Shanghai holiday

noopi SG

i wanna go Shanghai for holiday!

shop and eat and spa...

any recommendation of what to do, where to go, where to stay..............etc?

Hello Kitty SG

bt me no go b4 leh.

or u wan change to beijing?

littlestream SG

me no go b4 but if u pay for my trip, i can go and then make recommendations to you? Embarassed Mr. Green

Pitot SG

alotta chinese national i know all say shanghainese very stuck up. how much truth there is to it, i dont know. bao zhong. Laughing

noopi SG

i dun wan beijing, beijing 101

i wan shaghai, long bannn.... long lao.......deng deng deng....

noopi SG

wah liew..............

noopi SG

dun care lah, i not looking for one to be wife or mother-in-law....

only going there to shop and eat........

Pitot SG

take pics hor. Smile

noopi SG

yup yup sure...

maybe need to go buy more memory...

Hello Kitty SG

n show us hor.

silvercap SG

I went there last year during China national day.

Shanghai is a nice place to eat, but not a nice place to shop.
Bcos u will found their cloth & shoe are more expensive than SG.
Unless u buy the pirated one, then u will buy until siao one.

~U may try their "Da zha xie" hairy crab, now is the season, hairy crab taste better than SG chili crab.(yes, I'm talking crab)

~Try their BBQ mutton, chicken(some sort of Shanghai satey)

~Try their Maglev Train(faster than Japan Bullet Train)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train

~Of cos dun forget to try Shanghai soup bao(the big one, inside got soup)

Just to let u know Shanghainese are not friendly ppl, so dun expect too much. If some Ah Beng , Ah Lian feel u're foreigner, there will stalk u and try to promote their pirated Prata, Gucci, Calvin Klein beg, watch..... if u follow them, good luck to u.

seotiblizzard SG

Sorry nvr been to shanghai before.
but there are some shanghainese in my school.
they always speak shanghai hua.

AndrewPKYap SG

I hated Shanghai… loud, boastful, crass, commercial… go and see for yourself…

Hello Kitty SG

last time got dis guy wrote a farnie post on hw china can win olympics gold coz they train by jumpin away from ppl spittin.

where izit huh. go find leh.

udontknowme SG

i've been to shanghai many times and not EVERYONE there is rude Rolling Eyes maybe it's cos of the way they speak....
it's their lifestyle anyways. everyone is always rushing. and competing.

if u wanna get a cab, PUSH SHOVE be 'RUDE'. DONT bother to Q or wait for the person to get out first before u get in. once a cab stops to let someone out, get in from the other side. if not, u can wait for hours. Twisted Evil Laughing it's probably the same with buses. it's all a lovely Q UNTIL the bus comes, then everyone rushes up

go there to EAT. personally i feel that the best foods can be found in china (but not shanghai). the weirdest too
there isnt very much good shopping to do there. the brands are pretty much what u can find in singapore. cant remember about prices cos i never did shopping there. not sure abt now, but mcDs in china used to have really good egg tarts Laughing

honestly, shanghai isnt the best place to visit. nanjing lu is always worth a visit tho there is this huge shop that sells loads of snacks and candy the highlight of every trip i make to shanghai
beijing is better. more to see,eat,do.
suzhou and hangzhou and other places are even better. jilin has AMAZING food.

apples SG

I just came back from there for a business trip. Well, the people just speaks that way and boast and lament much like Singaporeans do too. I am quite ok with those of my working colleagues there tough.

As for shopping, the things are expensive!

As for food, they have a huge variety of food. Their kampung chickens are very yummy. I especially like the roasted satay chicken I was treated Smile They also got a number of special food. They have wild vegetables that I was told was from the woods (but I can't remember the name of the vege) I also ate their small lobsters from this local restaurant call FOMOS. All you eat is trays of mini lobster after lobster and be prepared to be in a mess. Luckily, plastic aprons and plastics gloves are provided! The taste isn't very fantastic but eating them was fun and an exquisite experience for the first time. You should also try try their "nian gao" which is their local food. Again not very nice but something special. Then there is the hairy crab and it's the season to eat them. Frankly, I have never enjoyed them and I prefer the Singapore's chilli and pepper crab. I can still remember taking half an hour to finish 1 hairy crab and my arms were aching after that! Nonetheless, you should try hairy crab at least once for the experience of it. All in all, for eating, I would recommend that you should try once at their local restaurant (group tour don't bring you) and once at those high class hotel restaurant like in that tallest building in Shanghai.

As for place to visit, I would think you should also visit the "Wai4 Tang1". You will some very nice colonial buildings and some very special ships and their towering buildings.

AndrewPKYap SG

Exactly...

poon cho tang SG

they only turn on the aircon when the temp exceeds 32°C Laughing

<Precious> SG

Go visit the Bund (wai tan) lor.

Must oso visit bu xing jie with rows of shops - got a sex museum there oso inside a commercial building.....

Nan jing lu (Nanking Rd) is full of shopping. So is huai hai lu.....

Remember to bargain even in a shopping centre. It's the norm there. You'll get farked in S'pore doing that here but it's the culture there!

I love Shanghai so I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did! Very Happy

bluejuice SG

There are a number of hotels around. You may want to consider staying at The Bund area, because along the streets are all shopping and it faces the river.

If not, you can consider Nanjing Xi Lu.. that's like "orchard road" in shanghai..

Places to visit
1. Pearl of Orient (Tong Fang Ming Zhu ta) - There is a museum below which showcases the history of Shanghai. Very interesting. Worth a visit. Of course you can take the lift up to the top of the tower to take a look at Shanghai..

2. The Bund - Walk along the riverside and take photos..

3. Xin Tian Di - Its somewhat like Holland V where there are heaps of restaurants/pubs around. There is a Shanghainese restuarant called "Xin Ji Shi". Its very nice. Go there and eat the shanghai fried nian gao.. there are a couple of shanghainese dishes, but I forgot which ones already..

4. Cheng Huang Miao - There is the very famous nan xiang xiao long bao (we have this branch in singapore) but you can go there and try. The queues are amazingly long. There are 3 levels to this place. Prices go up as you climb up the tower. Lowest level is to buy for takeaway. No place to sit. 2nd and 3rd level there are seating areas.. Either level will do. Do try the Xiao long bao there. Very nice...

5. Visit the famous water town, zhou zhuang.. its a day's trip.. just outside Shanghai..

6. Visit Hangzhou, go to Xihu, take the small boat ride. They'll take you to a nei xi hu which is very picturesque and very soothing. Its about 40 mins boat ride if I recall correctly. They'll tell you can go and buy pearls from this place, but you can reject. Think they earn commission.. tourist trap.. There is a restuarant opposite Xi Hu. Ask the locals. Very big restaurant. Go try their Longjing green tea, their prawns (xia ren something), tang chu fish and dongpo rou (these are the must try at hangzhou).

7. For Su Zhou, there is a tourist place called tiger something (if I recall, I'll post here) There is a leaning tower in that place too.. Su Zhou is a place where you can buy silk products.. blankets.

If I recall more, I'll post here..