all right so we've jumped off the Metro right at a beautiful River here with some very photogenic
Wooden Boats and we're actually in quite a historic district here in Shanghai and
so we're excited to explore today but first things first we must get some food yes so let's eat let's
eat the dog is priz hey little puppy double surprise and so we've come to the old town
here which has a really nice blend of modern storefronts and traditional architecture it is
certainly a tourist town because lots of people here have a big map and I would actually bet
that most of the people here are on a day trip from Shanghai we even saw a McDonald's as well
as if you can believe it a Papa John's wow even a Papa John's better ingredients better
pizza that's a shack of on right there right here in Shanghai small town Papa John's we're
not having feed St for breakfast you got to try Papa John's in Shanghai who doesn't
want pizza for breakfast but the Food Hunt is continuing so before we potentially jump on
one of these boats or do something interesting around here let's find some breakfast already
wow nice right it's very beautiful so nice but yes it is touristy but look at this very
pretty it's pork knuckle is it pork knuckle that is a good question is smells kind of
really good I think it's pork this might be the knuckle like you said and this might be
ribs actually smells so good to be honest with you maybe four snacks oh my gosh I'm getting
hungry but let's go for a proper place to sit down yeah this is this is an option though look
at that glazed Fork looks nice and I guess this is another local specialty it looks a bit like
some sort of fried bread almost like a Garlic Knot or a bread twist where they roll it like
that and then they uh turn it into something like this some of them have like flavor on
it looks good no let's buy some I can't wait any longer it might take us an hour to to walk down
this Avenue with all the people on it so let's just get the first thing we see oh sample sample
you want go ahead you want to try you go ahead I guess this is the scallion I think it's going
to be good oh good it's fresh one Iana nice nice yeah very good this is called what is it called in
Chinese the name the name namea got it how much you want uh maybe this one right yeah this one
yeah 10 10 10 10 yeah good good good 10 10
10 10 okay good good good thank you right here good so good here like a
bread knot no like a pretzel knot crunchy but good crunch a little
bit sweet I think it has sugar on mhm and scallion taste very
nice thank you thank you oh I want good eye maybe go here CU I think they've got a they
got a porch in the back or a patio with a river excess hello yeah let's go there can we sit by
the river yeah good thank you thank you thank [Music] you thank you thank you all right so we
might have made a mistake coming here on Saturday cuz it's absolutely rammed let me be clear these
bread twists absolutely five star snacking and so hopefully we can find some more good food right
here by the river oh look at this with the guy standing up on the back of the boat I'm going to
go ahead and say it the Venice of China ready yes very beautiful and there's the uh ancient
Bridge behind you just nice yo be honest this bread is so good it's delicious it's amazing I
think we're going to go back and buy more it's sweet and what's the green stuff scallion green
onion green onion just good texture and just nice Flavor now the reason this place is so famous is
because the history here dates back 1700 years where this region was very prosperous because
it used the river as a trading port for not only rice but also clothing believe it or not and it
remained prosperous for hundreds of years all the way through the Ching qg Dynasty which believe it
or not ended in 1912 I think of a Chinese dynasty I think of thousands of years ago but there was a
Ching Dynasty in the 1900s and so there are some historic sites for us to check out around here
as well as that street just on the other side of this building is full of people and should
be interesting to explore tons of good food out there I think we might do a street food video in
the historic Old Town here I think so because uh tons of good looking food out there not the
least of which is this bread ah very very good absolutely six-star bread seriously [Applause]
good say hello to the mirror behind
you now if you look at these boats the way the captain is moving it is not the easiest thing
I think he's got a lot of upper body strength especially when he's going Upstream I mean he
is going back and forth It's not the smoothest ride ever the boat is leaning back and forth
but it is 100% Manpower and he is wiggling that boat Upstream slowly but surely good
work man and look coming Downstream a lot easier barely have a title just steering
really fun to sit here and watch and look how well he Maneuvers the boat it's really
not an intuitive procedure it's like a swivel and a twirl he can he can go Downstream and
pull a U-turn come true take some skill and some strength you no it's pretty fun to watch think
so
all right so we are back in the incredibly narrow and Incredibly crowded street I will say this
place seems to be a photographer's dream because there are some really photogenic places around
especially with the leaves slowly changing color in the Autumn here I think we're here
at a beautiful time of year which is probably why it's so crowded so you guys know me I hate
crowded places but I am making the most of it because it's crowded for a reason it's beautiful
and the bridges that we're walking over are from the Ching Dynasty meaning they're original Stone
bridges that are more than 100 years old so the history and the beauty really make this place
worthwhile to see unfortunately some people around here I think are cooking stinky tofu
oh yes keep it moving I don't know who it is but uh stinky tofu is still in the air let's
keep it moving you're right s you smells so bad but uh anyway the journey continues oh
gosh beautiful almost speechless right it just keeps going all the way down there's a bridge
here there's the one back there we just showed you and it keeps going and going with boats everywhere
