Shenzhen News – Shenzhen – That’s Shenzhen

A hairy business: Animal welfare in China

Often perceived as a nation that’s indifferent to animal welfare, the backlash against the 2014 Yulin dog-eating festival laid bare the modern dichotomy of China’s social and cultural...

by Gary Maidment, 17 November 2014

New restaurant: Dark Horse

If there’s one food you could bet on to unite warring culinary factions, pizza is the odds-on favorite. However, fashioning a disc of baked dough with cheese, tomato sauce and toppings...

by Gary Maidment, 06 November 2014

New restaurant: Element Fresh

As the exclusive food and beverage sponsor of the ATP Men's Tennis Open and with an active hand in charity, upmarket chain restaurant Element Fresh has arrived in Shenzhen with its lifestyle...

by Gary Maidment, 05 November 2014

New bar: Bionic Brew

Muscling into the beer scene.

by Gary Maidment, 20 October 2014

Home cooking: Spaghetti carbonara

For those not particularly skilled in the culinary arts, spaghetti carbonara is a tasty, satisfying and easy- to-make dish that can fool friends, family or a romantic interest into thinking...

by Gary Maidment, 16 October 2014

Six of the best: Mojitos

Refresh with a taste of Cuba.

by Gary Maidment, 14 October 2014

New restaurant: Mr Pork

Mr. Pork is not a great name for a restaurant. Sure, it successfully reflects the restaurant’s porcine cartoon logo, but it also evokes the unappetizing image of a fat pig-man hybrid....

by Gary Maidment, 13 October 2014

New restaurant: BT8

Named after the conceptual birthplace of the owners’ culinary vision – Northern Ireland’s BT8 postcode – this restaurant-bar breathes further life into Shenzhen’s gourmet infancy,...

by Gary Maidment, 09 October 2014