They’ve got a whole page of classic cocktails and various riffs on the Martini, Margarita and Mojito, and whole pages of wines, beers and soft drinks to boot. Europeans and Chinese didn’t have such good things to say. We brought a couple of slices back to the office and staff opinions on the dishes were divided. Lacks some lady fingers and a boozy kick. Tiramisu Cheesecake: 76rmb – 960 calories Couldn’t resist this one. At the end of the day, just a plain old slice of cheesecake. Original Cheesecake: 69rmb – 860 calories The cheesecake that took the Overton family global. A creamy plate of chicken and spaghetti with some diced raw tomato and parsley for garnish. 1 dish for the Disney location on Dianping. Pasta With Chicken And Lemon Garlic Sauce: 162rmb – 1,400 calories No. The broccoli is literally the whole bush or tree or whatever you call that thing. doesn’t come inside the burger so you can eat the thing without even having to touch a green.įresh Grilled Salmon with Mash and Broccoli: 200rmb – 940 calories Here’s a nod to something healthy, except its big enough to sustain a starving family and comes swimming in butter. The usual garnish of lettuce, onions gherkins etc. Macaroni Cheeseburger: Calories 138rmb – 1,340 calories A heartstopper of a main, the burger comes with a patty of breaded mac’n’cheese. Spring roll casing stuffed with burger meat and cheese, and then deep-fried. Cheeseburger Spring Rolls: 88rmb – 850 calories Not as awful as you’re imagining. The really staggering numbers though, come in the calorie count, available on their website. In fact, even the menu itself is huge, clocking in at over 200 items deep, most of which are listed as ‘Specialties’. ‘American sizes’ is the term that gets thrown about a lot but another way to describe it could be ‘Immorally large’. The Food: Cheesecake Factory has an almost mythic reputation for its giant portions.
“I just love it! I drive all the way to the Disney location every week.” Why do you think people love Cheesecake Factory so much? However, it seems that people who love Cheesecake Factory really LOVE Cheesecake Factory. It was nothing like some of the other franchise debuts. By the time doors opened, the demographic had balanced out and things were heating up. We got there a couple of hours before the opening there were fewer than 10 people in the queue, and most of them were elderly Shanghainese – make of that what you will. As per, this may be another name that will slide into obscurity as the next hot thing comes along (looking at you Five Guys). It’s another name in a long list of foreign ventures that open in Shanghai with "hype": Popeye’s, Tim Horton’s, Starbucks Reserve, Shake Shack, Taco Bell, Dunkin’ Doughnuts etc. Now the contract is up and the cat is out the bag, can Cheesecake Factory survive without the Disney marriage? Rumor has it that the Disney contract had forbidden them from opening another location in Shanghai for five years. At 12.38pm today (April 13), they opened their first in Shanghai proper at the Taikoo Hui mall on Nanjing Xi Lu. They’ve had a location in Shanghai since 2016, but it’s down at Disney.
Now they have over 300 worldwide, 3 of which are in mainland China. What Is It: Cheesecake Factory is an American brand that started out as a mom ‘n’ pop bakery in L.A.