As this was our first trip to Shanghai, we felt obligated to check out Xintiandi, a ‘The Grove/Americana’-ish place that screams ‘tourist trap’. We went there for dinner. Out of all the restaurants there (mostly expensive chichi place and chains, there’s a Din tai fung there too), Xin Jishi sounded most appealing as it’s a […]
Tags: Chinese, Shanghai, Xiaolungbao
As I mentioned before, we realized tea (or coffee) breaks were very essential in Shanghai for us. As we like to explore a city by foot, Shanghai could be stressful to navigate around due to the crazy drivers and endless constructions in the city. Even taking taxi cab could stress you out too (i.e. bad […]
Tags: fashionable, Ice cream, Tea
We went to all the touristy sights on the first two days, such as Nanjing east road (yikes, it’s like Time square + 3rd street Promenade), the bund (half of it was under construction right now) and Yu Garden at the old city. After enjoying the quiet and beautiful Yu Garden, we did what many […]
One advantage of the location of JIA is that it’s very close to WuJiang Road Food Street. Wujiang Road is a short street filled with local small restaurants selling snacks and cheap eats. Some places are definitely more popular than others, you can tell from how long the queue is. Almost every guidebook tells u […]
Tags: Chinese, snack, Street Food
We’re back from our trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong. We had an amazing time at both cities. In the short six days we spent in Shanghai, we stayed at 2 different hotels at 2 different neigbourhoods and had 2 different experiences. The first place we stayed at is the designy chic JIA Shanghai. It’s […]
Tags: Breakfast, Chinese, hip, hotel, Travel Report
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