

THE PEACE HOTEL

The Peace Hotel is also the former Sasson House, a 13-story building that was the tallest in Shanghai at that time.The Sasson family gained incredible wealth through opium smuggling.

If these walls could talk … the Peace Hotel (originally the Cathay) stands proud and legendary along the Bund, a keeper of glamorous secrets from the 1930s, old Shanghai’s most decadent period. Back then, every night was an excuse for diplomats and celebrities to dress up and play. On March 28, after a three-year renovation and millions of dollars spent, the fabled hotel reopens as the Fairmont Peace Hotel. The new owners have promised the art deco ambience won’t be lost in the swanky makeover.

The Bund (enter from Nanjing Road East); fairmont.com.

• The History of The Bund

1843

THE Bund opened as the Treaty of Nanjing went into effect, opening Shanghai for trade with the Western world.

1845

Shanghai Land Regulation was signed by Britain and Shanghai. It established the residential area for Britons in Shanghai as the region west of the Huangpu River and north of Yangjingbang River (today where Yan’an Road E. goes). It established the Lijiachang area (south of Beijing Road E.) where British businessmen could rent and build residences.

1848

Huangputan Road was open at the Bund area with foreign businessmen’s requests. The customs of the
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) moved to the Bund.

1856

Waiyangjingbang Bridge was built on the Yangjingbang River (today’s Yan’an Road E.) at the Bund. Wills Bridge was built at the north part of the Bund.

1857

The British concession area expanded continuously, overseas capital flooded in. More than 40 foreign fi rms were set up along the Bund.

1864

More than 61 foreign firms were operating on the Bund, which became the biggest finance and trade
center in the Far East.

1865

Gas street lamps were installed on the Bund. Foreign firms used gas lamps for lighting.

1868

The Municipal Committee built the Public Garden (now Huangpu Park) at the south Bund.

1882

Shanghai Electric Construction Co began operation. Arc lights replaced gas light on the Bund.

1924

The first public bus line opened at the Bund.

1937

The Bank of China, Shanghai Branch, opened on the Bund. There were 167 foreign- and China-invested banks and fi nancial institutions on the Bund. The Bund architectural complex was mostly complete.

1949

Shanghai was liberated. All of the Bund architectural complexes were nationalized.

1989

The lighting project for the Bund architectural complex began. Flood-lighting technology was used to perfect the Bund night scene.

1993

Two flood control retaining walls, one for Huangpu Park and one for the Bund, were completed.

1994

Monument to the People’s Heroes was unveiled. Renovated Bund featured a 1,820- meter-long viewing platform.

Some foreigninvested banks, foreign-invested insurance companies and domestic financial institutions returned to the Bund.

The city decided to illuminate the Bund every night. In 1995 the lighting for more than 40 buildings was remote-controlled.

2000

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel linking the Bund and Pudong New Area opened on National Day. The tunnel was 647 meters long and the distance could be traveled in a few minutes.

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Taste of Shanghai – A Guide to Shanghai’s Best Food

From delicious local dumplings to international fine-dining fare, the restaurant scene in Shanghai has never been better as the largest city in China gears up for the World Expo 2010 starting May 1.

Fast-paced and forward-looking, Shanghai is China’s most energetic city, and nowhere is its dynamism and spirit of adventure more apparent than in its restaurant scene. In the last decade, dining in Shanghai has changed out of all recognition. True, you can still buy bowls of noodles on street corners – thankfully – but in restaurants, trendy youngsters are likely to be munching on French fries while Shanghai’s nouveau riche splurge on fine-dining restaurants serving dishes from around the world, and fashionistas knock back lurid cocktails to a backdrop of neon-lit views. Big, brash and better than ever, dining in Shanghai is now the equal of that in any modern western metropolis.

By all means, start at street level: cheap and informal eats are everywhere. At stalls and corner restaurants across the city, you need only spend a few dollars to get popular snacks such as pork dumplings, egg pancakes, lamb skewers – grilled to order by Muslim immigrants from northwest China – and leek pies. You can get memorably good bowls of noodles and delicacies such as frogs’ legs in ginger or slices of roast duck on rice. But nothing beats xiao longbao, a Shanghai dumpling filled with a delicious broth that explodes into your mouth (or, if you aren’t careful, over your clothes) as you bite into it.

Elegant dumplings from Ai Mei Chinese Restaurant at Le Royal Méridien

Local snacks are wonderful, but you’ll have to head to a restaurant to try Shanghai cuisine at its best. Little-known in Australia, Shanghai food is really a branch of eastern-style cuisine, and features braised and stewed dishes rather than stir-fries as well as cold ‘drunken’ dishes marinated in wine, of which drunken chicken is the best known. The emphasis is on the freshness of the main ingredients rather than on heavy sauces and marinades. Freshwater fish is prominent, though expensive, and the much-loved local delicacy is hairy crab – known locally as duza ha, or in Mandarin, dazha xie, meaning crabs from the “big dam”. Duza ha is usually steamed and dipped in soy sauce and black rice vinegar with ginger. The Shanghainese like to wash down their meal with a sweetish, yellow rice wine known as huangjiu.

