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Solo Dining, Solitude and Chineseness
“Table for one, please.” I look the waiter right in the eye. Without a beat he grabs a menu and ushers me inside the Shanghainese restaurant. Just like that I am seated at a round wooden table along a mural wall. A single seat for lunch this weekday afternoon. Solo dining is not something everyone…
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