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June 12th 2009: Heading to Xi'an


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Breakfast at Home
Steamed rice cakes made of glutinous rice flour::The red circle 
is red bean flavored.The square also has red bean.The bat 
has pine nuts and may include red beans.
Steamed rice cakes made of glutinous rice flour::
  • The red circle is red bean flavored.
  • The square also has red bean.
  • The bat has pine nuts and may include red beans.
Lunch at Jia Jia Tang Bao
Jia Jia Tang Bao, our lunch destination.
The menu.  Yes, there's an 81 RMB item (compared to most items which are 
around 10 RMB).  The 81 RMB item is pure crab meat steamed dumplings 
(chun2 xie4 fen3 tang1 bao1).
Pork dumplings.
Pork-and-crab dumplings.  These had only a little crab; the only 
difference between the pork and the crab was the quality (i.e., flavor) 
of the broth.
Jia Jia Tang Bao, our lunch destination.
The menu. Yes, there's an 81 RMB item (compared to most items which are around 10 RMB). The 81 RMB item is pure crab meat steamed dumplings (chun2 xie4 fen3 tang1 bao1).
Pork dumplings.
Pork-and-crab dumplings. These had only a little crab; the only difference between the pork and the crab was the quality (i.e., flavor) of the broth.
Flying to Xi'an
The high-speed maglev train I took to the airport.
PVG terminal one. (PVG = Pudong = Shanghai's largest, international 
airport.)
Dinner on my flight to Xi'an: pork with rice, plus watermelon, a package 
of pickled radishes to put on rice, a tea egg, some mushrooms (wood 
ear?), and a soft, fluffy dinner roll (better than any I've had on 
flights in America).
The high-speed maglev train I took to the airport.
PVG terminal one. (PVG = Pudong = Shanghai's largest, international airport.)
Dinner on my flight to Xi'an: pork with rice, plus watermelon, a package of pickled radishes to put on rice, a tea egg, some mushrooms (wood ear?), and a soft, fluffy dinner roll (better than any I've had on flights in America).