WORLD TRAVELLERS: ESSENTIALS & FAVOURITES
How to live (and why); Where to go (and how); What to eat & drink (and where)
CUI WEI / 45 / RESTAURATEUR & RIDER / SHANGHAI
![Cui Wei Tommy Kerns](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Cui-Wei-Main.jpg)
ESSENTIAL
(carry-on items)
Headphones: AKG (by Harman).
Grooming brands: Nivea Men.
Luggage: Samsonite.
Jet lag remedy: Massage, spa or hot spring bath followed of course by sleep!
Various: Samsung S10 smartphone, a Cuban cigar and Six God mosquito repellent – probably the most essential item of them all!
FAVOURITE
Most-used apps: Instagram, Alipay, WeChat, Taobao, Yahoo Weather.
Magazine: Rampstyle.
Newspaper: XinMin Weekly.
Airline: ANA (All Nippon Airways).
Airport: Japanese airports are the best, highlighted by Haneda in Tokyo.
Hotel: Studio City Hotel in Macau.
Restaurants: Guyi Hunan in Shanghai for their Sichuan cuisine; Afuri Ramen, which has 10 branches in Tokyo; Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice Restaurants (Singapore & Malaysia); Siu Loon Fung, an authentic Hong Kong eatery in Shanghai.
Bars: Vesbar (Victoria, Australia); Harley Bar 288 (Buriram, Thailand); EZ 5 (San Francisco); Bar Beagle (Shanghai); M-Box (Yiwu, China)
![AKG](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AKG.jpg)
AKG (by Harman).
![Cigars](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Cigars.jpg)
Cuban cigars.
NECESSITIES
Watch: An antique Rolex Day-Date.
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot.
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban.
Stationery: Montblanc.
Fragrance: Dior.
Jeans: Evisu.
Trainers: Nike.
CONSUMABLES
Beer: Corona.
Wine: Costa Regale Ripasso.
Cocktail: Moscow Mule.
Street food: Yi Dian Dian milk tea.
![Evisu-jeans](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Evisu-jeans.jpg)
Evisu jeans.
![Rampstyle-Magazine](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Rampstyle-Magazine.jpg)
Rampstyle magazine.
CURRENTLY
Watching: The Boys, season one.
Reading: Lightning by Dean Koontz.
Listening: Jamiroquai.
FUTURE
Bike: Brompton folding bicycle.
Car: Porsche 911 Targa.
Destinations: XinJiang (North-Western China), Switzerland, Japan, USA, New Zealand, Australia.
![Brompton](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Brompton.jpg)
Brompton folding bicycle.
![The-Boys](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Boys-1.jpg)
The Boys, season one.
Cui Wei weaves the two passions of his life – motorcycling and food – into his professional career. The 45-year-old is the founder of both Siu Lung Fung restaurant in Shanghai, and Born & Bred, a retro-cultural brand focused on motorcycle culture.
Interviewed by Barry Havenga for LNLA
![Studio-City](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Studio-City.jpg)
Studio City in Macau.
![Food](https://limitsnolongerapply.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Food.jpg)