Category Archives: Restaurant

Dim Sum

Posted on December 14, 2016 by The Pearl

Apart from sightseeing, writing and quilting one of the things that has kept me off the streets of Shanghai has been my cookery lessons at The Chinese Cooking Workshop.  Just after we arrived I reported to you my first Dim … Continue reading →

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Prunus Mume

Posted on December 8, 2016 by The Pearl

As I write this in the first week of December, the temperature in Shanghai is in the mid teens.  Having just got back from a three week trip to the England and Scotland this is warm, yet the locals are … Continue reading →

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Gubei’s Pyongyang Restaurant

Posted on November 2, 2016 by The Pearl

 As I think I have mentioned before we live in a predominantly Japanese/ Taiwanese/Korean area of Shanghai, with our own Japanese Department Store, Takashimaya, above our metro station and with a number of smaller shops and restaurants in the area … Continue reading →

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China Never Ceases To Surprise

Posted on October 18, 2016 by The Pearl

As I have not really published very much since this time last year, my stories of Shanghai, are now necessarily going to be sent to you out of date and most probably of all out of sequence.  So from now on … Continue reading →

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Inner Mongolian Restaurant: Xi Bei You Mian Cun – Xi Bei Oat Noodle Village

Posted on February 18, 2016 by The Pearl

Richard was the first to go to the Inner Mongolian Restaurant, taken there by his Chinese boss who hails from that northerly province of China that hugs the northern desert country of Outer Mongolia.  We went with Kirsty, Richard’s Scottish development … Continue reading →

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Burn’s Night At Mr Harry’s

Posted on February 6, 2016 by The Pearl

Mr Harry’s is a strange place.  On the West Nanjing Road, more or less on top of Marks and Spencer’s is a British Restaurant.  It is decorated with Union Jacks and knick-knacks you might find in a charity shop back home.  There … Continue reading →

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The Brits Abroad Christmas Party

Posted on December 24, 2015 by The Pearl

The Brits Abroad here in Shanghai have built themselves quite a reputation for having a fun time and their Brits Famous Christmas Party in the first week of December at the Four Seasons Hotel in Puxi was no exception.  I … Continue reading →

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Mr & Mrs M Go to Mr and Mrs Bund

Posted on October 27, 2015 by The Pearl

In the middle of September it was our Wedding Anniversary.  It was 25 years ago that I got married, dressed in scarlet, at Great Malvern Register Office and the following day we had a Service of Blessing at Great Malvern … Continue reading →

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Fu 1039

Posted on August 31, 2015 by The Pearl

I visited a number of restaurants, both new and old to me, with Charlie and Ella.  A new one for me was Fu 1039 in an old 1913 three -storey villa in Lane 1039 off the YuYuan Road.  Without the … Continue reading →

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A Return to the Hot Pot Restaurant Hai Di Lao and The Ya’an Zhong Lu Park

Posted on August 27, 2015 by The Pearl

With Charlie and Ella in Shanghai for 2 weeks at the beginning of August we tried to cram in as much as we possibly could.  This was especially difficult in the hottest weather of the year.  It also meant that … Continue reading →

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