February 14, 2022 • 24 mins
In today’s penultimate compilation episode from Season 02, we’re talking about the favourite places people like to frequent in China. Whether you’re looking for recommendations of street food, high-end restaurants, bars, or coffee shops, you should find some inspiration from today’s episode. Chapters 00:00 - Trailer & Intro 00:57 - Main 23:24 - Outro Subscribe to the PREMIUM version, see the visuals, and/or follow the full transcript for this episode at https://mosaicofchina.com/season-02-compilation-09-china-hangouts.
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(00:00):
[Trailer]Douglon TSE: They have a fake Nest.
These copycatters are almost good market research.
You don't have to spend the time saying “Shallwe open a Nest there?”
Someone’s already done it for you.
[Intro]OF: Welcome to Mosaic of China, a podcast
about people who are making their mark inChina.
(00:20):
I’m your host, Oscar Fuchs.
You may have noticed that the regular episodesof the podcast have been designed in a way
that can be enjoyed no matter whether you’velived in China all your life, or have never
even stepped foot here.
Well in today’s penultimate compilationepisode from Season 02 of the show, we’re
throwing that idea entirely out of the windowbecause we’re sharing the guests’ answers
to the question (00:42):
“What’s your favourite place in China to eat, drink or hang out?”
So it’s especially useful for people listeningin China who are looking for new ideas about
how to spend their time.
And especially useless for everyone else.
[Main][Voiceover]
OF (00:58):
Ajay Jain, the car designer from Episode 21.
[Clip]AJ: This one is a question I've thought about
a lot, because actually, I've only heard thefirst season of course, the second season’s
not out yet.
Everybody had a place, right?
Well, maybe I had to force them to choose one.
AJ (01:14):
Oh right.
Because it depends when you ask me this.
You know, there was a time I used to loveUnico, I used to love 永康路 [Yǒngkāng
Lù], we used to go to Sugar before that.
So right now, the nicest place for us to hangout is right opposite our house, less than
100 metres away, there's a little place calledPorcellino.
I'm sure next week it'll be something else.
(01:38):
[Voiceover]OF: Vittorio Franzese, the lawyer from Episode
27.
[Clip]VF: In Shanghai I have a few places.
I can mention Porto Matto for comfort food,an Italian restaurant from the south of Italy
on 常熟路 [Chángshú Lù].
It’s a place where I go when I really wantto feel like home, and I manage to do that.
(01:58):
It's the food I’ve grown up with.
And then I can also mention Casa Mia for thequality of food.
And I have to say that I do really love WHotel for their Sunday brunch.
I do like that vibe.
[Voiceover]OF: Louise Roy, the childbirth and lactation
specialist from Episode 06.
(02:19):
[Clip]LR: Honestly, it’s…
I love my sofa.
OF (02:22):
Yeah LR
I spend all day with people, and talking topeople, and I just love Netflix.
I really…
it's a really boring answer.
No, having been through the conversation we've just had - all the things that you deal
with - I can imagine the sofa being the placeyou want to go.
LR (02:39):
Yeah.
I mean, I do…
I love going out with my close friends - myfriends who are my family here - who I can
talk about the good and the bad with.
And so it's not a place, it’s a people.
[Voiceover]OF: Zhang Yuan, the performance art exhibitor
from Episode 07.
[Clip]ZY: So that would be home.
(03:00):
I mean, ‘home’ means my home and my friends’home.
And I even think of curating something aboutthat in the future.
We can blur the border of public and privacy,if we can bring performers to people's homes.
That's what I mean.
OF (03:17):
Mmm.
[Voiceover]OF: Cassandra Chen, the heavy metal bar owner
from Episode 16.
[Clip]CC: Well, of course, I hang out at Inferno
most of the time.
And if there was a second choice?
CC (03:29):
I would go to Latina.
It's a Brazilian Steakhouse buffet.
All you can eat.
It's a pretty good deal for me.
[Voiceover]OF: Wendy Saunders, the architect from Episode
12.
[Clip]WS: Locally, I think for 15 years, nearly
every week I go to a local dumpling placeon 延庆路 [Yánqìng Lù], and it's been
(03:52):
there, it's never moved.
It's amazing that it's still the same place.
I don’t know why.
OF (03:56):
I was gonna say.
I'm impressed.
You're looking remarkably fit, consideringyou have that many dumplings.
And it's true, because that question, it’sopen to interpretation.
Because some people would say “It's thebest, the fanciest”.
And some people would say “It's the onethat you go to most often”.
And I think it's telling as to how you interpretthe question.
WS (04:13):
Yeah.
And the thing is, also, I think if you'vebeen here long, you tend to kind of keep your
life a little bit simple.
You go to some places that you know what you'regoing to get.
And I find, like in work, everything is quitebusy and stressful.
So I tried to keep my family life quite simple.
OF (04:31):
That is a good survival technique, just to create this kind of oasis of predictability
and calm in your life - when there's so muchchange, so much chaos, so much speed - I think
is important in a place like Shanghai.
WS (04:44):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Sean Harmon, the beer company CEO from
Episode 09.
[Clip]SH: So I'm a 静安 [Jìng'ān] guy.
I've lived in 静安 [Jìng'ān] most of mytime in Shanghai, it’s a district downtown.
And our office is right at the crossroadsof 武定 [Wǔdìng] and 胶州 [Jiāozhōu]
which you know.
We were very lucky to choose that location.
(05:06):
We moved in there in 2011.
At that time there were no bars on that street.
And fortunately for us, they kind of builtthe road around us somehow.
Being a beer company, we have a lot of clientson that street.
So we'll pop down to Malabar and have a beerthere.
OF (05:21):
Malabar.
SH (05:22):
But there are a lot of places I could mention to go have a good beer.
I also love The Rooster, I love Café desStagiaires and…
But it's countless, I mean, being connectedto the F&B industry.
OF (05:32):
Yeah.
Well, I like Malabar, because that has a niceinteresting link to Angie Wu from Season 01,
who said the same bar.
SH (05:39):
Oh really?
OF (05:40):
Yeah.
SH (05:41):
OK.
OF (05:42):
Maybe you're gonna run into her there.
SH (05:43):
OK yeah, it’s a great place.
[Voiceover]OF: Murray King, the public affairs leader
from Episode 29.
[Clip]MK: I am not very creative, so my favourite
place to dine - or for brunch - is M on theBund.
OF (05:57):
Oh, there you go.
MK (05:58):
And I hope it exists forever, at least as long as I'm here.
I almost feel like it's named after me because‘M’ for Murray.
