Sunday December 1st: Modern Dance in Shanghai and a Szechuan Catfish dinner

Bianca and I reserved tickets for an afternoon performance by a Dance Lab on "Love". Bus 933 took us 45 minutes South through Shanghai- a couple of stops for directions and we made it! ( You have NO idea how this could have turned out….we joked that "Oh well, We will have a lovely bus ride to another par to Shanghai, if we don't get there…..).
Success! We found the Winpang Theatre on Zhonghsan (Second) road South!)

The six different performances included videos with the dancers - very special!

The dancers were amazing! Our only "critique" was that the music was too loud at the beginning….but was lowered at the end. Fabulous compositions…..lots of ballet backgrounds could be seen - and  Michael Jackson moves…….very cool!

 We were told because we ONLY paid 180 rub (30.00 Cdn dollars)  our seats may not be great - BUT- they were great! We were invited to fill out a survey in exchange for a Programme and a wonderful ( laminated!) poster- We took the form, but were worried that we would be committing to "support" the Dance Group for a year - no thanks - when in doubt- do not randomly select answers and leave your email……..(Got to Keep the Programme and Poster, though)

So, got to Hongkou Plaza by Metro on the way back. Bianca is starving and I am peckish - looking for a Sushi restaurant Bianca had seen in this HUGE plaza. But, no - see  a NEW restaurant in the Plaza called " The Singapore Fishing Boat" - Why not?  As soon as we  were seated, the owner joined us at our table and in perfect English tells us this is  his second night  open and orders the food and wine for us:

Szechuan Catfish plus four vegetables- we chose mushrooms, seaweed, lotus flowers and fried tofu. What a wonderful feast! MY FAVOURITE meal so far……Shanghai is not known for it's Szechuan dishes - they like "sweet'".
 The owner came around several ties offering a "fire extinguisher" - but we did not need it! Heaven! Bianca is my NEW Dining partner, for sure!
The Owner was a bit "too" familiar, though, and Bianca and I had to make reference to our "husbands"  who could not join us this night……..it worked!