Published on 2014-05-30 08:22

Time: April 20 - May 1, 2014

Itinerary: 1. Shenyang flies to Shanghai and then takes the high speed railway to Hangzhou (wife and daughter)

2. Hainan Zhuhai Jiangxi Ningdu Hangzhou (my father and I drive by ourselves)

3. Hangzhou, Rizhao, Shandong, Beijing, Shenyang (family driving)

In April, the weather in Hainan is getting hotter and hotter day by day. The "migratory birds" in Shimei villa fly to the north in groups every day. My father and I are ready to go back. On April 18, her daughter, who studied in the United States, returned to Shenyang. She had not been to Hangzhou, so we decided to start from Shenyang and Hainan on April 20, and the whole family would meet in Hangzhou on April 22.

My daughter and her mother arrived in Shanghai by plane for two days, while I took my father to drive from Hainan to Hangzhou. The first day I stayed in Zhuhai, the next morning I had the car serviced, I arrived in Ningdu, Jiangxi in the evening, and I arrived in Hangzhou on the afternoon of the 22nd.

Let's talk about the women in Shanghai. My daughter is still jet lagged and shuttles between shopping malls in Shanghai. The childlike daughter has a special love for "Madame Tussauds Wax Museum" and "Teddy's house". Of course, she can't miss the delicious Nanxiang dumplings.

Located in new world commercial building, Nanjing Road, Shanghai, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is the sixth Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in the world after London, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, New York and Hong Kong. The wax museum is divided into seven theme exhibition areas: "behind the scenes", "Shanghai charm", "historical celebrities", "movies", "music", "Sports" and "speed". More than 70 lifelike wax statues of celebrities, including Yao Ming, Liu Xiang, Beckhams, Jordan, Teresa Teng, Anita Mui, Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise, Mary Monroe, Einstein, Princess Diana, Bill Gates and Bill Clinton, are on display. The high-tech elements of the wax museum are very advanced, and it is also the exhibition hall with the richest interactive experience in the world. Visitors can go karaoke with their favorite singers, play basketball with Yao Ming, and dive with Guo Jingjing. The most interesting thing is the look of Putin, Clinton and Obama in the exhibition hall of "historical celebrities". Everyone has their own characteristics, which is thought-provoking and worth visiting. The exhibition hall also has an experience area where you can make a hand model for yourself and take it home as a permanent collection. After a long tour, I took photos of celebrities and took group photos with them. Thanks to the small number of visitors on Monday morning, the staff said that holidays are the most crowded time for people, so don't crowd with them. We order tickets online. It costs 120 yuan per person. It seems that it costs 150 yuan to buy tickets at the door.

Teddy's home theme restaurant is located in Tianzifang, a famous restaurant in Shanghai. The basic layout is the third floor. On the first floor downstairs, it seems to be a teddy bear themed club. Next to it is the teddy bear exhibition room. There are so many bears and all kinds of postures that people immediately feel like falling into the fairy tale world. It is not allowed to take photos here. There is always a waiter staring at you for fear that you are taking photos. The bears here are also very expensive. You can also do DIY bear yourself here. This is because it is the only restaurant in Shanghai with the theme of "Teddy Bear". Many guests come here with admiration. It is also the best place for art lovers to take pictures. Cute teddy bears can be seen everywhere in the store. Everyone who comes in can't help holding them. The room full of cute and nostalgic teddy bears makes people feel warm. Don't think it's a toy store. In fact, it's a restaurant that specializes in Thai food, Italian food and Western desserts. Among them, "three swordsmen of little bear" is a must order specialty at each table, including a cup of cappuccino, a bear paw cake and a bear head pizza. Because it's a rainy noon, not many people visit Tianzifang and come here to have a meal. When her daughter enters the restaurant, she begins to take photos with teddy in various shapes, feeling left and hugging right. She originally decided to buy one to go home, but later promised her to buy it when she travels to Korea, which saves a lot of money. My daughter ordered some special dishes from Teddy Bear Restaurant and left reluctantly when she was full.

The authentic "Nanxiang Xiaolong Bao" of course must go to the head office of Yu Garden. After the mouth full of oil, the daughter has already forgotten the tiredness of the jet lag. In Nanxiang, in addition to the traditional steamed buns, we also ate the "crab roe buns" that we had never eaten before. We put a straw on the buns (see photo) to specially suck the crab roe juice in the buns. The juice is very fresh and has the flavor of crab. It's just a bit boring. It's not suitable for old people. After eating, he also bought five spiced beans from Town God's Temple to make small food on the road in Yu Garden. And I saw everywhere selling the pear sugar from the old city temple, because I didn't dare to buy it when I was afraid of it. As soon as she walked out of Yu Garden, her daughter saw a shop doing a hand made Australian candy, and bought two packets of food to eat.

