New recipe – Bacon and cheese stuffed pizza rolls!
If you didn’t know (and HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW?!) I have a food website called ‘It’s Not Rocket Salad’. There are lots of recipes [...]
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Summer of food
Even though I don’t technically have a ‘job’, it feels like today is ‘back to work’ day.
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Pizza time
One of the highlights of summer (well, the end of summer) was buying an outdoor pizza oven.
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A very serious issue – 一个非常严重的问题
Chinese cultural society has evolved very quickly over the past twenty years, and people are now being forced to deal with issues that perhaps 20 [...]
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Celebrity Lookalike – 相像的名人
I’ve seen a few lookalikes in my time in China, but this one has to be the closest to ‘separated at birth’ I’ve seen so [...]
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Lawsuit Waiting To Happen – 等着起诉的发生
I noticed that one of my favourite eateries, Mike’s, has had its trademark infringed by a soulless multinational from the USA! I’m not going to [...]
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Worst Price Promise Ever – 最烂的承诺
Already famous for their strange customer service, Croissants de France Shanghai (or CDF as they like to be known) have tried to go one better [...]
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Terrible flavour decisions – 可怕的怪口味
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Doraemon. Anyone who has lived or worked with me in the past knows that I love jelly [...]
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United Nations (Bye Onur!) – 联合国（再见，Onur！）
We went out for teppanyaki the other night to celebrate…errr…I mean…commiserate the departure of BRO-nur to Turkey. It was a great meal, made even better [...]
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Weird menu – 奇怪的菜单
I can’t believe it’s been so long since I wrote here – so many people have called me ‘lazy’…and it’s sort of true! My head’s [...]
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What have those crazy Japs done now? (那些疯狂小日本都做了些什么？)
I didn’t realise until recently (my history knowledge is a little poor) that China and Japan are not exactly the best of friends. I’m not [...]
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Chris Cafe, Shanghai (上海基斯餐厅)
Today we went for lunch at Chris Cafe, on Shanghai’s Nan Hui Lu near Beijing Xi Lu (behind Plaza 66). It looks pretty crappy from [...]
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New Shanghai brothel (新上海妓院)
After uncovering the Shanghai Male Escort Service, I was even more shocked to find that a new brothel has recently opened right next to Hongkou [...]
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Not all of China is being Westernized (中国不是所有的东西都在西方化)
Even though a lot of people complain that China (and Shanghai in particular) is becoming the 52nd State, it’s refreshing to see that some products [...]
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Combo combo combo (套餐 套餐 套餐)
So we went to Babela’s kitchen the other day…if you don’t know it’s a weird “western-fusion” (read: cheap italian) restaurant that serves LOADS of different [...]
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