Thursday, July 13, 2006
First time on subway in Shanghai
After work today, I went out with my flatmates. We took the mrt to get to 石门一路 because we heard that the new xiang yang jie(the place the is famous for selling imitation at really low price) is there. It was my first time taking the subway in China so was quite excited and worried about it. I heard form my supervisor that during peak hours, the subway will be really pack and everyone will just push, however to my surprise, the train wasn't that pack. However this did not last long, after 2 stops, the train was inundated with people and they really push their way in .2 ladies were apparently leaning on me for support but I can't do much about it because there was no space at all to do so. Anyway, this lasted for another 3 stops, after which, people started moving out at century sqaure. Then came the funny part of the whole trip. We were just looking around and came across a warning that says "Caution,Risk of Pinching hand" . hahaha, I was laughing like mad when I saw it, together with my flatmates , we were making such a din on the subway, but nonetheless, we enjoyed ourselves.
Anyway, we went to 石门一路 today to do some shopping but we ended up buying and eating lots of nice food, well, interesting food that I don't get to see in Singapore or anywhere else. Food stalls lined the whole street, both left and right and because we were soo hungary, everything seems soo good. Well, as Singaporeans, we went to queue up for stuff that we see lots of people eating ha, so we went to buy xiao yang jian bao. It is very delicious because the outer part is crispy and the inside is full of juice and and tender meat. Well when you first eat it, you must be very careful because it is really hot inside and every bite you take, the juice will ooz out, ahhhhh, I miss it right now, but have to say, think I will only eat it once in a while, because not very healthy. Anyway, this was followed by Shanghai's famous bao bing (like our ice kachang). We ate the red bean bao bing, wow, because the weather was hot and after eating the jian bao, the red bean bao bing was very refreshing. It is really cooling, not very sweet so we enjoyed it. Just a side note, we bought tiger's claw( actually it is just a bun that is a bit over bake, not very nice i think) and lao po bing too. I have to say, the lao po bing here is nicer than that found in HongKoNG, it is very chewy on the inside and soft on the outside. Bought one back for breakfast tomorrow. It is quite cheap, just $1.50 yuen ($0.3) for one, so pp if you ever come to Shanghai, pls try it.
After which, we went on to shop around the area to digest our food because we really ate too much. This is like much more than we usually ate at home, ha but because we have been on our feet for the whole day, we did not not manage to comb the whole place. So we decided to go back tomorrow morning (ha, no need to work tomorrow ma). Hope that everyone is well in Singapore.Take care!!!!!!!!!!