Day 3

Everyone woke up early miraculously. Apparently due to the much awaited internet service man to get us online. Haha, but sadly, things weren’t that smooth afterall. Our dear internet service man only arrived slightly after lunch time. And finally after 10mins of fiddling, everyone’s online! Woohoo! However, we have one problem. We need to bypass the legendary Great Firewall of China. Then for like 15mins, everyone was hunting for proxy servers to bypass and we did. Having this accomplishment, we went to fill our stomach and shop around. Then we went to Shanghai Science and Technology Museum station to meet Guo Jian (Yee Chwan, Andrew and Edwin common friend). There he brought us to some tailor which Andrew made his complete suit. That place was a mini Dhoby exchange. Has loads of pirated stuff aka A 货.

When our stomach rumbled, it’s time to move. And there we were, 吴江路. The famous 小吃 street of Shanghai. The food there is really very good. We tried 烧烤 and 小扬生煎. Both equally good. 小扬生煎 when eating will have this juice that will spurt out, so the technique to eat is to suck out the juice after making a small puncture. The queue is always damn long and the BBQ queue is no better. The BBQ oyster was heavenly together with the China style mutton satay and beef satay. To top it all up, we ordered chicken heart and scallops which were another must eat as well. With our stomachs filled, we walked from吴江路 all the way to 人民广场. Basically a very busy area in Shanghai with its train station having 20 exits.

烧烤!

小杨生煎! Very juicy!

Atas public toilet which has a nice exterior but horrible interior

A simple walk across人民广场, we reached 南京路步行街. Basically this place is the Orchard road of Shanghai. Loads of expensive stuff and branded goods sold here. There is even a shop endorsed by Jay Chou. Then we went to this 汤包馆 to have our dinner. We ate this 汤包, which is a bigger version of 生煎. Taste really good and filled with juice. Next time go eat maybe bring a straw. Hehe. We ate 小笼包 as well, but it is not that fantastic. Think must seek for the better ones somewhere. Then we walked toward the Bund but sigh, it is sealed up for renovation in view of 2010 Shanghai Expo.

步行街 landmark

江南一绝? Overhype ba... Typical PRC 吹牛

Menu of 汤包馆

Interior of the menu which show the different 包 they serve

Entrance to Bund Sightseeing Tunnel which is not recommended by locals

So we headed to a Clarke Quay look-alike place in Shanghai. It is called 新天地. Nice environment for drinking but its pricing of liquor is even nicer. Thus all we see is expatriates and no locals. After visiting that place, it spells the end of the 3^rd day in Shanghai.

Landmark fountain at 新天地