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Customers walk out of the Wang Jia Sha flagship restaurant on Nanjing Road W. yesterday. The city's famous dim sum restaurant reopened after six months of renovations over the weekend and began selling traditional Shanghai snacks. — Zhang Suoqing
Traditional snacks return
Created: 2006-01-04 CST, Updated: 2006-01-04 CST
One of the city's oldest dim sum restaurants began selling traditional Shanghai snacks that have disappeared from the city for many years when it reopened on Sunday.
The Wang Jia Sha flagship restaurant on Nanjing Road W. reopened on January 1 after closing for decorations in July.
In addition to offering a better environment, the restaurant, which has a history of more than 60 years, has hired a master chef to make traditional snacks from Shanghai and neighboring cities.
"Many traditional snacks, though they haven't been seen in the city for years, are still available in cities like Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing," said the cafe's General Manager Cai Lixin.
The restaurant offers more than 10 traditional snacks, which went out of favor with the arrival of western restaurants and fast food in the 1990s, according to Cai.
It will gradually add more traditional snacks to its menu in the future, he added.
After the Spring Festival which falls on January 29, the restaurant plans to offer about 100 snacks from regions south of the Yangtze River.
Laohujiaozhua, meaning tiger's claw, is one of the traditional forms of dim sum now available at the eatery. Shaped like a tiger's claw, the snack is made of flour and baked in an oven until it is crisp and golden.
Cai said he has tried to improve on some of the famous snacks. He added beef to a type of fried noodles, and put crab meat into a type of spring roll that traditionally contains Brussels sprouts and pork.
The restaurant has also hired a master chef from Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. The master will braise and fry red bean cakes in front of customers.
"We plan to open a chain store in each district and some communities" around the city, Cai said.
The Wang Jia Sha flagship restaurant on Nanjing Road W. reopened on January 1 after closing for decorations in July.
In addition to offering a better environment, the restaurant, which has a history of more than 60 years, has hired a master chef to make traditional snacks from Shanghai and neighboring cities.
"Many traditional snacks, though they haven't been seen in the city for years, are still available in cities like Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing," said the cafe's General Manager Cai Lixin.
The restaurant offers more than 10 traditional snacks, which went out of favor with the arrival of western restaurants and fast food in the 1990s, according to Cai.
It will gradually add more traditional snacks to its menu in the future, he added.
After the Spring Festival which falls on January 29, the restaurant plans to offer about 100 snacks from regions south of the Yangtze River.
Laohujiaozhua, meaning tiger's claw, is one of the traditional forms of dim sum now available at the eatery. Shaped like a tiger's claw, the snack is made of flour and baked in an oven until it is crisp and golden.
Cai said he has tried to improve on some of the famous snacks. He added beef to a type of fried noodles, and put crab meat into a type of spring roll that traditionally contains Brussels sprouts and pork.
The restaurant has also hired a master chef from Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. The master will braise and fry red bean cakes in front of customers.
"We plan to open a chain store in each district and some communities" around the city, Cai said.
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A vehicle used for mail delivery in the 1920s went on display at the newly opened Shanghai Postal Museum yesterday. The first postal museum in the country gives visitors access to rare stamps and other articles depicting the history of China Post. — Wang Rongjiang
Stamp lovers
Created: 2006-01-04 CST, Updated: 2006-01-04 CST
THE arrival of the new year brought a new museum to the city, which will give local residents the chance to look at rare stamps, and horse-drawn carriage used for mail delivery.
The Shanghai Postal Museum, located at No. 276 Beisuzhou Road, opened on January 1, and is the first postal museum in the country.
Upon entering the museum, visitors will see some simulation carriages or model cars and planes used in postal transportation between 1909 and 1929.
The second floor houses numerous pictures depicting the history of China Post.
China joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1914. That same year, the Shanghai Post Bureau began handling international mail.
Dozens of valuable stamps are also on show in the museum.
Numerous stamp collectors waited outside for it to open on Sunday morning.
"I like collecting stamps very much and came to have a look at those rare stamps," said Chen Jiaming, a middle-aged local stamp collector.
The Shanghai Postal Museum, located at No. 276 Beisuzhou Road, opened on January 1, and is the first postal museum in the country.
Upon entering the museum, visitors will see some simulation carriages or model cars and planes used in postal transportation between 1909 and 1929.
The second floor houses numerous pictures depicting the history of China Post.
China joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1914. That same year, the Shanghai Post Bureau began handling international mail.
Dozens of valuable stamps are also on show in the museum.
Numerous stamp collectors waited outside for it to open on Sunday morning.
"I like collecting stamps very much and came to have a look at those rare stamps," said Chen Jiaming, a middle-aged local stamp collector.
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