Shanghai Tan

Last week, I went back to Montreal after 6 months stunt at Shanghai, but only for a week, from 15/09 to 23/09. Mary and I didn’t feel any excitment before going, I had to work the day before, and we actually packed out baggage the morning before leaving. We had so many stuff to bring [...]

I went to Zhou Zhuang (周庄) 3 weeks ago in a one-day tour. This is a long forgotten old town about an hour distance from Shanghai. Two events have helped bring this town into a popular tourist attraction and subsequently a national historical site under protection of the State. Because of a paint, which turned [...]

Alright, my second (and probably last) photo session around the Huang Pu river. I should really move away from this area to avoid the cliché photos of Shanghai. But nevertheless, I think this is the most standard Shanghai photo that any photographer must have something to show, like when you go to NYC you have [...]

Finally, I have a chance to go for a photo session at the Bund of Shanghai (上海外滩) Thursday night, shooting the Pudong side (浦东). It was a bad day for photo, rain, foggy and windy. I original had a buddy who wanted to join me, but finally chicken out (hehe Anthony!) when he saw the [...]

I took these photos of the old temple of Shanghai, Cheng Huang Miao (城隍庙), at the same day as I went for Xiao Long Bao. Actually the temple was under renovation, and frankly pretty small… so I didn’t take any photo of the actual temple. This site is a must-go for every first-time tourist, so [...]

There are all kinds of buns found on Shanghai streets, but one of them is particularly well known of Shanghai, it’s called Xiao Long Bao (小笼包). It’s a steamed bun, about the size of a golf ball, very thin “skin”, generally meat ball inside but sometime with crab meat also. It’s quite “juicy” when well [...]