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| Urban Planning Center
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| A model of Shanghai as seen from the west looking across Huangpu River
toward the glowing skyscrapers in Pudong.
| The same model as seen from the north. In person, I liked the fun
they're having with the lighting. In the picture, I'm not so sure.
| A very high resolution picture looking down on the model. North is up;
Pudong and its distinctive skyscrapers are at right. People's Square,
the Shanghai Museum within it, is the obvious green splotch at left. I
think Yuyuan Garden is around the small blue pond in bottom mid-center.
(It would be easier to identify if something on the map were labeled.)
North of Suzhou Creek (the creek that runs obviously across the mid-upper
part of the picture) is North Shanghai. If you find where the creek
hits the river, then look up 7/8ths of the way to the edge of the image,
you'll be roughly where my apartment was this summer.
| A high resolution image looking from the north straight down Huangpu
River. Pudong is on the left. If you look at the full-sized image, you
can see the details on the models.
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| A panoramic movie of Shanghai and Pudong, taken to show the full scope
of the model (which I didn't think was fully reflected in any previous
pictures). The pan starts looking at North Shanghai, then looks toward
Shanghai proper (Puxi), then across the river to Pudong, then a lot more
Pudong than was seen any previous photo I took.
| A different model, showing all the famous colonial buildings on the
Bund.
Though I saw the buildings in person, it's too bad I
couldn't walk down this riverfront because the whole thing was closed
for reconstruction.
| Taken from the highest floor in the Urban Planning Center, a panorama of
the green People's Square / Renmin Square and its surrounding
skyscrapers. The squat building in the center with arches is the
Shanghai Museum.
| A close-up of the part of People's Square park with flowers. Sorry
about the dirty window in the way.
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| Dinner at Jishi (Jesse)
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| Jishi's understated entrance.
| The packed, lively dining room, which was on the second floor. I'm glad
we made reservations.
| Jishi's famous for its red cooked pork: long-cooked braised pork dishes
in brown (soy-based) sauce. This one was officially called hong shao
rou (hong2 shao1 rou4). It had chunks of fat attached to chunks of
meat. We generally ate the meat, which was great, but even the fat has
a pleasing, meaty texture and we didn't mind eating them by accident.
This was a revelation to me! (fat presented so that neither its texture
nor taste made me grossed out)
| The menu entry for the previous item, named on the menu as "braised pork
with egg in brown sauce." The Chinese translates as red (hong2) roasted
(kao3) meat (rou4) (actually, the last two words together are usually
used for barbecue) roasted (kao3) egg (dan4).
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| Eggplant. Decent. I preferred it cold. Di Yin says its the best
eggplant she's ever had. She liked the sauce.
| The menu entry for the previous item, named on the menu as "mixed
eggplant." The Chinese translates as cold (leng3) mixed/tossed (ban4)
eggplant (qie2 zi).
| Sauteed shepherd's purse with tofu skin.
| The menu entry for the previous item, named on the menu as "saute
shepherd's purse with shredded beancurd sheet." The Chinese translates
as shepherd's purse (ji4 cai4) many (bai3) sheets/pages (ye4) shredded
(si1).
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| For dessert: a red bean pancake. Good.
| The menu entry for the previous item, named on the menu as "sweet
pancake with bean paste." The Chinese translates as
sweetened-bean-paste (dou4 sha1) pan (guo1) round-flat-cake (bing3).
| Near Jishi, Xujiahui (the up-scale mall / shopping district) at night.
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| Fodder for Panorama of Renmin Square / People's Square
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