hi guys, this is Aga, if you guys are still looking for more venue for your club gathering, I could offer my kitchens and the chefs. how about a cooking night with all the vege recipes? if you need more info, feel free to discuss with me. thanks.

Shanghai Vegetarians Club Upcoming Event:

Afternoon Tea at the Freshary with Special Guest Speaker -- SUNDAY, April 17, 3pm

We are very excited about this event for 2 reasons:

(1) Come celebrate the Grand Opening of the Freshary's new branch on Julu Road. The Freshary is the first store/cafe in Shanghai that offers vegan baked goods and ice cream. Club member Paul Bergman, who is the owner of the Freshary will be offering various delicious vegan desserts and goodies. Check out their website at The Freshary http://www.thefreshary.com/brand/.

(2) Ms. Sherry Xie of City Shop will be our special guest speaker at this event. It has been a long time goal of our Club to create a forum for our Club members to find out more about what vegetarian and vegan products are available to us in Shanghai, and to be able to discuss with vendors the type of products that we want to be able to buy. Ms. Xie will talk about the challenges of procurement for imported products in China, especially for vegetarian food and other products, products that they are able to procure. This will be a good chance to get your voices heard if there are products that you really want to buy but can't find in this city.

Also a Disclaimer: Our Club is not affiliated in any way with the City Shop. This is strictly an effort by our Club to provide a forum between our Club Members and local vendors to share ideas and information. We picked City Shop because many expats shop there, and they have been very welcoming and opened to the idea of hearing from us.

We hope many of you can make it. This is also a good chance to show City Shop that there is a strong demand for vegetarian products, and to show support to Paul and his team for his efforts to bring vegan eating options to our community.

Date & Time: SUNDAY April 17, 2011; 3pm

Place: The Freshary

Address: 907 Julu Lu, near Changshu Lu

Menu and Price: Each person pay for whatever he/she buys. The Freshary sells soy ice cream, muffins, pretzels and other baked goods.


RSVP to Alexa Chiang at Shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com by April 15.
http://shanghaiveggie.webs.com/

SH Vegetarian Restaurants Hop at Good Goddess Vegetarian Square -- Thursday, May 5, 7:30pm

Join us for the first stop of our 2011 Restaurants Hop at "好孃孃净素坊", which doesn't have an English name really, but the translation is "Good Goddess Vegetarian Square." It is a super popular restaurant for Shanghainese and we've got to check it out.

To see what our 2011 Restaurants Hop is all about, visit our website at http://shanghaiveggie.webs.com.

Date & Time: Thursday May 5, 7:30pm

Place: 好孃孃净素坊" (Pin Yin: Hao Niang Niang Jing Su Fang). Our translation: "Good Goddess Vegetarian Square."

Address: #108 Zha Pu Lu (Between Tian Tong Lu & Wu Chang Lu). 乍浦路108号(天潼路与武昌路之间)

Phone: 021-63092098 (but they probably only speak Chinese)

Price: RMB 52-60


RSVP to Shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com by Tuesday May 3rd.


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Mystery Dinner Night!!!! -- Saturday, May 21, 7:00pm
Restaurants hosted trivia nights are soooo yesterday. Join us instead for Mystery Dinner Night. As far as we know we are the first one to ever host such an event in Shanghai. We will have a sumptuous Chinese dinner party combined with an interactive crime solving game. You will be assigned a character in advance. (Even better -- come dressed as your character.) During dinner, others will seek to discover your sins and secrets, while you seek to bring justice by discovering "Whodunnit".

"Murder at Annonville Mannor"

Mystery Synopsis

The Annonville Manor closed for business years ago due to increasing rumors of eerie hauntings by ill-mannered spirits. A mysterious entrepreneur recently purchased the old hotel, renovated it, and announced that the Manor is free of ghosts and has been restored to the pristine caliber of the good ole' days when it was the premier venue for the town's major social events and entertainment. You, as a special member of the town community, are cordially invited by the new owner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, to a special pre-grand opening dinner party at the Manor's Grand Dining Room.



Date & Time: Saturday May 21, 7:30pm

Place: Homes Shanghainese Restaurant (to be confirmed)

Address: No. 791 Julu Lu, near Fumin Lu


Phone: 021-5403 0010


Price: RMB 160 per person including banquet meal, drinks, and game preparation costs. (Alcohol drinks extra.)


RSVP to Shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com ASAP.

