Went out for lunch at west nanjing rd 南京西路 with will! Our fave hang-out in shanghai… =P think it’s almost gonna become a weekly routine… =D anyway, we decided to try something new today… 撒尿牛肉丸酸辣粉！direct translation: pissing beefballs in hot & sour vermicelli soup! Hahaha… not sure if some of you might be irked by the name “撒尿牛肉丸”… hahaha… but well, I’ve heard of this food name before so I wasn’t that surprised when I saw it on the menu board… haha… think it was introduced in some 美食节目 taiwanese food variety show by 曾国城. The 撒尿 or pissing is just a means of describing how juicy the beefballs are… so don’t be too disgusted by the thought of something else contained inside the beefballs yah… =P so anyway, the soup was mainly sour rather than spicy… so I added some chilli paste into the soup, and viola! It tasted fantastic!! =P haha… the hot & sour combination came out just right… =D
As we were eating the bowl of vermicelli, we could feel the beads of perspiration forming on our foreheads, our necks, and for William, perhaps even his palms… hahaha… he almost looked like he was about to cry… hahaha… but still, the noodles were shiok & we both enjoyed it! =P
撒尿牛肉丸酸辣粉 "pissing" beefballs in hot & sour vermicelli soup
After our main course, we took a walk around南京西路… there were a few boutiques, pharmacies, and small restaurants… oh, and along the way, we saw this café that seemed rather familiar…no, not starbucks, not coffee bean… but coffee beanERY! Hahaha… it really looked rather chui… I wonder if it was even in operations… >_< somewhere nearby, we saw this sculpture that looked rather interesting… I kinda liked it and took several shots of it… =)
the rather chui coffee beanERY...
how eerie... >_<
interesting sculpture... =)
So anyway, after a nice walk, allowing some of our earlier food to be digested, we went back to the 小吃街 food street for MORE FOOD! Omg… hahaha… are we scaring you? erpz… =P haha... we shared 1 stick of octopus… 烤八爪鱼 & some skewered mutton 烤羊肉串… haha… we tried a new stall coz our usual bbq stall had a freaking long queue… the stick of octopus cost the same at this stall, 10RMB=S$2… and it was really nice! Big chunky pieces of bbq-ed octopus… what a wonderful finale to our meal! =)
watching on as our bbq food was prepared... =)
young but seemingly expericed guy doing the bbq...
more bbq food!
DONE! our skewered octopus 烤八爪鱼
烤羊肉串
long queue at our usual bbq stall...
took a train back to nanjing, and after getting home, i decided to finally get a haircut! haha... it's been a while since i last had my haircut (in sg before my trip)... i 'recceed' a few hair salons near my place earlier in the wk, & decided on 1 of dem, wch looked more professional.. =P the haircut was super cheap! only 15RMB... hahaha... well, i described to the hairdresser roughly what kinda hairstyle i want, and even showed him pics on my hp! haha... so thankfully, it didnt really turn out to be a disaster... (or so i hope...) =)
hmm...i'm not narcissistic... juz a small pic to show u how my haircut turned out... note: unstyled version =)
and when i finally got home, i decided to take pics of my apartment!! haha... Realized that I haven’t shown anyone how my new nanjing apartment looks like… so well, here’re some of the pics dat I took of my place… =)
my living room... =)
the kitchen... =)
the toilet... =)
my bedroom...
the 2nd bedroom...
anyway, in case i havent mentioned... i'm actually quite impressed with the security at my new apartment... the security guards are not those lao kok kok ones you see in sg most of the time, but rather, there're quite a no. of them who're younger, around the age of 30s... every morning, as i walk to the main gate to go to work, i'll see a whole group of them lined up in neat rows (military style) and sorta marching, according to the command of this guy whom i presume is their leader... to see them so professional and disciplined really makes me feel safe & secure living in this neighbourhood... =) and whenever i walk out of the house, i'll definitely see some security guards patrolling either on bicycle or on foot... and although it gets dark at night, at least there're still some families walking around, and the security guards would still be patrolling... so it'll really give you a better sense of security... =)
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