zhu jia jiao
Our Zhu Jia Jiao Tour
14 Oct 2008 02:56 PM
I mentioned
in my last post that we met a Filipino fellow in
Zhu Jia Jiao who offered to tour us around the town.
Ramil Cueto has been based in Shanghai for about four years. His wife Julia was born in Zhu Jia Jiao and grew up there. So when Ramil offered to tour us around the old town, we couldn't resist! We have had some difficulties in ordering food and going around the town in general. They met us at our hotel at night, and we walked to the heart of the town.
Walking to the old town. These were Ramil, Jorge and Simon, back view.
We passed by some lovely scenery.
They took us to a charming restaurant.
Julia and Ramil ordered food for us. Guess what we found out from Julia while they were ordering food? It was Ramil's birthday that day!
Jorge and Ramil
Group pic by Simon. Jorge, Ramil, Ria, Julia and Tusa
The food arrives.
Lotus plant,with sticky rice inserted into the holes. It tasted sweet and refreshing.
A local water plant (tasted a bit like turnip), with pine nuts.
Escargot. These were huge, and ground pork was stuffed inside.
Ramil went out for a while and came back with this. Tsong tsu, a sticky rice delicacy. It had pork inside, plus a sweetish sauce. Yum! It also cost only 2.5 RMB (about 15pesos)
And now, the main attraction...
Hairy crabs! They were delicious, and had lots of aligue (crab fat)
March of the crabs. March, march, march into our stomachs.
Simon and crab
Everything was so delicious.
After dinner, we walked a bit and looked at some of the shops.
Thank you Ramil and Julia for the experience, and for spending time with us.
(Photos courtesy of Simon, Tusa, and me)
Related posts:
Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World Music Festival
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort Part 2
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort in Cavite
Ramil Cueto has been based in Shanghai for about four years. His wife Julia was born in Zhu Jia Jiao and grew up there. So when Ramil offered to tour us around the old town, we couldn't resist! We have had some difficulties in ordering food and going around the town in general. They met us at our hotel at night, and we walked to the heart of the town.
Walking to the old town. These were Ramil, Jorge and Simon, back view.
We passed by some lovely scenery.
They took us to a charming restaurant.
Julia and Ramil ordered food for us. Guess what we found out from Julia while they were ordering food? It was Ramil's birthday that day!
Jorge and Ramil
Group pic by Simon. Jorge, Ramil, Ria, Julia and Tusa
The food arrives.
Lotus plant,with sticky rice inserted into the holes. It tasted sweet and refreshing.
A local water plant (tasted a bit like turnip), with pine nuts.
Escargot. These were huge, and ground pork was stuffed inside.
Ramil went out for a while and came back with this. Tsong tsu, a sticky rice delicacy. It had pork inside, plus a sweetish sauce. Yum! It also cost only 2.5 RMB (about 15pesos)
And now, the main attraction...
Hairy crabs! They were delicious, and had lots of aligue (crab fat)
March of the crabs. March, march, march into our stomachs.
Simon and crab
Everything was so delicious.
After dinner, we walked a bit and looked at some of the shops.
Thank you Ramil and Julia for the experience, and for spending time with us.
(Photos courtesy of Simon, Tusa, and me)
Related posts:
Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World Music Festival
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort Part 2
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort in Cavite
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Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World Music Festival
07 Oct 2008 02:31 PM
Bob Aves Group @ the Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World
Music Festival
At the airport (notice all the junk food! Terminal 3 is relatively new, so there aren't many options yet)...
Simon and Tusa...
Shanghai is a 3-hour plane ride from the Philippines...
Zhu Jia Jiao is a charming old town about 2 hours away (on the road) from the main city in Shanghai.
Like a lot of many other things in China, it is a mix of the old and the new...
We went to a park...
Busy town.
This was our hotel (Zhu Ji Ge)
Post office from the great Qin Dynasty...
We tried to go about the small town by ourselves, sometimes encountering mishaps when ordering food and such. Ordering by guessing from the pictures has its disadvantages (sometimes it was too much for one person), but it was all good....
