Western restaurants in old Shanghai

Sweet Old Shanghai: Heritage Bakeries

By Tina Kanagaratnam | February 2nd, 2022 | Food, French Concession, Heritage Bakeries, Literature, Shanghai Art Deco, Shanghai Sweets, Western restaurants in old Shanghai | 0 Comment

February is sweet season (you know - sweethearts, sweet delights...) so just in time for Valentine’s Day, we take a look at Shanghai’s surviving heritage bakeries and legacy of Western pastry classics. A selection of Shanghai heritage pastry classics from Kaisiling - Left, clockwise from top: Napoleon, chestnut ...

A Short History of Gluttony In Shanghai

By Guest | March 12th, 2018 | Food, Jimmy's Kitchen Shanghai, Sun Ya, Western food in old Shanghai, Western restaurants in old Shanghai | 0 Comment

by Bill Savadove Gluttony has a weighty presence in the history of Shanghai, where East met West as Chinese merchants and foreign settlers brought their home cooking to the city after the late 1800s, when the port opened wider to the outside world. In 1929, the Sunday breakfast menu at the luxury Palace Hotel ...