We're back in China for for a fun summer visit. Last Saturday, we went out to get some lunch and take Ayi to the Bund. Despite the many years that Ayi has lived and worked in Shanghai, she had never experienced a stroll on Shanghai's most famous mile. So with that mission at hand, we were off...
The plan for lunch was to walk until we saw something that looked good... Didn't take long until we came across to a little baozi (dumpling) shop, "sheng jian baozi" a Shanghai specialty.
These pan-fried dumplings just rock...
The dumpling/bun is filled with meat and soup and pan-fried until the bottoms are just crisp and the sesame seeds and chives on top meld into the crunchy casing....
Bite into these very carefully. If McDonald's served these, they'd be paying out on lawsuits every day. The soup inside is scalding hot and can easily burn lips, chins and tongues of unsuspecting patrons. The trick is to bite a corner and then carefully sip the soup out. Then the rest of the baozi can be safely consumed!
Between three adults and three kids, we put away 40 of these... including 8 by Adayla. They're not that small...
The ferry is still only ~30 cents to go from where we used to live to the Bund, about a 7-minute trip.
On the the Puxi-side of the river, you can enjoy the sights of new Shanghai in Pudong...
... and the colonial Shanghai of the Bund.
The girls started chasing some butterflies...
which attracted a little crowd...
... which kept on growing
How much would you pay to take your picture with some foreign kids?
On the way back, we watched an older man fishing in one of the canals. It was surprising to find out that there were actually fish in this water to catch...
Even more surprising was to find someone swimming in this water...
After we got home, our old Chinese tutor's dad("Yeye") came by to deliver fresh-picked "pipa" fruit (called loquat in the western world). I think these would be much more popular if they were called "pipa" in the U.S. Very sweet, very good.
We visited Jane's family in their small village three years ago... here's a picture from that trip of Yeye holding Ryann when she was two months old...
Another great day in Shanghai...
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