Wonderful weather today, spent the day hanging out with Chellis, her parents, and Chellis' dad's co-worker (all visiting from the States). Highlights of the day included: coffee and view at the Bund, shopping and browsing at Tianzifang (田子方), dinner at Xintiandi (新天地). I brought my trusty Time Out guide just in case and we found a picture in the book with the exact view from where we were!
I'm slowly building up my repertoire of places to bring out of town guests - trying to find a balance between touristy "must see" places and lesser known fun places.
We don't venture over to Pudong very much, but this weekend since Adam had a bit of business over there we decided to stick around for dinner. Some quick online research led me to Sushi Inc, the sister restaurant of Haiku by Hatsune, which we had heard good things. It's on the second floor of the Citigroup Building office tower, so it's not at all crowded on weekends, probably much more popular for business lunches. Nonetheless, the food and the service were good (and a nice change from the crowds at Super Brand Mall). An amuse-bouche of bitter melon salad was provided as we looked over the menu. We started with cold tofu and sashimi salad (the only dish that was a bit disappointing), then got the "Clayton" roll (very tasty), assorted vegetable tempura and a grilled fish head. Sushi Inc, like Haiku, is famous for the extensive list of creative sushi rolls. Next time, we'll probably check out Haiku and try a few more rolls.
We found that an old wireless mouse mysteriously became sticky on one side, like the plastic had melted.
It still works fine, so what to do? Nothing a bit of fabric, glue and craftiness can't solve. Here it is, in restored condition, sporting some new stripes!
Wonderful weather today, spent the day hanging out with Chellis, her parents, and Chellis' dad's co-worker (all visiting from the States). Highlights of the day included: coffee and view at the Bund, shopping and browsing at Tianzifang (田子方), dinner at Xintiandi (新天地). I brought my trusty Time Out guide just in case and we found a picture in the book with the exact view from where we were!
