Night Out: Xintiandi and The Bund, Shanghai

After a day long tour of the Bund and East Nanjing area, my friends and I decided to eat, a lot, at Xintiandi. We were so tired and had skipped our lunch because of the River cruise and the walk around the Bund.  We were a mighty hungry group so we walked around the crowded Xintiandi looking for a place to sit down, relax and eat.
We chanced upon Harbour Plaza,  a quite peaceful place and looked at the menu outside.  The ladies waiting outside said the RMB468 is a 9-course dinner enough to feed a group of four.  And RMB468 already included a whole Peking duck!  

We sat down and ordered.  We threw in a pitcher of freshly squeezed orange juice (at RMB100+!!).  The juice was so thick it made us even more thirsty.  We asked for ice cubes and there was a commotion as nobody spoke English; they sent three waiters to our table until they finally figured out we wanted ice cubes to go with our thick, mushy orange juice!  Ping!!  Finally, our orders started to come in.  It was a guessing game, each trying to figure out what fruit or veggie was being served.  Everything was picture perfect- pretty and not to mention, yummy.  We waited for the duck, one of the few recognizable entree (except perhaps the prawns with broccoli and the mixed fruit bowl!).  Yummy!  We pretended not the eat much because of the cholesterol but what the heck!  By the time the 6th entree was presented, we were already full and were no longer excited.  Actually, we wanted them to stop brining in the food as we were all stuffed to the brim!  We wanted to cancel dessert- the fruit bowl.  Here are some photos of the beautiful and yummy food we had that night.... and no, it was not just for 4 hungry people, it was good enough for 10!