Thanks to our friends Melissa and Lenny, Jim and I had our first real date since we moved to Shanghai. Jameson helped hail a taxi on our way to the Martinez family apartment in Yanlord. You know you are raising a city kid when you say, “let’s go” and he says “Taxi, Chūzū chē” then affectivity assists you in hailing a taxi.
Since our anniversary was in July, we decided to celebrate by visiting the Bund in Puxi and trying a fabulous French restaurant called Jean George. To learn more about The Bund, click here.
Although I did not make reservations until the day before our date, I was still able to secure a table with a view of the Pearl Tower. We had a set menu which included an amuse bouche that definitely amused our mouths using Thai flavors with a French twist.
Jim and I ordered practically the same thing without knowing it. The New Zealand lamb was mouth watering, and the crispy crab cake had fabulous contrast in taste and texture! Jim could not help but order the ice cream for desert with a beet garnish, as beet ice cream has been a family joke since he learned to detest beets as a child. I had an amazing mango soufflé of which there are no pictures because it disappeared before my camera appeared.
After dinner we joined thousands of tourists who take a romantic stroll
along the Huangpu River on The Bund with a gorgeous view of Pudong.
There are days when I tell Jim that “I want out of the fish bowl” and wish that we could live a more private life without the constant attention foreigners seem to draw. But then we have such wonderful experiences, like visiting the Bund, that makes our time here valuable and life changing.
Since our anniversary was in July, we decided to celebrate by visiting the Bund in Puxi and trying a fabulous French restaurant called Jean George. To learn more about The Bund, click here.
Jim and I ordered practically the same thing without knowing it. The New Zealand lamb was mouth watering, and the crispy crab cake had fabulous contrast in taste and texture! Jim could not help but order the ice cream for desert with a beet garnish, as beet ice cream has been a family joke since he learned to detest beets as a child. I had an amazing mango soufflé of which there are no pictures because it disappeared before my camera appeared.
After dinner we joined thousands of tourists who take a romantic stroll
along the Huangpu River on The Bund with a gorgeous view of Pudong.
After failing to hail a taxi (perhaps Jameson should have come with us!) we decided to take a ferry back to the Pudong side of the river.
Six months ago today, we arrived in Shanghai with absolutely no idea what our lives would look like here. In some ways, I still have no idea what my life looks like. We are enjoying the ride and learning not to care so much about how things look while not looking inward as much as we are looking upward.
There are days when I tell Jim that “I want out of the fish bowl” and wish that we could live a more private life without the constant attention foreigners seem to draw. But then we have such wonderful experiences, like visiting the Bund, that makes our time here valuable and life changing.