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Shanghaied to China's Big Smoke 家傳滬曉的大都會

The train from Jiashan arrived at Shanghai South station at about midday, and there my friend and I were greeted by another local who is studying at a university in Shanghai. Our two-day tour around Shanghai thus began. 從喜善開出的火車,差不多在正午抵達上海南站,另一個在當地唸大學的朋友在車站接過我們後,便馬上開展兩天的上海遊。 The university friend insisted on treating me and the other friend to some good local cuisine, and she took us to the Lujiazui financial area by the underground. After negotiating the unruly traffic on the road, we entered a spanking new shopping centre that was very much like the ones in Hong Kong apart from its much larger size. 那個大學朋友要請我和另一個朋友吃「本邦菜」(即其他地方稱為的「上海菜」),所以帶我們坐地鐵來到陸家嘴金融區,穿過凌亂的路面交通,來到一座新穎的商場,驟眼看來跟香港無異,不過佔地當然大很多。 High-rises dominating the skyline at Lujiazui 陸家嘴高樓林立 Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu Tower) 東方明珠塔 I don’t often give commercial establishments a free ride on my blog, not even a mention of their names, but I really should recommend this restaurant to you. Located on the 9th floor of the