Food: HK style Porky 4-in-1 rice &
Prawn Wonton noodle
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: KLIA 2
Price: reasonable for airport price, 50 MYR
Taste: reasonable for airport food
Remark: I think I lost my Woodstock plush here
Food: Burger King Chicken Burger Set
Time: 1-5 a.m.
Location: ShangHai PuDong International Airport
Price: 70 RMB
Taste: it’s fast food, what do you expect
Remark: not a good way to start,
yet managed to comfortably sleep on the couch
Food: Bread Talk buns & fresh yogurt
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Raffle’s Mall, RenMin Avenue
Price: 54 RMB
Taste: classic
Remark: All the eateries were packed
definitely not worth it and
I mean you come all the way to eat Bread Talk?
the yogurt was really good though
topped with red bean and mochi
so we were happily eating at the People’s Park
and the gigantic deep-fried squid (20 RMB)
before heading to ShangHai Museum
i ate 70% of this because
it was too chewy for my dad
sweet..
this Raffles Mall is managed by Capital
so totally the feel of a typical Singaporean-mall
wait a minute, people were queuing up for
Secret Recipe? Wow
Food: Instant noodle & take-away vegetarian dishes
(and my dad had a duck drumstick)
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: wet market downstairs
Price: 10 RMB for the noodle,
15 RMB for the dishes
Taste: semi home cooked food, semi healthy
Remark: Not too bad a way to eat
Take-away dishes are
common among the locals
the only problem is
they do not sell rice along
Food: Xiao Long Bao
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: NanXiang Xiao Long 南翔小籠, Yu Garden
(supposedly the HQ)
Price: 48RMB for the Xiao Long Bao,
8 RMB each for the tiny mini side dishes
Taste: not that impressive
Remark: and I am still hungry
but every single travel guidebook
puts this as a must-try or die
hell no!!!
and frankly speaking
I don’t really mind if
the Bao doesn’t come with 18 folds
back to back after the Xiao Long Bao
roar..
Food: Sushi Express
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Yu Garden
Price: 6 RMB per plate
Taste: classical comfort food
Remark: the varieties are less
if you were to compare to Taipei but
this is way better than the previous meal and
filling yet doesn’t hurt the wallet that bad
i actually wanted to go for another round,
yet didn’t get to
I don’t remember bringing my dad for
Jap food, this must be his first
and he actually liked it since
there’s loads rice
two persons who only managed 8 plates
Food: Pork knuckle & fried fish noodle
(Mine was fried fish & pickle)
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: DeXing Noodle House 德興館
FuZhou Road 福州路 (supposedly the HQ)
Price: 36 RMB for two
Taste: the signature dish is the knuckle,
but since I am not a pork eater..
my fried fish was just okay
but the noodle is pretty good
Remark: the portion was so large
that my dad didn’t even finish his noodle
but I did manage to eat them all
Food: FuJian style giant Wonton soup
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Fujian Wonton Specialty Shop
福建千里香餛飩大王 (it’s everywhere)
with simple menu of Giant / Mini wantan
Price: RMB 15 for 13 wantan
Taste: awesome, on a cold rainy afternoon
really “thick skinny” to my liking
drop some chili powder and
vinegar to spice it up
Remark: Southern taste and
the people were actually speaking
FuJian dialect which I caught no ball
Food: HK style Porky 4-in-1 rice a.k.a
4-Treasure rice
(again? ya that’s my dad’s favourite)
Mine is CharSiew rice which they name it
after a classic joke in Stephen Chow’s movie
soul-tempting rice 銷魂飯
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Dragon something,
3rd level of First Food Mall 第一食品 at
East Nanjing Road
Price: 94 RMB for two
Taste: doesn’t taste up to the expectation for
the price we paid
Remark: okay, so we paid for the service?
no way, they actually forgot about my order
and served mine when my dad was half done
Food: McBreakfast muffin with coffee
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: McDonald’s, anywhere
Price: 8 RMB
Taste: classic
Remark: sometimes fast food outlet is
where you seek solace from,
from rain, especially
and not to mention, the overnight camp
Food: LoHan Veggies Noodle 羅漢齋素面
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: LongHua Temple
Price: 15 RMB per bowl
Taste: really really good vegetarian food
and feel so good to be back to meat-free meal
Remark: I don’t mind coming back here again
but wait a minute
i have to pair for another entrance ticket, right?
Food: 3-courses Noodle / Rice (Chinese Fast Food)
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Zhen Kung-fu Chinese Steamed Fast Food
(everywhere, this was at the Hong Qiao Train Station)
Price: 60 RMB for two sets
Taste: they taste fine, what else can you ask for
3 courses and somehow healthy since
they claim these foods are steamed?
But the veggies are oil soaked, though
Remark: First time here, should have come
so much earlier back in other cities instead of
bumping into some wrong food
You can’t miss it
i wonder if they got into any lawsuit before
for trademark infringement
300 branches nationwide
Zhen Kung-fu is actually a word play at play
“authentic” and “steamed”
are both pronounced as “Zhen” in Mandarin
Food: Soy bean & YouTiao /
Taiwanese mince meat rice set a.k.a. Lu-Rou-Fan
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Yong He: King of Soy Bean
New World Mall, People Park station
Price: 7 RMB each for the YouTiao and Soy bean
Taste: King of soy bean,
they claim that the YouTiao was alum-free
which vendors usually add in
but my dad was complaining about
the quality of the oil
Remark: Therefore it’s not worth the price of 7 RMB each
Food: Mini Wonton Soup
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: near Yu Garden station
Price: 8 RMB for 35 mini wantan
10 RMB for a pork noodle soup,
with a really huge chunk of pork
Taste: really good because
because i am a fan of wantan skin and noodle
Remark: we finally found the balanced way of
mix and matching the wantan soup and the noodle
hooray, wantan noodle here you go
on certain days where
we bought buns or snacks from supermarket
McCormick’s HK style spicy n’ sour soup mix
yum..
so much black pepper that it made me burping
blurrrp
floss roll served with hot milk tea
light snack before taking off
see you ShangHai
Food for thought:
i rarely blog about food during travels
because that’s not my priority
i am more like a grab-and-go instead of
a food hunter who travel to eat
what we usually do is
identify a reliable eateries downstairs and
end up eating 4 or 5 meals there
yeah back in Beijing
we ate breakfast, lunch, dinner and
even take-away snacks at the same place
but i am quite proud of myself this time round
since my dad likes the food
and i got him to eat sushi for
the very first time
why not?
it’s his “nationalism” pride
haha.. but if I remember correctly
all the vehicles back home are Japanese
and his favourite electronic brand
being Toshiba
nationalism huh?
and it’s actually well-balanced
in terms of rice, noodle, fast food
word of caution:
eat the “highly-recommended” with caution
over-rated, over-priced, over-packed
could bring you “down to the earth”
hey man
at least 3 people commented that
i appeared to gain weight after the trip
*with horror*
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