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.
¥16.5
How Sweet Bakery, Shanghai CHINA
This was decent, but nothing special. I liked that it wasn’t too sweet and the texture wasn’t too dense. It was just as expected.
How Sweet Bakery box.
2 orders with sauce ¥41
Jia Jia Tang Bao, Shanghai CHINA
I really liked this place and the soup dumplings were delicious! I loved the crab flavor and the broth was wonderful. The lady at the front didn’t speak any English but we were able to order food just by pointing, hehe. Definitely, a must try while in Shanghai!
Jia Jia Tang Bao.
With shrimp and bean curd. ¥99
Louwailou, Hangzhou CHINA
This dish was great! It was very different from anything I’ve had before and it was fun and delicious. It was flavorful and had a lot of different textures in it. It also had baby shrimp and regular shrimp in there but with lots of exoskeletons. I think the orage stuff was crab roe? I’d also never had a dish served in a paper dish over a sterno.
With vanilla filling. ¥14
Chez Choux, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)
Coming from San Francisco, I’m used to Beard Papa for cream puffs. This was a little different, but I thought it was pretty fun to eat with the crispy cookie coating. I thought the dough could have been lighter though.
Honey Shanghai style dish. ¥45
Shanghai Dim Sum, Shanghai CHINA
This was good and similar tasting to what you can get back in San Francisco. The sauce was yummy, but the ribs themselves were on the tough side and probably over-fried.
Iberian ham croquettes. ¥98
El Willy, Shanghai CHINA
These were wonderful! They had a soft molten center that tasted amazing. The exterior was fried perfectly and they were just packed with flavor!
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