If You're In Shanghai...

Yes, alot of these are very ex-pat-friendly but still very very good.

Things You Must Do:
1) Go to the 7th floor bar terrace of '3 On the Bund' at night and get a 60 yuan cocktail (cheapest they have) and check out the view. It's such a chill environment there, and it's quite a thrilling experience. You may have to reserve a table if you're planning to go on Friday or Saturday, since there's bound to be alot of people there. 8621-6321-0909

2) Go to Pudong Science High-Tech Park at night. You can get there on Subway Line 2, and walk around, beautiful landscaping and architecture. There's also a symphony hall if you want to buy tickets for a concert beforehand.

3) Go to the Shanghai Museum, especially the first floor sculpture exhibitions.

4) Go to Duo Lun Lu in the HongKou area, the street looks like Shanghai in the 1930's, very serene, hardly any foreigners, sells lots of arts-related things. Even an Old Film Cafe showing Chinese movies from the 1930's and such.

Best Clubs and Bars:

Face Bar- Ruijin Guest House, 118 Ruijin Er Road. Get a feel for the French Concession area where there's lots of historic houses and beautiful parks.

Fuxing Park- 3 different clubs around there, go there to see the beautiful Shanghainese girls and really ugly Shanghainese guys

Cloud 9- Jin Mao Tower in Pudong- gorgeous bar and view from the top of all of Shanghai

Hengshan Lu- a bar street. Zapata's is one of the better known around there.

Best Restaurants:
- WuJiangLu- good xiao chi street in the city, with really good shen jian at Xiao Yang Shen Jian (on a big yellow placard). You can get there on Subway Line 2, stop at Shimen Yi Lu, it's right outside exit 2.

- Prime Taste- In XuJiaHui (you can get there on subway line 1), on third floor of Metro City Mall (the big round ball looking building), really good Singaporean restaurant for pretty cheap (30 yuan per dish, definbitely fills you up, good for lunch)

- Chatea- best red bean shaved ice and cold drinks in the city, something I sorely missed in Beijing after coming to Shanghai during national week, you can find Chatea in just about every shopping area in the city.

- Din Tai Feng in XinTianDi-- its xiaolongbao are better than Nanxiang although the pricers are much steeper (like 50 yuan for 8 xiaolongbao). Beautiful restaurant. Go there with a group of people and it gets much cheaper to order alot of food and not go over 50 yuan each per person.

- Shanghainese food, go to Shanghai Uncle, pretty pricey but very worth it. They have fantastic ribs that melt in your mouth and river shrimp that's unique to Shanghai and far better than any other shrimp I've tasted. Again a place to go with a large group.

- Gintei- all you can order Japanese restaurant for 150 yuan. Probably the best thing about Shanghai are these all you can order buffets that have amazingly quality dishes and all you can drink wine, beer and sake. Very close to XinTianDi. Address is B1-A,Shanghai Times Square, 99 Huaihai Zhong Road. Definitely reserve a table first. Telephone: 63918105

- Azul is a fantastic Spanish tapas place. Located next to Hengshan Lu, the bar street. Address 18 Dongping Road. Call 6433 1172 to reserve. Recommend the calamari. Highly recommend the large pitcher of peach sangria, very light but quite potent bc you want to just keep on drinking it. Don't order too much bc this place is pricey, and the portions are huge anyway.

- Da Marco- supposedly the best Italian restaurant in town. All the Italian ex-pats love going there. There's one in Yandang Lu, which is really close to XinTianDi.

Stacks = Best Breakfast

Stacks - 600 Santa Cruz, Menlo Park, CA
http://www.stacksrestaurant.com/

I've been to Stacks four times, but I still feel like a novice coming here, since their menu is filled with so many options! Belgian waffles, crepes, pancakes, omelettes, etc etc etc. Arrive early or make a reservation, since there is always a crowd here, especially on weekends.

I'd personally recommend the Crab Crepe, which has fresh crab meat stuffed inside a savory crepe and topped with Hollandaise sauce. Or try any of their Belgian waffles with thick whipped creme on top. Or the applewood bacon/avocado omelette. Or the Lox Scram. I think you could close your eyes and pick something and I'd be excellent.

So go here.

Soused Shrimp

Shanghai Uncle
Price: $$$
Address: By the Bund, google the name :D

Everything was excellent. There were too many dishes to remember, so I'll talk about my most memorable dish: soused shrimp! It's a dish of live shrimp who get drunk off the sauce, and so they won't move around much when you pick them up and eat them. They were so fresh and yum. (granted I only had one, had a bit of trouble getting over the being alive aspect) Anyways this restaurant is awesome, highly recommended for anyone who wants one proper dinner in Shanghai.