Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Day 2~Hangzhou~part 2

do u like tea?
well~ Hangzhou is famous for Dragon Well Tea...
n there goes..
went to visit the plantation of the tea...

tea plantation

ways to produce the tea..
need to "cook" it with ur hands...

those tea r actually planted with green beans as fertilizer
n tat's y u can smell the green bean fragrance...

went in to the factory...

n we are given a glass of tea...
looks nice... ^^
2 ways of preparing this tea
1. use 80'c water
2. use normal temperature water tat u drink

a packet of AA(very gd quality) tea cost RMB900
which is about RM500...
tat is enough for about a year if u drink every day...

had lunch at a very High class restaurant...
western + chinese inner design...
it's located in a garden...

tried something...
a huge bowl of Fish Head soup...
very BIG... i really meant it...

look~ BIG bowl rite?
tat's Chia Nee with me...
the soup is very nice... sweet
the fishballs are just like "taufu" so soft !!!

went to Hu Xue Yan's Residence
a Qing Dynasty businesswomen house...
very spacious... big.. n pretty...
just like wat u can c in movie...

u know wat is this... rite?
like today's car...

the main door.. entrance...

one of the living room...
there r too much...i guess this is the main...

the rooms...

garden~

the maid's room...
omg... so big... n nice...

the area where she used to enjoy performance with her family...
like a garden in the house...
with a lake..
n places to sit...

with one of the cute sculpture..
it's in the compound of her mother's room...

another walk at the West lake~
really love it ...
this place...
lots of cafe here.. like Starbucks n Hagen Dazz
went for a walk at that area...
on a bridge...

very nice rite?
waaa... wanna stay at there forever...

the sky show it was almost dark...
but it was actually about 5pm only...

the bridge behind me..
it's very famous...

lastly...
a photo of a tree in clothes...
clothing made from ropes... ^^
it is feeling cold too.... ^^
tat is a gd proof for the weather...

btw~ stopped by a shopping mall there...
much more expensive than Pavillion...
all r branded goods...
one simple winter coat cost more than RM1000 O.o

Dinner- a restaurant with lots of red Tanglungs
~Xiang Du Lou~
Artist selling nice drawings there...

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