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 going into the details, but suffice to say there are long held prejudices that seem to be holding the two countries back from becoming the best of friends (any time [...]
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 the outside (actually it always looks closed), but once you go inside (and up the stairs) it’s a really nice, HK style restaurant with a pretty wide range of dishes [...]
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 Football stadium in Shanghai. I would never have known, but the shameless owner decided to give out namecards on the street! 在暴光上海男陪服务以后,最近我更惊讶地发现了一个开在虹口足球场附近的新的妓院。 我并不想知道的，但是无耻的业主在街上到处发名片! I decided to check the info, and [...]
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 are still definitely not being marketed to foreigners… 即使有很多人在抱怨中国（特别是上海）正在变成第52个州，可是从有些商品还是可以看出，那一定并不是针对老外市场的… The title may have been translated, but I wonder whether the experience will translate well for a Western audience… 标题可能已经被翻译了，但是我不知道这种经历对于一个西方的读者是不是翻译地够好…
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 weird dishes. Pizza, pasta, potato waffles and…and… 有一天我们去了巴贝拉…如果你不知道，那我告诉你，那是一个提供很多奇怪的菜肴的奇怪的‘西餐厅’（注释：便宜的意大利菜）。批萨，意大利面，薯格和…和… Can you guess what it is? I’ll give you a clue…it’s a mixture of three of the best things in the world! [...]
Ok, actually, it’s two 50+ year old people, on a moped, with an umbrella, wearing formal clothes, in 90 degree heat…what’s not to like? 好,事实上这是2个大概50多岁的人,在一辆助动车上,还撑着伞,穿着很正式的衣服,在90度的高温天气…这样有感觉凉快吗?