It's not for me, it’s for Michelle who ownsthe restaurant.
But I love the restaurant, I love the location,I love the cuisine, I love the branding, I
love the feel of the place.
I also love 武康路 [Wǔkāng Lù], it'sjust a beautiful area.
(06:19):
And 安福路 [Ānfú Lù], 湖南路 [HúnánLù], 兴国路 [Xīngguó Lù], that whole
area.
So I spend a lot of time at the little cafesand restaurants there, when I have a chance
to come back to the 浦西 [Pǔxī] side ofShanghai.
[Voiceover]OF: Stéphane Wilmet, the head of consumer
insights at L'Oreal from Episode 01.
[Clip]SW: I'll tell you where it is, it’s where
sometimes we bump into one another, it’s安福路 [Ānfú Lù].
(06:43):
And I'll tell you why.
Because we used to live there - with my wifeSophie and our kids - 25 years ago.
And I can tell you at that time, we were theonly foreigners in that street.
And the transformation over the years is amazing.
Now you see all these KOLs coming to 安福路[Ānfú Lù], around 武康路 [Wǔkāng Lù],
taking pictures.
(07:04):
It's a street that's always reinventing itself.
And to have seen it from when it wasn't that,to where it is today, it just adds meaning
to the experience of that very beautiful street.
OF (07:17):
Mmm.
[Voiceover]OF: Jo McFarland, the product sourcing leader
from Episode 18.
[Clip]JM: See it's actually not too far from here,
Oscar.
And I think you'll understand when I say like武康 [Wǔkāng] Road, 富民 [Fùmín] Road.
Even though we're living in the middle ofa big city, they all kind of feel quite European,
(07:37):
feels quite relaxed, it's got a chilled atmosphere,and it's just a really nice place to hang
out.
[Voiceover]OF: Chang Chihyun, the humanities professor
from Episode 03.
[Clip]CC: I still like my petit bourgeois French
Concession nightlife.
The bars, the cafes, the western restaurantsare the best in China.
(08:00):
There's no comparison.
And do you have one particular place that jumps out?
CC (08:04):
There's great Spanish cuisine on 番禺 [Pānyú] Road.
They have a great gin & tonic selection, that’sthe best.
OF (08:13):
OK, I'm going to mysteriously say “Yes, I have been to that Spanish place on 番禺路
[Pānyú Lù]”.
And I will also not name it.
CC (08:23):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Crystyl Mo, the fine dining expert from
Episode 26.
[Clip]CM: I'll just say one place that I love, which
was a cocktail bar I used to go to every Fridaywith my girlfriends for years.
And that's Senator Saloon in the French Concession.
OF (08:41):
Nice.
CM (08:42):
Where they make perfect classic cocktails, including my signature drink, the sidecar.
OF (08:48):
Oh, my one is the basil gimlet there, they do a great basil gimlet.
CM (08:51):
Oh yes they do.
They do.
And it's just consistent every time.
I love the bartenders there.
I love the guy who founded it, David Schroeder,a brilliant American bartender and specialist.
And they also have the most amazing bar snacksout of any bar.
OF (09:08):
Even the freebie chips they give you seem to be elevated.
CM (09:12):
Small and perfect.
[Voiceover]OF: Jiyoung, the transgender teacher from
Episode 30.
[Clip]J: Well, I guess the classic would be Roxie,
because I can let loose and I can totallybe myself.
But there’s this kind of sense of companionship.
[Voiceover]OF: Vladimir Djurovic, the brand naming expert
(09:34):
from Episode 13.
[Clip]VD: I'd love to travel in time when Face Bar
was there.
That was a place in 瑞亭路 [Ruìtínglù]/ 茂名路 [Màomínglù].
It used to be a red brick house with wonderfulcocktails.
Currently, I mean, I think I really enjoysomething that is really close to my place,
I go to a small Japanese restaurant calledXime, an interesting Mexican dish interpretation
(10:00):
by a Japanese chef and stuff, and it's quitea small place.
So see you there.
[Voiceover]OF: Seth Harvey, the education coach from
Episode 19.
[Clip]SH: I play on a billiards team once a week,
at a bar called Park 91 on 大沽路 [DàgūLù], near People's Square.
It's a pretty cool chill place, the kind ofplace I can walk behind the counter and pour
(10:23):
my own beer, and feel very at home there.
If I just want to go for a drink, I reallylike this little bar called Karma on 东湖路
[Dōnghú Lù].
It has this like cool little window, and avery chill vibe, it’s like Filipino guys
run it.
I normally like to do the club stuff anymore.
I like something that's just chill and casual.
Shanghai can have a bit of a materialisticvibe to it, in a bit of a status-seeking,
(10:46):
show-off, luxury prone kind of way.
And I'm just a simple guy from the Midwest,I have no interest in things that are pretentious.
[Voiceover]OF: Salome Chen, the investor and developer
from Episode 24.
[Clip]SC: Maybe the riverside, the west bank.
(11:07):
Because, I told you, I had this colourfulexpensive life back in Beijing.
A lot of parties, drinks.
And I’m kinda tired of that.
So I miss my childhood, this peace and theconnection with local people.
(11:28):
So I chose to live not too far from the river,and in the morning sometimes I go jogging
along it.
You see all these big ships, slowly movingthere.
And that's the industrial part of Shanghai,and it's something more stable.
OF (11:44):
It’s much more real, right?
SC (11:47):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Michelle Qu, the improvisational comedian
from Episode 20.
[Clip]MQ: Actually, I don’t have so much time
to hang out.
But a friend of mine took me to do a citywalk around the 豫 [Yù] Garden and the 苏州
[Sūzhōu] River.
(12:08):
So we checked out the old houses, and thevery old small streets around that place.
And I thought “Oh, that's the feeling oftime passing by.”
You can see old people reading newspapersin their old houses.
You can “Knock, knock,” ask for an olduncle to give you a haircut.
(12:32):
And you can buy fried chicken and you haveit just on the riverside.
It’s just the feeling of happiness.
[Voiceover]OF: Alex Shoer, the clean energy entrepreneur
from Episode 11.
[Clip]AS: So the place I frequent the most is actually
功德林 [Gōngdélín], “Godly” vegetarianrestaurant.
(12:53):
It's not the coolest hang out in town.
But I actually have grown to love it.
I got to know all of the staff who work there.
OF (13:01):
It's a chain, right?
There's more than one of those places.
AS (13:04):
Yeah, it is a chain.
I know there's at least three in Shanghai.
It has an old historic lineage of being oneof the first Buddhist-style restaurants.