Attendance is limited to 20 people an only the first 15 RSVPs are guaranteed character assignments. Those who RSVP late may be assigned to come as the town reporters or unique characters depending on our time availability to make arrangements. You also need to RSVP in advance to get information about your character.

June Upcoming Events:

Saturday, June 25,6:30pm -- Dinner with Special Guest Speaker James Scott, fitness coach for the Shanghai Sharks, on "Fitness 101"

James Scott, strength & conditioning coach for the Shanghai Sharks (and previously the Houston Rockets) will be our guest speaker for the night. The discussion will be on how people who have never exercised before can incorporate exercise into their lives and the enfolding of sports nutrition into their fitness regimes. Our goal is to educate those who want to begin exercising, but may not know how to do it correctly to maintain the joy and motivation to continue, or don't know how to get started.

This talk is primarily geared toward beginners and people who do not know how to exercise but are curious. Our first piece of advice: it's never too late to start. Please come and hear what James and others have to say. James' talk will be followed with a Q&A session to help dispel myths and urban legends.

Date & Time: Saturday June 25, 6:30 pm
Place: Anna Maya Cafe
Add: No. 3 Taojiang Road
Tel: 021-64334602
Price and Menu -- RMB 130 per person. A buffet dinner including 10-12 different vegetarian dishes, 2 desserts, tea & coffee will be served. Alcohol extra.

RSVP to Alexa at Shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com.

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Friday, June 10th, 7pm -- Happy Hour at Boxing Cat Brewery

Come join us for Happy Hour at Boxing Cat Brewery. Now that the weather is pleasant again, it will be nice to sit outside and enjoy the warm temperatures after a long work week. Boxing Cat has lots of delicious brews on tap, from pale ales to stouts. Plus, they now have a portabello mushroom sandwich! Perfect for us veggies!

Date and Time: Friday, June 10, 7pm
Place: Boxing Cat Brewery
Add: 82 Fu Xing West Road
Tel: 021-6431-2091
Cost: pay for what you order.


Please PM Nancy Lewis by Wed, June 8th, noon.

If you have problems with private message function or accessing our site to RSVP, send your RSVP by email to us at shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com.

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Saturday June 18, 6:30pm -- Restaurant Hop at Lucky Zen

We were going to go to Song Yue Vegetarian Restaurant but have been told that their food are not that great. So back by popular demand, this month we will visit Lucky Zen again. For those of you who missed it last time, now is a good chance to try out this restaurant that is so popular and packed that dinner reservations almost always required 2 days advance notice.

Place: Lucky Zen Vegetarian Restaurant (Ji Xiang Cao)
Date and Time: June 18th Sat at 18:30 pm (6:30pm)
Add : 2/F, 428 Madang Lu,near Hefei Lu
phone: 6373 0288
Cost : 50--60 RMB per person

Please PM Annie Taylor Chen by Thu, June 16th 2011 to reserve. Thanks!

If you have problems with private message function or accessing our site to RSVP, send your RSVP by email to us at shanghaiveggie@yahoo.com.

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Hi everyone,

I think this is a great forum to share opinions info on where to get access to organic and free range products in Shanghai. I do not live in Shanghai but my family does. I live in Los Angeles myself. I visit Shanghai twice a year and I love the city but each time i go i get sick from eating bad food. I'm concerned for everyone especially my parents, brother and sister who live in the city. It is so difficult to buy clean and healthy food and if you are able to find it, it will be very expensive. I always bring a luggage full of fresh produce that i put in the freezer bag and bring back to Shanghai for them. I stock my bag with ribeye (from Costco) so hard to get nice beef in Shanghai, I get all kinds of cheese, blueberries, cereal, granola, nuts etc and of course, all of it is organic. I really want to try find a way to import healty organic food from Los Angeles to Shanghai. I sometimes use the post office here and send a box full of dried producs such as organic nuts, baby food, sea salt, organic herbs and tea and coffee to my family and friends. They get it within a week as I use ems. I would really like to cater it to a larger group as I know from personal experience how difficult it is to feel safe when buying groceries in Shanghai. If anyone is interested and need anything from US, I'd be happy to help work something out. I promise you it will be much cheaper than buying from the online stores in China and its from Los angeles guaranteed (i will give you the original receipts). To make you feel more at ease, i'd love to visit my family who live in Jing An district and you can see for yourself all the healthy products that I've sent to them. They actually sell some of it to their friends and relatives.


