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Well, the food at BinJiang One (??? bin jiang yi hao lou) here is pretty good, but what makes this just an awesome restaurant are two things.

First, they have a real “ice” bar that is cooled to -5C and where the vodka tastes just amazing. They must have 200 different kinds of vodka including John’s favorite, some sort of buffalo vodka, and a really great espresso vodka that is perfect for after dinner. It just opened this summer and I think anyone who gets really hot in August while walking on the river side had better head over here. They actually have Northface parkas that you put on when you go into the bar and, yes, there really is snow and ice all around.

The second thing is that they have just an awesome view being right on the river. The wine cellar is nice and in fact it can seat 20 for a private dinner. I had the black cod and it was terrific as was the soft shell crab appetizer. The food is what I’d call fusion as the sample menu shows.

Finally, the setting is pretty amazing, it was built in 1902 and was called the You Long Road Garde Residence and they did a great job of renovating it. Its sleek and grey but they

It is actually owned by the same folks who own the Pauliner breweries, so go figure. Turns out that its owned by the Shanghai BaoLaiNa which is itself owned by the Taiwan group called the Namchow Group which is a general consumer product company

Fucheng Lu (, Shi Bu Jie, You Long Garden (??), Pudong
near Bin Jiang Da Dao Phone is 5877 7500