Shanghai China Snippets

There was a tender and no surprise CCTV, the national broadcaster who has already the tv rights, is the lucky one.

It’s unknown who else placed bids but even if any party did I’m pretty sure it was decided beforehand that it should be CCTV to be the one to get them.

Let’s see how “digital” CCTV will turn out to be.

Source: Olympic.org

… never having to deal with a landlord anymore.

We moved house, hence the slow posting.

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More about the procedure of buying real estate in Shanghai.

My taxi took me through Fumin Lu and in a flash I noticed a sign with the name Coconut Paradise. I checked the net, read some reviews and we decided to try it the same evening.

Food

The Red Curry Chicken (60 Rmb) came last but ended up first taste-wise.

A great curry with tender pieces of chicken. Their mixed vegetable salad (38 Rmb) was run of the mill and the Seafood salad (70 Rmb) was only slightly better with the tiny bis of squid. We also tried their Pad Thai (60 Rmb).

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Brunching is one of my favorite activities on late Sunday morning. Last time we tried a Spanish brunch at Indalo, now we went to more of a Fusion brunch at Maneo’s on Tongren Lu.

Food

Instead of a buffet Maneo offers a big menu and you can choose as much and as many times you like.

Ranging from a Mixed Grilled Plate with lovely lamb chops to Teriyaki Salmon or a Grilled minute steak and even an Open laced-blue cheese burger. All great quality.

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Have you ever dressed up like a vending machine when you were afraid someone was after your money.

They can do it now in Japan and, no, not just for Halloween.

As I don’t see many vending machines in Shanghai in the streets I was wondering what would be a good alternative here.

Dress up like a bin? Any other ideas?

Source: NY Times

A couple of years ago already I went to Pasti on their old location. This spot is now occupied by Napoli while Pasti moved to a old villa only footsteps away. A lot more space and the food even better. I have been a couple of times now and even ordered in using their convenient website.

Food

The food is good quality Italian pizzas and salads.

Pizzas have thin crusts and fully topped, salads are well dressed.

The pastas I tried where not as good as the pizza but then again, I really like their pizza.

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The Special Olympics in Shanghai are well on their way now and the first medal has been won on the marathon.

Some Special Olympics Stats:

• Number of sports - 25 (see which ones here)
• Number of participating athletes - 7,500
• Seating capacity of Shanghai Stadium - 80,000

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