I also opened an taobao store a few years ago where i sell baby products shipped from US.

if you're interested you can contact me through moonchild178@yahoo.com

Thank you and I wish you all safe eating and good health.

kind regards,

summer

guys, we have updated our site now, it's
http://www.shanghaivegetarians.com/
feel free to check it out!

moonchild wrote:Hi everyone,

I think this is a great forum to share opinions info on where to get access to organic and free range products in Shanghai. I do not live in Shanghai but my family does. I live in Los Angeles myself. I visit Shanghai twice a year and I love the city but each time i go i get sick from eating bad food. I'm concerned for everyone especially my parents, brother and sister who live in the city. It is so difficult to buy clean and healthy food and if you are able to find it, it will be very expensive. I always bring a luggage full of fresh produce that i put in the freezer bag and bring back to Shanghai for them. I stock my bag with ribeye (from Costco) so hard to get nice beef in Shanghai

Must be from tofu cows

johnny_tropicana wrote:Cows are tasty.
Just not the tofu ones.
But thanks to the OP as the ladyfriend is a Buddhist and I
have had a hard time finding appropriate restaurants that
we can both feed at.
I can fake being a vegetarian now and again.

We totally understand that. Many of our vegans had a time giving up cheese and ice-creams before they are 100% vegan. As a matter of fact, many people who come to our events are not vegetarians at all, but they all had fun eating with us and are surprised and happy to discover so many new ways of eating plant-based food. You should certain join us! We're updating the site to make it easier for people, stay tuned.

For those vegans living in Shanghai, do you know where/how to get vegan milk alternatives (soy milk, rice milk or almond milk)? We are relocating soon, but not sure where to go. Are there places to buy everyday, or are there places that also sell the non-refrigerated versions we could stock up on?

This thread seems like a great place to get advice from Shanghai vegans, so I appreciate any advice.

Thanks!

JL Plaza supermarket have a good selection of soy/rice/...milk.
At the corner of Zizhong lu & Madang lu

Soy milk is EVERYWHERE: every supermarket and convenience store carries the Yeo's brand soy milk. It is usually in the refrigerated section, even though it doesn't need to be refrigerated until it is opened. It costs around 7 rmb a bottle.

That sounds great, thanks for all the advice. This is for my infant, who also has severe milk/egg allergies. Is the Yeo's brand safe, and do you know if it is pretty natural vs having lots of sweeteners/additives?

Thanks again!

It says that it doesn't have any GMOs and that the ingredients are water, soybeans, sugar, and salt. It is definitely sweeter than the stuff in the US. You might be better off buying one of those soybean milk machines, so you can control exactly what is in it.

Nice step and i like it . This is very informative topic which increase my knowledge.
I like vegetables which are best for health.

Does anyone know if the The Freshary is still in existence? I went by the Julu Rd location, and there is another store at the address. Nobody answers the phone for the SML store, but their website is still up. I would love for there to be a vegan bakery in Shanghai.

wolfov wrote:That sounds great, thanks for all the advice. This is for my infant, who also has severe milk/egg allergies. Is the Yeo's brand safe, and do you know if it is pretty natural vs having lots of sweeteners/additives?

Thanks again!

Sorry to hear about your baby's allergies.

I don't recommend Yeo's for infants, as it's sweetened, and might contains something like thickeners. You might check some organic imported vegan milk alternatives (soy, oat, rice milk etc). Or if you want to save money, go for non-GMO soy milk or black bean milk in bags, sold in almost EVERY Chinese open market's tofu stand, the brand is local, called Tramy, 清美。Those bags will last 1 to 2 days, so there is nothing else in it. You have to keep it in your fridge after you get it, and use it soon. Or better, get a Chinese soymilk maker, and make your own! It involves a bit planning but you know what you put in there.

For more on healthy vegan shopping tips, please visit our site :
http://www.shanghaivegetarians.com/shopping-guide/

wolfov wrote:Does anyone know if the The Freshary is still in existence? I went by the Julu Rd location, and there is another store at the address. Nobody answers the phone for the SML store, but their website is still up. I would love for there to be a vegan bakery in Shanghai.

Sorry, The Freshary has been closed since last year, we did an interview with the owner here:
http://www.shanghaivegetarians.com/your-say-living-a-pro-veg-life-in-shanghai/

For vegan bakery, you might want to try Annie's Vegan Dessert in Kush, 98 Yanping Road. Right now it's in Beta version, so Annie is just trying to collect some feedback from people . So every week there is a new type of cupcake. They are not only much healthier but simply tastes better!