Day 3 in Shenzhen was really tiring with us visiting Luohu Commercial City (LCC) once again for my cheongsam fitting and then to Dongmen Shopping District to check out the crowd there.
One thing about Joey the tailor I'm engaged with at LCC is that her timing is really horrible. During our initial appointment, she promised me 11am today for the fitting. However, she only arrived at 12.30pm. Aaargh!
While waiting for her to show up, my parents went shopping (again) at LCC. This time, they bought a luggage, 3 sets of the traditional sunction cups thingy, and presents for their friends among other things. There goes our plan to try out the MRT to go to Dongmen. With so much shopping done, we had to return back to the hotel via taxi, and then take another cab to Dongmen.
Dongmen is a really busy area with people literally fighting for space. We did not shop much here except for fabrics at the fabric market. Though the textiles at Luohu is cheaper compared to Malaysia, here at the Dongmen fabric market you can get them even cheaper. I bought really good lycra fabric (the type that I could make a really elegant evening/cocktail dress) for only RMB12 per meter ie RM6 per meter.
When we returned back to the hotel, we were so exhausted that we slept till 7.30pm and (lucky for us) woke up in time to take my parents out for dinner.
We walked around our hotel area and found a neat little restaurant where they specialised in fish. Everything from the staff uniform to the hangings on the wall and the wallpaper depicted some form of fish connotations.
Dinner time! Finally a non-pork meal. I forgot the name of this fresh water fish. Though it's a bit pricey, the taste and texture were superb... Just need to watch out on the bones a bit. The waitress serving us that evening brought the "live" fish to show to us as we were wondering what fish they used.
One thing about Joey the tailor I'm engaged with at LCC is that her timing is really horrible. During our initial appointment, she promised me 11am today for the fitting. However, she only arrived at 12.30pm. Aaargh!
While waiting for her to show up, my parents went shopping (again) at LCC. This time, they bought a luggage, 3 sets of the traditional sunction cups thingy, and presents for their friends among other things. There goes our plan to try out the MRT to go to Dongmen. With so much shopping done, we had to return back to the hotel via taxi, and then take another cab to Dongmen.
Dongmen is a really busy area with people literally fighting for space. We did not shop much here except for fabrics at the fabric market. Though the textiles at Luohu is cheaper compared to Malaysia, here at the Dongmen fabric market you can get them even cheaper. I bought really good lycra fabric (the type that I could make a really elegant evening/cocktail dress) for only RMB12 per meter ie RM6 per meter.
When we returned back to the hotel, we were so exhausted that we slept till 7.30pm and (lucky for us) woke up in time to take my parents out for dinner.
We walked around our hotel area and found a neat little restaurant where they specialised in fish. Everything from the staff uniform to the hangings on the wall and the wallpaper depicted some form of fish connotations.
Dinner time! Finally a non-pork meal. I forgot the name of this fresh water fish. Though it's a bit pricey, the taste and texture were superb... Just need to watch out on the bones a bit. The waitress serving us that evening brought the "live" fish to show to us as we were wondering what fish they used.
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