Shanghai - Day 2

Uncle Yong will only join us for dinner today as he has got some business meetings so the day is for me to plan. We brought the kids to Nanjing walk in the morning, trying to find a local restaurant for breakfast.


We were lucky to find one that offered soupy noodle along with yummy side dishes suitable for the kids. Kelly was fascinated about the cold weather, she totally enjoyed it.


After breakfast, we took a train to Xiangyang market for shopping but was totally disappointed upon reaching. They used to be at an outdoor area where there were about 400 stalls selling almost everything but after moving indoor a few years ago to this current location, the feeling of the market us no longer there. It is now more like our Far East Shopping Centre. After walking for a while, the kids got tired and we took a train back to rest, of course not forgetting to get some snacks along the way.



For dinner, Uncle Yong brought us to this very nice Chinese restaurant named after 乾隆. The setting and service standard was superb. We had 热黄酒, super spicy beef, yummilicious soup, etc, we enjoyed this meal heartily.


After dinner, we stroll to Nanjing walk and upon Kelly's request, we took a train to the other end of the road where we settled down for another round of beer while the kids had hot chocolate, cake and popcorns.

Shanghai - Day 1

Our ETA at Pudong airport was supposed to be 0635hrs but we reached 30mins earlier because our pilot decided to speed since its midnight and most likely there is no traffic police on duty.

I was most delighted to see Uncle Yong again after so many years, he did not changed a bit. Upon walking out of the airport, we nearly froze. It was so far the coldest day within a month, temperature at 13 Degree Celsius.

After checking in to our hotel which was conveniently located at the Bund, Uncle Yong and myself went out for breakfast while the 3 took a rest in the hotel room. We chose a Shanghainese eatery for a local taste. The fried onion noodle, steamed soup bin and pan fried bun was delicious but way too oily and salty for my taste. There weren't much change from my last visit 5 years ago. The few same things that you can't miss must be the rude and uncared attitude, speaking loudly, messy traffic and people spitting. I guessed all the above = CHINA.

Dinner got to be my favourite Nanhua Fish Steamboat. The same restaurant is still located at the same venue with the same settling, nothing change a bit. A revisit with my 2 princesses is a totally different experience. 5 years ago, I was with Uncle Yong and his whole bunch of business friends from China, Malaysia and Singapore. We drank and ate liked there's no tomorrow, we were out from day to night, we walked miles and miles in the cold weather but this time round, the food we eat and even the places we visit got to be kids friendly.

Baby Jayden turns 1 month old

The last time we met Xintian, she was only 2 months pregnant and now, we are at baby Jayden's full month party. We had a good time catching up and shall see one another again nearing to Christmas.