General Thread on China

Froggy · Jan 16, 2016

Was lucky last night found Singha in Shanghai's Di Shui Dong Hunan restaurant. Hate Chinese beer cos its so light

Crowded as usual

Long beans

Spare ribs with spices

Stir fried black mutton

Mapo tufu

Mei cai ko rou

Was a great meal in cold winter, was 6 degC outside

Froggy · Jan 20, 2016

MRT scene in Shanghai - like Singapore many Chinese are stuck with their smartphones when in tune subway

Froggy · Jan 20, 2016

Found a Singapore Prata stall outside a subway station

Have to admit it taste pretty good

Froggy · Jan 20, 2016

Scene in Yu Garden 城隍庙

Year of monkey so these monkeys

Street food

Rubber band shop

knnb40 · May 8, 2016

eat and view while you can, the progress is fast and you will see all these start to change. Just like Sillypore changes from Hawker to Food-court....
I am in and out of china for the last 5-years and saw how each small town changes/progress

Froggy · Nov 1, 2018

So, today travelled to China, gonna be a long one, 2 weeks. The trip starts in Foshan. Arrived hotel 9.30pm, tired and hungry

Pretty large room

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Its been 3 days, was down with a bad flu and soar throat so each evening got back to hotel early and sleep didn't find time to post here Now in a train from Tai'an city to Wuhan (5hrs 47mins ride). So where were we? Yes Halloween 1st Nov,

Went to a nice restaurant serving Teochew porridge

On the way to the restaurant

Was around 10pm young people dressed up to enter a club for Halloween party

The restaurant

Chrysanthemum tea

Xiao long bao

Fried bean curd soup

Sliced beef salad

Here comes their specialty, porridge, ordered a pork rib porridge

So smooth and delicious

On the way back passed by a bar strip

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Morning view from the room in Intercontinental Foshan

Breakfast, lots of stuff to choose from

A simple breakfast

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

After meeting with local people was brought to a local Hakka restaurant for lunch

Hakka cuisine always start with tofu, soft, tender Hakka tofu the best

Chicken with salt

Egg plant in stone

Stuffed vegetables in claypot

Black buns

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

More meetings in the afternoon from Foshan to Shunde. Ended up at a Shunde restaurant. Shunde is considered the heart of Cantonese cuisine. Many of cantonese chefs in top restaurants around the world are from Shunde.

Video of the front of restaurant

Many famous people come here to eat

Dining room

Chicken feet

Roast goose

Braised pomelo skin

Pork knuckle and eggs in black vinegar

Seafood wrap

No idea what this is some kind of animals from sea sheels

Left over condiments used for soup

The soup

Spicy crabs in pot

Morning glory

Mantis prawn

Peeled

Seafood rool

Buns

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Woke up 5am yesterday for 1hr ride to the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport en route Shandong Jinan. Used the Shenzhen Airlines Lounge for breakfast

Nice freshly cooked beef noodles

2hrs and 20mins to Jinan

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Arrived in Jinan (capital city of Shandong province) and took a 1hr 30mins drive to Taishan. Taishan mountain is historically important in China history as it is a mountain the early emperors visited even the first emperor who united China Qin Shi Huang Ti.

Anyway I am here for for holiday so went to visit a factory right away arriving at factory about 1pm so went straight for lunch in the factory canteen. Now this don't look like any canteen at all rather its like a restaurant

The meal, local Shandong cuisine, really impressed

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Checked into a rather strange hotel room in Tai'an last night.

With a bath tub in the living area makes me wonder where is the hydro-therapist, lol

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Went to the starting point where people climb the Taishan Mountain just to look see

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Evening went for an early dinner, hot pot

Person who served us

Hot pot

With lots of goat meat and beef

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Although this hotel room is strange the breakfast is very extensive but too much really

Froggy · Nov 3, 2018

Wake up early this morning to catch a 5hrs 47mins train ride to Wuhan on a high speed train

At the Tai'an station

Here comes the train

Froggy · Nov 4, 2018

I am on a train again to Wuxi, a 3hr and 8mins ride. These are the classes on China's high speed trains -

2nd Class is 5 seats in a row

1st Class is 4 seats ina row

This is biz class

Froggy · Nov 4, 2018

Hotel room in Wuhan

View is not bad

Froggy · Nov 4, 2018

Dinner at a local restaurant serving Hubei local food

Cucumber with sweet sauce

Pak choy fry with rice chips

Lotus root soup

Hubei braised pork belly with eggs

Local rice wine

Rice cake

Beef in spicy and herbs

Claypot chicken

Stir fry pak choy

Pipa duck

Big meal for 6

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