Published by Swiss James on 14 Feb 2008 at 12:35 pm
A Shanghai Souvenir
Here’s a lovely little item I picked up around Yu Yuan, just before Spring Festival.
The music (”Carbon Dating” by the Super Furry Animals) isn’t included, but you can leave it switched on for up to eight hours without serious risk of fire.
And believe me, you’ll want to.
After I bought it, I asked the guy if he knew where I could buy roast duck. He said
“Wait there!”
then brought out this bizarre mummified, dried duck carcass that he seemed to have been preparing for Spring Festival, but was prepared to sell.
“Foreigners don’t eat this one”
I said, genuinely scared- I’ll generally eat anything but honestly wouldn’t have known where to start with this thing.
Shanghai Souvenir- 140RMB (after bargaining), a street near Yu Yuan
(I wrote about this on Shanghaiist too)
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You don’t have buy some shite!
Just thought I was the first post, can’t believe I beat Woai and Angie. Should we send the police around to make sure they are OK?
Presumably they’re working really hard.
No you’re right, let’s send the police.
I was here first, I just was speechless and to prove it, I know the price was 300 rmb before you changed it to 140 rmb to avoid looking like a dumb tourist!
Angie’s probably munching on some kind of pork snack or other, I am sure she’ll be along soon!
[Tries very hard not to make "munching on a pork snack" sounds like a euphemism and failing]
Hi guys! Don’t worry I’m okay . . . I was buried underneath a pile of papers that needed grading. (*You know, a bottle of red wine and a few squares of Ritter Sport makes marking 300 pages of poorly written short answers just a tad more tolerable.)
Woai: if I eat pork, it’s not a “snack”. . . trust me.
I miss Texas.
T – You mister Texas. Angie Miss Texas!
Actually I mister California. Or Mister Hong Kong. I confused.
:-p
T – you can come and visit me in Texas any time!
Woai – =) does that mean you’re mister england?
Angie, no, England is a big country and I can’t claim it all to myself as James would probably be the first to protest. You can call me Mr West London. I doubt anyone here will challenge me on that.