handcraft coffee and handcraft soup dumplings

12-19-2019 Thu. 


BREAKFAST --- (at Hengshan neighborhood cafe ) coffee 
LUNCH ---  ( at Li's soup dumpling house ) xiao-long bao | ji-cai wonton 
DINNER ---  ( at X. Z.) braised chicken with fresh chestnut | celtuce | bean curd with oyster mushroom | bo cai | rice | Chinese rice wine 


 

local coffee joint 

Li's Soup Dumplings 

our neighborhood  secret is out on CBS NEWS !

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• going between old neighborhood and the new one.  

random walk in Shanghai old French quarter

12-23-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- xiao-long bao | wonton soup 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee and danish 
DINNER ---  greens | mushrooms | tofu and clam soup | rice 

• a random walk in the second old neighborhood 

canton soup and rice pot

12-21-2018 Fri. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit 
LUNCH --- ( at Hengshang Xiaoguan )  Canton soup |  bitter melon | fried fresh water eel fish | Canton rice pot   
DINNER--- greens | celtuce | rice 

• a walk in the old neighborhood 

hiden-stream teahouse

5-27-2017 Sat.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | xiao long bao 
LUNCH --- scrambled eggs with chives | Chinese greens |  steamed fish | rice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at 隐溪 Ying-xi teahouse ) tea and tea food 
DINNER ---Shanghai ji-cai wonton soup

 

•  had a great time meeting friends in this tea house, happened to be on the same street.

old neighborhood, old street

12-15-2016 Thu.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- street food 
DINNER --- stir-fried garlic scape and cured pork | sauteed winter greens with lily bulb | seamed stinky tofu | sauteed flat beans | rice 

 view from the window 

• move to Yu-Qing residence. all party arrived. 

xiao-long bao in Shanghai

12-12-2016 Mon.  Shanghai rain


BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- street food, Xiao-long bao 
DINNER --- winter melon soup | steamed "stinky" tofu | sauteed lily bulbs and tong-hao leaves | simmered eggplant | rice 

•  remember looking out of window at that non-stopping and calm Shanghai rain 
• Xiao-long Bao at "yi-pin tang bao" in the old neighborhood is excellent with hard-to-beat price. 

plane trees and wonton shop

12-11-2016 Sun. mild


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  street food Shanghai  wonton soup
DINNER ---( at Yuan Yuan on Xing-Guo Lu) Shanghai-traditional-style food

 qian-li-xiang woton

 curious posts and banners in a lane off Wan-Ping Lu 

• Wu-Kang becomes a tourist traction, waves of people posting and snapping photos along the street, an ice cream shop has a queue out of door. 
• Yuan Yuan restaurant is a disappointment for Shanghai-style cooking.