September 23, 2009
Chinese supermarkets have to be one of the most interesting places within the country, especially for westerners. At the same time, it can leave your stomach a little unsettled. Meat is sitting out in the open air, dead fish float among the living in holding tanks, chicken feet are tied up and sold in bushels like broccoli and an awful smell fills the air, ensuring you don’t breathe too heavily at any given time. Still, we found ourselves captivated with some twisted addiction to see more in each supermarket we find, each differing in degrees of cleanliness and presentation.
The variety of foods, spices and amalgamations of all sorts are endless. Unfortunately, these supermarkets lack sampling. We hear Wal-Mart stores in China offer bountiful samples, and to us that sounds like a days adventure. Will report on that later!
View from the supermarket floor.
Hearty selection of meats in the deli section.
How many creatures' eggs can one possibly eat? The Chinese know no limits.
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Shanghai | China: Obtaining Harmony And A Fake Rolex At Yu Gardens & Bazaar
23 September 2009 11:38 PM |
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Adjacent to “Old Shanghai” area we visited Yu Garden and the surrounding Bazaar. Admission to the gardens, which are quite expansive was 40 Yuan each. Definitely a tourist destination within Shanghai, but something to see, if nothing more for the relative peace and serenity contrasting the general hustle and bustle of Shanghai, currently undergoing massive [...]
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Shanghai | China: Authentic Street Food Shanghai Style
23 September 2009 12:06 AM |
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Manali and I searched tirelessly for authentic food, opting for street vendors if we could find them amidst the chaotic intertwines that are the streets of Shanghai. We were lucky to actually find one we set out to locate on Wujiang Lu. Victim to gentrification, this corridor of food vendors is not what it once [...]
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Shanghai | China: Tallest Observatory In The World Atop Shanghai World Financial Center, Strikes A Fear In Heights
23 September 2009 11:53 PM |
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Exploring the city of Shanghai right now may leave you a little frustrated, due to the massive construction effort being undertaken for Expo 2010. Poised to put Shanghai on the map, as the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing, development has been compared to Boston’s Big Dig, beautifying the area around The Bund.
For now, the [...]
kroger or publix it's not I would love tt
yeesh – what kinds of eggs are those??? miss you guys a lot but it's great having these posts to look at when i need an M + T hit =)
They had all kinds of eggs – duck, goose, quail etc. They were all dirty and covered in mud though – ew! We’re working on putting up pics – probably will have to be when we leave China since Picasa is blocked… stay tuned – we have some good posts coming up!