Shanghai Part.2 | Shanghai, CHINA
Read
the previous Shanghai post here
The
next morning the other travel bunnie and I got up early to meet up my
parents, little did we know that they were more excited than us and
had already been waiting in the lobby.
Personally,
a few things come to mind when Shanghai is mentioned and one of those
includes xiao
long bao, which
literally translates to small steamer basket buns, or as Mr Bourdain
calls it, pillows of happiness. The cab dropped us off just outside
of the Old
Town’s Yuyuan Garden,
but the first stop for the four of us was Nanxiang
Steamed Bun Restaurant,
a long standing institution for their, well, steamed buns. It is a
culinary icon. I don’t remember queueing for too long to get a
table, actually I don’t remember much other than the pure
satisfaction that I got from eating those buns one steamer basket
after another.
After
breakfast, we took a nice stroll in the Yuyuan Garden before moving
on to Nanjing
Road
for some shopping.
A
short cab ride later saw us four having lunch at elEFANTE,
a Spanish restaurant located in the Xuhui district. I got sucked into
it after reading a critic review on the internet. It was uneventful
fare and I’ll stop there.
But you see, the amazing thing with Shanghai, is that you’ll never
be able to turn a corner without finding something that your appetite
finds appealing. We came across South
Beauty,
a restaurant chain that specialises in Sichuan cuisine with a really
affordable menu. The other travel bunnie and I had a delightful
experience at one of their branches in Shenzhen, so I suggested it to
my parents and they were willing to give it a go. The restaurant was
beautifully decorated, perhaps even slightly over the top as some
would say, but then again, for a capitalist imperialist city like
Shanghai, the definition of OTT may seem a little obscure. Dinner was
wonderful and despite the seas of red, the food was actually not
overly spicy, which was
perfect for my liking.
The
day finished too soon but we were looking forward to the next
adventure - a day trip to the historic scenic town of Wuzhen.
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