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Zachary Franklin (United States) Home town: PhiladelphiaJob: Merry Prankster

They call me 熊猫. Apparently I am a big deal in China.

Joined the site 20 Mar 2008

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(20 most recent posts)
Added Jan 24

Cafe Bernice

Listing Stay tuned for a review.

Added Jan 14

Yi Pin Xiaolong

Listing This restaurant is one of the top spo...

Added Jan 05

J Kitchen

Listing This hip restaurant offers a menu of ...

Added Jan 03

Annie's > Ocean Park

Listing Warm, cozy and consistent, Annie's ha...

Added Nov 23

Thai Restaurant & Bar

Listing This cozy Thai restaurant doesn't sta...

Added Oct 27

TGI Friday's > World City

Listing Known for ample servings of tasty Ame...

Added Jul 09

Fatburger > China World

Listing This American West Coast burger chain...

Added Jun 05

YOLOTA > Mengzi Lu

Listing This simple Taiwanese shop is a local...

Added Nov 05

Expo's Effects: Was Expo Good for Shanghai?

Article The longest subway system on the plan...

Added Oct 19

Expo For Sale: How Much Would You Pay for a Pavilion?

Article As Expo heads into its final weeks, <...

Added Oct 08

How to Run Your Own Expo

Article ***Want to host your own world fair? ...

Added Sep 29

Culture Masks the World’s Largest Trade Fair at Expo

Article <b>Expo has been billed as a cultural...

Added Sep 26

Pankoo > Raffles City

Listing With several locations throughout the...

Added Sep 16

Caught on Camera: Expo Gone Wild

Article <b>We chat to Paulius Staniunas, foun...

Added Jun 08

2010 World Cup: Who's Got What it Takes to be a Champion?

Article Host-city **South Africa**'s team has...

Added Jun 08

Football Fever: Where to Watch the World Cup

Article <i>Not sure who to cheer for in this ...

Added Mar 16

Helen's Cafe

Listing Opened by the creator of Sakura — the...

Added Oct 26

Aroma Cafe

Listing This small coffeeshop offers up the n...

Added Oct 20

Salabim

Listing A Norwegian-owned Italian restaurant ...

REVIEWS

 
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Blue Frog > Sanlitun Out of all the Blue Frog's in China — and I think we're u...

 
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Krispy Kreme Game over. The revolution is here, and it comes in the fo...

 
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Grange Grill It gets to be a bit of chemistry lesson when ordering at ...

 
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The Fat Olive > Xizang Nan Lu You can't beat the view Fat Olive has with its outdoor pa...

 
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South Beauty > Wangjing It's a little surreal to walk into a restaurant where eve...

 
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Yang's Fried Dumplings > Wujiang Lu I literally stumbled into this place and now basically re...

 
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TGI Friday's > Beijing Friendship Hotel Let's be serious, any time one is hankering for big food ...

 
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New York Style Steak and Burger Easily one of the best steak and burger joints in town. I...

 
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Dolar Shop > Nanjing Dong Lu I try to make a Dolar Shop adventure at least once a week...

 
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Hai Di Lao > Sanlitun Bonkers good food. Ordering a truckload of dishes for hot...

 
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Kro's Nest > Xiaoyun Lu I've always felt Kro's Nest serves the best pizza in Chin...

 
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Mosto As if 50+ reviews weren't enough to show just how good Mo...

 
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Grinders Hearty and heavy. Those are the words that come to mind w...

 
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Tairyo Teppanyaki > Gongti Value for one's money isn't a question. Tairyo Teppanyaki...

 
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Jambo Juice > CBD/Guomao Jambo is definitely a place that will get one hooked on s...

 
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Flamme Order a steak and every possible side on the menu. Get at...

 
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Page One I'm awestruck by the selection, and the fact that I didn'...

 
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glo London I give Glo a lot of credit for both the taste and present...

 
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Greek Taverna > Yueyang Lu Greek Taverna is the good stuff. Very filling dishes. Enj...

 
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Shanghai Brewery > Hengshan Lu Fantastic beer selection and a range of pub food to enjoy...

COMMENTS

May 18

[CLOSED] WIN Entrance to the City Weekend Reader's Choice Awards Trick question. CW is "powered by the ideas of its reader...

Nov 28

thebrick's profile Indeed, back and kicking it. Will make sure to stop by an...

Aug 18

Breaking News: Ludacris and 30 Seconds to Mars to Headline Black Rabbit Fest I'd be very impressed if Saigon showed up to perform.

Jul 21

Touring Beijing's Three Revolving Restaurants Revolving restaurant at the Radisson hotel in Shanghai. B...

Jul 14

Asia's Most Amazing Hotels Two hours with the Hello Kitty S&M set. Done and done.

Jul 11

Buying Train Tickets in Beijing: Updates Shanghai mentality. I forget you don't refer to people wh...

Jul 11

Buying Train Tickets in Beijing: Updates Are we sure this is uniform? I purchased a ticket yesterd...

