Food is worth every single cent!

Hey everyone,

It's going to a busy last couple of weeks. There's a lot of projects and tests and just everything. And I'm getting more and more frustrated that good things have to come to an end. Anyways, I just wanted to talk a bit about food.

As you all know, there's a lot of great cheap things. The main thing is food!

Obviously, there's a lot of meals that are more expensive but you can generally get a good meal for really cheap. Usually students around Tonghe like to grab something from the stores out in front. One of the popular ones right now is "Mom's." It's a nice store that cooks a box set for you or has a wrap (I think it might be jidan bing). My personal favorite is Taiwan's Best, which mainly sold fried chicken. I got a Crispy Chicken on Rice box from there almost everyday for ~20rmb. Another one is a Wonton place not too far away. I usually get Wonton with noodles for 9 rmb.

Recently, I went down to a nicer area closer to Wujiaochang. It's a lot cleaner and has pricer meals but honestly, it's still super affordable. Take a look!

Amazing Taiwanese Meal for 26rmb

A "Boss Girl" set for 28rmb

There's so many great places to eat in Shanghai. Definitely check it out. 

Signing off,

Thomas

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Almost half-way update

Hey everyone,

Sorry, I haven't updated as often as I wanted. I've been sick the past week because there's something going around. It's not the bird flu (my mom was freaking out when she found out I was sick). And I don't think it's the pollution because I barely go out that long and I just got sick after other people got sick. Totally blaming my roommate who was sick last week. Also, classes are kicking my butt! Everyday there's a lot of work to do and a lot of studying. We had two tests last week and I just had a test yesterday. Today I had an oral report. Individually they aren't too bad but they all start adding up. Next week we have a midterm but then we're going to Qingdao and Tai mountain. It'll be fun but that means it's already almost half-way done. Everyone is kind of bleh about it and people have been saying they should have done a semester. So definitely do the semester if you can. Plus it's kind of sad to think about leaving all the new teachers and friends I've met.

Anyways, hopefully I can update more soon. Here's some random pictures from today's cooking workshop. I didn't take pictures of the end result because everyone just wanted to eat it!

The cooking workshop 

Getting ready to cook!

The Dim Sum Team making Xiao Long Bao

小笼包~

Almost time to cook it.

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