After people are already complaining about, that this blog gets too technical (Hi Rudolf! 
)…some news from Shanghai.
Last week, Edda, a colleague from Germany was in Shanghai on a business trip. Highlight of the weekend, at least for me, was the visit of Absolut Icebar, having Hotpot dinner and having cocktails in bar Cloud 9 at the top of Jin Mao tower.
The Absolut Icebar is located at the main entertainment street, Huaihai Lu. The bar is divided in two parts, a bigger dining bar and the icebar itself. Before entering the icebar, you get a blue coat which let’s one look like Santa Claus on drugs. The icebar itself is not so big as I expected, but looks great. The drinks, all include Absolut Vodka, are served in glasses made of ice.
For the Hotpot dinner, Michael and I planned to order some living shrimps to see how Edda reacts, but unfortunately living shrimps were not available anymore, so that we took dead ones and frog’s legs. Thought-provoking was, when a Chinese colleague of mine told me today, that frog’s legs normally taste like chicken…the stuff we got at the hotpot dinner tasted more fishy. Well…whatever…
The bar Cloud 9 in Jin Mao tower is part of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Pudong. It is located on the 87th floor and offers a tremendous view on the city.
By the way…Michael and me are now “The Butchers”. (Background: We got those knifes, when I requested knifes for cutting vegetables (Kartoffelmesser)…)
And Edda documented Michael’s gluttony.
