Shopping & Restaurants

Shopping in Beijing

You can still find the traditional handcrafts with typical eastern features in the many business streets and markets. Cloisonné, Ivory Carving, Jade and Lacquer are known as the four best traditional handiworks of Beijing. In addition, Curios, Silk, Pearls, Snuff Bottles with Pictures Inside, and Artificial Flowers

Some suggested areas are:

• Wangfujing Street
• Silk Market
• Hongqiao Market (Pearl Market)
• Panjiayuan Market  (Antiques)
• Cloisonne Factories

Shopping in Shanghai 

Shopping areas in Shanghai are clearly divided into "Four Streets and Four Cities". Nanjing Road (including East Nanjing Road and West Nanjing Road).

Some suggested areas are:

• Dong Tai Road Antique Market
• Pearl's Circles, Wholesale Pearl & Stone Market
• Hong Qiao New World Pearl Market
• Yatai Xinyang Fashion and Gift Market
• Shanghai Longhua Fashion and Gift Market
• Shanghai South Bund Fabric Market (fabric and tailors)
• Cybermart (computers and mobiles)

Food

There are mainly four main styles of food in China, namely the Beijing Style, the Shanghai Style, the Sichuan/Szechuan Style and the Cantonese Style. The Cantonese style is the most popular style in overseas restaurants. When you are traveling in China, you would find it extremely hard to resist the Peking duck, the Shanghai pork bun, or the Cantonese dim sum.

Some popular suggestions:

Restaurants in Bejing

• Lan Club (highly recommended)
• Green T.House
• 1949 The Hidden City
• My Humble House
• Xuxian Restaurant & Lounge
• Quan Ju De Peking Roast Duck Restaurant
• M Capital  (same owner as M on the Bund in Shanghai)
• ZEN 1903

Restaurants in Shanghai

• M On the Bund (owner is from Australia)
• MOCA (Italian Food)
• 18 On the Bund, Bar Rouge
• Sens & Bund (French Food)
• Tan Wai Lou (Cantonese Food)
• Restaurant 1931
• Collours
• Villa Du Lac