This is a continuation of my Shanghai blog series. After the girls left, I spent the rest of my days in Shanghai exploring the non-shopping areas on foot mostly. We went to Huai Hai Lu one day and decided to walk there instead of taking a cab so that we could spend a great deal of time looking at the scenery we happen to pass by. On our way to Huai Hai Lu, we passed by a wet market!
That is the entrance to Yu Yuan Garden behind me on the bottom left picture.
Here are some pictures taken at the wet market...
A group of men playing Mahjong at the back of the store.
A butcher with awesome red lighting to highlight the red meat. The red color plays so much significance in this scene.
Poor chickens and ducks waiting to be slashed into poultry :/ The guy at the back is slashing the chicken right on the spot for the lady in red buying it - the sort of thing you'll only get to witness at a wet market in China and not in SG.
Loads of hairy crabs
A cute little China girl we spotted at the market. Look at her cute bunny red jacket!
and here's a grown up version of a girl in red. LOL.
They actually have signs to warn people not to put out fireworks in that area. So sad that I didn't get to play with fireworks on the trip. Was so close to doing so since J's friends did play with them on Christmas. ):
A huge apple store although when you step in, you will realise that there isn't many products. The entire first level is more like a showcase of the apple products and like an Apple Care services area. Only the second floor sells actual products. However, after hearing everything about having fake Apple stores in China, I get very skeptical with anything that has to do with Apple whilst I was in Shanghai that's for sure.
Their highways are lit with various colors and I absolutely love it.
Look at how pretty that is! <3
The traffic beneath the bridge. Shanghai has pretty cool connecting bridges that are shaped in a square so it is like a traffic light crossing on a bridge. Smart idea considering that Shanghai drivers don't really follow the traffic and it gets slightly dangerous if you're crossing the road.
Stopped by Macs to grab some coffee. I've never actually tried the coffee from McCafe in Singapore but that cup of coffee that I had in Shanghai was pretty good! Was quite amazed at it actually.
We took the train to the area where J's university hostel was at. First time taking a train there LOL. Train tickets are ridiculously cheap in Shanghai. About S80cents for a trip? It was pretty fun visiting train stations of various countries actually. This one had a vending machine selling ViVi magazines. I was reaching into my bag to pay for it but the train came so I didn't get it there and then. haha
Did a lot more walking when the girls left. Guess we just had more time in order for us to take our time to explore the area.
Joined J's friends at their favourite pub hangout for an early Christmas gathering.
After much beer and beer games which involve licking off the table, licking off dices and biting random flags (lol), we headed out for some good street food. These stalls are located right outside the hostel making them super accessible for the students to grab some grub at night. Extremely awesome if you ask me.
These are very much like kebabs. You pick the sticks that you like and the owner will help you grill it. On top of that, you can also pick the level of spiciness in your sticks of food. J ALWAYS picks the spiciest and sometimes, they're really too spicy and makes your stomach churn a little. However, it's extremely tasty so I guess it's worth it if you have a nice cold drink beside you that is.
This is the uncle helping us to grill our mushroom sticks and chicken sticks.
This is the absolute favourite amongst the students. Everyone just gets super excited when you hear them talking about it. In layman terms, it is sort of like our Kong Ba Pao but slightly different and very much tastier. There is often a queue just for these.
Here you can see the two guys preparing the ingredients. One of them is variously chopping up the meat into small pieces and the other guy is kneading the dough before baking it with charcoal wood fire so you get a very nice crisp pastry holding your meat in it.
J is going to kill me for posting this up cos he probably misses this like a whole lot.
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