So the one I go to is on 五原路 [Wǔyuánlù]and 武康路 [Wǔkānglù].
And they have a really nice big back patioas well.
So you actually get like this kind of alfrescodining if you want.
And they have cheap beers, so you can go havebeers at a Buddhist restaurant.
OF (13:27):
I've seen these places across town, and I've never gone in.
And as I'm talking to you now, I've just beento the doctor's two weeks ago, and she said
I should eat less meat.
I should have just one little handful of meatper week.
And I'm like “What?”
So I’m going to check this out.
AS (13:44):
There you go.
I hope you enjoy it.
It's a little diamond in the rough.
[Voiceover]OF: DJ BO, the DJ from Episode 23.
[Clip]BO: Well, on 定西路 [Dìngxī Lù] by 新华路
[Xīnhuá Lù] there's a cafe on the secondfloor there.
And I consider that my office, because youhave food there, there’s good internet,
(14:07):
it's a good people-watching spot, so I generallyhave meetings at that spot.
My friends know it as my office.
OF (14:14):
Oh nice.
BO (14:15):
So I love hanging out there and doing my thing there.
OF (14:18):
What’s it called?
BO (14:19):
It’s the City Shop, which is like the international market there.
OF (14:23):
Yeah.
BO (14:24):
This one City Shop has a cafe on the second floor that no-one knows about or goes to.
OF (14:27):
No.
BO (14:28):
And you can order sandwiches there.
They have food ready to eat there.
They don't promote it.
And it's close to my apartment.
OF (14:35):
And you look on to the supermarket, or…
BO (14:38):
Yes.
OF (14:39):
How funny.
[Voiceover]OF: Katherine Wong, the Peruvian healer from
Episode 04.
[Clip]KW: When I'm with my family, we love to go
to Lost Bakery for breakfast.
And when it's just me, I love to go to CafeOn Air for work.
It's a very cute hidden coffee shop.
It's so peaceful.
(15:01):
[Voiceover]OF: Zhao Huiling, the Africa travel vlogger
from Episode 28.
[Clip]OF: I just give up on all of this.
What is your favourite place to go, to eator drink or just hang out?
ZH (15:09):
This little coffee shop downstairs from my house.
OF (15:11):
Nice.
ZH (15:12):
I would go with my coffee mug.
It's basically a coffee shop where the owneris a serious biker fan.
So sometimes I'm sitting there surroundedby all these really serious bikers, they’re
wearing these heavy leather jackets, I waslike “Whoa, I feel like I'm part of their
little subculture.”
(15:33):
[Voiceover]OF: Casey Hall, the fashion journalist from
Episode 22.
[Clip]CH: This is a question that's changed quite
a lot since we had children.
We have three little girls who are five andthree and one.
And gosh, so much of our leisure time nowis spent just doing kid-related stuff.
(15:55):
I have always hated malls my entire life,and I spend so much time in malls now.
I can't say it's my favourite place stillto be, but it's an awfully convenient place
to get some kid-related activities.
And in a place like Shanghai for example - wherethe weather's not always good, the air quality
is not always good - also very convenient.
(16:15):
Oh, where do I love?
I mean, just this morning I was at Shanghailandercafé in 五原路 [Wǔyuán Lù].
I just love being there.
OF (16:23):
That’s quite a new one, right?
CH (16:25):
It is quite new.
And I go there to work sometimes.
But to be honest with you, I go there morewhen I just want to have a little break from
everything.
I started knitting last year as a hobby.
And at least once a week I like to go to Shanghailandercafé, and drink a flat white, and spend an
hour knitting and listening to a podcast.
(16:48):
You know, it's not the most exciting lifeI lead, but that's my self-care.
OF (16:52):
Oh I like it.
And also, you might want to know that GigiChang from Season 01, her favourite place
to hang out was just opposite yours, ‘SpicyMoment’ on 五原路 [Wǔyuán Lù].
CH (17:01):
Oh yes, I love that place too.
OF (17:03):
Yeah.
She really likes that.
And I've been there now, like, it must be10 times since she recommended it.
CH (17:08):
And 湖南 [Húnán] food is a really underestimated kind of Chinese cuisine, I
feel like.
If you do like spicy food, 湖南 [Húnán]’s…it'sdifferent than other spicy foods.
OF (17:17):
It is.
CH (17:18):
It’s a different kind of spice.
My mother-in-law is Malaysian.
She loves spicy food.
So when she comes, I want to have someoneto eat spicy food with.
湖南 [Húnán], she really struggled with,because it's just not the kind of spice that
she's accustomed to.
OF (17:30):
Yes.
CH (17:31):
She was like “Nope, not enjoying this at all”.
OF (17:33):
Uh-oh!
CH (17:35):
I misread the spicy vibe.
[Voiceover]OF: Cocosanti, the drag performer from Episode
05.
[Clip]C: Oh, I am a huge foodie.
And I say this with pride, I’m a foodie,and I'm fat, and I love it.
That being said, I thoroughly want to givea shout-out to Charlie’s…
OF (17:56):
Charlie's Burgers, is it?
C (17:58):
Charlie’s Burgers.
Yes, there are times really, really late atnight, where I'm just like "Alright, I need
to eat something, because I'm coming homefrom work at 4am.”
And I don't mind eating something like 兰州拉面[Lánzhōu lāmiàn], but, like, I don't want
something heavy and oily and greasy.
And I'm like “Oh, Charlie's is open.
I can just have a chicken nugget.”
OF (18:17):
It's open that late?
C (18:18):
Sometimes it's like a hit or miss.
But for the most part, it’s, like, becausepeople are they're enjoying themselves.
[Voiceover]OF: Jamie Barys, the street food expert from
Episode 02.
[Clip]JB: I love the holes-in-the-wall, and the
mom-and-pop owned places.
But those are not places you can hang outbecause a lot of times they don't have AC
(18:40):
or heat.
And they rely on fast turnover.
So the longer you sit at their table, theless money they're making.
So it's not cool to just sit and hang out.
So if I'm going to go hang out somewhere,I would say Heritage by Madison, Austin’s
place, is just the best.
I absolutely love it.
[Voiceover]OF: Michael Kinsey, the fire engineer from
(19:01):
Episode 25.
[Clip]MK: One of the places - and I don't know if
this is a bit of a cop-out - but it's PieSociety.
OF (19:06):
Oh, yes I know it.
MK (19:08):
On 陕西 [Shǎnxī] North Road.
OF (19:10):
There’s a couple, I think.
MK (19:12):
Yeah, there is, there are two.
And I actually live not far from there.
