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Dian Xin Restaurant

ByLaraine Armenti, visual artist
ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — SHANGHAI, no. 36

Shanghai

Lunch on Nanjing Road was an exquisite meal after the exhilaration of the Shanghai Tower. The taste of every dish was unbelievable, carefully selected by Jaiyi. The second floor restaurant is through a nondescript corner door next to a food stall window. Among the regional dishes were steamed dumplings, eel soup, prawns, soft crab tofu, and crab shell pies. If I could return to China it might be in search of more Shanghai cuisine.

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the remains of the day — one of many best meals ever

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back on the street

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Nanjing Road daytime

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