The second floor of a very small hairy crab restaurant on Julu Lu/Ruijin Lu were prices are good. 50 Rmb for one crab.

…..It’s still hairy crab season and here’s a lonesome one.

… An important part of the mid-autumn festival are the moon cakes.
They are given to friends, families and business relationships. They also get more extravagant every year. These moon cakes are from Starbucks. We had a coupon but otherwise it would have set you back 198 Rmb.

We picked up meat in the market and let it soak for some time before we boiled it. It may not look tasty but once served it was quite nice.

Before coming to China I can’t recall eating a lot of coriander. Since I first tasted it, I can’t imagine cooking without it.