Shanghai by Night

Nighttime in Shanghai was much more enjoyable for us.  This is probably due to the fact that all of our activities we had planned were at night and during the day we were just left to wander around and find things to do.  Our first night we did one of our favorite vacation activities which was a food tour.  We found Untour online and signed up for the Street Eats Night Market tour.  We went to a couple night markets and tried some real local cuisine which we loved!

Gorgeous sunset on our walk to the food tour meeting point

The first night market where we started the tour

We tried some traditional puddings

Something we were not expecting...crawfish!  They even cooked them spicy.  Reminded us of Texas.

But here they wear gloves to peel them

Thankfully we did not try the snake

Little boys playing in the street outside the crawfish restaurant

The China facade 

At another night market where they had tons of skewered veggies and meat.

Derek ready to try some more food at the second night market

Stir fried noodles.  These things were spicy!  If you breathed any of the smoke it would burn your nose.

At a Muslim noodle stall where they handmade the noodles fresh to order.  I caught him slicing
a noodle off the block of dough and flying into the pot of boiling water. 

Hand pulling one very long noodle for us to eat in a dish that tasted like pho.

We tried so many dishes and were absolutely stuffed by the end of the tour.  We would never have ventured to these night markets by ourselves and if we had, ordering would have been difficult as no one spoke English.

The following night we headed over to the Bund where we had dinner reservations at a restaurant called Lost Heaven.  This was a recommendation from another expat who had lived in Shanghai before.  They serve traditional Yunnan folk cuisine which we thoroughly enjoyed.  After the food tour and dinner at Lost Heaven, Derek and I were wondering where all the good Chinese food is in Singapore because the dishes are very different.

After dinner we strolled along the Bund to see the beautiful night views.

On our way back to the hotel we walked down Pedestrian Street which was full of life

Along Pedestrian Street there were several mobile karaoke stations going.  Very entertaining.

On my last night in Shanghai, we went to see the acrobat show at Shanghai Circus World.  Pictures were not allowed so I don't have much to show for it.  The show was really spectacular.  It was like they took all the acrobatic/circus performers from America's Got Talent and upped it by several notches.  The performance was daring, elegant, and flawless.  We really enjoyed it!

For an unplanned, last minute trip we had a good time.  Derek had to stay the following week for meetings while I headed to Thailand for a business trip.  At the end of the week Derek was very anxious to get back to the comforts and safety of Singapore.  This was certainly an experience we will never forget.  If we return to China, it will be to visit some more scenic locations.