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A Problematic Flag but a Solid Café Experience

Relatively new to the Nanjing café scene is Flag Coffee, conveniently located just down the road from Zhangfu Yuan metro station, and within walking distance of Xinjiekou. A caged bird just outside the front door and a Confederate Flag...

Size isn’t Everything; The “Micro” Café with Bags of Character

Good things come in small packages, and that is something definitely true of Dream & Drink. Unless you visit after dark (when the shop signage is illuminated by an ingenious display of paper cups), you're likely to overlook this...

Unassuming Little Shop; Fantastic Value Pizza

As if in Santorini, a storefront with only a small door and decoration that is mainly a Mediterranean blue. Neat and elegant, 800 Degree Pizza has a couple for its owners. After welcoming the guests, they go quietly to...

Top Chefs + Dancers + Drivers = Fresh Color!

A beautiful woman standing next to a car is not necessarily a model. In fact, she is a champion racing driver. Nanjing girl, Yang Jinhan, is the driver in question, and one who is also a dance teacher. She...

Breakfast of Champions; A Plate of “Guotie”

The best tastes are always hidden in the corners. If you want to dine like a local, Qijiawan comes highly recommended. Once crowded with abbatoirs and cowhide makers; indeed even now, Nanjing locals still buy beef around this area;...

Retro is Red; Vintage is in

Take metro line 3, get off at Wuding Men, walk down Changle Lu and turn left when you see a flower shop. Be attracted immediately by the vivid yellow decoration around the corner; our destination. Fashionable girls wearing oversized shirt...

Pizza Express China Arm in Nanjing

Is Pizza Marzano the same as the British Pizza Express? Yes... and no. Yes in so far as Pizza Marzano is the China arm of the infamous UK name; no in so far as it is no longer British, being bought...

The Human Touch; Downtown and Unpretentious Coffee

Is it the last day of a 6-day week? How did your son do on his last exam? Where are you going on holiday? These are each just a sample of that you might overhear drinking a cup of...

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