Monday, April 21, 2008

How to get Crabs at 2am in the Port of Shanghai

There were a surprising amount of barber shops in the port of Shanghai, and through the taxi window I could see them lit up at night and filled with women. A lot of the crew onboard seemed to disappear for haircuts at all hours of the night.




But this it more like kind of crab we were looking for..


I believe it was steamed with ginger and some other goodies.





I was very brave, eating in the port at 2am. The giant beer did help wash things down.


Especially considering the wall to my left.


A hungry street cat prowled at my feet. It was cute but too mangy to pat.

Earlier that night, I had met my friends at a more fancy establishment:


Perched on a pond in the city, quite impressive..


The port is a fascinating place and had all sorts of goods for sale. My best find were these:

Big Northface packs, 2 for $50


And this one, a steal at $10!



The new iphone was also going for $120.

What a nice backpack!

2 spoke up:

Ex-Shammickite said...

The giant beer looks good. I'm not sure how to get into the crab though, specially with chopsticks for weapons.
I just backtracked to the Balut.... ewwww, no thanks, just the thought of eating half egg half duck makes me squirm.
We are so sheltered here in N America, we don't have to eat that stuff.

Goofball said...

wow what a cool yummie crabs

and awesome sales on Northface backpacks. Where they fake brands or real?