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October 28, 2009 4

Yuan Yuan 圆苑 (Shanghai)

By in 08: Shanghai, Favorite Food Entries

Here’s our first real dinner at Shanghai. We went to Yuan Yuan, a local fine dining restaurant chain that has branches in China’s major cities. They specialize in traditional Shanghai cooking with a modern presentation. We went to the one at the posh Westgate Mall on Nanjing Xi Road. The interior is pretty modern Chinese […]

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October 27, 2009 2

Jia Jia Tang Bao 佳家汤包 (Shanghai)

By in 08: Shanghai

Even though there’s a famous Xiao lung bao place called Nanxiang Dumpling House at Yu’s Garden, that entire area seems too much like a tourist trap for us to want to stay and eat. We got a Taxi and asked the driver to take us to Jia Jia Tang Bao, a highly recommended place I […]

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October 26, 2009 3

Wang Jia Sha (Shanghai)

By in 08: Shanghai

We wanted a light dinner after an exhausted arrival day. Shanghai’s most famous snack: Soup Dumplings (Xiao Lung Bao) would have been quite perfect. We went to the famous Wang Jia Sha that’s located at the heart of  WuJiang Road Food Street. Crab Roe Soup Dumpling. At first glance they didn’t look right, where is […]

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October 7, 2009 2

Bon Voyage

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We’d be traveling to Shanghai and Hong Kong, we’ll update in 2 weeks. 😀

October 7, 2009 4

Extraordinary Dessert (San Diego)

By in 18: Greater LA

Let me put up this almost forgotten entry before we left the country. The beautiful Extraordinary Dessert‘s floral decorated cakes and tea room are part of my San Diego experience every time I go there. When I went there few months ago, I found that they opened a restaurant version at downtown (Little Italy). Upon […]

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