yu yuan gardens
my friend joe (of backstroke fame) was back in town a few weeks ago. we had a day free on a weekend we decided to head out and see some sights. first stop was yu yuan gardens, a must-see according to some friends and my guidebook.
our taxi driver dropped us off near some older looking buildings, pointed to them, and said 'yu yuan'. we thought we were in the right place but it turned out we were in some sort of disneyland style china village- all the buildings looked old but were in fact brand new and contained an unusual amount of souvenir shops.
here is a faux temple (with souvenir shops).
ye olde starbucks.
there were lots of places to eat. this restaurant advertised 'dumpling stuffed with the ovary and digestive glands of a crad'.
mmm... craaad.
needless to say, we never actually did find the gardens. maybe next time.
posted by jeremy @ 10:27 AM
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that sounds like it could be a pretty intersting dumpling...
crab is simply bad crab :D
Mmmm stuffed crad
I'd be a bit careful there. The last time I had dumpling stuffed with the ovary and digestive glands of a crad I dont think it set too well.
the gardens are there, right next to those souvenir shops and all the other junk. but you have to pay like 30yuan, so my friend and me didn't enter.. but they are there...
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