And they do loads of pies, Sunday roast, anda lot of ‘pub grub’ food.
OF (19:22):
Yes.
When I first found it out, I was like “What’sthis place?”
And I walked in and got a steak and kidneypie with baked beans on the side.
I was just like “This is the happiest dayof my life.”
MK (19:31):
It's always interesting when I invite some of my Chinese friends, perhaps, to go
and try it as well, because I’m like “Look,you can try British food”.
OF (19:37):
Although we're not world famous for our cuisine.
MK (19:39):
No.
No, normally it's fish and chips.
OF (19:42):
Well, there's a better place for fish and chips, have you been to Camden’s?
MK (19:45):
Oh, yes.
In Found 158.
OF (19:47):
Yes.
MK (19:48):
Yes I have, I’ve been there once.
I had a chip butty and it was great.
OF (19:53):
Oh god.
[Voiceover]OF: Björn Dahlman, the Swedish clown from
Episode 17.
[Clip]BD: Well, I love going to new restaurants.
And every time I find a small little restaurantthat becomes my favourite…
Every time I go out from Shanghai and I comeback, that restaurant has closed down.
(20:14):
Yeah.
Can you think of one particular one?
BD (20:17):
Seahorse Sushi, that had grilled eel sushi.
Oh, it was amazing.
And they made their homemade spicy mayo sauce.
It was, I think, 2017 or 2018 it disappeared,I don't remember.
[Voiceover]OF: Douglon Tse, the island businessman from
(20:41):
Episode 15.
[Clip]DT: When I just want to relax and chill in
Shanghai, I usually go to this corner of 仙霞[Xiānxiá] Road and 安龙 [Ānlóng] Road.
2-3 blocks of just heavily populated - likea Microdistrict of - restaurants and bars.
Mostly Japanese themed.
But the whole vibe of that place is reallycool.
OF (21:00):
That's when you're in Shanghai, but you're here less and less, right?
DT (21:04):
Yeah, maybe next time, my new favourite spot will be somewhere in 滴水 [Dīshuǐ]
lake, to hang out.
OF (21:09):
Ah yeah.
DT (21:10):
They have a fake Nest.
Oh, people from Nest, you should check itout.
OF (21:13):
Right.
It's copying the bar and restaurant ‘Nest’here in central Shanghai.
DT (21:18):
Yeah.
Maybe Nest could have been there first.
OF (21:21):
Right.
DT (21:22):
Yeah.
These copycatters are almost good market research.
You don't have to spend the time saying “Shallwe open a Nest there?”
Someone’s already done it for you.
[Voiceover]OF: Noxolo Bhengu, the African community organiser
from Episode 14.
[Clip]NB: I love Lotus.
(21:42):
It's an Indian restaurant.
I just go and sit on the cushions and it feelsso cosy.
And Indian food is one of my favourite cuisines.
It's just like a taste of home.
OF (21:52):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Jovana Zhang, the handicrafts designer
from Episode 08.
[Clip]OF: Here's an interesting one for somebody
who lives in the village.
Where is your favourite place to go out, toeat or drink or hang out?
Is there actually a place in the village thatyou can go to?
JZ (22:12):
There is one, ‘Mad Monkey’.
OF (22:14):
OK, so by default does that mean that's your favourite?
Or would you basically drive the hour to 杭州[Hángzhōu] to go somewhere?
JZ (22:21):
Now I would not drive anywhere to go hang out somewhere because I have a kid, and it's
impossible to plan the trip.
But before, yes.
Yeah, and if it's really really an emergencyfor some sweets, then I would send Lei to
go to 杭州 [Hángzhōu] to buy it and tobring it back.
[Voiceover]OF: Danma Jyid, the Tibetan social enterprise
(22:43):
leader from Episode 10.
[Clip]DJ: I really like Charu in 成都 [Chéngdū].
OF (22:49):
Oh what’s that?
DJ (22:50):
So Charu is a Tibetan co-working space in 成都 [Chéngdū].
If you ever go there, just visit them.
OF (22:57):
Yeah.
DJ (22:58):
I really like it there, because like you often see people you know, just run into people
you know.
And it's just nice to hang out and have acup of coffee.
OF (23:09):
Nice.
DJ (23:10):
Yak milk.
OF (23:11):
Oh yak milk coffee.
DJ (23:12):
Yes.
OF (23:13):
How does that taste?
DJ (23:14):
It tastes really nice.
OF (23:15):
I don’t believe you.
DJ (23:16):
You can give a try, if you ever go to 成都 [Chéngdū].
OF (23:20):
OK.
DJ (23:21):
Probably I'm so used to yak milk, yeah.
[Outro]OF: I have been back to one of the Tibetan
parts of China since that recording with Danma,and I was able to actually enjoy a cup of
yak milk tea for the first time.
So look, you can teach an old dog new tricks,and this one is looking forward to heading
to Charu on his next visit to 成都 [Chéngdū].
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I hope you were also taking notes on all thoseplaces too, head to mosiacofchina.com for
all the links to them in the transcript alongsidethis episode.
As we often discuss on this podcast, thingschange all the time in China, and perhaps
nowhere as quickly as in the F&B scene, somake sure you tick off these places before
they disappear.
Perhaps the saddest example of this is withMurray King’s answer - M on the Bund - which
(24:08):
is closing after 23 years of operation inChina.
Mosaic of China is me, Oscar Fuchs, with artworkby Denny Newell.
The next episode will be the final of these10 compilations from Season 02, and it's the
audience favourite on the theme of Chinesewords and phrases.
So 下次见 [xiàcì jiàn], or ‘see younext time’.
(24:29):
[Clips]SW: Thank you very much.
JB (24:33):
Thank you, it’s been a pleasure.
CC (24:34):
My pleasure.
KW (24:35):
Thank you so much.
C (24:36):
Oh hey, thanks.
LR (24:38):
Thank you very much.
ZY (24:40):
Thank you.
JZ (24:41):
Thank you.
SH (24:42):
It’s been a pleasure.
DJ (24:43):
Thank you.
AS (24:44):
Thank you.
WS (24:45):
Thank you.
VD (24:46):
Thanks.
NB (24:47):
Thank you.
DT (24:48):
Thank you.
CC (24:49):
Thank you.
BD (24:50):
Hehe, thank you.
JM (24:51):
Thank you very much.
SH (24:52):
My pleasure, thanks.
MQ (24:53):
Thank you.
AJ (24:54):
Thanks a lot.
CH (24:55):
Thank you.
BO (24:56):
Thank you very much.
SC (24:57):
Thank you.
