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drummissimo
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Apr 25, 2006 - 03:42 PM |
 
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Hey, has anyone found a good cigar store in Shanghai?
I usually by at the Duty Free in Pudong Airport when leaving China, but i am running a bit low on my supply right now.
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bellabella
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Apr 25, 2006 - 03:49 PM |
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there's a nice little store on Ruijin lu near huaihai lu, on the right side of the street as you are walking south from huaihai, maybe about 1 minute from the road |
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drummissimo
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Apr 25, 2006 - 03:51 PM |
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thanks bellabella! are their prices reasonable? |
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shanghaiceltic
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Apr 25, 2006 - 06:18 PM |
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I buy pipe tobacco at a small (and I guess not quite legal ) place in Xiu Jia Hui. The tobacco is genuine and very reasonably priced. He sells cigars too and they are genuine, they would be about a third the cost of normal high street prices. |
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shanghaiceltic
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Apr 25, 2006 - 06:24 PM |
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I am back in Shanghai on Thursday evening and I could show you the place on Friday. You'd need a guide first time to find it! PM me if you are interested. |
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bellabella
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Apr 25, 2006 - 06:33 PM |
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| thanks bellabella! are their prices reasonable? |
um, i can't remember. i don't know much about how much cigars are supposed to cost, the one i bought was about a year ago and a present for the bf. |
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booboo
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Apr 25, 2006 - 06:55 PM |
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someone said in another thread that cigars are available at Metro wholesale supermarket in pudong |
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thewalrus
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Joined: Apr 28, 2004
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Location: i'm halfway up to the bottom of another bottle of my next best favourite friend...
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Apr 25, 2006 - 06:55 PM |
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| there's a nice little store on Ruijin lu near huaihai lu, on the right side of the street as you are walking south from huaihai, maybe about 1 minute from the road |
I bought some cigars there on Sunday. OK prices. Cohiba's from 70RMB up. Romea y Juliets for 120RMB I think (but not the dodgy ones you buy on Maoming, quite a long style).
I bought some Dominican Rep. cigars there, hand rolled, tubed pack of 5 for 150 RMB I think.
They also have cigar humidifiers - BEWARE. I asked about a humidifier they had on display as I wanted to check the price as I recently bought an IDENTICAL humidifier. There it was 1200 RMB without bargining - I bought it at a pipe shop on Maoming/Nanchang Lu for 280 RMB. |
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drummissimo
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Apr 25, 2006 - 07:04 PM |
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| someone said in another thread that cigars are available at Metro wholesale supermarket in pudong |
Metro has some, but i daubt that they keep them in good condition. When i was there the last time they had a couple in what looked like a humidor, but i did not buy any at that time. Also the prices seem to be about twice as much as in the Duty Free! |
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thewalrus
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Apr 26, 2006 - 10:00 AM |
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The store on Ruijin/Huaihai has humidifiers where they store their Cohiba's and the like... they seem "semi" professional in there. |
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Jaywalker
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Apr 26, 2006 - 10:08 AM |
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The few cigars left at Metro in Pudong were rolled by Castro's grandmother. It is not a humidifier, it is a glass cupboard that doesn't even close properly.
Shikumen at XTD has some nifty humidifiers for hire and a fabulous room - 3rd floor. Even some hard to get Partegas, as well as the usual suspects. Not cheap though. |
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drummissimo
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Apr 26, 2006 - 10:09 AM |
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Does anybody know what a box (25) of Montecristo No.1 or 2 goes for in Shanghai??? |
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nkeel
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Joined: May 17, 2006
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Location: Franch Consanch, Shanghai
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Nov 24, 2006 - 11:33 AM |
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Anybody ever been to Enva Gallery? I saw their ads in some expat mags and then I bumped into their shop and cigar lounge the other day over in Pudong on Zhangyang Lu near Laoshan Xi Lu. The lounge looks pretty high-class, but it's in a Chinese mall surrounded by restaurants and clothing stores, which is kind of wierd. I don't know anything about cigars and snifters but I thought it would be a good place to bring my CEO friends when we talk about mergers and IPOs. |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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Nov 24, 2006 - 11:58 AM |
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I've seen it but have never been in there. There's a good Korean retaurant on the 4th or 5th floor.
At the top of the JW Marriott at People Square is a higher class cigar lounge perhaps better suited for a CEO. |
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lancesidecar
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Nov 24, 2006 - 01:18 PM |
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has anyone seen smokeless tobacco? |
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