Taco Love accomplishes a level of taste and distinctiveness that many mall eateries struggle to achieve. This is especially commendable considering the cuisine. Good taqueria food is not an easy feat to pull off.
Nestled on one of Shanghai’s most cherished streets, The Up on Fuxing Zhong Lu is blessed with the same great location once occupied by Samfaina. The Up occupies a modern and spacious loft floor complete with open fire, oyster counter and roof terrace, reminiscent of the now-defunct Avalon.
Lunch & After is a café and restaurant on Beijing Xi Lu, offering a blend of domestic and Southeast Asian cuisine. Not long after ordering, our table had enough disparate dishes to cover a range of Chinese and Thai flavors.
All it takes to join Shanghai’s micro-kitchen craze is a tiny space, half a kitchen and a solid niche cuisine. Miss Chuncheon on Fumin Lu offers simple and fair bowls of Korean comfort food, neither of which are defining or distinctive enough to be considered a breakthrough.
Husk is a place that puts Fengxian Lu on the map with progressive cuisine, superior service and tranquil atmosphere that combine to an almost superlative experience.
Go to any second tier city in China, search for a day and you might strike lucky on a humble local restaurant run by young enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Bring that feeling back to Shanghai and you’ve got Slurp.