上海＆蘇州５日間　Shanghai & Suzhou 5days No.5 - 3

2006/06/25 - 2006/06/29

お茶が好きなので上海一古いと言われている（創業１８５５年）湖心亭ははずせない！豫園を出てすぐそばにあるので観光後お茶を飲むことにした。ガイドブックによると２階が御薦めのようだったが私たちがお茶と言ってしまって外国人だったからか、１階奥の部屋へと通された。３つ程テーブルがあり、そこでメニューを渡されてお茶を注文。説明してくれるそこのマネージャーみたいな女性とお茶を直接入れてくれる人がいた。（写真参照）説明をしてくれた女性は英語と日本語が堪能で私たちの他にドイツからのご夫婦、東洋系（英語を話す）の３人組を相手に三つのテーブルを行き来しながら説明をしていた。母はライチー風味のお茶、私は花茶を頼んだ。中国独特の花茶を飲んで見たかったのだ♪注文以外にもウーロン茶を飲ませてくれた。甘みがあってとても美味しい(*^o^*)もちろん、注文したお茶も美味しかった。中国茶って何回もお湯をたしてもどんどんでる！ここでもお茶を購入。母がカードで支払ったので確認しないと値段は忘れたがかなり高かった（１００元前後）！もちろん、注文して飲むだけでもいいのだが、やはり見せられるとお茶好きとしてはつい買ってしまうものだ(^^;)>そして帰りがけに入り口付近で売っているお茶を見たら奥の部屋にあるものよりかなりリーズナブルだった。もちろん、高いものはいいお茶だと思うが、「安いのでいいわ」という人は入り口近くのお茶を購入すればいいと思う。湖心亭という老舗なので町中よりは高いと思いますけど、品質はよいと思います。

I love tea so I did not want to miss the Huxington Tea House which is located near Yuyuan Garden. It was oldest tea house in Shanghai; established in 1855. I heard that the 2nd floor was so nice, so we wanted go there. But, when we arrived at there, the waitress asked us we would have tea, and we answered “Yes.” She took us to the room which seemed to be the special room for foreign customers. There were 3 tables and two women; one might be the manager of the tea house who was explained tea for the customers and the other was poured tea for them. The customers were; from Germany and Oriental people who spoke English and us. The manager could speak English and Japanese, and she moved to the table to the table and explained tea for all customers. My mother ordered green tea with Lychee flavoured and I ordered flower shaped tea which was very originated in China. Tea was so good and they served us Oolong Tea even if we had not ordered and it was so good, too. We bought some tea here, too! Although it was expensive, you know, I love tea so I wanted to buy those kind of good tea!! But, when we left there we could see they were sold tea near the entrance and those were more reasonable price. If you wanted to buy cheaper one, you should by at the entrance one. Of course, you did not have to buy tea; you could only have tea inside. I might say even if tea were reasonable, compare to tea shop in Town, they might be more expensive, because Huxington Tea House was old- establish store but of course, their tea had good quality.

エリア 上海(中国)

花茶です。ここのはとても大きかった！これ、買いました♪

These are flower shaped tea; really big compare to another tea shop\\\'s one. I bought it!!

豫園から出てすぐの池の龍の噴水。中国♪

Dragons fountain at the pond near Yuyuan Garden! It\\\'s really China!!

その後、南翔饅頭店へ。すでに１５時近くとなっていたため、座って食べたかったので２階の小籠包とスープや飲み物のみが座って食べられる軽食（階段あがってすぐのところ）の方へ。ちょうど、席があいてラッキーだった☆入り口でお金を支払(小籠包１６個で１５元《２２５円》、レシートをもらってそれをテーブルに置いておくと持ってきてくれる。蒸されるまでに時間がかかるのかかなり待たされた。おなかがすいていたので余計にそう感じたのかもしれない。中国のレストランでいい所は持ち込みの水とか飲んでいても怒られないこと♪高級店やちゃんとしたレストランは行ってないのでわからないが日本だったら安いところでも「お客様、困ります」とか言って怒られますよね？味も美味しかった♪ただ私も母も地下鉄に行くまでの道で売っている焼き小籠包がお気に入りでどちらを取るかと言われたら、焼き小籠包の方だ！焼き小籠包４個と小さい肉まん１個で２．８０（４２円）で超美味！！そこはレストランもありましたが、朝食が小豆のお粥と小籠包二人分で９元（１３５円)でした。あ〜写真撮らなかったのとお店の名前書いてこなかったのが悔やまれる！！写真は豫園商場。いつも人がいっぱいだそうです。

After we had tea, we went to have lunch at the famous Nanxiang Steamed Stuffed Buns which was also
old-established store. When we arrived at there, it was almost 3 P.M. we wanted to sit & eat, so,
we entered the restaurant part which was located in 2nd floor. You could buy it at the corner of this store which was more reasonable. There were two restaurant part one was snack part and the other was the
meal part. We were lucky to find seats so quick! ! We should pay first at the front, they gave us the receipt. We put it on the table and then, we should wait so long, maybe we felt it like this we were SO HUNGRY!! The waitress carried the stuffed buns (16 in it, RMB15) and we had our water which we brought. In Japan, if you enter the restaurants, usually it is prohibited to bringing in your drink.. But, in China, you can do it! It was good for us to save our money! It was Yummy!! But we thought that the Burned Stuffed Buns were more Yummy!! We bought them at the store which was located on the streets we always went to the Metro. The price was RMB2.80; 4 Burned one and 1 meat Buns!! There was restaurant part and we ate breakfast. The price was RMB9 for 2 rice gruels and 16 Steamed Stuffed Buns!! It was SO CHEAP, don’t you think so? Oh, I was foolish to not take photos and write the name of the restaurant!! The photo is Yuyuan Market. Always crowded by people!!