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A June 2004 trip to Shanghai by nyc_camy

Dumplings Photo - Shanghai Pan Fried Dumpling, Shanghai, China More Photos
Quote: This was a part of my seven days, five cities trip. It was quite rushed, but it was interesting to see traditions mixed with modernity.

Shanghai Pan Fried Dumpling

Restaurant

Dumplings Photo - Shanghai Pan Fried Dumpling, Shanghai, China
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Shanghai is famous for its dumplings. This particular place was filled with people by 8am. I was drawn in to the place by the chef standing at the open window pan frying the dumplings. I couldn't resist! It was quite cheap. Four fried dumplings (more like small buns) were 1.5RMB, and add a cup of cold soy milk 1.5RMB, my breakfast was only 3RMB! 50 cents! It was quite juicy inside, as a good Shanghai dumpling should be. I wouldn't recommend the soy milk because the Taiwan soy milk is just so much better. Don't worry about the store name, because it was just a random small place. I'm sure Shanghai is filled with many small places like this one. Enjoy!

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on June 14, 2004

Shanghai Pan Fried Dumpling
Shanghai near the Si Chuan Road
Shanghai, China

Nan Xiang Small Dumplings

Restaurant

Shanghai Crab Dumplings Photo - Nan Xiang Small Dumplings, Shanghai, China
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Shanghai small crab meat dumplings are better than the Shanghai fried dumplings! They come in a wooden steamer. I believe it was 16 dumplings for 15RMB. The outer layer was really thin, and there was so much juice to suck from the dumpling. I had it for breakfast and there were so many people already! Oh, and the view was also really nice from upstairs. You can see the 9 turns bridge.

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 14, 2004

Nan Xiang Small Dumplings
Across from Yu Garden
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Museum

Attraction | "Shanghai History Museum"

Apothecary Photo - Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
Quote:
I was surprised by the extent of the museum. On the ground floor, it seemed like only a display of cars/transportations. I thought it may be a waste of money. However, there were about 4 different areas of this museum. The first one was the cars. The second was the scenes from the old China from different dynasties. One was of the opium war period when people just laid around smoking opium, another was where the apothecary still used abacus to calculate how much to charge. Then afterwards, it was a more modern display section of miniature buildings and how the foreigners came to reside in Shanghai and building all the different European style buildings (at the Bund). Then there was an area for the ol...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 14, 2004

Shanghai Museum
201 Renmin Avenue
Shanghai, China 200003
(021) 63725300-132

YuYuan Garden/Yu Garden

Attraction | "Yu Yuan Gardens & Bazaar"

Windows Photo - YuYuan Garden/Yu Garden, Shanghai, China
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Gardens are not so famous in Shanghai. But this was the first one I've been to in China, and it lived up to my expectations.

I was impressed by the windows, the rock formations that were man made to look natural, and the various pavilions. I can almost imagine (well, try to ignore the hordes of visitors) myself being a girl back in the whatever dynasty and stuck at home all day long. Being confined to home doesn't seem so horrible. You have the mountains, the water, the flowers, and nature right at home. Why would you need to go outside?

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on June 14, 2004

YuYuan Garden/Yu Garden
Center of Shanghai's Old City
Shanghai, China

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kaohsiung, United States

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