Shanghai Travel Thread

[Froggy]

the street i was referring to was wujiang road, near the west nanjing road station. best, cheapest and most diverse street food scene in shanghai, with uigher halal food too.

unfortunately, now i realize the place and other street food places in shanghai are also well known for the use of recycled gutter oil. yikes!

http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-street-vendors-use-gutter-oil-2013-10

Actually the most happening food street in Shanghai is not far from that Wujiang Road, its called Yunnan Road or 云南美食街. Here too you find lots of uighur muslim and xinjiang food and the most popular is their delicious bbq lamb skewer 羊肉串, but one should not bet its real lamb as cat meat is often known to be a substitute making it taste better.

 

[ChinaSux]

thank you froggy.

 

[Froggy]

Stayed in a nice hotel last week Navada, convenient, 2 mins walk to Yu Garden MRT Station this line goes directly to Hongqiao Airport and High Speed Rail Station

[video=youtube;-2KK7AIfWaA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2KK7AIfWaA[/video]

 

[Froggy]

Good spread for the breakfast at the hotel

[video=youtube;AFu4MxF9dlM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFu4MxF9dlM[/video]

 

[Froggy]

Never fail to dine at my favorite restaurant, Hunan cuisine, Di Shui Dong

[video=youtube;ALdaCajifEc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALdaCajifEc[/video]



Pork ribs, check out the beautiful spices




Prawns with spices


Brinjal with chili


Chicken with chili


Mei cai kou rou Hunan style

 

[Froggy]

Some scenes of Shanghai's Huai Hai Road











This is the Hermes building






Roadside shoe seller (imitation of course)


This type of shop is everywhere in China, seems like PRCs love to eat this




They've got like a dozen different flavors of duck neck

 

[Froggy]

Visited Hangzhou.

Busy Hongqiao's High Speed Rail Statioon



Took a short break from meetings to walk in a garden in Yuhang district of Hangzhou

 

[Froggy]

Then it was off to the famous West Lake and lunch in Hyatt by the lake to have Hangzhou lunch







This is fish broth, very delicious


Crab roe tofu




Like pancake but with vege inside

 

[Froggy]

Besides the Hunan restaurant DiShuiDong JiaJiaTangBao is another joint I must do before leaving Shanghai, so with 2 hours before taxi pick me up for the airport I went to my favorite XiaoLongBao

Have to queue every time






Pork and crab meat xiaolongbao - 12 pcs 27RMB


These are larger crab meat xiaolongbao - 12pcs 99RMB






Soup seaweed and egg


Too bad too full and not enough time to have another of my favourites

 

[eatshitndie]

wow shiok! qongqing la zhi chi (fried chilli chicken) - my favorite!

 

[Froggy]

wow shiok! qongqing la zhi chi (fried chilli chicken) - my favorite!

Have to say have many shiok food but it all comes down to bloody gutter oil. What the hell got to learn from the PRCs and that is - simply assume that you are eating gutter oil, then you won't have to think so much.

 

[jw5]

Absolutely agree, I am with you on this. :p

wow shiok! qongqing la zhi chi (fried chilli chicken) - my favorite!

 

[eatshitndie]

Have to say have many shiok food but it all comes down to bloody gutter oil. What the hell got to learn from the PRCs and that is - simply assume that you are eating gutter oil, then you won't have to think so much.

yes, sometimes deep fried spicy food is better with recycled "preowned" oil.

 

[eatshitndie]

Absolutely agree, I am with you on this. :p

although the original chongqing la zi ji recipe calls for chopped up chicken wings, i prefer dices of boneless dark meat from thighs and drumstick.

 

[jw5]

Absolutely agree, I am with you on this too. :p

although the original chongqing la zi ji recipe calls for chopped up chicken wings, i prefer dices of boneless dark meat from thighs and drumstick.

 

[winnipegjets]

Never fail to dine at my favorite restaurant, Hunan cuisine, Di Shui Dong

[video=youtube;ALdaCajifEc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALdaCajifEc[/video]



Pork ribs, check out the beautiful spices




Prawns with spices


Brinjal with chili


Chicken with chili


Mei cai kou rou Hunan style

Thanks to this posting, I am making my way there to savour this restaurant.

 

[Froggy]

Thanks to this posting, I am making my way there to savour this restaurant.

http://www.tripadvisor.com.tw/Restaurant_Review-g308272-d816047-Reviews-Di_Shui_Dong-Shanghai.html

 

[EscortSH]

''smart shanghai'' The web hav a lot of good advice, members often for foreigners who live in Shanghai

 

[nathen]

Hi, you should visit Wujiang Road, Yunnan Road and Dingxi Road. There are plenty of BBQ place available.

 

[smartieschoco]

A suggestion to visit the bund. It's picturesque!