I was dead tired after the 7 hours flight (including a 1 hour transit in Hong Kong), and was still subjected to a 1.5 hours immigration clearance courtesy of the swine flu. I'm sooo grouchy after the whole thing! And it was another 45 minutes ride to the hotel!
Not exactly what I had in mind of me arriving glamorously into the Shanghai airport, with my hair in place, and hardly wrinkled clothes from the long journey, and stepping into the arms of my lover like in some movie! The lover was not even at the airport to meet me! Duh!
Not a good start in Shanghai!
The only things I like about Shanghai was 周庄 and Uniqloo! The 小龙包 was not as mind blowing as I hoped it would be.
My first taste of the 小龙包 was at 俏江南。 It came in a really pretty little bamboo steamer, but alas it is sooo dry!
Bamboo Steamer...
小龙包
The other dishes in the restaurant were quite decent - I liked the steamed beef in ma la chili, but I didn't take a picture of that. We were dining with J's friends, and I didn't want to embarrass him by taking too many food pics! Hehehe...just take those that are special to appear less touristy?
I had wanted to go back to 俏江南 on another day to have dinner on our own and try their other dishes, but we didn't have the time. They apparently has branches in Beijing too, but again no time to go! But I'm most likely to go back to Beijing in the near future than Shanghai, just simply because I had a better time there :)
Stay tuned for more posts on Shanghai.