MK (24:58):
Thank you.
CM (24:59):
Thank you.
VF (25:00):
Thank you so much.
ZH (25:01):
Thank you for having me.
MK (25:02):
It was my pleasure.
J (25:03):
Thank you so much.
[Trailer]Douglon TSE: They have a fake Nest.
These copycatters are almost good market research.
You don't have to spend the time saying “Shallwe open a Nest there?”
Someone’s already done it for you.
[Intro]OF: Welcome to Mosaic of China, a podcast
about people who are making their mark inChina.
(00:20):
I’m your host, Oscar Fuchs.
You may have noticed that the regular episodesof the podcast have been designed in a way
that can be enjoyed no matter whether you’velived in China all your life, or have never
even stepped foot here.
Well in today’s penultimate compilationepisode from Season 02 of the show, we’re
throwing that idea entirely out of the windowbecause we’re sharing the guests’ answers
to the question (00:42):
“What’s your favourite place in China to eat, drink or hang out?”
So it’s especially useful for people listeningin China who are looking for new ideas about
how to spend their time.
And especially useless for everyone else.
[Main][Voiceover]
OF (00:58):
Ajay Jain, the car designer from Episode 21.
[Clip]AJ: This one is a question I've thought about
a lot, because actually, I've only heard thefirst season of course, the second season’s
not out yet.
Everybody had a place, right?
Well, maybe I had to force them to choose one.
AJ (01:14):
Oh right.
Because it depends when you ask me this.
You know, there was a time I used to loveUnico, I used to love 永康路 [Yǒngkāng
Lù], we used to go to Sugar before that.
So right now, the nicest place for us to hangout is right opposite our house, less than
100 metres away, there's a little place calledPorcellino.
I'm sure next week it'll be something else.
(01:38):
[Voiceover]OF: Vittorio Franzese, the lawyer from Episode
27.
[Clip]VF: In Shanghai I have a few places.
I can mention Porto Matto for comfort food,an Italian restaurant from the south of Italy
on 常熟路 [Chángshú Lù].
It’s a place where I go when I really wantto feel like home, and I manage to do that.
(01:58):
It's the food I’ve grown up with.
And then I can also mention Casa Mia for thequality of food.
And I have to say that I do really love WHotel for their Sunday brunch.
I do like that vibe.
[Voiceover]OF: Louise Roy, the childbirth and lactation
specialist from Episode 06.
(02:19):
[Clip]LR: Honestly, it’s…
I love my sofa.
OF (02:22):
Yeah LR
I spend all day with people, and talking topeople, and I just love Netflix.
I really…
it's a really boring answer.
No, having been through the conversation we've just had - all the things that you deal
with - I can imagine the sofa being the placeyou want to go.
LR (02:39):
Yeah.
I mean, I do…
I love going out with my close friends - myfriends who are my family here - who I can
talk about the good and the bad with.
And so it's not a place, it’s a people.
[Voiceover]OF: Zhang Yuan, the performance art exhibitor
from Episode 07.
[Clip]ZY: So that would be home.
(03:00):
I mean, ‘home’ means my home and my friends’home.
And I even think of curating something aboutthat in the future.
We can blur the border of public and privacy,if we can bring performers to people's homes.
That's what I mean.
OF (03:17):
Mmm.
[Voiceover]OF: Cassandra Chen, the heavy metal bar owner
from Episode 16.
[Clip]CC: Well, of course, I hang out at Inferno
most of the time.
And if there was a second choice?
CC (03:29):
I would go to Latina.
It's a Brazilian Steakhouse buffet.
All you can eat.
It's a pretty good deal for me.
[Voiceover]OF: Wendy Saunders, the architect from Episode
12.
[Clip]WS: Locally, I think for 15 years, nearly
every week I go to a local dumpling placeon 延庆路 [Yánqìng Lù], and it's been
(03:52):
there, it's never moved.
It's amazing that it's still the same place.
I don’t know why.
OF (03:56):
I was gonna say.
I'm impressed.
You're looking remarkably fit, consideringyou have that many dumplings.
And it's true, because that question, it’sopen to interpretation.
Because some people would say “It's thebest, the fanciest”.
And some people would say “It's the onethat you go to most often”.
And I think it's telling as to how you interpretthe question.
WS (04:13):
Yeah.
And the thing is, also, I think if you'vebeen here long, you tend to kind of keep your
life a little bit simple.
You go to some places that you know what you'regoing to get.
And I find, like in work, everything is quitebusy and stressful.
So I tried to keep my family life quite simple.
OF (04:31):
That is a good survival technique, just to create this kind of oasis of predictability
and calm in your life - when there's so muchchange, so much chaos, so much speed - I think
is important in a place like Shanghai.
WS (04:44):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Sean Harmon, the beer company CEO from
Episode 09.
[Clip]SH: So I'm a 静安 [Jìng'ān] guy.
I've lived in 静安 [Jìng'ān] most of mytime in Shanghai, it’s a district downtown.
And our office is right at the crossroadsof 武定 [Wǔdìng] and 胶州 [Jiāozhōu]
which you know.
We were very lucky to choose that location.
(05:06):
We moved in there in 2011.
At that time there were no bars on that street.
And fortunately for us, they kind of builtthe road around us somehow.
Being a beer company, we have a lot of clientson that street.
So we'll pop down to Malabar and have a beerthere.
OF (05:21):
Malabar.
SH (05:22):
But there are a lot of places I could mention to go have a good beer.
I also love The Rooster, I love Café desStagiaires and…
But it's countless, I mean, being connectedto the F&B industry.
OF (05:32):
Yeah.
Well, I like Malabar, because that has a niceinteresting link to Angie Wu from Season 01,
who said the same bar.
SH (05:39):
Oh really?
OF (05:40):
Yeah.
SH (05:41):
OK.
OF (05:42):
Maybe you're gonna run into her there.
SH (05:43):
OK yeah, it’s a great place.
[Voiceover]OF: Murray King, the public affairs leader
from Episode 29.
[Clip]MK: I am not very creative, so my favourite
place to dine - or for brunch - is M on theBund.
OF (05:57):
Oh, there you go.
MK (05:58):
And I hope it exists forever, at least as long as I'm here.
I almost feel like it's named after me because‘M’ for Murray.
It's not for me, it’s for Michelle who ownsthe restaurant.
But I love the restaurant, I love the location,I love the cuisine, I love the branding, I
love the feel of the place.
I also love 武康路 [Wǔkāng Lù], it'sjust a beautiful area.
