Ch 42: Saturday Night “Fa Sao”
Dec. 23
My first Saturday in Shanghai. I spent the morning with a friend (MA Lawyer , Cambridge Alum, & cool Hang Zhou girl) scoping out costumes for a party in the evening. We settled on some masks from a shop that makes costumes for the Shanghai Opera (ours were not quite as fancy). Had some lunch and snacks off of the street side shops. To come to China and only go to restaurants from hotel listings and official maps is a big No No in my book- you would lose out on too much local flavor and life!
I wish I could say that the party was hoppin’ but I can’t- it was a bit low key and the price (180-220yuan per head- without Dinner!) made if feel like a fund raising event =p. So we followed my stomach and another friend’s phone call to a good Chinese restaurant instead (Can you believe that China is full of them? =)
I love spicy Chinese food (and I don’t use the term love lightly- once I love something it just doesn’t stop). Folks here are so lucky-they have a great selection of food at any price level. The best in the world- and at least 1.5 billion would agree with me. Should I return to England having done nothing in China except eating it would have been a good trip. Fortunately, all the activities in between my “feedings” are making this a great trip.
Bund 15 (not to be confused with Bund 18) was a club called Attica on the 11th floor of the building. Nice layout- beautiful view of Pudong on the outside deck. We had a private table, 20 new friends, a great crowd and an assortment of whisky mixes and elixirs at our disposal (plus our masks from the costume party).
A fine evening- even greater now that I have discovered a new favorite drink – whisky with green tea! A smoother blending of east and west cannot be had. It’s definitely coming back with me to Old Oxford.
My first Saturday in Shanghai. I spent the morning with a friend (MA Lawyer , Cambridge Alum, & cool Hang Zhou girl) scoping out costumes for a party in the evening. We settled on some masks from a shop that makes costumes for the Shanghai Opera (ours were not quite as fancy). Had some lunch and snacks off of the street side shops. To come to China and only go to restaurants from hotel listings and official maps is a big No No in my book- you would lose out on too much local flavor and life!
I wish I could say that the party was hoppin’ but I can’t- it was a bit low key and the price (180-220yuan per head- without Dinner!) made if feel like a fund raising event =p. So we followed my stomach and another friend’s phone call to a good Chinese restaurant instead (Can you believe that China is full of them? =)
I love spicy Chinese food (and I don’t use the term love lightly- once I love something it just doesn’t stop). Folks here are so lucky-they have a great selection of food at any price level. The best in the world- and at least 1.5 billion would agree with me. Should I return to England having done nothing in China except eating it would have been a good trip. Fortunately, all the activities in between my “feedings” are making this a great trip.
Bund 15 (not to be confused with Bund 18) was a club called Attica on the 11th floor of the building. Nice layout- beautiful view of Pudong on the outside deck. We had a private table, 20 new friends, a great crowd and an assortment of whisky mixes and elixirs at our disposal (plus our masks from the costume party).
A fine evening- even greater now that I have discovered a new favorite drink – whisky with green tea! A smoother blending of east and west cannot be had. It’s definitely coming back with me to Old Oxford.
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