Shanghai 2011

Hubby had to take a short trip to Shanghai last August 16-18th for some business and he invited me to tag along for the trip.  What a sweet husband!  And when I go to Shanghai with hubby, you can be sure that the food we eat will definitely be good.  Here are some photos that I took from our quick trip.

Took the Maglev from the airport to our hotel:

See how fast it can go!

Dinner on our first night was at a Taiwanese restaurant that only served set menus.  The food was beautifully presented and quite delicious.  Hubby and I ordered different items from the menu so we could taste more variety, but I only took photos of the interesting ones.  I was also too full to take note of everything that we ate :)

the salad

the soup

the steak

the dessert

Plus another dessert!

The next day, after watching the Shanghai Acrobatic Show, we went to look for a small restaurant that was featured in Shanghai's City Weekend Magazine.  Apparently it serves one of the best ramens in town.

The place is called Kota's Kitchen.  The place was really small and out of the way, but was packed even at 10pm.

While waiting for our food to arrive, we were served some fresh vegetables with dipping sauce and cold towels to freshen up.

The place was decorated with Beatles posters and only played Beatles music.

And here's the special ramen.

The soup was really rich, noodles were cooked just right and it was really filling.  But i enjoyed their Yakitori sticks (grilled meats) more.


On our final day, we wanted to try getting into the China Pavilion at the Expo Grounds, but the line up was still really long.  So here we are outside taking another shot of what we saw last year:

For our final lunch before leaving for the airport, we stopped by a Hongkong restaurant along the road and was surprised by how big and how packed the place was.  It probably can seat about 300 people and there was still a line-up at the entrance.  Good thing we came in before the lunch crowd started arriving.

Fried rice with abalone sauce - really yummy!

Interesting way of serving Iced Milk Tea.  The ice is only placed inside the bucket, this way the drink will not be diluted as the ice melts.  Really authentic milk tea, loved it!

Fried chicken with vegetables

Another shot of the delicious fried rice.  I can still taste it in my mind...

Thanks hubby for letting me tag along on this trip.  It was great to spend some "alone" time with you and catch up with each other.  Love you!