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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Chinese’
October 26, 2009
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Wang Jia Sha (Shanghai)
By Freda in 08: ShanghaiWe 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 […]
Tags: Chinese, Shanghainese, Xiaolungbao
October 23, 2009
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Yang’s Fry Dumpling 小杨生煎館 (Shanghai)
By Joan in 08: ShanghaiOne 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
October 22, 2009
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JIA Shanghai Hotel (Shanghai)
By Joan in 08: Shanghai, TravelWe’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
October 1, 2009
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Newport Tan Cang Seafood Restaurant (San Gabriel)
By Joan in 01: San GabrielNewport Tan Cang Seafood Restaurant is a very popular Chinese/Vietnamese seafood restaurant that used to be located in the same plaza as the famous Golden Deli. They moved to a new location recently at a bigger space with a brand new look as well as a nice website. I was quite shocked to see how […]
