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Street Kebabs With Style

There comes a day when every expat in Nanjing decides they are finally brave enough to try street food. Amongst the plethora of dumplings, rice, and noodles, an intrepid (and hungry) adventurer may discover Xinjiang meat...

From Nanjing Came Shanghai’s Darkest Hours

When we think of bombs falling on our city, we usually imagine them coming from far away, perhaps from an enemy country. We rarely imagine them from just down the road. Yet, that is the first...

Trusting in Ink in Nanjing

If you have ever watched Miami Ink on the TLC channel or YouTube, then you will know what to expect from China Ink. On a par with the Miami Beach parlour, services (and studio design) at China Ink are...

Cross Cultural Lovers’ On Stage Duel

The concept of Shakespearean and Kun Opera styles emerging together on stage in order to showcase, visually, the real creativity of their times, is an exciting and deeply interesting idea, and one arguably immensely challenging project for which the...

Good Eats, Good Vibrations

“Come along and ride on a fantastic Eat voyage!” one wall proclaims. Another features a stylised sunset. Hawaiian music drifts in from the background. A friendly dog greets as you walk in. The message is clear.  If you are...

Collectibles; Nanjing Walled Beer

Helping to fluff out Xinjiekou’s rather bleak nightlife is swanky debutante Rodenbach. Nestled in the brand spanking new 1913 area of Hongwu Road, the restaurant/bar/museum sits adjacent to its sister establishment, Bond No.9, that combines whisky bar, cocktail terrace,...

Can You Handle this Scary Monster?

Coming in at a whopping 2 kg, including the French fries, all the toppings and the salad; everything except the plate, Hilton Nanjing's Monster Burger Challenge goes thus; clear the plate within 30 minutes and it's free. ...

Taking a Dip in 40 Soups

The breadth and range of leisure options in Nanjing continues its dizzyingly upward spiral, and little proves this point better than 40 Soups, a new style of Japanese Spa in Pukou. Rooms come in varying sizes, right up to...

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Travellers between China and Australia may soon have another part way across the Pacific. Nanjing has emerged as the...

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