It isn’t hard to find superlative restaurants in Shanghai: the Chinese bring relatives and business partners to the city’s restaurants to impress them with lavish feasts. Many restaurants cover several floors, each floor offering menus at different price points. Foreigners are invariably directed to more expensive floors in the belief that they’re used to luxury, but there’s nothing to stop you joining locals on the cheaper (usually lower) floors, where you can expect a raucous din of happy diners.

If you’re after the best local flavors, head to Shanghai Uncle in the basement of the Bund Centre. Shanghai Uncle goes for modern versions of old Shanghai classics and inspired east-west fusion dishes, and is certainly some of the best Chinese food you’ll eat in town. Try the superlative crispy pork, traditional smoked fish and handmade noodles and, if you can afford the astronomical prices, a fresh lobster dish.

Executive chef Jeremy Leung from the Whampoa Club

For excellent Chinese comfort food in less formal surrounds, look no further than the queues outside Crystal Jade Restaurant in Xintiandi. Locals flock here for steamed dumplings, roast pork buns and spicy Sichuan noodles. The restaurant is reckoned to serve the best xiao longbao in Shanghai – in other words, in the known universe.

Villa du Lac, housed in an old colonial building, is also one of the city’s top restaurants for Shanghainese cuisine, as well as palace cuisine from the nearby city of Yangzhou, its light, clean flavours once reserved for royalty and court officials. Signature dishes include hand-cut tofu and drunken chicken; European-influenced desserts include egg tarts served with Longjing tea and snow-skin peach dumplings in champagne. The chef here, Justin Quek, hails from Singapore, and has an international reputation.

Many a world-class chef has been lured by Shanghai’s bright lights, and the Shanghainese love of trends and fashions. It all started along The Bund, where Art Deco and Neoclassical facades recall Shanghai’s heyday as a great trading port and international settlement in the early 20th century. The municipal government launched an enlightened program of restoration in the 1990s that has seen The Bund return to its former grandeur and bustle.

Poppyseed galettes from M on the Bund

M on the Bund was the first international restaurant to open here, in 1999 and, for some time, was the place to be seen in Shanghai. Its star has faded somewhat as newer competitors steal the limelight, but the Art-Deco elegance and wonderful views from the seventh floor are hard to beat, and the food can still reach superlative heights. Signature dishes are the slow-baked leg of lamb and pavlova – no surprise, really, as chef-owner Michelle Garnaut hails from Melbourne.

Next door, Three on the Bund is a seven-storey pleasure palace housing art galleries, luxury boutiques, a jazz club, a day spa and several restaurants of top international quality. These include French fare at Jean Georges, bistro fare at New Heights, and classic-meets-contemporary Shanghai cuisine at the Whampoa Club – try the tasting menu, and talk to the tea sommelier about choosing a matching tea. Another Australian chef, David Laris, is at the helm at Laris, with its emphasis on New World seafood dishes.

Foie gras terrine with hibiscus gelee from Laris

Given the high prices at Three on the Bund, you might expect serving sizes to be a bit more generous and service more suave. Nevertheless, dining at one of these trendy restaurants on The Bund is a quintessential Shanghai experience. If you really want to splash out, you can reserve the cupola on top of the building as a private dining room, and order from any of the restaurants on the floors below.

House smoked salmon from M on the Bund

Xintiandi is another trendy locale and the evening destination of choice for hip locals and expats alike. This upmarket area of little alleys and courtyards is an appealing blend of modernistic and faux old Chinese architecture, crammed with eateries and bars of all sorts, from hugely busy, German-style Biergartens to Tuscan pizzerias and chic post-modern venues serving the likes of green-pea cappuccino.

At Lan Na Thai, in a lovely old colonial mansion known as Face Building, delightful deep-fried soft-shell crab and divine papaya salads are served up to a mostly foreign clientele; on another floor, svelte guests recline on ‘opium beds’ in an Asian-style cocktail lounge. At Di Shui Dong, try the outstanding spicy regional Hunan cuisine: everything from chicken chilli hotpot to cumin pork spare-ribs is wonderful, even if it needs to be washed down with copious amounts of cold beer.

The wide, tree-lined avenue known as Hengshan Road, just a totter west, is another trendy spot lined with 1920s mansions, now converted into teahouses and restaurants. It’s also home to one of the city’s favoured music venues, O’Malleys. With an outdoor courtyard and cosy, Irish-pub style, O’Malleys serves up a good beer and Irish, British and American favourites – just the place to head for if you have a hankering for bangers and mash.

A delicate prawn dish from Jean Georges

In the old days, this area was part of the French Concession. There’s still a nod to the glamor of these times at 1931 Bar & Restaurant, where waitresses are dressed in traditional qipao, or high-collared, tight-fitting silk dresses with side slits. This is the place for a drink and nibbles – fried dumplings, duck pancakes and noodles. Also worth a visit is the Art Salon, where Montmarte meets Shanghai: the walls are covered with local artworks; rickety tables and traditional Chinese-style chairs crowd every inch of floorspace. Sit elbow-to-elbow for some terrific homemade specialties – and feel free to purchase any of the artwork or furniture that catches your eye.