(06:19):
And 安福路 [Ānfú Lù], 湖南路 [HúnánLù], 兴国路 [Xīngguó Lù], that whole
area.
So I spend a lot of time at the little cafesand restaurants there, when I have a chance
to come back to the 浦西 [Pǔxī] side ofShanghai.
[Voiceover]OF: Stéphane Wilmet, the head of consumer
insights at L'Oreal from Episode 01.
[Clip]SW: I'll tell you where it is, it’s where
sometimes we bump into one another, it’s安福路 [Ānfú Lù].
(06:43):
And I'll tell you why.
Because we used to live there - with my wifeSophie and our kids - 25 years ago.
And I can tell you at that time, we were theonly foreigners in that street.
And the transformation over the years is amazing.
Now you see all these KOLs coming to 安福路[Ānfú Lù], around 武康路 [Wǔkāng Lù],
taking pictures.
(07:04):
It's a street that's always reinventing itself.
And to have seen it from when it wasn't that,to where it is today, it just adds meaning
to the experience of that very beautiful street.
OF (07:17):
Mmm.
[Voiceover]OF: Jo McFarland, the product sourcing leader
from Episode 18.
[Clip]JM: See it's actually not too far from here,
Oscar.
And I think you'll understand when I say like武康 [Wǔkāng] Road, 富民 [Fùmín] Road.
Even though we're living in the middle ofa big city, they all kind of feel quite European,
(07:37):
feels quite relaxed, it's got a chilled atmosphere,and it's just a really nice place to hang
out.
[Voiceover]OF: Chang Chihyun, the humanities professor
from Episode 03.
[Clip]CC: I still like my petit bourgeois French
Concession nightlife.
The bars, the cafes, the western restaurantsare the best in China.
(08:00):
There's no comparison.
And do you have one particular place that jumps out?
CC (08:04):
There's great Spanish cuisine on 番禺 [Pānyú] Road.
They have a great gin & tonic selection, that’sthe best.
OF (08:13):
OK, I'm going to mysteriously say “Yes, I have been to that Spanish place on 番禺路
[Pānyú Lù]”.
And I will also not name it.
CC (08:23):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Crystyl Mo, the fine dining expert from
Episode 26.
[Clip]CM: I'll just say one place that I love, which
was a cocktail bar I used to go to every Fridaywith my girlfriends for years.
And that's Senator Saloon in the French Concession.
OF (08:41):
Nice.
CM (08:42):
Where they make perfect classic cocktails, including my signature drink, the sidecar.
OF (08:48):
Oh, my one is the basil gimlet there, they do a great basil gimlet.
CM (08:51):
Oh yes they do.
They do.
And it's just consistent every time.
I love the bartenders there.
I love the guy who founded it, David Schroeder,a brilliant American bartender and specialist.
And they also have the most amazing bar snacksout of any bar.
OF (09:08):
Even the freebie chips they give you seem to be elevated.
CM (09:12):
Small and perfect.
[Voiceover]OF: Jiyoung, the transgender teacher from
Episode 30.
[Clip]J: Well, I guess the classic would be Roxie,
because I can let loose and I can totallybe myself.
But there’s this kind of sense of companionship.
[Voiceover]OF: Vladimir Djurovic, the brand naming expert
(09:34):
from Episode 13.
[Clip]VD: I'd love to travel in time when Face Bar
was there.
That was a place in 瑞亭路 [Ruìtínglù]/ 茂名路 [Màomínglù].
It used to be a red brick house with wonderfulcocktails.
Currently, I mean, I think I really enjoysomething that is really close to my place,
I go to a small Japanese restaurant calledXime, an interesting Mexican dish interpretation
(10:00):
by a Japanese chef and stuff, and it's quitea small place.
So see you there.
[Voiceover]OF: Seth Harvey, the education coach from
Episode 19.
[Clip]SH: I play on a billiards team once a week,
at a bar called Park 91 on 大沽路 [DàgūLù], near People's Square.
It's a pretty cool chill place, the kind ofplace I can walk behind the counter and pour
(10:23):
my own beer, and feel very at home there.
If I just want to go for a drink, I reallylike this little bar called Karma on 东湖路
[Dōnghú Lù].
It has this like cool little window, and avery chill vibe, it’s like Filipino guys
run it.
I normally like to do the club stuff anymore.
I like something that's just chill and casual.
Shanghai can have a bit of a materialisticvibe to it, in a bit of a status-seeking,
(10:46):
show-off, luxury prone kind of way.
And I'm just a simple guy from the Midwest,I have no interest in things that are pretentious.
[Voiceover]OF: Salome Chen, the investor and developer
from Episode 24.
[Clip]SC: Maybe the riverside, the west bank.
(11:07):
Because, I told you, I had this colourfulexpensive life back in Beijing.
A lot of parties, drinks.
And I’m kinda tired of that.
So I miss my childhood, this peace and theconnection with local people.
(11:28):
So I chose to live not too far from the river,and in the morning sometimes I go jogging
along it.
You see all these big ships, slowly movingthere.
And that's the industrial part of Shanghai,and it's something more stable.
OF (11:44):
It’s much more real, right?
SC (11:47):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Michelle Qu, the improvisational comedian
from Episode 20.
[Clip]MQ: Actually, I don’t have so much time
to hang out.
But a friend of mine took me to do a citywalk around the 豫 [Yù] Garden and the 苏州
[Sūzhōu] River.
(12:08):
So we checked out the old houses, and thevery old small streets around that place.
And I thought “Oh, that's the feeling oftime passing by.”
You can see old people reading newspapersin their old houses.
You can “Knock, knock,” ask for an olduncle to give you a haircut.
(12:32):
And you can buy fried chicken and you haveit just on the riverside.
It’s just the feeling of happiness.
[Voiceover]OF: Alex Shoer, the clean energy entrepreneur
from Episode 11.
[Clip]AS: So the place I frequent the most is actually
功德林 [Gōngdélín], “Godly” vegetarianrestaurant.
(12:53):
It's not the coolest hang out in town.
But I actually have grown to love it.
I got to know all of the staff who work there.
OF (13:01):
It's a chain, right?
There's more than one of those places.
AS (13:04):
Yeah, it is a chain.
I know there's at least three in Shanghai.
It has an old historic lineage of being oneof the first Buddhist-style restaurants.
So the one I go to is on 五原路 [Wǔyuánlù]and 武康路 [Wǔkānglù].
And they have a really nice big back patioas well.
So you actually get like this kind of alfrescodining if you want.
And they have cheap beers, so you can go havebeers at a Buddhist restaurant.
OF (13:27):
I've seen these places across town, and I've never gone in.
