A pâtissière, eating around the world
![[Shanghai] Ji Heng Beef Noodles 吉亨麵館](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jiheng-61.jpg)
Ji Heng Beef Noodles 吉亨麵館 Add: No. 433 Guyang Lu, near Zhanghong Lu / 古羊路433號, 近張虹路 Tel: 2809 6088 Hours: 11am~10pm Price: 40 RMB/person Visited on: Aug 2010 In Taiwan, every foodie has his or her own opinion on what constitutes a decent bowl of beef noodles. For me, a good bowl of beef noodles…Continue Reading “[Shanghai] Ji Heng Beef Noodles 吉亨麵館”
![[Shanghai] The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kitchen-salvatore-cuomo-12.jpg)
The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo
Add: 2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu, near Fenghe Lu / 陸家嘴西路2967號, 近豐禾路
Tel: 5054 1265
Hours: 11am-2:30pm, 6-10pm
Price: [lunch] 128~188 RMB/person + 15% [dinner] 300~400 RMB/person + 15%
Website: www.ystable.com/Branch_2.html
Visited on: Aug 2010
Pudong’s riverbank is lined with a good number of restaurants and bars, but The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo seems to be one of the very few that offer decent food to match the views. We came here for lunch and found it to be a delightful oasis on a hot summer day. The lunch set menu is a good deal – an appetizer, a pizza/pasta, and dessert for 128 RMB, or opt for meat/seafood instead of the pizza/pasta for 148 RMB, or both the main course and the pizza/pasta for 188 RMB. Drinks extra.
Nice patio area with trickling water.
Salvatore Cuomo started his brand in Japan and is apparently quite a celebrity in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nagoya. The Kitchen is his first attempt in China, and judging from the bustling lunch hour traffic, Salvatore seems to be doing quite well here too. You can also find his concept and style at Issimo, a wildly popular Italian restaurant located on the 2nd floor of JIA boutique hotel.
For appetizers, we ordered the Atlantic salmon carpaccio with rocket leaves and Mediterranean dressing, and the traditional Neapolitan eggplant lasagna. The Salmon carpaccio was fresh and plump, excellent with the accompanying mango-hinted Mediterranean dressing. The eggplant lasagna was nicely done, flavors all there, a bit oily but the arugula helped to cut back the greasiness. (FYI, the two other appetizer choices are: coppa ham served with vegetable pickles, and seasonal salad with olives and artichokes.)
![[Shanghai] Le Bistro du Dr. Wine](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dr-wine-21.jpg)
Le Bistro du Dr. Wine
Add: 177 Fumin Lu , near Julu Lu 富民路177號, 近巨鹿路
Tel: 5403-5717
Hours: 5:00pm~2:00am
Price: [wine] 38-55 RMB/glass, 118 RMB and up/bottle [food] 48-88 RMB/pizza
Visited on: Aug 2010
In Shanghai, wine bars have been sprouting up like bamboo shoots after a Spring drizzle, and Dr. Wine is one of the newer addition to the scene. The decor is simple – leather couches, soft wood, warm bricks. The owners supposedly recycled materials from the original lane house to create a retro look for the wine bar. With a nice-looking wine list and classic wine bar menu items like charcuterie and sandwiches, Dr. Wine is ready to please.
If you want to splurge at Dr. Wine, you can. Vincent Landais (one of the owners) is a sommelier who has worked for Daniel Boulud in New York and Alain Ducasse in Paris. He makes sure that you can get a 1982 Chateau Lafite at Dr. Wine as long as you are willing to pay 45,000 RMB for the bottle. Or, for those of us with a thinner wallet, there are bottles starting from 118 RMB.
![[Shanghai] Azul](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/rimg93621.jpg)
Azul
Add: Ferguson Lane 8/F, 378 Wukang Lu, near Hunan Lu / 武康路378號8樓, 近湖南路
Tel: 5405 2252
Hours: [Mon-Fri] 12pm-12am [Sat-Sun] 11am-4pm, 6-11pm
Price: [brunch] 130~160 RMB [dinner] 200~300 RMB/person
Visited: Aug 2010
UPDATE: Azul has moved to a new location (address updated above).
Azul Tapas Lounge is a modern Peruvian eatery by Eduardo Vargas, a brunch favorite among expats. The restaurant offers generous portions of brunch items ranging from salmon crepes to Spanish chicken to omelets to steaks. For us, the 130 RMB two-course sets were more than enough, but if you are extra hungry, opt for the three-course set at 160 RMB.
Brunch at Azul comes with a complementary drink (sangria, smoothie, juice, etc.) AND coffee/tea. Unfortunately the watery smoothies here are nothing compared to what Melange Oasis serves.
