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bursa

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Posted: Jan 06, 2005 - 10:11 PM
Post subject: parmesan cheese

Where can I find good parmesan cheese (Non grated) in my area (Hong Xiao RD).
Please don't send me to Carrefour or Pine's!!

bellabella

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Posted: Jan 06, 2005 - 10:50 PM

City Supermarket has good parmesan although a little pricey. You are on Hong Xiao rd? Not Hong Qiao? Anyway, there is a city on hong mei lu nr yanan lu and a few more around town, a couple on Huaihai and one on nanjing. let me know if you need more specific directions.

Bella

bursa

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Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 10:39 AM

Bella
Thanks for the answer. I've heard about it and I think it's near my daughter's school.
Sorry for the spelling mistake "QIAO" is right, I've only been here 10 days!!!!

tnmom

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Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 11:28 AM

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Please don't send me to Carrefour or Pine's!!

Even if they both carry parmesan cheese??? I usually buy the Millel brand - either in a block or shredded. City Supermarket will have it too and Metro.

bellabella

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Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 11:31 AM

^I've never seen millel in a block, but the shredded stuff is not good - get the proper stuff!

Bursa - easy mistake to make. If you walk down hong mei lu from yanan lu about 5 minutes, city supermarket is on your right. They have lots of other imported goodies too! Where do you come from?

bursa

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Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 07:02 PM

tnmom
I'm not interested in the shredded type it's not real stuff but thanks anyway!!!

bellabella

I've just arrived from France but I come from a mixed European family (no Italians though) and have lived around the Mediterranean for a few years'(Turkey, Tunisia,Spain and France) It's our first stay in this part of the World.

bellabella

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Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 08:14 PM

^ Well if you haven't been to city supermarket then you should go, you will probably find a lot of familiar products there. It is a little more expensive, but it often has a lot of things you just can't find anywhere else.

Happy shopping!!

bursa

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Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 08:15 AM

I found the place and the cheese. It's a great place for foreign stuff . Worth going once in a while!!
Thanks

Karima

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Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 10:25 AM

Hi there,

Good luck for your Parmesan resarch...
Where did you live in Tunisia??? I'm from there!

I've relocated to Shanghai early december, from Singapore, and before that, I used to live in Belgium...

Welcome to Shanghai, I'm sure you and your family will like it, it's great!

tnmom

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Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 03:30 PM

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tnmom
I'm not interested in the shredded type it's not real stuff but thanks anyway!!!

So what is it? I'm not talking about the grated kind in a can but the shredded kind in a bag. To me it tastes just like grating the block of cheese - same Millel brand - or is there another kind at City Supermarket?

bellabella

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Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 03:36 PM

^You can get real parmesan cheese from the counter wrapped in cellophane. I think parmesan has to be freshly grated that's why I don't like the shredded stuff in a bag.

bursa

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Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 11:33 PM

Karima wrote:

We lived in Bizerte for two years. Lovely in every season except in winter. We even had snow! And no heating!!!

fuzzyball

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Posted: Jan 18, 2005 - 11:40 AM

For cheese there is only one choice in town: Cheese & Fizz.
The owner whom I know well, gets his cheese from Bernard Anthony, the top 'affineur' in France (affineur is the person who matures cheese before reselling) who also supplies a lot of Michelin 3 star restaurants like Alain Ducasse in Paris. Can you believe it, the best european cheeses in Shanghai? Try their aged 'Conté' it's unbelievable. And yes they have Parmesan, the real one Parmegiano Regiano, all 40 lbs if you like.
City supermarket is to Cheese & Fizz what a Chevrolet Nova is to a BMW M3, why settle for less when you can have the best unless you are a PLA soldier on a 200 RMBs paycheck?

frenchlover1999
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Posted: Jan 18, 2005 - 11:52 AM

Sounds so snobbish. Not just the fromage but especially the reference to the poor PLA chaps who will defend you when those Taiwanese renegades bomb Shanghai. Where is this Cheeze & Fizz located?

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bellabella

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 08:42 PM

^ I think it's in xintiandi, someone correct me if i'm wrong

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 - 01:13 AM

snobbish only if you grew up eating Velveeta, dude.
No offense meant to the glorious PLA.

Fenno

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 - 07:55 AM

Does anyone have the correct address? Thanks

frenchlover1999
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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 - 09:20 AM

What is Velveeta, dude?

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aloha99

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Posted: Feb 28, 2005 - 07:29 PM

Cheese and Fizz is on the West part of Xintiandi. Right hand side of Starbucks.

uglyamerican

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Posted: Mar 05, 2005 - 12:34 PM

Velveeta is what makes the US Army go forward.

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Kiwi

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Posted: Mar 05, 2005 - 12:48 PM

frenchlover1999 wrote:

Sounds so snobbish. Not just the fromage but especially the reference to the poor PLA chaps who will defend you when those Taiwanese renegades bomb Shanghai. Where is this Cheeze & Fizz located?

I realize you are joking, but we shouldn't forget that:

1 - The reality is that China, not Taiwan, is the side constantly threatening to use military force to resolve the 'problem'.

2 - Taiwan has no missiles targetting China, while China has hundreds of missiles targetting military and civilian targets in Taiwan.

Thus I don't think Shanghai expats need to be very worried about 'Taiwanese renegades'. Residents of Taiwan on the other hand have every reason to be concerned about the PLA.

But I agree the comment on PLA soldiers and their salaries was snobbish and unnecessary, so good on you for saying something. . .

back to cheese!

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bugsthie

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Posted: July 01, 2005 - 01:51 PM

Check out the Sheraton Grand Tai Ping Yang Hotel Shanghai(5 Star)
5 Zunyi Nan Road,
Shanghai, China
200336
http://www.sheratongrand-shanghai.com/

Go up to the second floor: Bauernstube, which is a popular german delicatessen and bakery offering a good selection of favourite gourmet items. Includes a variety of cheese. Great place!!!!