5 great kitchen hacks to reduce food waste Did you know that roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted? In total, that comes to approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food, a truly staggering amount. Fruits and vegetables have the highest wastage … Continued
Date Night at Shanghai Slim’s Ok Mamas, this date night isn’t for the faint-hearted, or, for that matter, for dainty eaters. Sure, there are some pretty nice salads on offer, but this is a place to not just make your man happy, but to feed your own inner-man-appetite (we know you have one)! We’re … Continued
ShanghaiMamas is pleased to present a behind-the-scenes look at our newest sponsor, Epermarket. If you are one of the thousands of families that now order your groceries online, you may have questioned how this process works exactly. How do the online supermarkets get products from the warehouse to your home in a timely fashion, while … Continued
by Shirani Well mamas, this is not the usual family friendly food review – anyone for freshly sliced snake meat?! We recommend you leave the babies at home for this one and instead grab your partner, visitor wanting cultural exposure, stranger, or generally anyone game to follow this less well travelled foodie road… What is … Continued
by Jamie Barys, Chief Eating Officer of UnTour Food Tours So you read about the 10 best Xibei restaurants in Shanghai and are addicted to the cumin, lamb and naan bread? Here are some of the province’s best dishes that will please the whole family. 1.Lamb Fried with Naan 羊肉炒馕 This dish showcases … Continued
Strolling along leafy Dongping Lu to D.O.C., our family of four (including our daughters aged seven and two) looked forward to our first brunch there. Let’s face it Mamas, we all love good Italian food, and what better than enjoying the freshest of foods with the family in a great environment? Oh and did I … Continued
by Jamie Barys, Chief Eating Officer of UnTour Food Tours Looking for Shanghai’ Best Xibei (Northwestern) food? The food from China’s northwestern provinces of Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Shaanxi is culturally unique in the country. The dishes focus mostly on the halal flavors of Muslim cuisine from China’s 10 ethnic minorities who … Continued
by Jamie Barys, Chief Eating Officer of UnTour Food Tours Looking for Shanghai’s Best Sichuan food? Chuan cuisine – as Sichuan cuisine is known throughout China – relies heavily on five-alarm chili peppers (la) and mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorn (ma) to create the mala spicy flavors that have made it world … Continued