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c h i k k a
d i s p a t c h
MY WORK
has taken me to different parts of the world. I’ve lived and
worked in Singapore and Cambodia, and frequently travel around the
region for business.
Then I decided to embark on a new adventure last year: I moved to
Shanghai after an amazing one-week holiday. I was smitten by how
this city is evolving — it’s the old, traditional China that’s still touched
by its colonial past but is now caught up in the whirlwind of the modern
world and its booming economy.
Shanghai
surprise
YOUR LOCAL GUIDE:
Michelle Sario
LIVES IN:
Shanghai, China
WORKS AS:
Group Business Planning
Director for PHD, a media
specialist agency
MY NEIGHBORHOOD:
Former French Concession
A heady mix of old and
new means there’s always
something interesting to see
and do, says Michelle Sario of
her neighborhood, Shanghai’s
former French Concession
FOODIE PARADISE
I love how I can just step out of my apartment and walk over (or ride the bike) to some of my
favorite — and the city’s best — restaurants and bars. The options are endless and there’s always
something new. There’s Goga (and Hai by Goga), a cozy eatery with great comfort food; Haiku
for straightforward Japanese; Cuivre and Franck for French; Coconut Paradise for authentic Thai;
Maya for Mexican; and, if you’re feeling a little adventurous, El Wajh for Moroccan and Pasha for
Turkish. There’s even a Filipino restaurant, Luneta, just outside the Concession!
When I have visitors over, I make sure to take them to Lost Heaven — they serve tribal cuisine
from China’s Yunnan province. There’s also Xibo, which offers Xinjiang cuisine — an unexpected
twist to Chinese food — and Ye Shanghai for Shanghainese. The food tripping ends at the Bund,
known for its European architecture and sweeping views, at these two personal favorites: brunch
at M on the Bund and dinner at Mr & Mrs Bund. Both sound like a cliché but wait till you get there.
WORTH A
SECOND LOOK
The former French Concession is an
area in Shanghai rich in quaint, colonial
architecture. Shanghai has the biggest malls,
but what I like about my neighborhood is
that you can still spot independent boutiques
mixed with fruit stands, hardware stores and
street-food stalls.
The Bund
Shanghai resident
Michelle Sario
Stop for some
street food
Buildings
with history