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“New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai
doesn’t even sit down, and not just because there is no room.”
-Patricia Marx
Places Not to Miss
Power Station of Art Jishi
Established on October 1st, 2012, the When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Same
Power Station of Art (PSA) is the first goes for Shanghai. Jishi is one of the most
state-run museum dedicated to contempo- authentic places where you can try local
rary art in mainland China. It is also home cuisine. The place is tiny and always crowd-
to the Shanghai Biennale. Renovated from ed, but this is a good sign, as there won’t be
the former Nanshi Power Plant, PSA was people if the food wasn’t worth it. So reser-
once the Pavilion of Future during the 2010 vations are absolutely necessary. Apart from
Shanghai World Expo. Every time you incomprehensible English menu, the staff is
visit the museum, curators never let you super helpful and the food is delicious. Try
down: by now PSA has exhibited such big some cucumbers with aged vinegar and
names in art as Ilya Kabakov and Cai Guo- braised pork in brown sauceand if it’s crab
Qiang, just to name a few. season, definitely order the crab with ver-
micelli sheets.
41 Tianping Lu, near Huaihai Xi Lu
41 Tianping Lu, near Huaihai Xi Lu
Marriage Market in Peo- Sober Company
ple’s Park
This three-in-one concept from the Speak
Low team is very impressive. On the corner
Long before Tinder was invented, there of Yandang Lu and Nanchang Lu, the Sober
were arranged marriages almost in every Company space includes three main parts:
culture. In China this tradition is still alive Sober Café, small plates and all-day brunch,
but in a bit different way: held in the park Sober Kitchen, a restaurant doing modern
on weekends from noon to 5 pm, the mar- takes on Chinese dishes, and Sober Society,
riage market is managed by elder genera- a bar focused on cocktails. Here you can
tion for their single offsprings. Desperate- find one of the best espresso martinis in
ly seeking spouses for their children, town as well as tea-based cocktails like Blue
parents and grandparents of unmarried in Green, a cocktail that consists of clari-
adults post flyers in Chinese, advertising fied milk, green tea and blue cheese.
their child’s height, weight, education, job, 99 Yandang Lu, near Nanchang Lu
income, Chinese Zodiac sign, and more.
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