Blog Author - Matt Jager

Happy New Year! And welcome back to work … For those of you who were at Block 8 on...
DJ Chozie (the pseudonym comes from "Chinese Aussie") made his name as a DJ and a...
Tim Hunt, former Kunlun master-chef, took over Frank's Place from Glenn Phelan earlier this year, and now he’s heating up the back deck for the long...
Kris, the kingmaker behind Rickshaw, Cox, and Saddle gave a solid vote of no confidence in the Tongli Studio area a few weeks ago, begging off the...
I love Bus Bar more than life itself, so it...
Yes, Halloween is right around the corner. You know what that means – time to dust off that slutty nurse costume (or was it hutong harlot?) and hit...
Dewar’s built a castle between buildings A and B at Jianwai SOHO. They call it “Academy of Whiskey.” Hostesses stand stolidly on either side of the...
Miao Wong had been picking at her tuna salad for an hour without making any visible progress. “I don’t eat,” she said. “I don’t like food.” She’s a...
At last year’s 42 Below Cocktail World Cup, Shanghai bartenders were grouped with a Japanese mixologist to compete as a polyglot Asian team. They...