Sauteed scallops
Pork dish with vegetables underneath (kind of like Laing in Filipino)
On our first full day there, we played at the preview night of the festival, at the Wang Chang center...
Up until this time, we had trouble ordering food and knowing where to go because few people spoke English. So it was a blessing to meet a fellow Filipino at the venue who offered to take us around Zhu Jia Jiao, since his wife grew up there, and can take us to the good places. Of course we took up on the offer, and I'll reserve another blog entry for it. In the meantime, on to the other photos from the festival...
Nah Youn Sun and the French all-stars. Nah Youn Sun does a mean scat, and her voice is clear. The accordion player was fantastic. It's my first time to hear jazz solos on the accordion, I think.
Bassists co...
Bob Aves explains his octavina to a fellow guitarist...
(And it was during this time when I was carrying my laptop and wearing my thick glasses - that some people came up to me and asked if I was the band manager)
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More photos from the festival...
Brochures and posters.
At the Gingko Plaza...
Some of the audience were people who lived in the old village, and some were tourists. On the whole, they were very receptive and appreciative of the performances.
Ria Osorio
Tusa Montes
Grace Nono
Bob Aves
Jorge San Jose
Simon Tan
The group with Peter Lee (far left), festival organizer
With some of the other artists.
Some of the festival volunteers from various universities...
(Photos courtesy of Tusa Montes, Grace Nono and Bob Aves, and some are from my camera)
Will be posting the photos from the tour with our newfound Filipino friend, so please stay tuned. Thanks!
Related posts:
Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World Music Festival
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort Part 2
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort in Cavite
At the airport (notice all the junk food! Terminal 3 is relatively new, so there aren't many options yet)...
Simon and Tusa...
Shanghai is a 3-hour plane ride from the Philippines...
Zhu Jia Jiao is a charming old town about 2 hours away (on the road) from the main city in Shanghai.
Like a lot of many other things in China, it is a mix of the old and the new...
We went to a park...
Busy town.
This was our hotel (Zhu Ji Ge)
Post office from the great Qin Dynasty...
We tried to go about the small town by ourselves, sometimes encountering mishaps when ordering food and such. Ordering by guessing from the pictures has its disadvantages (sometimes it was too much for one person), but it was all good....
Sauteed scallops
Pork dish with vegetables underneath (kind of like Laing in Filipino)
On our first full day there, we played at the preview night of the festival, at the Wang Chang center...
Up until this time, we had trouble ordering food and knowing where to go because few people spoke English. So it was a blessing to meet a fellow Filipino at the venue who offered to take us around Zhu Jia Jiao, since his wife grew up there, and can take us to the good places. Of course we took up on the offer, and I'll reserve another blog entry for it. In the meantime, on to the other photos from the festival...
Nah Youn Sun and the French all-stars. Nah Youn Sun does a mean scat, and her voice is clear. The accordion player was fantastic. It's my first time to hear jazz solos on the accordion, I think.
Bassists co...
Bob Aves explains his octavina to a fellow guitarist...
(And it was during this time when I was carrying my laptop and wearing my thick glasses - that some people came up to me and asked if I was the band manager)
-- - - - - -
More photos from the festival...
Brochures and posters.
At the Gingko Plaza...
Some of the audience were people who lived in the old village, and some were tourists. On the whole, they were very receptive and appreciative of the performances.
Ria Osorio
Tusa Montes
Grace Nono
Bob Aves
Jorge San Jose
Simon Tan
The group with Peter Lee (far left), festival organizer
With some of the other artists.
Some of the festival volunteers from various universities...
(Photos courtesy of Tusa Montes, Grace Nono and Bob Aves, and some are from my camera)
Will be posting the photos from the tour with our newfound Filipino friend, so please stay tuned. Thanks!
Related posts:
Zhu Jia Jiao Water Village World Music Festival
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort Part 2
Bob Aves Group at Caylabne Resort in Cavite