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Local Reviews

The Nanjinger prides itself on the objectivity and impartiality of its reviews of restaurants, retail establishments, books, weekend retreats, etc. The Nanjinger receives no payment for the reviews herein, although on occasion, the item(s) under review may be donated by the vendor. Readers should be forewarned that places do sometimes close with little notice, either temporarily or permanently.

Local Reviews

Size isn’t Everything; The “Micro” Café with Bags of Character

Nikita Hayward -
Good things come in small packages, and that is something definitely true of Dream & Drink. Unless you visit after dark (when the shop signage is illuminated by an ingenious display of paper cups), you're likely to overlook this...
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Unassuming Little Shop; Fantastic Value Pizza

Josefa Meng -
As if in Santorini, a storefront with only a small door and decoration that is mainly a Mediterranean blue. Neat and elegant, 800 Degree Pizza has a couple for its owners. After welcoming the guests, they go quietly to...
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Top Chefs + Dancers + Drivers = Fresh Color!

Josefa Meng -
A beautiful woman standing next to a car is not necessarily a model. In fact, she is a champion racing driver. Nanjing girl, Yang Jinhan, is the driver in question, and one who is also a dance teacher. She...
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Breakfast of Champions; A Plate of “Guotie”

Kristen Wang -
The best tastes are always hidden in the corners. If you want to dine like a local, Qijiawan comes highly recommended. Once crowded with abbatoirs and cowhide makers; indeed even now, Nanjing locals still buy beef around this area;...
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Retro is Red; Vintage is in

Kristen Wang -
Take metro line 3, get off at Wuding Men, walk down Changle Lu and turn left when you see a flower shop. Be attracted immediately by the vivid yellow decoration around the corner; our destination. Fashionable girls wearing oversized shirt...
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Pizza Express China Arm in Nanjing

Frank Hossack -
Is Pizza Marzano the same as the British Pizza Express? Yes... and no. Yes in so far as Pizza Marzano is the China arm of the infamous UK name; no in so far as it is no longer British, being bought...
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The Human Touch; Downtown and Unpretentious Coffee

Faye Randall -
Is it the last day of a 6-day week? How did your son do on his last exam? Where are you going on holiday? These are each just a sample of that you might overhear drinking a cup of...
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The Invincible Jade, An Englishman in Suzhou

Frank Hossack -
By now, there must have been thousands of books written by foreigners in China about China, and the huge majority are mediocre at best. Two of the exceptions to this are Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Nicolas Kristof...

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