Jun 28

Even More Shopping Malls Coming to Beijing I feel like the Shimao project has been going on forever.

Jun 23

Foreign-brand Beer Bottles Refilled with Local Brew That's why I only drink Beijing Beer.

Jun 03

Young and Naïve: Anhui High Schooler Sells Kidney for iPad 2 I'm surprised a hospital (yes, I know it is China) would ...

May 24

Interview: Student Speaks About Attacking the Father of Great Firewall Because throwing a shoe is such an original way to expres...

May 19

Summer of Smog: Shanghai's Air Quality During the Warmer Months 20 years away from seeing any real change?! Wow. Will it ...

Apr 29

Get the Lowdown on this Weekend's X Games The Yasutoko's are still competing in the in-line skating...

Apr 15

Are Shanghai Customers Just Too Demanding? At the risk of both provoking other Web site users and ta...

Apr 14

zachary_franklin's profile Everyone seems to have something important to discuss wit...

Apr 08

Introducing City Weekend's Free iPhone App I just downloaded the App, and I dig the look and feel. I...

Mar 29

Uigher Wonders: Beijing's Fabulous Xinjiang Food Crescent Moon! Unfortunately, I've seen too many instance...

Feb 25

Taobao Snack-attack: Best Imported Foods Online The jury is still out ... they don't have Curly Wurlys.

Feb 12

Book a Table: Wining and Dining This Weekend I think I still owe Schrader and Lee Mack dinner at Hoote...

Jan 28

Who's Spending RMB388,888 On A CNY Dinner? It's so insane I ordered two ... just to be redonkulously...

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Most Recent Comments

thebrick

hey Zach,

this is Lee from blue frog all those years ago. saw you were back in the jing so thought i'd catch up.

i own the brick now, in here most nights, stop by and say hi.

catch ya later

Lee

5 months, 4 weeks ago

loveloveloveb

Hello, my name is sylvia, I was inpressed by your profile,i will like us to be friends, write me with this address, sylvia.mmbouye@yahoo.com

1 year ago

freeja

I love your reviews!

1 year ago

zachary_franklin

Everyone seems to have something important to discuss with me. It just seems so ... busy.

1 year, 1 month ago

twocevent

hi, zachary. nice to meet you here and welcome to attend our event here in SH http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/events/85436/

1 year, 1 month ago

peee2009

Good day, How is everything with you,I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately.I have something very vital to diclose to you,but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:(petermaye01@ymail.com)for the full details. Have a nice day and God bless you, Peter

1 year, 2 months ago

zachary_franklin

Love interests on my all ... baller?

1 year, 4 months ago

zachary_franklin

why do people feel the need to comment on my wall?

1 year, 7 months ago

chelsefina

Hi! I need some advice, please. I'm interested in coming to China, and possibly to Shanghai. I've already got job offers from some English schools and they are ready for me to come over. I'm ready, too. The problem is my boyfriend wants to come with me and work also, but he's not qualified to be a teacher, he doesn't have a degree or much professional experience outside of restaurant work and customer service. We were hoping he could come in and maybe work "under the table" as a chef or at a hostel or a private English conversation partner. Are there many people that do this? Would it be possible for him to find cash in hand jobs in Shanghai that don't require working papers? Please email me at chelsefina@gmail.com. Thanks!

1 year, 9 months ago

scorpiontattoo

Hi ! I'm a new member,and i want to ask you,how to send my pictures to this place?please help me,thanks...

scorpion tattoo,your new friend.

2 years, 1 month ago

nancysh

Free WINE TASTING – Saturday 3rd April 7:00 Pm – 9: 30 PM

Everyone is welcomed, so come along and meet friends, drink wine, learn mandarin AND have fun. Using Mandarin to learn, have fun and meet new people.

This is a free lesson to everyone who wishes to learn Mandarin.

Contact us now and we will arrange a free test to put you into your suitable level for the wine tasting.

Contact@Chinese-Blossom.com www.Chinese-Blossom.com

2 years, 1 month ago

zachary_franklin

When I said the pizza ads disappeared, I wasn't trying to invite the largest pizza ad in the history of pizza ... and advertising ... to be posted on my wall. But I'll go with it.

2 years, 10 months ago

zachary_franklin

the pizza ads disappeared :(

2 years, 11 months ago

zachary_franklin

It is good to see my wall has become an advertisement for a new pizza restaurant

3 years ago

zachary_franklin

Yay ... pizza

3 years ago

mazolinc

Hi, this is Tomaz (Church and Snowboarding), the Vodka guy... just drop me an email @ yalla.solution@gmai.com. Cheers

3 years, 4 months ago

zaoyuanju

Welcome to Zaoyuanju Hotel!

3 years, 6 months ago

rickycm

Hey~

3 years, 6 months ago

lilkuo

hey zach, were you at the CW exhibition last night carrying a camera? I think i saw you for a hot second and then you were gone!

3 years, 6 months ago

ellenimaomao

Looked at.

3 years, 8 months ago