If you get a chance go to The...
by zizquark
If you get a chance go to The SuzhouNo.1 Silk Mill. It is well worth the trip. You see the different stages of how silk is made and you can even grab a silk cocoon as a souvenir. They also have an extensive store outlet and fashion show. By the time you've seen the fashion show you gotta buy some silk ! I bought the silk quilt quilts with silk filling which was a popular item of the mill. Several people on my tour bus bought them and knew of the warmth they provide. Sure enough when I used it at home it was light and quite warm. A heavy weight Queen size cost 600 Yuan or $72. People from Canada on the tour knew of the quilts warmth. If it warms those cold Canadian nights it must be good.
Culture and Food Combined
by morninjade about The Art Salon
This restaurant is a hidden jewel amidst the capitalism-oriented city, Shanghai. It intertwines beautiful paintings and artwork with the most delicate Shanghainese food I've tasted in Shanghai. The atmosphere is sophisticated and enlightening. Don't leave Shanghai without giving it a try (especially if you got a lover =)) MUST call ahead for reservations!!
Here's an excerpt from the New York Times to sum it up for you:
It's Matisse meets Shanghai when you dine in this cozy, somewhat ramshackle art salon lodged in a French Concession storefront. Paintings and art works by contemporary Chinese artists adorn the colorful walls, while mismatched traditional Chinese chairs and tables cram every available nook and cranny, but no matter, the overall effect is one of idiosyncratic charm. The fairly extensive Chinese-only menu bulges with some excellent homemade local specialties. Happily, the brothers who own the place speak excellent English and can translate or make the appropriate recommendations. You can't go wrong with many of the dishes, but worth mentioning are the pidan doufu (preserved eggs with tofu), the fresh cucumbers with garlic appetizer, hongshao huangyu (braised yellow croaker), and their very own Shaoxing-influenced meigan cai shao rou (braised pork with preserved mustard greens). Service is best described as deliberate, as the owners seem to place a premium on a leisurely appreciation of both the food and the art. Patrons are, of course, free to purchase anything that catches their eye, from the chopsticks in their hands and the chairs beneath them to the art on the walls. Everything. Have the chef arrange your dishes and pair your wine with them.
Make sure you tell me your opinion after trying!
Fabric Market
by harrietholiday
Good place to get clothing made. Make sure you have some ideas when you go, it can be a little overwhelming. You have to use your bargaining skills ofcourse to get the best price you are willing to pay for your coat, suite, dress or whatever you would like made.
Best to take a taxi there, easiest to purchase a metro card at the subway you can put whatever amount on there you like, you can use it in the metro, taxi, bus and ferry. (probably have to pay 30 rmb as insurance, you get it back when you hand the card back in)
Zhonggong Yidahuizhi.
by Guantanamera
Zhonggong Yidahuizhi, the site of the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, is located immediately adjacent to the trendy Xintiandi district... It was inside this building in the year 1921, that Mao Zedong and other representatives from various regions of China met to form the party and outline its agenda... 28 years of hardship and struggle later, many of the goals of the congress were finally achieved with the victorious revolution of 1949... The site has been converted into a museum that gives the history of the revolution in Chinese and English with some artifacts on display and a recreation of the room where the meeting took place...
Sign in with Facebook
and they deliver!
World Expo mascot
Another Confucius Temple View
Shanghai - China
