TakeNoSuke 武之助

We have been planning to check whether is there any restaurant serving Okonomiyaki or not in Shanghai. With luck I came across this restaurant while reading one of the Japanese newpaper at Season Villa clubhouse. There is an ads showing that the restaurant serves Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki. The restaurant is call Take No Suke 武之助 and it is situated at 长宁区古羊路437号.

Ads in the paper (left) and restaurant menu (right)

Purposely we chose to go to a park nearby so that we could have our lunch at Take No Suke. Arrived at the restaurant quite early at 11.30am. One the ground level of the restaurant, there is a hotplate counter whereby the Okonomiyaki is prepared. Here, there are not many seats, so we proceeded to the first floor. I was impressed that the first floor is quite large. There are seats surrounding the window and in the center there are seats with hold under the table. Customers are supposed to take off their shoes and sit into. The chair is half a chair with supporting back without any legs.

We had 2 types of Okonomiyaki, one is Hiroshima style and the other Kyoto style. The Hiroshima style is cooked with soba noodle whereas the Kyoto style is prepared with eggs. From the taste it's quite meeting my expectation and what I remembered of the taste I have eaten in Japan few years back.

Hiroshima style (left) and Kyoto style (right)

Overall we were quite satisfied and would highly recommend this restaurant to whoever who wants to try a taste of Okonomiyaki in Shanghai.

More information can be found for this restaurant at:
http://www.dianping.com/shop/1926115

Shanghai Zhong Shan Park 上海中山公园

Today, we visited the park called Zhongshan Park. This is a moderate size park. Entrance is free to public.

Zhongshan Park 中山公园 was established in 1914 by the Shanghai Municipal Council as "Jessfield Park". Before then it was a private garden owned by H Fogg, a British property developer. It was renamed in honour of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1944.

Map guide of the park can be found all over the park.

We entered through the entrance at Changning Road. There was quite a lot of people in this park. Majority came here for exercise, folk dance, tai-chi, etc. I guess it is quite a normal weekend actitivies for the locals staying near-by.

About some walking distance from the entrance, we came to a place where there is a building built with pillar like the European style. Here, there are quite a number of people practising folk dancing.

We came across a rose garden. Took quite some photographs of this garden.

In the park, there is a large field of green grass. Nearby, there is a lotus pond and there is a decoration of the park's name adorned with flowers. Since this is not yet the lotus season, the pond is practically bare.

Overall, we did not spend much time here except for 1.5 hours. Mainly our objective is not really to visit this park but more to get to an area close by so that we could have lunch in one of the restaurant nearby.