My mom came to visit us in Shanghai last year and absolutely fell in love with the beautiful old buildings lining the Bund. We walked into the lobbies and soaked up the 1930’s style of the restored hotels and banks. This year I thought it would be fun to treat her to afternoon tea at […]
Afternoon Tea
Holiday Tea at the Peninsula Shanghai
Even though we were happy spending a quiet Christmas at home in Shanghai this year, I still wanted to find a special way for us to celebrate the season. Last year in Hong Kong we enjoyed holiday tea at the famous Peninsula hotel. Since Shanghai boasts its own branch of this luxury brand, we headed over […]
Afternoon Tea in Shanghai, 87 Floors Up
There are dozens of places in Shanghai that offer afternoon tea – from ice cream parlors to historic hotels – and I intend to try as many of them as I can. So I recently took advantage of a rare blue-sky day to enjoy afternoon tea in the Living Room, the elegant lounge found on the 87th […]
Afternoon Tea, Haagen Dazs Style
Afternoon tea is a quintessential Shanghai experience, but what is a non-tea drinker like my mom to do? She and I stumbled onto the answer one day while exploring the Sinan Mansions neighborhood and nearby Fuxing Park. After a blistering day of sightseeing, we were desperate for some ice cream. We walked into the nicest […]
Tea Tasting in Shanghai’s Yu Gardens Bazaar
There is an infamous scam in Shanghai where seemingly nice Chinese “college students” invite hapless tourists to practice English with them at a tea house. There are variations to the set up, but the result is always the same: the tourists are forced to pay outrageous sums of money. But not all tea tastings are […]