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Mary brought us to her fav cantonese restaurant Xin Wang last thurs. :) Xin Wang has a number of branches and we went to the one at Infiniti Plaza. I was pleased the waitress led us to the window seats because it overlooks a gorgeous park! :D
The lemon honey at Xin Wang has watercress added to it. :)
Mary was raving about the roasted pork. Unfortunately it wasn't well done last thurs when we tried. : I
We love the fish soup though! The fish was very fresh! :D
The wawa veg with preserved veg was a hit for us too! :)
We had chicken & salted fish fried rice and cheong fun to round up the lunch. The 3 of us were stuffed at the end of it all. Lol! :)))
Details of Xin Wang 新旺茶餐厅(无限度店):
2/F,Infiniti Plaza, No.138 Huaihai Zhong Road, Luwan District
卢湾区淮海中路138号无限度广场2楼(近金陵中路)
Jiu Guang Sogo Department Store 久光百货 is one of our fav grocery shopping place. :) The supermarket at the basement is one which we need to drop by every time we're in Shanghai because it sells grandmom's fav peanut crunch candies. :)
Side tracked a little, I'm amused Shanghai can be so pretty! (above pic). Lol! :)))
The brand of peanut crunch Grandmom likes is xin jia zhuang 杏家莊. They have other varieties of traditional candies too such as black sesame crunch, five nuts crunch etc. :) I always wonder how grandmom's able to take such hard candies, but in fact it's not hard. It's crunchy! Grandmom keeps her fav snacks in her room and ration it among our aunts (she eats most of them). Lol! :)))
It doesn't make much sense to just get a bottle, so we grabbed a few! :D
Details of Jiu Guang Sogo Department Store 久光百货:
No.1618, West Nan Jing Road
南京西路1618号
Everyone in Alecia's kindergarten class was required to bring one of his/her country's yum to class last Thurs. Isn't it brilliant if the kids could have a little taste of Singapore? :) And so we helped her prepare sandwiches with some Singapore flavours: kaya, kaya with butter and seaweed & sesame pork floss. ^.*
We made the sandwiches on Thurs morning itself. Lin woke me up real early at 7am??? : (
Lin, Mary & I resembled production workers. Lol :))) Lin sliced the bread into quarters, Mary & I applied the spread. :D
阿姨 made Alecia a pretty strawberry & cheese toast and Alecia's role was to finish her brekkie quickly as her school bus picks her up at 8.30am everday! ;)
We made about 28-30 servings of Singapore flavoured sandwiches in less than an hour for two kindergarten classes. Mary carefully labelled each box as requested by the teacher. :)
Tada! And we were all packed & ready to go! :D
After checking out from Fuchun Resort, we managed to steal some time to stroll Hefangjie before catching the train back to Shanghai. :) Our driver reminded us to be careful with our bags when we sightsee at Hefangjie as it can be very crowded. He said "有好人，也有坏人。" (there are good as well as bad people). Perhaps it was a Wednesday, and the crowd wasn't as bad as anticipated! Yeah! :)
Hefangjie was built to reflect traditional Hangzhou when it was the capital of Southern Song dynasty and it is for pedestrians only.
You will find several traditional trades here such as the tea man who serves tea from a teapot with extremely long spout,
figurine maker who makes whimsical animals models,
silver jewellery maker,
traditional peanut candy maker,
pumpkin lady who craves words on small pumpkins,
medical hall,
cotton shop,
and candy shop. :)
There are also bronze sculptures.
You may have your portraits drawn by street artists too. :)
If you're tired, you may just drop into any teahouse or restaurants. Lin and I opted for Haagen-Dazs. We needed to satisfy our craving for ice cream.
