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Eat your way through China

There’s nothing quite like a Peking Duck pancake. There’s just something about pungent game, sweet hoisin sauce and peppery onion that make it the perfect treat, with punchy flavours that tingle and dance along the palate.

Apr 3 2013 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Beijing,China,Shanghai | Read More »

Shanghai top 10

Right now, this very instant, is the time to plan your trip to Shanghai. I’ve been to Shanghai nearly every year for the past decade or so and let me assure you autumn and spring are the best months to be there. Forget winter (it’s miles above the equator) and summer is very difficult indeed.

Nov 8 2012 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Featured Slider,Kicking On,Shanghai | Read More »

Free Brew? Ha ha!

One of the key elements – and the nicest – of Shangri-La’s flagship Kerry Hotel in Pudong Shanghai is Brew, its $2 million in-house craft brewery.
And the man on whose broad shoulders this responsibility lies is Kiwi brewer Leon Mickelson. It’s easy to believe the strapping young man who takes me on a tour of the most specced-up boutique brewery I’ve ever seen has managed to accumulate 14 medals in a lifetime of devotion to his craft.

Jun 11 2012 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Featured Slider,Kicking On,Shanghai | Read More »

Hi-tech luxury in Shanghai oasis

More oasis than hotel, the Kerry in the heart of Pudong in Shanghai has set a benchmark for other hotels to follow – in service, technology, cuisine and beer. I say beer not because I have a one track mind and it's about all I think about … beer …. beer, beer, beer, chili – [...]

Oct 27 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Hotels,Shanghai | Read More »

Cooking up a storm in Shanghai

The first time I walked into Cook restaurant at the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai. I knew two things. One: I had to produce the video that accompanies this story and two, I had to do my darndest to try every dish on offer. The vast length of cooking stations, with all the delights Asia [...]

Oct 27 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Featured Slider,Food,Shanghai | Read More »

Sybarites are the Kerry Hotel’s business

The Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai China, is made for sybarites.
It says on their website that it caters for business travellers and so forth, but really it exists to spoil its guests. With great food in world class restaurants, awesome beer and one of the best spas in the business.

Oct 11 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Rejuvenate,Shanghai | Read More »

China No 1 with a bullet (train)

Imagine taking a train from Shanghai to Beijing in less time than it takes to fly (once you factor in transport and security times), for a fraction of the cost and in comfort and safety at 300km/h. That experience will be available in the Middle Kingdom from July as China ramps up its super trains [...]

Jun 29 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Beijing,China,Featured Slider,Shanghai | Read More »

Fly me to the room

Marriott Hotel Shanghai China luxury travel lunchmag.com

“WANG Hau!’’ I bark at my cab driver from the backseat. She nods beaming at me and lays rubber on the road outside the nightclub I have just departed, not unfortified by strong drink. Wang Hau, or “rocket ship’’ in Shanghainese argot (it means nothing in any other language or, indeed in any other Chinese [...]

Jan 13 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,China,Featured Slider,Hotels,Shanghai,Turning In | Read More »