During the days of the settlements, the Chinese lived crammed into the old city; now, Shanghai’s historic heart has been redeveloped into an unabashed tourist theme town, jammed with souvenir shops and antiques markets. At its centre lies the fabulous Yu Garden and iconic Bridge of Nine Turnings, a zigzag bridge over a carp pool always packed with photo-snapping visitors. Stop by the venerable Huxinting Teahouse in the middle of the pond for a pastry or quail’s eggs with excellent green tea as you watch the passing hubbub.

You’ll also find fine fare at the Shanghai Classic Restaurant, which serves such local dishes as eight-treasure duck, stuffed with sticky rice, and deep-fried shrimps. The restaurant claims to have been around since 1875, though in its current guise, it is located on the second-floor atrium of a modern mid-range hotel.

Inside Laris at Three on the Bund

Occasionally, someone in this relentlessly advancing city actually looks to the past. If you’re after a coffee, avoid the ubiquitous Starbucks and head instead to Old China Hand Reading Room, with its Qing Dynasty furniture, old books, manual typewriters and beautiful photography, or to Old Film Café, where you can watch 1920s movies from China and Russia as you down your brew. Just the caffeine shot you’ll need before launching yourself into the frenzy of Shanghai once more.

A beautifully presented dish from The Whampoa Club

Where to eat

• 1931 Bar and Restaurant, Maoming Nan Lu 112 (Luwan District), phone +86 21 6472 5264.
• Art Salon, Nanchang Lu 164 (Luwan District), phone +86 21 5306 5462.
• Crystal Jade Restaurant (Feicuì Jiujia), 2nd floor, 12A & B, Nanli 6-7 (Luwan District), phone +86 21 6385 8752.
• Di Shui Dong, Maoming Nan Lu 56 (Luwan District), phone +86 21 6253 2689.
• Huxinting Teahouse (Huxinting Chashi), Yuyuan Lu 257 (Nanshi District), phone +86 21 6373 6950.
• Lan Na Thai, Ruijin Er Lu 118 (Luwan District), phone +86 21 6466 4328.
• M on the Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 5 (Huangpu District) +86 21 6350 9988 or visit www.m-restaurantgroup.com
• Old China Hand Reading Room (Hanyuan Shuwu), Shaoxing Lu 27 (Xuhui District), phone +86 21 6473 2526.
• Old Film Café, Duolun Lu 123 (Hongkou District), phone +86 21 5696 4763.
• O’Malley’s, Taojiang Lu 42 (Xuhui District), phone +86 21 6437 0667.
• Shanghai Classic Restaurant (Shanghai Lao Fandian ), Fuyou Lu 242 (Nanshi District), phone +86 21 6355 2275.
• Shanghai Uncle (Haishang Ashu), Yan’an Dong Lu 200-222 (Huangpu District), phone +86 21 6339 1977.
• Three on the Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 3 (Huangpu District), phone +86 21 6323 3355 or visit www.threeonthebund.com
• Villa du Lac (Hu Ting), 383 Huangpi Nan Lu (Luwan District), phone +86 21 6387 6387 or visit www.justinquek.com

Where to stay

• Le Royal Méridien Shanghai, phone +86 21 3318 9999 or visit www.lemeridien.com
• Pudi Boutique Hotel, contact Small Luxury Hotels of the World on 1800 251 958 or visit www.slh.com
• St Regis Shanghai, phone +86 21 5050 4567 or visit www.stregis.com
• Westin Bund Centre, phone +86 21 6335 1888 or visit www.westin.com

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1. Laris, Shanghai

Being the best in Shanghai, let alone China, is no mean feat, but if anyone can achieve it, it’s David Laris. His eponymous restaurant is a stunning combination of gastronomy and aesthetics, full of well-heeled gourmands there to savor his sophisticated, contemporary fare that defies staid ethnic labels, while observing society at play in elegant surrounds.

Address: 6F Three on the Bund, 3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai, China
Tel: +86 21 6321 9922
Website: www.threeonthebund.com

2.北京大董烤鸭店 (Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant)：

光是从每天晚上门外长龙一般等待的食客就可以看出，大董已成为一个奇迹。它的招牌“酥不腻”烤鸭，用酥酥的鸭皮蘸了酱放在舌
间，不用咀嚼也能化掉。北京大董烤鸭店被来京的老外们誉为是除去登长城，逛三里屯以外必去的一个景点。

总店地址：北京市朝阳区团结湖北口3号楼(长虹桥东南侧)

电话：010-65822892


2. Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant, Beijing

Judging by the line of worshippers that gather outside its doors every evening, it is clear that Da Dong has cultivated itself as
a near-mythical experience. This restaurant’s masterly ‘super lean’ Peking ducks boast thin, crisp, caramel skin that
dissolves in the mouth with just a hint of fragrant oil.

Address: Nanxingcang International Plaza, 22A Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel: +86 10 5169 0329