Food is fun

I was taken to a restaurant for dinner last night called Blessing Soups that is famous for its soups. I actually had to write down the name of this soup (which, thankfully, I was not forced to eat).

Salmon Head Soup with Tuber of Elevated Gastrodia and Dried Sandworm

It was the dried sandworm that really got me. I mean, where do you think they keep that thing? And how big of a dehydrator do they have?


We also did not get the Goose head and feet appetizer. ;)

Good Ol' Shanghai

My first four (five? I dunno, the days are fuzzy) days were spent in Suzhou. I have now moved back to Shanghai, where I will spend the remaining 16 days until I leave.

Oh, man, I love this hotel. I just freakin' love it. It's big and beautiful and clean and luxurious and just too damned comfortable. :) The food is great, but way too expensive. I need to find a way to eat cheaper while I'm here.

This time I'm on a lower floor (61, but the hotel actually starts at 54, so I'm pretty low), which means I actually have a clearer view of the city. I guess I'm under the pollution layer. :p Did I mention that Shangahi is kinda polluted? I wash my face a lot. :)

I have no idea what I will be doing this weekend. Last time I was here I had another engineer with me, but this time I'm alone. I may be brave and wander the city in the daylight hours looking for more Pumas, but it gets dark earlier now, and I don't want to be out at night. Not that it ever really gets dark in the city. Apparently Chinese really like neon. ;)