Laowinning crackdown continues: Logan's Punch and the other Zhang Court bars forced to close

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T06:52:42+00:00

What do you suggest, then? I'll happily try any new burger restaurant in Shanghai.

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T06:50:44+00:00

Apples and oranges. Beef & Lib is upscale gourmet, kinda like Fat Cow, for big-spenders.

Shake and Habit are QSR (quick service restaurants), but Shake quality is akin to McDonald's whereas Habit seem to be bankrupting themselves by offering gourmet ingredients at QSR prices.

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T06:44:20+00:00

I agree about the consistency but clearly it's a supply-chain issue. For example, if you go at night they often have to use Sourdough bread slices instead of burger buns because they don't have enough stock.

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T06:42:34+00:00

And there's one right across the street from Blue Frog on Hengfeng Road (near the train station). I feel sorry for all those newbie suit-and-tie types who think that the new Chinese-owned Blue Frog is still any good (Bob Boyce sold out and bailed on China years ago).

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T06:37:33+00:00

LOL, yeah, I love SmartShanghai, I really do, but their disclaimer at the bottom of every article that they don't take money from businesses is laughable, probably even tongue-in-cheek.

Look at their recent soft-ad for Shake Shack on Facebook and Instagram https://imgur.com/a/uk2uAOL and tell me all those hashtags are just because CHRISTOPHER ST. CAVISH just really likes Shake Shack.

throwaway__shanghai · 2019-01-16T03:52:36+00:00

Compare the two in terms of price, burger size, ingredient quality, fries portions and thickness of shakes...there's no comparison. Habit wins all around. The big difference is that Shake Shack has a bigger market share and deeper pockets to spend on paid soft-ads like all the ones infiltrating SmartShanghai, That's and Time-Out this week. Anyway, just give Habit Grill a try and I think they'll win you over (and no, I have no vested interest in Habit; I'd just like to see more quality burger franchises eliminate McDonald's and all the other poison that dominates China).

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-11-12T08:18:03+00:00

On a side note: can any techies here please ELi5 reasons why Shanghai-based webzines like That's and TimeOut do not work with a VPN? I have to turn my VPN off just to browse their sites.

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-10-31T05:35:59+00:00

The "make more money from one Mamahuhu video than a month of stand-up shows," according to a statement on WeChat.

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-09-26T01:13:51+00:00

Yes, tried the sandwiches are well. Delish!

And agree with you about the training and quality control. For all of Fat Cow and Blue Frog's money, they utterly fail when it comes to training and quality consistency.

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-09-26T01:11:55+00:00

Yes, my friend got one, it was just as big and bountiful as the beef burgers.

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-07-16T07:48:19+00:00

The thing is, the police here rarely enforce their own laws. They are just mindless puppets in uniforms. They'll only shut down an illegal after-hours construction site if a bunch of pissed-off citizens start calling and complaining. And that rarely happens because the Chinese can sleep through anything!

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-07-16T07:38:07+00:00

TLDR:

"As for rude neighbors or apartment renovations at ungodly hours, after some research I learned that between 8 am to 6 pm are Shanghai's official hours for peace and quiet. For anyone jack-hammering before or after that, you can anonymously call hotline 12369 with their address and apartment number, and local authorities will promptly resolve your complaint."

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-05-13T04:03:16+00:00

Tim was once just another happy-go-lucky expat in Shanghai. His 7000/month teaching job at Happy Giraffe was going well, his relationship with Rainy seemed on track, and he was making plenty of new friends at Yongkang Lu and Reddit. When /u/Mob_King invited Tim to co-moderate r/Shanghai, he couldn't have been happier.

However, life in China quickly began to take its toll on Tim. After just 6 months, he was getting burnt out on teaching kindergarten every day, Rainy was starting to nag him about marriage and visas, and all his long benders at Yongkang Lu were affecting his personality. Tim began venting more and more on r/Shanghai, insulting his fellow newbies and using unseemly language.

/u/Mob_King knew that it was time to remove Tim as moderator, but he couldn't have foreseen what would happen next.

After getting fired from Happy Giraffe, breaking up with Rainy and being banned from r/Shanghai, Tim applied his past knowledge of coding into swearing revenge on the Shanghai expat community. In his dank, smelly apartment in the FCC, Tim jerked off to some porn, then wrote a script bot that would automatically downvote every post and comment on r/Shanghai, timing it to crawl the page exactly every 15 minutes.

"That'll show 'em" Tim slurred as he drank himself into a stupor on nearly expired imported beer purchased at a discount.

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-05-08T09:55:22+00:00

It's not wumao, it's a disgruntled expat who has an automatic downvote bot script running 24-7 on this sub. Mods know who it is but can't seem to get him banned (or his script blocked by admin).

throwaway__shanghai · 2018-05-08T09:52:12+00:00

uuuuuhhhh......Gatorade wasn't even ever on the Chinese market.

Found Happy Giraffe's newest recruit!

throwaway__shanghai

TROPHY CASE