"An ideal restaurant should have two standards: firstly, it should stick to its own characteristics; and secondly, it should offer the best service," says Shu. "In my opinion, all the candidate restaurants we considered meet these standards, perhaps because people from Shanghai and its surrounding areas love and demand good food."
Whether a tourist, visitor on a business trip or an expat already living in Shanghai, iDEALShanghai will ensure you never feel lost or short of options for things to do in the city.
"I think iDEALShanghai brings together the great aspects of the city, such as Shanghai culture, food, entertainment and its lifestyle," says veteran journalist David Maguire, who sat on the iDEALShanghai Awards jury.
For a full list of winners, check B6-7.
For more photos and detail, check www.idealshanghai.com/resource/awards/
About iDEALShanghai
IN August 2012, Shanghai Daily introduced its first sub-brand, iDEALShanghai, to provide accurate and up-to-date city guide information for local expats and foreign visitors.
The sub-brand includes a weekly newspaper, a monthly supplement, a website (iDEALShanghai.com), an iPhone app and now the iDEALShanghai Awards.
The brand title is intended to suggest a quality lifestyle - "i" represents I; "D" stands for Dining; "E" is for Entertainment; "A" for accommodation; and "L" for Leisure.
Shanghai Daily first published its iDEAL weekly newspaper and monthly supplement on October 2010 to provide a complete range of lifestyle information in and around Shanghai and its neighboring cities, covering dining, shopping, tourism and life in local communities.
iDEALShanghai.com aims to be the ultimate guide to the city, offering in English instant access to key travel and leisure information - whether it's finding fun venues or checking out transport options - and much more.
"The website and application are very useful. It can be a lifestyle guide for me to find more popular and interesting outlets and other chip toipcs in the town," says Joseph Chong, general manager of The Peninsula Shanghai.
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