Reviews

Sutao Teahouse

Visiting Sutao Teahouse for dinner, I was under the impression that it purely served vegetarian cuisine, as it was characterized as “vegetarian” on the Chinese restaurant review website, Dazhongdianpin. However, after quickly browsing the handwritten Chinese...

Tiandi Vegetarian Restaurant

When I arrived at Tiandi Vegetarian Restaurant (天帝素食) for an early dinner, I found it already teeming with customers, many of whom were elderly. Stepping foot into the Buddhist establishment, no one approached to seat me or take my...

Jimingsi Vegetarian Restaurant

As one of Nanjing’s most prominent and well-established vegetarian venues, Jiming Temple Vegetarian Restaurant undoubtedly deserves a visit from all Nanjing expats. Operating since the 80’s, this faithful vegetarian standby offers a variety of scrumptious mock meat dishes, ranging...

Apple Store Nanjing; Sinister Activities in a Lousy Location

Standing in Nanjing’s first Apple Store, opened only a week prior, I chat with one of the many and very friendly members of staff. I tell him I have used only Apple computers all my life, that my university...

Dubai; Quality Arabian Experience in Confucius Temple

Born in Syria but raised in Sweden, co-owner (one of three)of Dubai Ali Alkalih is quick to show his grand designs for a future look, if business goes well, that is; as almost an apology for the present decor...

La Mona Cafe

How do you fancy going to the Olympic Stadium for a delicious slice of pizza? Most enthusiastic, I hope! The big red British post box at the entrance of La Mona does a good job in...

The Me

Sitting diagonally across and only a skip and jump from La Mason lies The Me, a shortened form of Mediterranean, it appears. Acutely aware of each other’s existence, it is The Me that could be thought...

La Mason

One cannot help but imagine what an ad for this locality would look like; an urban hipster sitting at a dining table with a hairstylist trimming her long mane of hair in the latest fashionable look, while the tattoo...

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