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Restaurants · Dominik Mayer · Products, Asia, Productivity
I Found Food
They tasted sweet, hot and not like Italian spaghetti but it was the best food I’ve gotten here so far. And that for only 15 Yuan, about 1,50 Euro. They also have pizza (38 to 48 Yuan) and free delivery. I’m pretty sure this was not the last time I ate there.
On Campus
Blankets on the campus
Walking to the cafeteria
Someone said that there would be vegetarian food at the Muslim cafeteria so we tried to find it. Without success. The thing is that you can’t just ask someone because hardly anyone speaks English and our Chinese is horrible. I finally had to take rice with vinegar and pepper things… I’ve never eaten so little since being in China. The day before yesterday I bought a whole bunch of candy but it also doesn’t taste. Ah mei.
When we left the cafeteria we found out that the Muslim one was right next to it:
Students at their mandatory basic military training. At least that’s what I was told.
In the Middle
A friend and I met at the metro station Zhongtan Road, half the way for both of us, and walked through a compound near Suzhou Creek.
This could also be a shot of Paris.
The facility only had one normal toilet which the old lady unlocked for me. The rest were squat ones.
We chose this restaurant and Nanx ordered the food via cellphone. Even though I painted animals and fish I didn’t manage to tell them that we wanted something vegetarian.
Downtown Shanghai
At first I thought this would be a mixture of a razor with an mp3 player though it looks more like a vacuum cleaner on this picture:
A Chinese friend told me it definitely is a razor but I still don’t get it.
A chopsticks shop
Lanterns on Nanjing Road
Unfortunately we didn’t eat there. But thanks to my Chinese friend I finally got something without meat, fish, …:
It looks very typical. They also serve these things at school.
This is another, sour one.
And one with meat. But even the none vegeterians didn’t like it.
The soya egg. I learned that it’s impolite to spear something with the chopsticks but I still have no idea how to eat the egg otherwise.
Cloud Nine Shopping Mall
The first time I’ve been to a Sushi bar. I found out that I’m not that much of a Sushi fan.
Smoking Ban
Wow, it’s now possible to go to a pub without washing my clothes after only having been there for ten minutes. Why did that take so long?
Helsinki With Two Vegans
A first view of Finland while disembarking
Finn’s favorite letters on a poster in the tram
Tourist intruding Finish living space
Downtown Helsinki
Counter area of a Finish bank
Ship seen from Helsinki Cathedral
Building with display
Vegetable cheese pasta, not vegan
Near central station, too expensive
Perfect restaurant with dishes without “any animal matters”. Doesn’t serve à la carte food until 3 pm.
Vegetarian chicken
Final destination
My Rice noodles with vegetables
One-week vegan’s noodles with vegetables and separated egg.
Hardcore vegan’s tofu with vegetables
Finish record store
Pedestrian lights
M/S Viking XPRS being built in Helsinki
Advertising for tax free shopping everywhere aboard M/S Mariella.
Plants, Marriages and Survival Tips
- Flight Mechanics I is not Flight Mechanics II. The same applies for the exams.
- Mechanics exams were longer two years ago.
- On a late trip to the botanical garden it’s advisable to visit the greenhouses first.
- If you want someone reluctant to come along, you just need to find the right person for asking.
- Bavarian politician Gabriele Pauli wants marriage to automatically end after seven years unless it’s been renewed.
- Coming back from Sweden to Germany is like switching from a monthly to a strip ticket.
- Pizza in TribüHne is inexpensive and tasty.
- You better don’t eat anything in China and use tap water only for showering, bottled water for everything else.
Max Emanuel
With Max Emanuel, located near the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, I got to know another [beer garden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer garden) today. Unfortunately, it wasn’t warm enough to sit outside. The interior is nice as well, but hm, it’s not a beer garden so I’ll definitely return in summer 2009.