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Michael

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Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 04:26 PM
Post subject: Shanghaiexpat's Best of Shanghai 2007

Its time again to run our Shanghaiexpat's Best of Shanghai Survey. We will be doing things a little different this year. We'll publish categories in the next week or so. For a couple weeks, we will accept nominations for the ones that get voted on. Then we will take all the nominations and put them into our snazzy survey software and everyone can vote.

If you have ideas or suggestions of categories or the way we handle this Best Of.. now is the time to tell us.

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Scouse

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Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 05:17 PM

Best and worst transport experience?

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Lordlunchalot

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Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 05:55 PM

Best weekend escape
Best lazy Sunday afternoon venue
Best after work drinks bar
Best lunch delivery
Best wine venue
Best bus route
Best Shanghai expat - I'm voting for Arsney right now.

Scouse

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Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 06:06 PM

Thought of a couple more we might be able to squeeze in?

Best Pick up joint
Best Sunday brunch
Best shooters bar
Best beer bar
Best Cocktails bar
Best Live bands venue
Best Airline lounge at Pudong?
Best Taxi driver
Best Bartender
Best waiter/waitress

Feel free to continue, its "beverages" time for me now...

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judy73
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Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 09:58 AM

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kelly_li

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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 - 09:16 AM

Best golf club
Best fitness center
Best boutique

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Tom_32

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Joined: Jan 04, 2007
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Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 - 09:56 AM

Best outdoor sitting
Best holiday destination domestic
Best holiday destination asia

HoboJuice

Veejay

Joined: Feb 26, 2007
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 - 01:52 PM

best sexy party
best cheese-like product
best thing to stumble upon at 5 am in the morning (puke bucket for me)

kelly_li

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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 - 05:41 PM

I forgot one:
the Best YOGA in Shanghai

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judy73
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 - 08:39 PM

BEST ENGLISH BOOK STORE
BEST HAPPYHOUR CLUB（BAR）
BEST LADIES NIGHT CLUB（BAR）

Michael

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Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 10:07 AM

The winners of the vote actually get a nice plaque! Take a look at some of Last Year's Winners .

blueocean

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Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 02:25 PM

I will say:

Best Spa
Best Hotel
Best Fitness Club
Best View Bar
Best Ambience Bar
Best Chilled-out Lounge

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Juan_Tamad

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Joined: Jan 29, 2007
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Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 02:36 PM

Best and Cheapest shopping place in Shanghai
Best Window shopping street
Best place fo cheap drinks
Best chicken place
Best Hunan restaurant
Best Sichuan restaurant
Best Shanghainese restaurant
Best GuangDong restaurant
Best place to impress a date

Minxy

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Joined: Aug 16, 2007
Posts: 29
Location: French Concession
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Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 04:44 PM

Best DVD store
Best desert restaurant
Best nail salon
Best expat living compound Pudong and Puxi
Best fake markets Nanjing/Science Tech and Best shop

comradeA

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Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 08:32 PM

Best agent for the landlord
Best agent for the tenant
Best furniture mall / store
Best antique suppliers (real or fake)
Best interior design service provider
Best watertown
Best for-hire car + driver (such as for day trips to Suzhou, etc.)
Best baking supplies store

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Batavia

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Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 08:54 PM

Best road in Puxi
Best road in Pudong

amazing

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Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 12:04 PM

Michael - great thing the best of, I hope its really successful. I cant help but comment on the process and think the opportunity to really establish a benchmark commendation for shanghai is being missed. The whole cycle of nominating catergories, nominating establishments and collecting votes is far too short, not marketted enough and not really transparent enough.
Whilst I agree the end result of last years 'winners' was not always bad, pronouncing a 'best of place' with less than 20 votes in a city of 20 million people seems just a little hollow.
At this point in time, the best of plaque means something to voters, customers and businesses. There is a risk of loosing this meaning if the process is flawed. I am not sure what 'forces' best of organisers are under but maybe it should be given the resources (including time) to do it justice.

bright_tone

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Posted: Aug 26, 2007 - 10:34 AM

Best Breakfast
Best Afternoon Tea
Best Dessert
Best Coffee
Best Supper
Best Service
Best Wine Venue
Best sightseeing street for first timer

Michael

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Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 11:34 AM

amazing.. thanks for your great feedback. Your observations are noted. The actual voting will be marketed much more extensively. Nominations are just to give a starting point. Already our response both in quantity and quality of nominations. has far surpassed last year. Also.. this is Shanghaiexpat and is really a subset of the 20 million people. While it by no means are we in a position to represent the views of the population of Shanghai, we do offer a window on the current scene from an demographically significant part of the population.

We have always tried to make it transparent, at least to the users on this site. The voting this year will not be in the forum but in an application designed to tally and track this kind of survey. Hopefully it will be an improvement.