OPEN DOOR: POMODORO

The buzz: Swanky but affordable Italian restaurant on the same Kangding Lu strip as Chiang Mai, Legend Taste Yunnan, and that Cantonese canting.
The décor: Pleasing on the eye. Warm lighting, neat tables, big paintings of tomatoes and other comfortingly Mediterranean provender on the walls.

The food: The bread came in a crumpled brown bag. [...]

Written on December 20, 2009 | Posted in Food, Shanghai | No comment

San Jose’s Santouka Ramen

Written on October 5, 2009 | Posted in Food | No comment

The Best Cantonese Food in Shanghai

Cantonese food (yuè cài or粵菜) is possibly the best-known Chinese cuisine outside of China. This is down to two reasons. Firstly, most Chinese migrants to the West were from Taishan in Guangdong Province (formerly known as Canton) and Hong Kong, and brought their style of food with them to their new homes. That’s why most [...]

Written on September 2, 2009 | Posted in Food | No comment

Vegetables May Keep Brains Young

New research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say “I told you so.” It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old.
On measures of mental sharpness, older people who ate more than two servings of vegetables daily appeared [...]

Written on May 8, 2009 | Posted in Food, Internet, Living | No comment