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                <title>Shanxi</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A fantastic restaurant located next to the Phoenix Hostel on Yunnan Street in central Shanghai. There is a wonderful array of local and Chinese provincial specialities on offer including Hunnan style pork buns and lamb and shrimp dim sum. All are utterly cheap in price as well as being exquisite in taste. Definitely worth a visit if you get a chance.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cheap bars in Shanghai (pt 3)</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Enoteca is a pair of wine bars where bottles start at around 90RMB- the same price as you pay in a Shanghainese supermarket.<br><br>The low profit margins don't mean that corners are cut though, as the service is spot on, French-style bar food (Croque Monsieur, creme brulee) is delicious and the XinTianDi branch has great live music on Wednesday nights.<br><br>Classy on the cheap with a loyal following.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cheap bars in Shanghai (pt 2)</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Windows Scoreboard- the best of the three Windows around town, Scoreboard serves up a steak dinner for 30RMB, and 10RMB beers to a crowd of expat college kids and credit crunchees.<br><br>The music is a lot better than the service, and there are screens showing random TV channels everywhere you look, but it's hard to argue when Fish and Chips cost 10RMB a plate.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cheap bars in Shanghai (part 1)</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[C's Bar<br>Open until the last person leaves, students and expats rolling dice together over classic Hip-Hop, occasional left-field club nights (check out Antidote or Brown Nylon Suit), 10RMB beer, 20RMB whiskey.]]></description>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[BA and Virgin have frequent direct flights to Shanghai Pudong International airport from London. <br><br>Other airlines with good connecting flights from the UK are KLM, Air France, Emirates and Qatar Airways. <br><br>To check fares from a number of different airlines from London see<br><a target="_new" href="http://www.lowfareflights.co.uk/Pu%20Dong%20(Shanghai)-China-Flights.asp">www.lowfareflights.co.uk/Pu%20Dong%20(Shanghai)-China-Flights.asp</a><br>or direct BA see<br><a target="_new" href="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/fx/public/en_gb?to=Shanghai&amp;from=LON">www.britishairways.com/travel/fx/public/en_gb?to=Shanghai&amp;from=LON</a> <br><br>For flights from airports outside London check KLM (via Amsterdam) see <a target="_new" href="http://www.klm.com/travel/gb_en/index_default.html">www.klm.com/travel/gb_en/index_default.html</a><br>they have good value direct flights from Amsterdam to Shanghai.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Ji Dan Bing</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It can be described as many things: a spicy omlette; a 'breakfast burrito'; the literal meaning approximates to 'egg pancake'. Great for a quick, cheap hot snack; a useful fallback for vegetarians in a meat-loving nation; plus great to watch them being made.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Captain's Hostel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[One of the very few choices for budget foreign travellers, the Captain's hostel enjoys a prime location on the Bund and sports a pretty decent roof restaurant to boot. It's 20RMB for a bunk; best to book. Though it's possible to get 'Chinese' dorm rooms elsewhere it's not recommended.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Xiao Long Bao</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Otherwise known as “soup dumplings”, these are a Shanghai speciality. They can be found sold cheaply on the street either fried or steamed, and also at some Shanghainese restaurants. Watch out on your first bite though: unfortunate first-timers often get a squirt of scalding liquid on their clothing and lose the lining from the roof of their mouths.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Adventures in Chinese Food</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[There's quite a few international restuarants in Shanghai, but for a more authentic experience head for the nearest backstreet and sit yourself down somewhere that looks busyish. Most places won't have an English menu (though eateries near business areas and universities often do) so make sure you have your phrasebook handy. Then get chomping on those chicken feet and beef tendons. Yummy!]]></description>
                
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