![[Shanghai] Shintori 新都里](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/shintori-interior11.jpg)
Shintori 新都里 Add: 803 Julu Rd, near Fumin Lu / 巨鹿路803號, 近富民路 Tel: 54045252 Hours: [Mon-Fri] 5:30-10:30pm, [Sat-Sun] 11:30am-2pm, 5-10:30pm Price: 300 RMB/person Website: www.shintori.com.tw Visited on: Aug 2010 Easily missed by passerby, Shintori is a Japanese fusion restaurant hidden behind an unmarked doorway on Julu Lu. Follow the bamboo-lined path and you will arrive at a…Continue Reading “[Shanghai] Shintori 新都里”
![[Shanghai] Restaurant Week 2010](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/eat1.jpg)
Shanghai Restaurant Week is upon us again. At the time of this post, some of the most popular restaurants (e.g. Sir Elly’s) are already fully booked for all 14 meals during Restaurant Week. Since cancellation is rare for these restaurants, the best you can do right now is to go through your list of foodie friends…Continue Reading “[Shanghai] Restaurant Week 2010”
![[Shanghai] Manne et Sante’](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/manne-et-sante1.jpg)
Manne et Sante’
Add: 96 Shaoxing Lu, near Shanxi Nan Lu / 绍兴路96号, 近陕西南路
Tel: 5465 6297
Hours: 8am~10pm
Price: ~40 RMB/coffee, 40~60 RMB/dessert
Visited: Aug 2010
The first floor bakery of Manne et Sante’ looks decent enough, but I would’ve never ventured upstairs to the second floor cafe if not led by a friend. The small doorway, the shabby and twisting staircase, the dark interior…there is nothing delightful about the route leading up. Once I pushed open the wooden door to the second floor, however, the sweet aroma of fresh pastry and coffee convinced me immediately that this is a good place to be.
The cafe owner is an acquaintance of my friend, and he came out to personally brew coffee for us. The guy at the next table is obviously jealous that we got special treatment.
Mille Feuille, a three-tier puff pastry tower with cream, fresh grapes, and blueberries sandwiched in between.
Tiramisu.
Continue Reading "[Shanghai] Manne et Sante’"![[Shanghai] Sushi Oyama 大山鮨](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/39142_652566893564_1310603_37251551_2382727_n1.jpg)
Sushi Oyama 大山鮨
Add: 2/F, 20 Donghu Lu, near Huaihai Lu / 東湖路20號2樓, 近淮海路
Tel: 5404 7705
Hours: 5:30pm – 10:30pm (closed Sunday)
Price: 800 RMB/set menu, drinks extra
Visited: Aug 2010
The opening of Sushi Oyama, a 14-seat Japanese restaurant upstairs of the popular el Willy, was an exciting affair. As far as I know, it is the first omakase sushi restaurant in Shanghai, where you are at the mercy of the chef to serve you whatever he’s got based on market ingredients. Sushi Oyama works with seafood directly imported from Japan, and the menu changes nightly. You don’t have to worry about what to order because you don’t. Just sit back, relax, and let Oyama-san do his magic.
We started off with sake and were presented with a selection of cups to choose from – a small detail that made the meal feel more personalized. Oyama also offers shochu, plum wine, beer, and wines from Torres and el Willy downstairs.
Tonight’s Menu
1. First shot – clear broth of clams
2. Sashimi plate – sweet shrimp, Hokkaido scallop, medium-fatty tuna, yellowtail, and ???.
3. Vinegared seaweed with yam
4. Sushi: medium fatty tuna, mackerel, sea urchin, grunt with scorched skin
5. Cod fish with pomelo black pepper puree
6. Salad
![[Shanghai] Big Apple](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/big-apple.jpg)
Big Apple
Add: No. 103, Bldg 6, Golden Lion Garden, Lane 99 Ronghua Xi Dao / 榮華西道99弄金獅花苑5號樓103室
Tel: 62193803
Price: 50 RMB/person
Visited: Aug 2010
If you happen to be in Gubei area, Big Apple is a small Japanese restaurant with excellent ハンバーグ (hamburger patties served without the bun) that you must try. My favorites are the cheese hamburger patty and the Japanese-style hamburger patty. Tender, juicy, full of flavors!
I usually order the set, which comes with soup (vegetable or cream of corn), salad, the hamburger steak, a choice of rice and bread, and a dessert (ice-cream or pudding). Other than the hamburger steak, everything else in the set aren’t really all that great, but they make a nice meal altogether.
Japanese-style hamburger steak (50 RMB with set).
Hamburger steak with egg (50 RMB with set).
![[Shanghai] Nepali Kitchen](https://www.sugarednspiced.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/RIMG2890.jpg)
Nepali Kitchen Add: 819 Julu Lu, near Fumin Lu / 巨鹿路819号, 近富民路 Tel: 5404 6281 Hours: 11am-2pm, 6-10pm Price: Brunch 55~70 RMB/person, Dinner 100~200 RMB/person Visited on: Aug 2010 One of the older and more affordable establishments in the Julu Lu/Fumin Lu vicinity, Nepali Kitchen serves – you guessed it – Nepali cuisine: curries, lentils, lamb, and…Continue Reading “[Shanghai] Nepali Kitchen”