City Shop (Xujiahui)
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City Shop (Xujiahui)

This vast supermarket stocks pricey reminders of home. Stock up here on good-quality meat and bread, plus imported goods from cereal to sweets and candy. Some of the stuff takes a 400% markup — cereal is particularly killing — but the vegetables (grown on the shop’s...
S.Engine Coffee (Maoming Bei Lu)
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S.Engine Coffee (Maoming Bei Lu)

S.Engine Coffee’s Fengshengli flagship store is perhaps it’s most aesthetic yet. The architectural structure of its interior echoes a futuristic hub. The spiral staircase leads upstairs into a space with almost pod-like enclosures where you can sit on teardrop shaped chairs look down onto the ground...
Take a day trip to Xinchang Ancient Town
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Take a day trip to Xinchang Ancient Town

Pudong covers a vast area, but thankfully so does the Shanghai metro, and when considering day trips out of the city, you needn’t always look to the gaotie. In fact, before you even reach the end of Line 16, you’ll find Xinchang Ancient Town, a vibrant tangle of...
5 great chocolate cocktails in Shanghai
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5 great chocolate cocktails in Shanghai

While most of us older folk no longer really have energy to go knocking from door-to-door in pursuit of vast amounts of chocolate every Halloween, that doesn’t mean that we can’t get our sugar high during spooky season. From a chocolate-rimmed martini to a Negroni-esque drink...
FUMI Coffee
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FUMI Coffee

FUMI Coffee, Fumin Lu’s latest brew haunt is seriously hip. It’s hard to miss the modern space as you’re sauntering down the street; stools line the half-bay windows and a feature-wall of stovetop espresso makers can’t help but draw coffee fanatics through the door. Thankfully, the...
THE CUT Rooftop
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THE CUT Rooftop

After a couple of years at the rooftop second floor of The Cut, this spot is now The Cut Rooftop, an upscale casual dining lounge thing aimed at young professionals. Seems like a really good spot for an after-work drink if a) you work nearby and...