Chun Restaurant

124 Jinxian Road, Huangpu Qu

Bourdain ate: you bao xia (wok-fried shrimp); hong shao rou (braised pork belly); yan du xian (clay pot soup with bean curd stock, pork belly, tofu, and bamboo)

Lunch dates: Yao Minji, chief feature reporter for SHINE and her friend Lu Xing

House of Roosevelt

27 Zhongshan East 1st Road

Bourdain ate: French oysters with champagne, New Zealand shrimp, Australian Wagyu beef

Lunch dates: Roosevelt China Investments President Tim Tse, architect and designer Zeva Wang, and real estate developerDaniel Yung

FuChun XiaoLong

650 Yuyuan Road, Jungan Qu

Bourdain ate: xiao long bao (soup dumplings), fried pork chop with brown sauce

Lunch date: Professor Zhou Lin, Dean at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Er Guang Hundun

Bourdain ate: pork wontons

Lunch date: English teacher Bill Wang 

Di Shui Dong

56 Maoming South Road

Bourdain ate: ziran paigu (cumin-rubbed ribs)

Lunch date: hacker turned entrepreneur and creator of gitcafe.com, Thomas Yao

Constellation Bar

398 Zizhong Road

Bourdain had: Moscow mule

Lunch date: Thomas Yao

Wedding

Bourdain ate: roast duck, beef tripe in garlic sauce, crab, steamed turbot with scallions

Lunch date: Thomas Yao, other wedding guests