I did some reporting for a story Robyn was writing about Noble Group, which involved visiting a factory a few hours outside of Shanghai. My driver that day, the kind and generous Frank Feng, offered to take me around Shanghai on the second Saturday I was there. And so we were off to Xujiahui, an area with street food and an old-fashioned colonial-style restaurant with trains (!) in the backyard. We didn't eat there, but we did pose with some of the locomotives.
Yes, I am driving a train.
I caught this shot out the window, just as a reminder to myself that the whole city is gearing up for the Shanghai Expo. The mascot, that Gumby-esque figure to the left and right of the topiary, is EVERYWHERE.
Yummm, shen jian. They are so delicious.
Me in front of Yang's home of the shen jian. They are so good. And have a little liquid inside them, so if you devour them before they cool down a little, a burned tongue is inevitable. (NB: I was told later, after the trip, that Yang's had been shut down or hit with a violation or something because it wasn't hygienic or it didn't adhere to health regulations. Damnit. It was still delicious.)
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