Sunday, February 16, 2014

Lantern Festival in Old Town

Reedel käisime vanalinnas laternafestivalil - see leiab aset uue aasta viieteistkümnendal päeval (kuukalendri järgi). Sel aastal siis 14. veebruaril, which made it oh so romantic, I guess. PALJU rahvast, ilutulestikku, kära & müra, tõuklemist ja otseloomulikult laternaid.
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This Friday we went to see the Lantern Festival in the old town of Shanghai - it takes place on the 15th day of the first month according to the lunar calendar. This year it was on the 14th of Feburary, which made it oh my-god-how-romantic I guess. A LOT of people, fireworks, bustlin'&hustlin', pushing around and of course, lanterns.

Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Told ya - a lot of people.
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
A bit of typical street-food - skewers. You can have random meat, fish and veggies grilled for you and costs about 1-4 kuai per skewer. I've only eaten the stuff sold in front of uni tho', since these are the ones I trust (the people grilling there are there every night, so makes them semi-trustworthy...) and I stick to the veggies. But I think all-together I've had them like 3 times and after people started bringing up the gutter oil topic, I'm avoiding street food in general.
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Bought a lantern and lost it in the crowds 10 minues later :'(
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Haha, Ben was so tall next to all the people, he had to crouch a bit :D
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Tacky and cheesy, yes!
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
 Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
Seejärel hakkas meil väga külm ja me läksime ühte traditsioonilisse kohta väiksele dim sum'ile. Ma võtsin need pelmeenid krevettidega...
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We started freezing at some point, so we went to this place with traditional quisine for a bit of dim dum. I took these dumplings with shrimps...
Lantern Festival in Shanghai Old Town
... ja niangao azuki ubadega. Mõlemad olid head, aga oma hinda küll väärt polnud.. eks asukoha tõttu oli väga overpriced.
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... and a niangao with azuki beans. Both were good, but definitely not worth the price. I guess the location is to blame for the overpricing.
 

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