Haagen-Dazs is very economical in China. We were able to have this gorgeous platter for approximately RMB 75 (approx. SGD 15)! Sweet finale to our Hangzhou get-away! ^.*
Prior to watching Impression on West Lake, Lin and I did dinner at Shang Palace. It's located just across the performance's venue. :) We wanna try a few more Hangzhou specialities. ^.*
Shang Palace serves very good, melt-in-your-mouth Dongpo pork. A health conscious moi left out all the fat (mom said that's supposed to be the best part!) :))) We ordered begger's chicken too. There was a mild lotus leaves after-taste. Lin & I didn't take a fancy to it as we found the flavour of the sauce a little strong. : I The pork noodle with preserved veg was quite comforting for the tummies especially on a chilly nite. :)
There was a sense of satisfaction! :))) We were pleased we managed to try a number of popular local dishes within our ultra short Hangzhou trip. :)
Details of Shang Palace Hangzhou:
78 Beishan Road
Level 3
Hangzhou 310007
China
T: +86 571 8797 7951 ext. 21
Our Hangzhou itinerary was pretty relaxed as we wanted to enjoy the Fuchun Resort. We did not include any places of interest for this trip. However we did make it a point to watch Impression on West Lake last Tuesday nite as Gwendel said it is a must do in Hangzhou. It was spectacular! :D
The performance is staged on the lake itself! :O We were awed by the lake, the natural surroundings, the lightings, soulful singing by Jane Zhang & the astounding performance of the actors & actresses in the chilly night breeze and waters! *.* One of the performance directors is Zhang Yimou & the music composer is Kitaro.
The experience is beyond description! :O So friends, do catch Impression on West Lake if you're in Hangzhou!
Details of Impression of West Lake:
W: http://www.hzyxxh.com/en/
The highlight of last week vacation was to check out Fuchun Resort in Hangzhou. We have heard so much positive review on it, we gotta experience it ourselves. :) So off we go to Hangzhou via the bullet train. :) Woohoo!
Lin arranged for the resort's meet & greet service at the train station in Hangzhou. The ride was a pleasant one as we were awed by the season of 油菜花! We didn't include the viewing of 油菜花 in our itineary. I'm so gonna ask Lin to return next April to view these gorgeous glorious blooms! *.*
May we introduce to you Fuchun Resort. :)
We love the lush & flowy green driveway. It calmed all our senses... : O
As you stepped into the lobby, a corridor of huge pillars awaits you. We felt we were in some Chinese epic movie... :)
We booked the superior deluxe lake view room & was upgraded to a lake view suite. Awesome! Lin & I are always blessed with room upgrades. :))) When we were in Jumeriah London, we were upgraded to a suite too (I'll blog on that later).
Love love love! We love the room! :D
Here's a peep of our room. :)
We love the spacious bathroom & Molten Brown toiletries. ^.* The bath tub overlooks the lake. And of course we did set time for dip a tub tub. :)))
We love the female & male tags for the bath robes. They are differentiated by hats worn by Qing dynasty royalty & officials. :)
After checking in, we headed to Asian Corner for lunch.
Lin suggested we tried Hangzhou's specialities - long jin tea shrimps & sweet & sour fish.
The long jin tea shrimps has a nice subtle after-taste of long jin tea. Like it, like it! I can give the fish a pass though. We're not into strong flavoured food.
The vegetarian fried rice was yummy. It consisted of finely chopped veg & mushrooms.
As soon as we were well rested, we went for our swim. It was as if we have booked the whole place. There were only two of us at the waveless (not sure what it meant) pool! :D
Before we entered the pool, we are required to wash our feet! :D Don't you find the wooden tub and scoop kind of cute? :)
The next morning, we woke up really early to catch a glimpse of the dewy morning scenary. We took a boat to the resort's club and did brekkie at T8.
There were cherry blossoms in the restaurant. ^.* Pretty!
T8's breakfast serving was huge. Fortunately we only ordered a set of beef noodles. It came with braised egg, condiments & a basket of twisted bun & pork bun. :)
One thing not to be missed at Fuchun Resort is the spa. We opted for detox massage. Ooooh, we really needed it. Our bodies were sore from carrying heavy vases of blooms...
As our vacation was short, we could only stay at Fuchun Resort for a night. But we'll definitely be coming again soon. Next time round with mom & beanie! ^.*
Details of Fuchun Resort:
W: www.fuchunresort.com
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