And as I'm talking to you now, I've just beento the doctor's two weeks ago, and she said
I should eat less meat.
I should have just one little handful of meatper week.
And I'm like “What?”
So I’m going to check this out.
AS (13:44):
There you go.
I hope you enjoy it.
It's a little diamond in the rough.
[Voiceover]OF: DJ BO, the DJ from Episode 23.
[Clip]BO: Well, on 定西路 [Dìngxī Lù] by 新华路
[Xīnhuá Lù] there's a cafe on the secondfloor there.
And I consider that my office, because youhave food there, there’s good internet,
(14:07):
it's a good people-watching spot, so I generallyhave meetings at that spot.
My friends know it as my office.
OF (14:14):
Oh nice.
BO (14:15):
So I love hanging out there and doing my thing there.
OF (14:18):
What’s it called?
BO (14:19):
It’s the City Shop, which is like the international market there.
OF (14:23):
Yeah.
BO (14:24):
This one City Shop has a cafe on the second floor that no-one knows about or goes to.
OF (14:27):
No.
BO (14:28):
And you can order sandwiches there.
They have food ready to eat there.
They don't promote it.
And it's close to my apartment.
OF (14:35):
And you look on to the supermarket, or…
BO (14:38):
Yes.
OF (14:39):
How funny.
[Voiceover]OF: Katherine Wong, the Peruvian healer from
Episode 04.
[Clip]KW: When I'm with my family, we love to go
to Lost Bakery for breakfast.
And when it's just me, I love to go to CafeOn Air for work.
It's a very cute hidden coffee shop.
It's so peaceful.
(15:01):
[Voiceover]OF: Zhao Huiling, the Africa travel vlogger
from Episode 28.
[Clip]OF: I just give up on all of this.
What is your favourite place to go, to eator drink or just hang out?
ZH (15:09):
This little coffee shop downstairs from my house.
OF (15:11):
Nice.
ZH (15:12):
I would go with my coffee mug.
It's basically a coffee shop where the owneris a serious biker fan.
So sometimes I'm sitting there surroundedby all these really serious bikers, they’re
wearing these heavy leather jackets, I waslike “Whoa, I feel like I'm part of their
little subculture.”
(15:33):
[Voiceover]OF: Casey Hall, the fashion journalist from
Episode 22.
[Clip]CH: This is a question that's changed quite
a lot since we had children.
We have three little girls who are five andthree and one.
And gosh, so much of our leisure time nowis spent just doing kid-related stuff.
(15:55):
I have always hated malls my entire life,and I spend so much time in malls now.
I can't say it's my favourite place stillto be, but it's an awfully convenient place
to get some kid-related activities.
And in a place like Shanghai for example - wherethe weather's not always good, the air quality
is not always good - also very convenient.
(16:15):
Oh, where do I love?
I mean, just this morning I was at Shanghailandercafé in 五原路 [Wǔyuán Lù].
I just love being there.
OF (16:23):
That’s quite a new one, right?
CH (16:25):
It is quite new.
And I go there to work sometimes.
But to be honest with you, I go there morewhen I just want to have a little break from
everything.
I started knitting last year as a hobby.
And at least once a week I like to go to Shanghailandercafé, and drink a flat white, and spend an
hour knitting and listening to a podcast.
(16:48):
You know, it's not the most exciting lifeI lead, but that's my self-care.
OF (16:52):
Oh I like it.
And also, you might want to know that GigiChang from Season 01, her favourite place
to hang out was just opposite yours, ‘SpicyMoment’ on 五原路 [Wǔyuán Lù].
CH (17:01):
Oh yes, I love that place too.
OF (17:03):
Yeah.
She really likes that.
And I've been there now, like, it must be10 times since she recommended it.
CH (17:08):
And 湖南 [Húnán] food is a really underestimated kind of Chinese cuisine, I
feel like.
If you do like spicy food, 湖南 [Húnán]’s…it'sdifferent than other spicy foods.
OF (17:17):
It is.
CH (17:18):
It’s a different kind of spice.
My mother-in-law is Malaysian.
She loves spicy food.
So when she comes, I want to have someoneto eat spicy food with.
湖南 [Húnán], she really struggled with,because it's just not the kind of spice that
she's accustomed to.
OF (17:30):
Yes.
CH (17:31):
She was like “Nope, not enjoying this at all”.
OF (17:33):
Uh-oh!
CH (17:35):
I misread the spicy vibe.
[Voiceover]OF: Cocosanti, the drag performer from Episode
05.
[Clip]C: Oh, I am a huge foodie.
And I say this with pride, I’m a foodie,and I'm fat, and I love it.
That being said, I thoroughly want to givea shout-out to Charlie’s…
OF (17:56):
Charlie's Burgers, is it?
C (17:58):
Charlie’s Burgers.
Yes, there are times really, really late atnight, where I'm just like "Alright, I need
to eat something, because I'm coming homefrom work at 4am.”
And I don't mind eating something like 兰州拉面[Lánzhōu lāmiàn], but, like, I don't want
something heavy and oily and greasy.
And I'm like “Oh, Charlie's is open.
I can just have a chicken nugget.”
OF (18:17):
It's open that late?
C (18:18):
Sometimes it's like a hit or miss.
But for the most part, it’s, like, becausepeople are they're enjoying themselves.
[Voiceover]OF: Jamie Barys, the street food expert from
Episode 02.
[Clip]JB: I love the holes-in-the-wall, and the
mom-and-pop owned places.
But those are not places you can hang outbecause a lot of times they don't have AC
(18:40):
or heat.
And they rely on fast turnover.
So the longer you sit at their table, theless money they're making.
So it's not cool to just sit and hang out.
So if I'm going to go hang out somewhere,I would say Heritage by Madison, Austin’s
place, is just the best.
I absolutely love it.
[Voiceover]OF: Michael Kinsey, the fire engineer from
(19:01):
Episode 25.
[Clip]MK: One of the places - and I don't know if
this is a bit of a cop-out - but it's PieSociety.
OF (19:06):
Oh, yes I know it.
MK (19:08):
On 陕西 [Shǎnxī] North Road.
OF (19:10):
There’s a couple, I think.
MK (19:12):
Yeah, there is, there are two.
And I actually live not far from there.
And they do loads of pies, Sunday roast, anda lot of ‘pub grub’ food.
OF (19:22):
Yes.
When I first found it out, I was like “What’sthis place?”
And I walked in and got a steak and kidneypie with baked beans on the side.
I was just like “This is the happiest dayof my life.”
