Lujiazui

After the Oriental Pearl Tower, we walked to the nearby Shanghai World Financial Center to look for Din Dai Fung, which I thought should be a safe choice for lunch with vegetarian options for xiaolongbao. However, when we got to the building, a staff member told us it was closed. So, we looked around and settled on Fatty Leow's, which looked like a Malaysian-inspired outlet. Here, we had our first food issue: Jeff wanted the Penang fried noodles. I asked for it to come without meat, but it still came out with prawns and fishcake which, apparently, is not considered "meat". The staff were really good about it. They came out and sought clarification, and then they produced a vegetarian version. I was not expecting this sort of service in China and I was very impressed.

After lunch, we walked around the area admiring the architecture. There was an elevated walkway in the area which would have been convenient for exploring, except that the police closed off certain sections of the bridge, so we were forced to navigate at street level or go into a mall a couple of times.Read more