A Candian in China

Yuin and I went for dinner that night. We walked through the sort of Times Square or Broadway of Shanghai-it is a big street (no cars down a certain portion of it to allow pedestrian ease) filled with bright lights and lots of shopping. Oddly they had little train trolleys, you know the little ones in little kid theme parks?! They had them to shuttle tourists down this block which isn't very long. Chinese are lazy!

We wandered down a few dark streets and ended up seeing a restaurant with this Chinese guy (early 20's) in front of it. We asked for a menu in English and to our delight he was a native English speaker! He was from Toronto, it was his grandfathers restaurant and he moved there to work with him. How could we not eat here?

We had one of the best meals I have had in China. They guy, who's name I unfortunately have forgotten, was most helpful and gave us the best customer service! I think he was just as excited to see us as we were to him! The meal included jelly fish, suckling pig, Chinese vegetables and other yummy stuff. The nice guy even sent over desert to us. It was a coconut and bean custard that was out of this world delicious!

We tried to tell him to go to all the hostels and advertise or have the front desk people talk up the restaurant as an authentic Shanghais place with native English speakers... but he explained it would drive the local customers away! This place has been opened for over 20 years and is a Shanghai institution. I am so glad we stumbled upon it!