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Fine Organic Dining in Nanjing; A Tough Claim?

It’s official. Nanjing can now hold its own in the world of fine dining, no longer reliant on Shanghai skills to bring master chef-class creations to life in the Southern Capital. We’re talking about Natural EATery, a dining spot of...

Kàn You Make it for Coffee in Hexi? Kàn Do!

A recently-opened little bright spot of internationalism has appeared off one of Nanjing’s more traditional thoroughfares, Qingliangmen Da Jie, in the city’s western Hexi area. Kàn Coffee's menu sports the usual selection of coffee, plus a hitherto unheard of option....

Top Cuts in Jiangning; Top Scissors!

We’re willing to bet you need a haircut, like bad. And we’re also willing to bet that you’d prefer to avoid a crowded hairdresser where every customer, more or less, needs to take their mask off. Hence the timing for...

Top of the Tapas in the Top of the Malls

Nanjing’s Deji Plaza is China’s number 2 mall in terms of annual income. No wonder the seventh floor of phase 2 has become pretty much the place to be seen these days when it comes to top-notch dining. Standards therefore,...

The Milk Bar that’s a Hit with Chinese and Foreigners Alike

Quite a few alert readers are likely already frequenting this boudoir of delights that has seen branches pop up all over Nanjing in the last couple of years, often nearby the gates of universities inside metro stations, beside larger...

Rotisserie, Japanese Style; Nanjing has a Winner

Japanese restaurants in Nanjing number in the hundreds, and The Nanjinger has indulged in its fair share. Yet, one Sunday, with a hunger-fueled argument lingering in the air over the various lunch options in the Baijia Lake 1912 leisure...

One Night with the Pinecones in Pukou

Given that it is possible to count the “Nice Things to do in Pukou” on the fingers of both hands, any addition to the list is a welcome one. So it came to be that The Nanjinger found itself...

Noodles Noodles, My Kingdom for a Bowl of Noodles

Continuing The Nanjinger’s series of classic local eateries, we present Xilaishun (西来顺), the Lanzhou beef noodle restaurant at the entrance of Nanjing University of Science and Technology that can be said to offer must-eat handmade noodles, given the more-or-less...

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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