[Shanghai] The Waterhouse

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[Shanghai] The Waterhouse

The Waterhouse at South Bund

Add: 1-3 Maojiayuan Lu, near Zhongshan Nan Lu 毛家园路1-3号，近中山南路
Tel: 6080 2988
Website: waterhouseshanghai.com
Visited: Feb 2011

The Waterhouse at South Bund is a 19-room boutique hotel where Table No. 1, one  of my recent favorite lunch spots in Shanghai, is located. The design is spare and chic in the unusual way of broken tiles, exposed bricks, rough edges, and plenty of rust. Complete with eclectic furnishings and random phrases written haphazardly on the floors and the windows, The Waterhouse design is undoubtedly one of the most unique in town.

To see a  more recent visit and stay at The Waterhouse, click here.

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[Shanghai] ABC Cooking Studio

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[Shanghai] ABC Cooking Studio

ABC Cooking Studio

Add: Joy City 4F, 166 Xizangbei Lu 西藏北路166号大悦城4楼
Tel: 3639 0556
Hours: 10am-10pm
Website: www.abc-cooking.co.jp/srv/cn
Price: First-time trial 50 RMB/class, regular price 100~200 RMB/class (membership-based)
Visited: Feb 2011

ABC Cooking Studio, a wildly popular women-only cooking school in Japan, opened its first Shanghai branch in Joy City. I originally came across the studio when I was window shopping in Tokyo Midtown at Roppongi, and remember well the brightly-lit, colorful interior filled with well-groomed, apron-clad Japanese ladies looking like busy bees. When I saw that the Shanghai branch is offering a trial class for only 50 RMB, I immediately called to schedule an appointment.

A friend and I arrived 10 minutes before our 3:00pm class, changed into indoor slippers, put on the aprons, and were ready to go.

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[Shanghai] Plum Gallery

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[Shanghai] Plum Gallery

Plum Gallery (venue closed)

Add: No. 1025 Nanjing Xi Lu, Lane 37, near Maoming Bei Lu / 南京西路1025号37弄, 近茂名北路
Tel: 5213 6565
Website: blog.sina.com.cn/plumshanghai
Visited: Oct 2010

Opened by a Taiwanese music video director, Plum is a small gallery inside Jing’an Villa (靜安別墅) dedicated to exhibiting offbeat and unique art. Also serves coffee, tea, plum soda, and wine. A cute place worth visiting.

The exhibition theme changes every 1 or 2 months. Currently, Plum is having an exhibition titled “Post-Ready-Made”, which showcases works from Japanese and Taiwanese contemporary furniture designers Noriko Daishima, Mercy Yeh and Nicole Teng.

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