I love Chinese food and the breadth and depth of the cuisine so I made sure I had it all week long during my Shanghai trip. I dined at a superb Ningbo restaurant called Yong Jiang Chun 甬江春 in Xintiandi with delicately and skillfully prepared dishes using ingredients like yellow croaker and pigeon that just don’t taste the same outside of China. Added bonus: BYO Maotai 😋. *熟醉膏蟹配冰激凌 cooked drunken crab *墨鱼鲍鱼拼盘 cuttlefish & abalone platter *纳豆蒸原条中黄鱼 steamed yellow croaker with natto *乳鸽 pigeon *沙爹脆皮鸡烤鳗鱼 satay crispy chicken & eel *带鱼馄饨 beltfish wonton *臭豆腐 stinky tofu 😜 — 📍Yong Jiang Chun 甬江春 2/F, No. 16 Xintiandi North Block, 181 Taicang Lu, Shanghai / 太仓路181弄新天地北里16号2楼 #甬江春

Shengjianbao YYDS / JMT🫰. Didn’t have time in between meetings to go to the shop but delivery pulled through with these babies. It’s Chinese food every meal for me in Shanghai this week. — 📍Dong Tai Xiang 东泰祥 . 309 Shanxi Nan Lu near Jianguo Lu | 陕西南路309号(近建国西路) . 188 Chongqing Bei Lu near Dagu Lu | 重庆北路188号(近大沽路) . 63 Changning Lu near Wanhangdu Lu | 长宁路63号(近万航渡路) . Search Dianping for more locations in Shanghai

Always a pleasure to visit @restaurant.vinho and its warm hospitality, where the food is meticulously prepared by @jeon_sb_ and wine carefully curated by @lino2341 in the open kitchen concept where every seat is a good seat. Set menu is currently KRW 180,000 per person; wine pairing available for KRW 180,000 pp additional or order by the bottle. — 📍VINHO 빈호 162 Wellstone Bldg, 38 Hakdong-ro 43-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 서울특별시 강남구 학동로43길 38 논현웰스톤 논현웰스톤 A162호 #shanghaigirleatsSEOUL #vinho #빈호

Really fun bistro-style wine bar @mutin_bar in Hannam! This place has been on my list to try for awhile from stalking @imjustjokim’s food posts and it was GOOD! All the bites we had were yummy and came with super friendly chef @alexhongs and staff! The somm was also very good at recommending wines in layman terms 👍. Will definitely return. — *Sourdough bread with rosemary butter *Jambon (from domestic pig) - so good *Choux gougere *18 month aged comte with fig jam *Daily fish (yellow croaker I believe) *1++ Korean beef sirloin, borseradish, wasabi leaf *Oven roasted cauliflower with smoked paprika *Sea bream carpaccio — 📍Mutin 뮤땅 2F, 4-2, Daesang-ro 12-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 서울 용산구 대사관로12길 4-2 2층 #shanghaigirleatsSEOUL #뮤땅

IMOK ranks in the top 3 beef meals we’ve had in Seoul, according to my resident beef snob @dan_kcf whose diet variety consists of hanwoomakases and tacos. IMOK serves a course menu of everything smoked (even down to the salad 🫨), whose signature dishes are the 1. beef rib, reminiscent of Texas style BBQ but made with a Korean glaze and slides right off the bone, and 2. iberico bacon, a cross between the burnt ends of a good char siu and the thick cut bacon you’d get from great NY steakhouses. Chef @yooyongwook, who exercises great patience in stopping by every room to put on a show for us, explained he started out cooking for his friends who would post it online and gained some traction. He eventually left his corporate job to open a restaurant and here I am, paying good money to post him on Instagram 😂💸. I was honestly so excited every time he swooped into the room like a messiah with a meat drop 🤲. When asked what kind of BBQ he enjoys most (expecting something like Texas BBQ), chef @yooyongwook replied Korean BBQ 😂👍. The general hall dining area consists of bar and table seating and there are a handful of private rooms (where we sat). Courses are currently KRW 140K for hall table or bar; KRW 180K lunch / 220K dinner for room. 12 out of 10 would return ASAP. — 📍Imok Smoke Dining B1, 6 Apgujeong-ro 2-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 서울 강남구 압구정로2길 6 지하1층 #shanghaigirleatsSEOUL @imok.smokedining

대파집 or “scallion house” is a bbq restaurant specializing in thinly sliced pork belly and beef brisket, kept frozen to maintain its shape. Thin cuts result in less waiting time while cooking - maximizing the amount you can eat shove in your mouth per minute 🫨. I love eating it with raw and grilled scallion. Simple and so delicious. — 📍Dae Pa Jip 대파집 (Yeoksam Main Branch) 2/F, 28 Nonhyeon-ro 94-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 서울 강남구 논현로94길 28 2층 📍Dae Pa Jip 대파집 (Yeoksam No. 2 Branch) 1/F, 312 Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 서울 강남구 논현로 312 1층 #shanghaigirleatsseoul #대파집

Ecstatic to eat Burnt Ends in Seoul this week at the most famous hanwoo restaurant Born & Bred! Epic @burntends.sg x @bornandbredkorea collab during #asias50best week in Seoul with dishes from the best of both institutions. The menu was 🔥. *Steak frites (BE) - my favorite! *Quail egg tart (BE) *Grissini and taramasalata (BE) *Tenderloin with truffle (B&B) *Miso short rib and chimichurri (BE) *Chuck flap tail with galbi sauce (B&B) *Maiktake and egg (BE) *Outside skirt (B&B) *King crab and garlic brown butter (BE) *Roasted picanha and smoked potato puree (BE) *Bone marrow curry and mantou (BE) *Katsu sando (BE) *Bone marrow liquor (B&B) @burntends.sg @dpynto @patrick_leano @thomaskoh83 — 📍Born & Bred (@bornandbredkorea) 1 Majang-ro 42-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 서울 성동구 마장로42길 1 #shanghaigirleatsSEOUL #burntends #bornandbred

My boss loves to remind me of his excellent taste and that he, not I, is responsible for discovering this gem of a wine bar @restaurant.vinho and introducing it to me 😒😂. This did in fact become one of my favorite spots in Seoul and every visit has been so good. Tasting menu and wine pairings are meticulously prepared by co-owners Sungbin @jeon_sb_ (chef) & Jinho @lino2341 (sommelier), whose names “Bin” and “Ho” come together to become the restaurant name Vinho. Just excellent all around. Double edged sword is that Vinho recently received a much deserved Michelin star 🌟 and is even harder to book now 🤭. — 📍VINHO 빈호 162 Wellstone Bldg, 38 Hakdong-ro 43-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 서울특별시 강남구 학동로43길 38 논현웰스톤 논현웰스톤 A162호 #shanghaigirleatsSEOUL #vinho #빈호