They say that in business it’s crucial to know your customer. Element Fresh knows us very well. They know we like well-prepared, fresh, simple produce and that we’re willing to pay for it in healthy portions.


Kebab King is a traditional Turkish restaurant complete with questionable furniture, flaming open kitchen and plenty of meat on the menu.


Nestled in a corner of Shanghai Centre, Crêpes & Co is a relaxed and friendly café serving up great dessert pancakes and some passable savoury ones too. Their 40-strong savoury menu (ranging from RMB45 to RMB93) offers variations of what is a perfectly thin crêpe wrapped around almost any combination of ingredients imaginable, from a cheese and egg Fermiere to a “London”-themed version with bacon, spinach and cottage cheese.


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Jiu Jiu is a Japanese restaurant buried under a Mount Fuji of mid-upper range all-you-can-eats in Shanghai so large that it will take a couple more stars than snow crab and foie gras to help it rise above.


La Petite Jasmine is a latest addition to the Petite franchise, and like the four restaurants which preceded it, here is the most excruciatingly cute experience one can have eating food outside of Japan.