I decided to
make a small guide to Shanghai, including the places that I have enjoyed the
most during my two years in the city. Shanghai is quickly changing and many places close just for a new one to pop up the next week, and therefore the list might change over time.
Eating &
Drinking:
- Rainbow Dumplings in Paradise Dynasty (IFC Mall in Lujiazui)
- M’s famous Pavlova in M on the Bund (20 Guangdong Rd)
- Tea leaf salad in Lost Heaven (17 East Yan’an Rd)
- Thai green curry in Tamarind Thai (Cool Docks)
- Delicious cocktails with a view in Bar Rouge (18 East Zhongshan No 1 Rd)
Shopping:
- Tailor made clothes and fabrics in South Bund Fabric Market (399 Lujiabang Rd) and Shiliupu Cloth Market (168 Dongmen Rd)
- Everything needed for making or customizing clothes in International Mansion Center (388 Renmin Rd)
- Bags, sunglasses and other accessories in AP Xinyang Fashion and Gifts Market (Science and Technology metro station)
- Jewelry and sports clothes in Han City aka. Nanjing Road Market (580 West Nanjing Rd)
- Flowers and kitchenware in Hongqiao Flower Market (718 Hongjing Rd)
- Teas and tea ware in Tianshan Tea City (520 West Zhongshan Rd)
- Painting supplies and arts and crafts stuff in Stationary Gift Wholesale Center (355 Fuzhou Rd)
- Photography equipment and printing out pictures in Xing Guang Photography Equipment Center (288 Luban Rd)
Activities:
- Acrobatics show Era in Shanghai Circus World (2266 Gonghexin Rd)
- Laying on the manmade beach in Sanjiagang Beach Park (In the end of East Huaxia Rd)
- Understanding China through propaganda in the Propaganda Poster Art Center (868 Huashan Rd)
- Eating too much chocolate in Zotter’s Chocolate Factory Tour (2866 Yangshupu Rd)
