Restaurant Reviews

Here are the last few restaurant reviews I did in Shanghai, for the unimaginatively named bestfoodinchina.net website. I got to eat some amazing food, both Chinese and otherwise, through working for these guys and of course, the best thing about it was that I got to eat for free! They are...

Favola - A whimsical Italian restaurant at Le Meridien Hotel, which provided me with a much needed fix of Italian dishes and authentic ingredients

Sichuan Court -A flavoursome- albeit slightly lacking in spice- meal at the Hilton Hotel, from the heart of this fiery province in the heart of China.

Kathleen's 5 - A beautiful restaurant housed at on the roof Shanghai's iconic 1930s racecourse clubhouse, providing magnificent views over People's Square. Standard fine dining of little portions on humongous plates.

Brasserie Alyssa - Great Thai food tucked away among Shanghai's labyrinth of restaurants and bars in Taikang Lu, with super cocktails to boot.

Lounge 18 -Situated on Shanghai's spectacular Bund, Lounge 18 was a welcome change from the pretentious cuisine usually found in this part of town, serving up fairly simple but perfectly executed classic dishes.

Sibilla Café- On the ground floor of Bund 18, the building which housed the previous restaurant, was this fairly standard yet chic lunchtime haunt, which dished up panini, salads and desserts , with a rather large price tag attached.

Yum Yum Lisboa & Lisboa Restaurant - These two fairly oddly named restaurants brought Macanese cuisine to Shanghai with its moreish rice dishes, some slightly bizarre flavours and a pigeon head to boot.

I've just been reading back on the blog posts I wrote while I was still living in Shanghai. The food looks so lush! And so cheap! London has nothing on this! Arrrrrrrrg. Nostalgic, much?