MK (19:31):
It's always interesting when I invite some of my Chinese friends, perhaps, to go
and try it as well, because I’m like “Look,you can try British food”.
OF (19:37):
Although we're not world famous for our cuisine.
MK (19:39):
No.
No, normally it's fish and chips.
OF (19:42):
Well, there's a better place for fish and chips, have you been to Camden’s?
MK (19:45):
Oh, yes.
In Found 158.
OF (19:47):
Yes.
MK (19:48):
Yes I have, I’ve been there once.
I had a chip butty and it was great.
OF (19:53):
Oh god.
[Voiceover]OF: Björn Dahlman, the Swedish clown from
Episode 17.
[Clip]BD: Well, I love going to new restaurants.
And every time I find a small little restaurantthat becomes my favourite…
Every time I go out from Shanghai and I comeback, that restaurant has closed down.
(20:14):
Yeah.
Can you think of one particular one?
BD (20:17):
Seahorse Sushi, that had grilled eel sushi.
Oh, it was amazing.
And they made their homemade spicy mayo sauce.
It was, I think, 2017 or 2018 it disappeared,I don't remember.
[Voiceover]OF: Douglon Tse, the island businessman from
(20:41):
Episode 15.
[Clip]DT: When I just want to relax and chill in
Shanghai, I usually go to this corner of 仙霞[Xiānxiá] Road and 安龙 [Ānlóng] Road.
2-3 blocks of just heavily populated - likea Microdistrict of - restaurants and bars.
Mostly Japanese themed.
But the whole vibe of that place is reallycool.
OF (21:00):
That's when you're in Shanghai, but you're here less and less, right?
DT (21:04):
Yeah, maybe next time, my new favourite spot will be somewhere in 滴水 [Dīshuǐ]
lake, to hang out.
OF (21:09):
Ah yeah.
DT (21:10):
They have a fake Nest.
Oh, people from Nest, you should check itout.
OF (21:13):
Right.
It's copying the bar and restaurant ‘Nest’here in central Shanghai.
DT (21:18):
Yeah.
Maybe Nest could have been there first.
OF (21:21):
Right.
DT (21:22):
Yeah.
These copycatters are almost good market research.
You don't have to spend the time saying “Shallwe open a Nest there?”
Someone’s already done it for you.
[Voiceover]OF: Noxolo Bhengu, the African community organiser
from Episode 14.
[Clip]NB: I love Lotus.
(21:42):
It's an Indian restaurant.
I just go and sit on the cushions and it feelsso cosy.
And Indian food is one of my favourite cuisines.
It's just like a taste of home.
OF (21:52):
Yeah.
[Voiceover]OF: Jovana Zhang, the handicrafts designer
from Episode 08.
[Clip]OF: Here's an interesting one for somebody
who lives in the village.
Where is your favourite place to go out, toeat or drink or hang out?
Is there actually a place in the village thatyou can go to?
JZ (22:12):
There is one, ‘Mad Monkey’.
OF (22:14):
OK, so by default does that mean that's your favourite?
Or would you basically drive the hour to 杭州[Hángzhōu] to go somewhere?
JZ (22:21):
Now I would not drive anywhere to go hang out somewhere because I have a kid, and it's
impossible to plan the trip.
But before, yes.
Yeah, and if it's really really an emergencyfor some sweets, then I would send Lei to
go to 杭州 [Hángzhōu] to buy it and tobring it back.
[Voiceover]OF: Danma Jyid, the Tibetan social enterprise
(22:43):
leader from Episode 10.
[Clip]DJ: I really like Charu in 成都 [Chéngdū].
OF (22:49):
Oh what’s that?
DJ (22:50):
So Charu is a Tibetan co-working space in 成都 [Chéngdū].
If you ever go there, just visit them.
OF (22:57):
Yeah.
DJ (22:58):
I really like it there, because like you often see people you know, just run into people
you know.
And it's just nice to hang out and have acup of coffee.
OF (23:09):
Nice.
DJ (23:10):
Yak milk.
OF (23:11):
Oh yak milk coffee.
DJ (23:12):
Yes.
OF (23:13):
How does that taste?
DJ (23:14):
It tastes really nice.
OF (23:15):
I don’t believe you.
DJ (23:16):
You can give a try, if you ever go to 成都 [Chéngdū].
OF (23:20):
OK.
DJ (23:21):
Probably I'm so used to yak milk, yeah.
[Outro]OF: I have been back to one of the Tibetan
parts of China since that recording with Danma,and I was able to actually enjoy a cup of
yak milk tea for the first time.
So look, you can teach an old dog new tricks,and this one is looking forward to heading
to Charu on his next visit to 成都 [Chéngdū].
(23:44):
I hope you were also taking notes on all thoseplaces too, head to mosiacofchina.com for
all the links to them in the transcript alongsidethis episode.
As we often discuss on this podcast, thingschange all the time in China, and perhaps
nowhere as quickly as in the F&B scene, somake sure you tick off these places before
they disappear.
Perhaps the saddest example of this is withMurray King’s answer - M on the Bund - which
(24:08):
is closing after 23 years of operation inChina.
Mosaic of China is me, Oscar Fuchs, with artworkby Denny Newell.
The next episode will be the final of these10 compilations from Season 02, and it's the
audience favourite on the theme of Chinesewords and phrases.
So 下次见 [xiàcì jiàn], or ‘see younext time’.
(24:29):
[Clips]SW: Thank you very much.
JB (24:33):
Thank you, it’s been a pleasure.
CC (24:34):
My pleasure.
KW (24:35):
Thank you so much.
C (24:36):
Oh hey, thanks.
LR (24:38):
Thank you very much.
ZY (24:40):
Thank you.
JZ (24:41):
Thank you.
SH (24:42):
It’s been a pleasure.
DJ (24:43):
Thank you.
AS (24:44):
Thank you.
WS (24:45):
Thank you.
VD (24:46):
Thanks.
NB (24:47):
Thank you.
DT (24:48):
Thank you.
CC (24:49):
Thank you.
BD (24:50):
Hehe, thank you.
JM (24:51):
Thank you very much.
SH (24:52):
My pleasure, thanks.
MQ (24:53):
Thank you.
AJ (24:54):
Thanks a lot.
CH (24:55):
Thank you.
BO (24:56):
Thank you very much.
SC (24:57):
Thank you.
MK (24:58):
Thank you.
CM (24:59):
Thank you.
VF (25:00):
Thank you so much.
ZH (25:01):
Thank you for having me.
MK (25:02):
It was my pleasure.
J (25:03):
Thank you so much.
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