“Yellow Curry Acupuncture Needle Beef in Hot Pits One Pot of Young Animals”

This was the English title of a dish at a Hong Kong restaurant we went to in Shanghai. As I am not really eating meat here we didn’t order it but we laughed/cried while reading this menu. Then later at the same restaurant Abi got herself locked in the bathroom and she didn’t know how to say help in Chinese so she was yelling, “你爸爸媽媽好嗎” which translates to “How are your parents?” To say the least when the servers got her out of the bathroom they were dying of laughter. So it was a good ironic cultural experience where both cultures were laughing at each other for their inability to communicate with each other. This sums up our trip to Shangnhai pretty well. It was quite an adventure. One time when we were in a taxi the driver was trying to talk to me in Chinese and the only thing I could understand was that he kept on saying alcohol and bar and then laughing. But all we wanted to do was go to a restaurant. I was so confused and kept on asking him what was so funny but I couldn’t understand his response. We enjoyed Shanghai for being more westernized and having taller skyscrapers than Beijing. We went up into cloud 9, a bar with an amazing view of the city, at the top of the Jin Mao tower. We went on a boat ride along the huangpu river getting another perspective of the city. We walked around yuyuan a gorgeous ancient Chinese garden. We shopped for antiques, ate thai and german food, and met a band at an irish pub. Overall it was a great trip.