洋盘：阿密青年和上海小笼包

by Christopher St. Cavish, 沈恺伟, 于是 (Translator)

洋盘，四川方言中，有洋气、拉风的意思。

上海方言中，则指外来人不太了解本地习俗。作者用作书名带有一点自嘲。

本书是美国作家沈恺伟（Christopher St. Cavish）讲述他在中国经历的一本非虚构文学作品。

2005年，24岁的沈恺伟离开家乡——美国东南部城市迈阿密，以年轻厨师的身份游历至香港，又机缘巧合得到一份在浦东香格里拉酒店翡翠36餐厅的工作，由此开始了他在上海近20年的生活。

从最初跌跌撞撞闯入一座陌生城市，不知道自己能在这里待多久，到骑着挎斗摩托穿越5000公里寻路中国，从躲在外籍人士舒适的“泡泡圈”，到花10年寻访一位手工锅匠，以《上海小笼包指南》出圈……他穿越在两种文化间，一年又一年，学会了当一个成年人，学会了爱，学会了痛苦，也见证了改革大潮下中国的变迁。

冥冥中似乎有一个声音在召唤他，而直到来到中国，他才发现自己与这个国家的深刻渊源。

304 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2023

Reviews

[January · Rating 2 out of 5]

partly about (a little bit of) Chinese food and culture, partly about being a (white and male) immigrant in Shanghai, and partly about his ancestor who lived in Beijing during a challenging time about 150 years ago. it would be much better and more focused to remove the last part (problematic perspective). sometimes, writing what is close to our heart is important, but it may not be the best work we deliver. as for the first two parts, some chapters are better than the other ones (the camel milk chapter is good and could be explored more. the MSG chapter, not so much.). 2.5

[Miaomiao Li · Rating 3 out of 5]

书名实在是太误导了，以为会是和鱼翅和花椒一样讲饮食文化的，但其实更多的是作者在上海生活的文化碰撞和奇妙的家族中国史，了解到了一些外国人在中国生活的种种不便，作者祖上的传教经历也很传奇，但中间穿杂着white people trauma实在是让人边读边想翻白眼，很影响整体阅读感受。可能对于作者来说他在异国的抑郁是很重要的人生经历吧，但是我们老中读起来就是真的非常不relatable，and who cares about a white dude’s dating life anyhow…

[ツツ]

It’s fun to read about “reverse immigration” (for lack of a better word). There’s many interesting details, and getting to know the extend of China’s xenophobia at the political level. The normie melodrama’s a bit redundant even boring.

[MTGRT · Rating 4 out of 5]

中文译者很棒，翻得非常好。

[D Shi]

本来是拿来休闲的书却给我带来了不少情绪上的影响。一本书里涉及到了很多话题，中国近代史、过去二十年中的上海、抑郁症、厨子的生活、死亡、新冠疫情。
作者笔下的中国近代史怕是在中外叙事里都不够政治正确，许久不接触历史，读到动辄几十几百人丧生的描述感到惊心动魄。
想念上海了，即便作者笔下的上海和我经历的相差不小

[王维蔚WeiweiWang · Rating 3 out of 5]

就像前言所说，算是补全了现代的在中国的“外国人”叙事所缺失的更私人、日常的一种角度。专栏作家的底子的确让书难成书，有些细碎，其余都还不错。

[AAA]

是好看的，可是也让我有点伤心。书里苦涩的部分太多了，五味杂陈。

[Hedyhohoho · Rating 2 out of 5]

没有啥信息量，明明很好的角度但写不出啥有趣的报道，有种白在异国居住二十年之感。

[Summer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best part is not about his experience as a chef (probably the most boring part of this book tbh), not about his family history (still good though), but his personal stories with his ex-wife. I was so touched by his genuine share of the failure of their relationship and the struggle of displacement he and his ex-wife experienced as immigrants. From this perspective, China is not the “other” to him, a Westerner, but simply a foreign country that he, and everyone else who has left their homeland, has lived in.