Photo: Flickr by Hsuanya Tsai
Iconic waterfront viewing of the Pudong side of Shanghai with its enormous collection of ridiculous skyscrapers and the Huangpu River flowing through with its barges and cruise ships.
Many tourists come to China to experience what it would feel like to live during one of the Chinese dynasties. A lot of times that consists of water ways, old crumbling buildings, alleyways, temples and street food.
Where Zhujiajiao is an ancient water village, this gives you a feel for what a big market/godly temple area would be like.
What I love about it are the maze-like alleyways that take you around to see a bunch of boutique gift shops, clothing stores, cafes, galleries, studios and other random knick-knack stores.
I’ve checked out quite a few of these markets and I find that the one literally just outside the turnstiles of the Science and Technology subway station is the best for foreigners.
There’s a bit of an art to eating them but essentially what you’re supposed to do is dip them in the soy vinegar first, place it on your spoon, bite a small corner out to let the soup leak out.
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