this is what I see on like movies yeah yeah yeah exactly but it's real life it's touristy but it's
touristy for a reason and the Autumn's so nice cuz the sun is on a low angle you get the Long
Shadows and the different color leaves I mean you couldn't ask for a better place right now wow it's
so awesome look at this these boats rocking their way down the rocking their way down the river it's
so cool man wow it's very memorable place he's rocking the boat while smoking at the same time
of course yo if you're on a boat man if I if I was on a boat every day I'd smoke cigarettes too
smoking on a boat so cool man it is cool seriously if if you're going to Shanghai this is a must
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wow this instrument I hate to say it but it looks like Ocarina of Time from Zelda the video game for
N64 and he plays it so well it looks just like an Ocarina 5001 so i b a 100 bucks for
one of these it sounds aw awesome oh my gosh 13001 and even a 17001 version wow
good good good goodar Ocarina Ocarina yeah it is wow so nice you did you make
it ah sorry okay okay thank you sh sh hey I was right okarina from the probably the greatest video
game ever made when I was a kid uh uh Zelda Ocarina of [Music] [Applause] [Music] Time
[Music] now I know they based it on a real Chinese instrument that was awesome and he
was playing it so well wow that was awesome video games and movies came through in real life exactly
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right hello what's this one here there come okay it's sweet C candy hey yeah yeah candy oh it looks
interesting okay thank you all right so I was thinking of buying some of that candy the lady
is playing with but I've decided against it cuz I think it's going to really sit
in your teeth it looks like it's just sugar on a stick but they look interesting as she
was winding it now the only trouble I'm having with this video is how many images
am I going to collect of the river and the boats and the trees I've been walking up
and down the river filming the same thing over and over again because it is in fact
so beautiful and just as we say that we stumble into something totally new yeah what the heck is
this tea I think this is a bit eering tea this is like the uncanny valley
it's too realistic for me to enjoy it it's a bit it's a bit creepy so
realistic you know what I mean it's a bit scary I guess he's grinding tea
she's making tea
bags something interesting and so Ivano was telling me he's imagining walking down this
so beautiful Riverway yes something like 200 years ago in a traditional dress listen listen
to that man play the Ocarina and sort of being among the prosperous neighborhood here in the
Ching Dynasty what a nice place for tourism it's beautiful it's got some history to it and it's
really memorable uh for me must visit if you're going to Shanghai must visit really great place
to explore wow I think this is what Ivana is imagining some kind of dress like this I think
it actually a service here where they will rent you a costume so you can take photos by the river
you want to rent a costume no it's okay but that's kind of what you had in mine no yeah that would be
cool look at this oh my gosh is it a baby chicken no I think qu qu qu so tiny very tiny
chicken feet obviously chicken feet or duck feet maybe this frog no oh yeah FR this one
frog this one fish come back to the very busy street in here lots of different food for sale
some of it looks very good some of it looks more adventurous this one boiling also looks
good wow the more I think about it we got to buy something from here this color of pork looks so
good I don't know if you want to buy the this big one it's a bit large think the one that's
just making I think she's making it fresh and maybe the ones on the left there or the ones
that are already made finished I think you got to buy one it has pork inside the rice oh it's
pork and rice in a in a leaf yeah I for me it's a must buy it looks so good and the smell is
intoxicating oh the leaf is off already yeah the leaf is off okay they open it for you yeah
and I guess it's all squished together yo that looks so good if want omg omg Food Heaven Food
Heaven I haven't even gotten into the meat yet but the rice is soaked in I guess pork fat and
just sauce mhm it's a sticky rice oh looks so good and very warm this cold day is very
good you must try I think you like be honest is it Seven Stars I have
a feeling it's Seven Stars it looks so good that color
it's all soggy and juicy looks so good very good what's your start rating Ian
um how
it very
good very good the meat is good it's like pork belly or something but it's
not too fatty very tasty meat is good yeah it's a lot of rice compared to
the meat oh yeah that's right still good still good not complaining five
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and so rule of thumb for Ivana and I is if the street performer makes you stop you owe
the money right so we were happy to give that guy a few bucks he's sitting on top of one of
those Stone Arch Bridges and he's playing some sort of traditional instrument which actually
sounded very good amazing so we were happy to give him a few bucks and now we will begin the
long journey back to our neighborhood in Shanghai it's like a 2 hours or maybe hour and a half Metro
ride I would buy some food for the ride but in Shanghai nobody's eating on the mro it's
not allowed and Nobody Breaks the Rules so I'm not going to be the only guy eating and so we'll head
back now I would really recommend this place if you're coming to Shanghai on the 144-hour tourist
visa like we have this is one of the furthest places you can go on the edge of the District of
Shanghai because our Visa is only good for the District of Shanghai that's right so in terms
of exploring different scenery and different places this is a really good option because um
totally different than downtown Shanghai where there's skyscrapers everywhere oh yeah like a
visit to the past instead to the Future you go back to the past but it's beautiful good
point Iana that is well said and so thanks for watching our video Everybody we'll see you later