Bacon, Chinese donut, potato croquettes, steamed fish, chicken sausage, salami, steamed pork bun, lox, capers, olives, artichoke, and brie. Complimentary in Executive Lounge
Renaissance Beijing Wangfujing Hotel, Beijing CHINA
Omg, this lounge had a great selection of breakfast items. WAY better than that available at Hilton properties. They still weren’t of the best quality, but there was enough to choose from to keep it interesting.
Caffe latte.
Leaf wrapped. ¥22
Shanghai Dim Sum, Shanghai CHINA
I thought that this tasted good, but I didn’t like the texture. I generally like sticky rice, but there was something extra watery in the filling that kinda grossed me out. The pork tasted good though.
Sauteed shrimp with garlic and chili. ¥88
El Willy, Shanghai CHINA
These shrimp were pretty large and yummy. I loved the deep garlic flavor, although they were a bit overcooked and verging on tough. I did like the cute presentation though.
Cream, egg, sugar, vanilla stick. ¥9.0
How Sweet Bakery, Shanghai CHINA
This egg pudding was delicious! I loved its firm texture and delicate flavor. The presentation inside the egg was cute and fun to eat. Noms!
How Sweet Bakery.
Haidilao Hot Pot, Beijing CHINA
This was a really fun experience, especially as our first dinner in Beijing. We had a little difficulty ordering and trying to figure out how the process worked, but we managed. We had two different broths, one mild and the other spicy. Little did we know that the spicy broth would eventually reach lava spiciness, lol! I love spicy food, but even I couldn’t handle the spicy broth after all the oil for the chilies seeped into the broth. We ordered so many different kinds of meats and items to cook in the broth and I wish I could have taken pics of everything but I was really just trying to enjoy the dinner. We ordered a side of fresh noodles, and the guy came to our table and pulled the noodles tableside as he danced around. That was fun! Cheers to our successful maiden dinner in Beijing!
Marinated beef.
Assorted seafood and meatballs.
Greens.
Enoki mushrooms.
Noodles pulled tableside.
Shanghai (SHA) to Beijing (NAY), China United Airlines
Apparently, you’re not supposed to turn your phone on AT ALL during these flights – not even to listen to music. I didn’t know this so the stewardess kept reprimanding me in Chinese. Sheesh! 🙂
¥16
Chez Choux, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)
I liked this cream puff. The cubes of fresh mango really made the difference. The puff was all more light and airy that their cocoa cookie puff which was a positive. Mmm…
Jinhua pork and corn, shrimp jinhua pork and luffa, matsutake and assorted mushroom jinhua pork, black truffle and jinhua pork, house specialty jinjua pork, and pork with fresh water crab essence. ¥48
Shanghai Dim Sum, Shanghai CHINA
I thought these soup dumplings looked fun and colorful, but they didn’t taste all that great. The dumpling wrapper was too thick and starchy which took away from the individual flavors of the fillings and broth. Also, the service here was horrendous! They were super slow and they don’t much care for you if you’re ordering for take out. Lame!
Truffle potatoes and rosemary jus. ¥98
El Willy, Shanghai CHINA
I’m actually not 100% sure if I identified this dish correctly since we tried so many things that night, but I think I did. Anyway, I do remember that the meat was tender and very flavorful.
Vittle Monster 