Looking for the petty bourgeois hotel in Shanghai on the Internet, I found the "Shixiu dining hall" on the street behind Nanjing Road, where I not only tasted the flavor of old Shanghai, but also felt the "old Shanghai sentiment". When it comes to dinner in the evening, there is a long line in the shop. There is a computer at the door that numbers the diners. The diners eat free popcorn, marshmallows and line up on the Internet. When someone lines up, there is a child's voice in the dining hall calling "time show is coming!", Let everyone feel very cordial. The interior and exterior decoration of the hotel is also very unique. The decoration includes all kinds of traditional elements: Retro phone booth, old movies playing on the projection screen, free homemade marshmallows, waiters wearing suspenders, a row of oil lamps hanging on the top of the door, waiters carrying hot water bottles, old photos on the wall. In order to eat more local dishes from Shanghai, the dishes I ordered were a little too many, but I didn't finish. The best thing to eat was "crisp fish". After two mouthfuls, I thought it was delicious, so I packed it and ate it the next day. I wanted a recipe, but I didn't know where to put it. I'm a little sorry.

Let's talk about the first food store in Shanghai. Shanghai first food store (south east store) is located on the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, "China First Street". The store is located in "modern food retail specialty store", selling nearly 10000 kinds of middle and high-end brand food. This is a "gold lettered" food shop in Shanghai. It has all kinds of food, such as duck gizzard, plain chicken, small kernel peach, chocolate, preserves, pork jerky, etc. On the first day, after staying in the hotel, I went to the third floor of the store to have a snack. After eating, I strolled around the second floor and the first floor. I saw a lot of Shanghai snacks and delicious food from all over the country. I agreed to buy some delicious food before I left. Before going to Hangzhou on the third day, I went to the store and bought duck gizzard and crisp candy for my family. I also bought fresh meat moon cakes. It was delicious.

Of course, the baidu bridge and the Bund are also places to visit every time you visit Shanghai.

Hangzhou, we have been here many times. In 2009, when we were backpacking, we used to live in "orange crystal hotel" opposite LIULANG Wenying park by the West Lake. We felt good, so this time we ordered this one on Ctrip, and then we stayed here. We felt as warm and comfortable as before. The two of them took the train from Shanghai to Hangzhou at about 5 p.m., and they had finished their work. The whole family had a simple hot pot meal downstairs.

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The small road outside

We have been to Hangzhou many times. We are tired of seeing the beautiful scenery of the west lake repeatedly. Only the delicious food of Hangzhou is unforgettable. Hangzhou cuisine, also known as hangbang cuisine, is popular in Jiangnan for its high quality and low price. Hangzhou cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines of Zhejiang Province in China. The material selection is fresh, the production is fine, the variety is various, pays attention to the nutrition, stresses the fresh salty unifies, the light is fresh. Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, once praised "the prosperity of wine and banquet in the world is not as prosperous as Hangzhou", and there is an allusion of "getting off the horse after smelling the fragrance".

Our family is a "food" family. During the winter in Hainan, the neighbors from Hangzhou in Shimei villa introduced Hangzhou food to my father many times, and told him that "when you go to Hangzhou, you must eat Jiaohua chicken!", And introduced that "Louwailou", "Weizhuang", "Shanwaishan" restaurants are the most famous. Hangzhou is a good place to satisfy one's hunger! We decided to come to Hangzhou this time, mainly to satisfy ourselves, and take our daughter to visit the West Lake to satisfy our eyes.

I didn't bring my father a wheelchair with me on this trip. I found out through online inquiry that there are many medical equipment and elderly supplies stores near Hangzhou Red Cross hospital that can rent wheelchairs, which is much more convenient. It seems that as an old tourist city, Hangzhou people's service is really good. Early in the morning of the 23rd, we went to the Red Cross Hospital, rented a wheelchair, went back to the hotel, picked up dad, and entered the West Lake Scenic Area from "Liu Lang Wen Ying" to start our walk around the West Lake.

