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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm Posts: 23739 Location: almost in canada
so last friday we arrived in Shanghai..we were only there for 2 days and just excited to eat local stuff..anyway, an old neighbor of ours in california is based there now for work and we contacted him days before to hook up for a drink or dinner..he set everything up with reservations and a place he loves..we get there and its an expat american place..he ordered us nachos, meatballs and pizza..i literally wanted to kill him..my wife kicked me under the table and said not to say anything..i had one bite of everything and it was horrible..he had no clue
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 31925 Location: Buenos Aires
doug rr wrote:
so last friday we arrived in Shanghai..we were only there for 2 days and just excited to eat local stuff..anyway, an old neighbor of ours in california is based there now for work and we contacted him days before to hook up for a drink or dinner..he set everything up with reservations and a place he loves..we get there and its an expat american place..he ordered us nachos, meatballs and pizza..i literally wanted to kill him..my wife kicked me under the table and said not to say anything..i had one bite of everything and it was horrible..he had no clue
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 31925 Location: Buenos Aires
There are a few American-style restaurants that have popped up in Buenos Aires over the last couple years, run by American expats. But it's mostly Argentines who fill it up every night, not other expats.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm Posts: 23739 Location: almost in canada
theplatypus wrote:
doug rr wrote:
so last friday we arrived in Shanghai..we were only there for 2 days and just excited to eat local stuff..anyway, an old neighbor of ours in california is based there now for work and we contacted him days before to hook up for a drink or dinner..he set everything up with reservations and a place he loves..we get there and its an expat american place..he ordered us nachos, meatballs and pizza..i literally wanted to kill him..my wife kicked me under the table and said not to say anything..i had one bite of everything and it was horrible..he had no clue
Haha wow. Did you have to pay for any of it?
no, thank god, he picked up the check..once we got back to the hotel we walked a few blocks and found a guy selling pork buns and meat on a stick from a cart and had that with a cold beer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm Posts: 23739 Location: almost in canada
yesterday on the way home from the wall, our driver took us to this outdoor roadside place that he liked to eat at..we picked out our own trout from a tank and the lady took it out, threw it on the cement and beat its head with a mallet a few times and fried it for us..we had some side dishes that is still making my ass burn...everything was delicious..
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm Posts: 23739 Location: almost in canada
I'm going to head out soon for lunch and hit up a hole in the wall szechuan place..being taken to supposedly the best place for peking duck tonight for dinner..
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