Pretty in Pink

With an abundance of pink cocktails, melt-in-your-mouth Blondie brownies and pink-mayonnaise-frosted burgers, I can't help but wonder how Barbie manages to keep such a perfect form as I scan the menu of the newly-opened Barbie Caf on Huaihai Road M.

Catchy selections like the pink Barbie Tini, Fashionista Salad and Shanghai Lynn Taro Gelato are a good match for the novel aesthetic that is sure to please any Barbie-lover like me or my girlfriends, who grew up playing with the dolls.

Designed by Mattel Barbie and David Laris of Laris fame, the cafe is housed in a black, white and pink room tiled with zebra-like stripes. The designers said they mimicked the herringbone swimsuit worn by Barbie on her grand debut in 1959.