I really like the towering "Metasequoia" forest around the West Lake

The photo shows the back of my grandfather and granddaughter

After "Leifeng Pagoda", walk up to the Su dike, and then go through "Huagang fish watching" to the west gate of the West Lake, where "zhiweiguan · Weizhuang" is located. This is a garden style restaurant with lake view. It is surrounded by mountains and waters in the front and lake light in the back. There are six independent buildings with different styles and novel styles. They are decorated in the shade of the lake like pearls. Its beautiful environment is unparalleled. Although the outdoor catkins were flying like snow, we chose the lakeside seat. Four people ordered a table of delicious food, mainly Hangzhou famous dishes and Weizhuang signature dishes.

Among Hangzhou's famous dishes, "west lake vinegar fish" is the first choice. The grass carp with moderate posture should be cooked in clear water first, and the heat should be controlled. Pour the sauce on the plate. The finished dish is bright red in color, fresh and tender in meat, sweet and sour, with a slight crab flavor.

Steamed Grass Carp in Vinegar Gravy

It is said that "Jiaohua child chicken" is an ancient beggar who lived in the south of the Yangtze River. One day, he fainted due to hunger and cold. A poor friend stole a little hen for him. However, he suffered from lack of pots and stoves. He wrapped the chicken in mud and roasted it in a fire. When he peeled it off, he unexpectedly found that the chicken was fragrant and delicious. Later, this method was spread to restaurants. With the continuous improvement of chefs, it was improved on the basis of the traditional production method. Feinen Yueji was selected and wrapped in bamboo shell and fresh lotus leaf. The outermost layer was covered with wine jar mud. It was first simmered with fierce fire and then simmered with gentle fire. It's fresh and delicious. Finally, it became a famous traditional dish.

Beggar’s Chicken

Dongpo meat is a famous traditional dish in Hangzhou. Thin skin tender meat is red and bright in color, mellow and juicy in taste, crisp but not broken in shape, fragrant and glutinous but not greasy in mouth. It is stewed with famous wine.

Dongpo's braised pork

"Gold medal meat" is the signature dish of "Weizhuang". It is different from the traditional meat served on the table. The cooked meat is cut into 15cm square pieces, and then cut into thin long pieces with a knife. Then the meat pieces are surrounded into pagoda shape, and dried bamboo shoots are embedded in the pagoda. It not only shows the taste of the day, but also fully shows the delicacy of the chef's knife work. The pastry is not rotten, oily but not greasy, and the shape is unique.

Gold medal buttonhole

Xihu xuemeiniang

West Lake water shield soup

Soon, a delicious food was put on the table, but everyone could not bear to start with chopsticks, because it was not just a delicious food, but a piece of exquisite art. Recently, the behavior of taking pictures before meals and eating after meals has been rated as one of the top ten stupid things in the world on the Internet, so I insist on not letting my daughter take pictures. Now I have to plagiarize the photos of netizens from the Internet to relieve our greed.

In the middle of the meal, my daughter suddenly screamed. She was bitten seven or eight times by a small insect on her calf. It can be said that she was scarred! A young man in the next seat quickly handed over a bottle of essential balm, saying it was provided free of charge by the hotel. It seems that the hotel is already on guard! I'd like to remind you that it's best to wear long clothes when eating outdoors.

After lunch, we went to the dock through the "Huagang fish watching" and took a cruise to the "three pools in the moon" in the lake. Then we went to the teahouse on the island in the middle of the lake, ordered a pot of "West Lake Longjing", and each of us had another bowl of "osmanthus lotus root powder". In the cool willow wind, we watched the willow twigs dancing and spent the afternoon leisurely.

Lotus root powder with sweet scented osmanthus

26 years ago, when LP and I got married, we came here to taste "sweet scented osmanthus lotus root powder". Since then, we have come here to drink a bowl every time we go to Hangzhou. To tell you the truth, lotus root powder in other places lacks a little sweet taste.

After my father had a little sleep, we went through the zigzag corridor, boarded the boat from the north pier to the dock of "children's Palace" in the northeast corner of the West Lake, then turned and walked on the "white dike", and entered the "Xiling Seal society" after passing the "autumn moon of Pinghu". After a short sit by the lake, we went into the "Louwailou Hotel". Keep eating!

