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Tasty reports from China and the Far East from our collaborator Claudio Grillenzoni

Isolated, confined, on house arrest: the hard life of Italian cooks in China

Segregated in the feared temporary hospitals of Shanghai, stuck for two months on tropical islands, far away from their partners... Six stories from the current lockdown

01-06-2022 | 16:15
Acrobatics to buy food in Shanghai, today (photo R

Acrobatics to buy food in Shanghai, today (photo Reuters/Aly Song)
Read | 01-06-2022 | 16:15 | China Grill

The reopening chaos in China

While in the virus’s den they were quick to stop the storm, in restaurants very different rules still prevail

03-06-2020 | 09:00
Beijing at the beginning of the reopening (photo W

Beijing at the beginning of the reopening (photo Washington Post)
Read | 03-06-2020 | 09:00 | China Grill

Weather forecasts for Italian restaurants in China

Among many closed restaurants and many difficulties after the reopening, our cooks are managing well. An overview between Shanghai and Beijing

01-05-2020 | 10:00
Photo AFP/South Morning China Post

Photo AFP/South Morning China Post
Read | 01-05-2020 | 10:00 | China Grill

Da Vittorio arrives in Shanghai. Excellent from the start

After Brusaporto and Sankt Moritz, the Cerea family has opened in China. Our report on the protagonists and the dishes

06-08-2019 | 09:00
The team of Da Vittorio Shanghai, which opened a

The team of Da Vittorio Shanghai, which opened a few weeks ago in Bund. In the middle, Chicco Cerea, and to his right resident chef Stefano Bacchelli
Read | 06-08-2019 | 09:00 | China Grill

Niko Romito out to conquer Beijing

We’ve visited the first Ristorante resulting from the partnership between the chef from Abruzzo and Bulgari. A promising start

15-11-2017 | 07:00
Niko Romito and Bulgari’s adventure has begun wi

Niko Romito and Bulgari’s adventure has begun with Ristorante in Beijing, China. It’s in Building 2 Courtyard No 8 Xinyuan South Road, in Chaoyang. Coming up: Dubai (by the end of the year), Shanghai (March 2018). In the photo, the entrance to the restaurant in a post taken from Romito’s instagram account
Read | 15-11-2017 | 07:00 | China Grill

A shot of Romanée-Conti

What’s the Chinese approach to wine? Quite different from our own. Typical situation: the business dinner

23-05-2017 | 12:00
(photo Chronicle/Craig Lee)

(photo Chronicle/Craig Lee)
Read | 23-05-2017 | 12:00 | China Grill

Paul Pairet’s clockwork restaurant

The French chef, who’ll speak at Identità, opened Chop Chop Club in Shanghai. A restaurant measuring cooking times to the second

25-02-2017 | 06:00
A photo from Chop Chop Club, the third restaurant

A photo from Chop Chop Club, the third restaurant opened a few days ago by French Paul Pairet, soon to speak at Identità Milano. The restaurant has a simple yet often unmet essential goal: serve large dishes cooked in the best possible way
Read | 25-02-2017 | 06:00 | China Grill