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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

WeChat Rocks; What’s Behind the World’s First Super App?

Frank Hossack -
Jiangsu TV-dating show, “Fei Cheng Wu Rao” (非誠勿擾), occasionally gets a foreigner on there for a bit of extra spice. Then Kevin Shimota turned up with his bike and tent. Every single prospective girl ditched him.  Not so fast, ladies....
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Moments to Savour (but the Restaurant’s in the Back of a Semi)

Frank Hossack -
Given school had a half day as it broke up for the summer holiday, The Nanjinger chose to celebrate with a lunch at the recently-opened Focaccia Pizza Bar. Americans call it a semi. Us an articulated truck. Whether real or...
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Wine, Beer, Monty Python, Dali & Vintage Arcade Games (eh?!)

Matt Ford -
Having been open for around 3 months, Spring Mountain Taproom is one of Nanjing’s newest craft beer venues and perhaps its most unusual. It occupies part of a 16,000-square-metre cellar beneath an old factory in a newly developed chic...
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Ice Cream & Oyster Platter is (Probably) not what You Think

Frank Hossack -
More or less stumbling in at random, on one of those can’t-be-bothered-cooking kinds of days, we were glad we chose Oyster Bistro from among the many newish eateries to have popped up in past year or two on Hubin...
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The Cheapest; Most Expensive! We Sure Have it all in Nanjing!

Frank Hossack -
Stuff can sure cost a pretty penny in China, but it can also be darned cheap. In one of the Middle Kingdom’s greatest dichotomies, international brand names manufacture in China because it’s cheap, then sell it out the back...
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From Bordeaux to Nanjing; Dream along in Laomendong

Matt Ford -
I had a rather curious dream. A restaurant had opened in Nanjing that had decent craft beer, and it was open all day, every day (I know, I know...). The head chef was an eccentrically bearded Chinese man whose...
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What’s Yellow, Tall and Cool? Soho in Nanjing’s Xinjiekou!

Frank Hossack -
Soho is its official name, as decreed by The Nanjinger. But it’s not the local equivalent of today’s Soho in London, so full of tourists that it has lost the trendy allure it once had. No, Nanjing’s version is...
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The Sting of a Sequel or More Unparalleled Brewing?

Edward Moran -
The sequel is a perilous temptation of modern cinema. Can it ever recapture the original’s magic? Can it still move things forward or is it just a cash in for us hapless punters? We’ve all been stung by a...
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Costco Nanjing Low Down; Grand Opening on 28 May

That we had heard the rumour was enough; discounted pumps are already flowing at the petrol station of soon-to-be-opened...
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Where was Capital of Jiangsu in History? Nanjing just 1 of 9!

Nanjing, the capital of numerous ancient dynasties and even the nation itself previously, is also capital of Jiangsu Province....
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Hi 5! Nanjing’s Newest Metro Line Opens; 8 Years in the Making

They chose to do it on a Sunday. For it has been 8 long years since a spade was...
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