shanghainese lessons

Shanghainese is, how should I say it, a boisterous and colorful Chinese dialect. A sampling:

"nonh hoh" = Hello
"SAA ma zhi??" = What is this?
"saa ning?" = Who?
"va ling" = very BAD!
"doo bee bawh" = I'm full
"saa zing gwang" = What time is it?
"bung peh" = stupid person (my favorite)

Shanghainese Breakfast--totally un-South Beach

Yu Garden, with Pudong's towers in the distance

Yes, those are real children inside!

Yummies from "Dong Bei Ren"

Some of my former students

"Niu rou mian"

Jin Mao Tower overshadowed now by the Shanghai World Financial Center (the bottle opener)

The view from inside the bottle opener building


Happy Birthday to JH!