Louwailou hotel is the number one restaurant in Hangzhou with a history of more than 160 years. Before the founding of new China, Yu Quyuan, Wu Changshuo, Sun Yat Sen, Song Qingling, Lu Xun, Zhu Kezhen, Ma Yinchu, Ma Yifu and other celebrities had visited many times. After the founding of new China, the older generation of revolutionaries such as Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, he long and cultural celebrities such as Feng Zikai, Pan Tianshou, Wu Hufan, Jiang Hanting, Zhao Puchu, Tang Yun also visited the building many times to taste famous dishes, write poems and paintings. Premier Zhou's nine visits to Louwailou have already spread a good story. Louwailou also received Prince Sihanouk and many other heads of state and foreign distinguished guests, enjoying international reputation. Famous chefs gather here, delicious dishes emerge one after another, signature dishes are: West Lake vinegar fish, songsao fish soup, honey fire, Longjing shrimp, Dongpo stewed meat, Jiaohua chicken, dry fried bell... Come on, order all!

Steamed Grass Carp in Vinegar Gravy

Stir-fried Shrimps with Longjing Tea Leaves

Longjing prawns are cooked with Longjing new tea and Xianhe prawns. The shrimp is fresh and tender in white jade, with a faint fragrance of Longjing.

Dry fried bell

Hangzhou pickled duck

Songsao fish soup

The delicious food at noon has not been digested yet, and this "continuous efforts" really makes people choke. After dinner, we took a taxi back to the hotel and arranged for Dad to have a rest. Then we ran to Hefang Street.

For those who travel to Hangzhou, there are two places they must visit: West Lake and Hefang Street. Hefang Street, Wushan Square and surrounding mountains are collectively referred to as Qinghefang. It is one of the streets that can best reflect the historical and cultural features of Hangzhou. The reconstructed Hefang Street was opened in October 2002, reflecting the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is an integral part of West Lake's application for world historical and cultural heritage.

In addition to Huqingyutang, WANGXINGJI fan factory, Wanlong ham house and other time-honored brands, the main reason for many people to visit the antique pedestrian street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is, of course, food. Hefang Street mainly focuses on snacks. There are many traditional snack stalls on the short street. Many Hangzhou authentic snacks, such as Dingsheng cake, onion wrapped cypress, stinky tofu, pastry, are worth tasting. But for us, it's just a look, not because it's too narrow and messy, but it's too much to eat.

Dad was arranged to have a rest in the hotel on the 24th (I was a little tired yesterday). The three of us drove to "Jiuxi Yanshu" and "Lingyin Temple". Jiuxi tobacco tree is one of the ten new sceneries of West Lake, commonly known as "Jiuxi eighteen streams". The streams, tea gardens, mists and Qingchuan make up the four tourism features of the scenic spot. The tourists walk along the uneven path, but they see the misty mist covering the green tea trees on the hills like satin. However, listening to the gurgling streams flowing at the foot of the hanging orchid vine, they feel like walking in the long street of the heaven. We all love it here.

After leaving Jiuxi smoke tree, we went to Lingyin Temple. Because we didn't study the religious culture, we just had a casual look here. However, the exquisite stone carvings in the Buddhist niches at the foot of Feilai peak are worth appreciating. Feilaifeng stone sculpture is an important work of grotto art in southern China. The Buddha sculpture is vivid and vivid. Maitreya, sitting in a Buddhist niche, bends his knees barefoot, holds a few beads, and laughs with bare chest and belly. It vividly portrays the image of "tolerance of the world, tolerance of things, and laughs at the ridiculous people in the world". Surrounded by eighteen Arhats, they also have different expressions and are meticulous and vivid.

I remember that the "five hundred arhat hall" more than 20 years ago was not big, and the living Buddha Jigong sitting on the beam attracted many people to stop. Today's Luohan hall is much bigger. After several rounds, we can't find "Jigong" because "Fangliang" is gone.

Walking out of Lingyin Temple, it's lunchtime again. With the good impression of yesterday's "zhiweiguan", we enter the "zhiweiguan? Lingyin store. This time, however, it was a great disappointment. After ordering, we didn't see the dishes for 40 minutes, and there was no waiter to take care of us, as if we were forgotten. After repeated urging, I finally finished the lunch, which took an hour and a half.

After two days, I had a bit of "top" food. For dinner, I had a simple Cantonese food at Jufengyuan nearby.

On the 25th, he left for Rizhao, Shandong Province. After staying for a night and simply cleaning up, he returned to Beijing the next day and Shenyang on May 1.

This trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou is really appetizing! Next time, we should focus on eating!!!