I think if you are really into KTV, Dongguan City is preferable to Shanghai.
The KTV thing is kinda strange.. at least for mainlanders, better brush up on their K-Pop.

Good luck with your travel plans.^

There are also some very good dumpling restaurants in San Gabriel Valley , less than hour from Newport Beach, that you can smoke in the restaurant and bring in your own liquor from the stores down the street.

Agree on that while homemade food on the Mainland can be out of this World, restaurant cooks do not care about their customers experience if it's not a family business or you happen to know the owner well.

But would you not think of Japanese and Korean joints being the stars of the non-Chinese restaurant scene? Shanghai is one of the few cities in China where the cold chain works so I'd really recommend to try either Japanese or Korean sashimi and sushi there.

Interesting and helpful thread!
My wife has just been told she'll have to make a week trip to Shanghai in the upcoming months for work, and I've decided to tag along.

She'll be working near Radisson Hotel Shanghai New World - is that a good area for us to stay, bearing in mind that I'll be doing the touristy stuff?

Location is fine (IMO - as an occasional business traveler and non-resident, non-expert), which means its not in Pudong. Depends on what you like to do "touristy wise." Lots of ideas in this thread as well as others. Ask if you have any other questions!

Well, I really love Suntory: great toro, unbeatable ambiance, and reasonably priced lunch sets. I've also been to the Japanese restaurant in the Ruijin Office Building, which is hailed by many Japanese expats as the best place in town.... certainly better than anything in Portland, but not especially impressive IMO. I haven't been to Tianjia (owned by an air freight company, so they are able to guarantee Tsukiji toro) in a while; heard it's gone down hill.

As far as Korean restaurants are concerned, I've never been wowed. In fact, I dare say that the modest Toji restaurant here in Portland is comparable to the best of SH. What's more, Los Angeles is far ahead of Shanghai in this area.

Moving on to Western food, while I can't think of any fantastic places off hand, those of us accustomed to the typical American diet never go hungry. Take Paulaner (Xuhui location) for example. Assuming they still do the Monday special, it's possible to eat a lot of decent German grub for around y200 pp. And, you also have the hotel brunches and scores of boutiquey restaurants at your disposal.