Xuhui News Monday 26 September 2011 Cycle to a gilded past in Wukang Road he October “golden week” in 1924. It was the work of the Hun- is approaching — but have garian architect Laszlo Hudec. you made any plans to take a The mansion, seen from the west, break from your busy work? looks like a boat. Exterior designs, Get on your bike and TWith pleasant weather, fresh air and such as an arcade, corner balcony and see old Shanghai leaves turning golden, autumn is one classic pediments, are all typical of of the best seasons for cycling. Here French Renaissance architecture. • Wukang Road Tourist Information are some tips for getting started on a Not far from the mansion, a red- Center riding tour to fully relax during the roof, white-walled house stands out. Address: 393A Wukang Road National Day holiday. The Mediterranean-style house was Tel: 6433-5000 Away from the urban crowds once the Italian consulate and now it Hours: 9am-5pm and noise, Wukang Road in the old is a branch office building of Shanghai • Xujiahui Tourist Information Center downtown area is a street that offers Automotive Industry Corporation. Address: 1068 Zhaojiabang Road riders the tranquility and elegance Built in 1932, the house was designed Tel: 6407 0098 Hours: 9:30am-10pm of old Shanghai. The road was for- with porches in the east, west and south • Xujiahui Origin Tourist Center merly named Fukaiseng Road and on the first floor. The southern part Address: 80 Caoxi Rd N. has the highest density of old houses features an arched porch with ceiling- Tel: 5425-9260 in Shanghai. You can read all about high French windows, gable walls, Hours: 9am-5pm the legends of famous Shanghainese circular arches and flat arches. people while pedaling through this A few steps away from the road with sunlight streaming through Mediterranean house is the former in the spacious main hall. gaps in the plane tree canopy. residence of Huang Xing (1874-1916), Other historic buildings on Wukang Wukang Mansion (former Nor- a Chinese revolutionary leader. The Road include the former residence of mandie Apartment) that sits at the English countryside villa today has Ba Jin (1904-2005), one of the most junction of Wukang and Huaihai been turned into a service center for read writers in China, and the villa roads is characteristic of French Re- tourists. Exquisite models and oil of the political leader Tang Shaoyi naissance architecture and was built paintings of old houses are displayed (1862-1938). 3 1 2 1. The former residence of Ba Jin (1904-2005) 2. Inside the former residence of Huang Xing, exquisite models and oil paintings of old houses are displayed in the spacious main hall. 3. Wukang Mansion (former Normandie Apartment) What's On Savor old Shanghai on one bite at a time MOVIE This is a typical Shanghai-flavor “Mural” The Shanghai Tourism Festival kicked off on September 10. At the The fantasy film by Gordon Chan is adapted dish made with pork and soy same time it seems that tastes of yesteryear have crawled out of the from the renowned ghost novel “Strange woodwork and the public is demanding authentic cuisine and snacks sauce. It should be oily but Stories from a Chinese Studio.” The film tells associated with the classical old Shanghai flavor. We have chosen not greasy, lean but not bony, the story of a young scholar and his servant three of the most famous dishes here. Hope it will help you enjoy savory and mellow, with a who are transported into the fantasy world your own travel festival with your tongue. tender skin. of a mural they find in an old temple. Selected restaurants: Starring: Deng Chao, Sun Li and Yan Ni Yuan Yuan Restaurant, 1-2/F, 108 Date: September 29-October 29 Xiangyang Rd N. Venue: Yonghua Cinema, 6/F, Grand Tel: 5108-3377 Gateway 66, 1 Hongqiao Road (near Mrs Bean, Room 5, 115 Changshu Huashan Road) Rd Tel: 5403-0429 EXHIBITION Search for the consciousness Madrid-born artist Angel de la Pena presents to the audience in Xunyu (smoked carp fillet) Shanghai a conceptual and minimalist Xunyu is a traditional Shanghai experience of art. His paintings follow a dish consisting of fish soaked in constructed process, seeking precision a sugar and soybean sauce. and a mix of outstanding techniques. Shengjian (pan-fried steamed Selected restaurants: The works are sober and elegant, buns) Shanghai Uncle Restaurant, 2/F, seductive and intriguing, and have 211 Tianyaoqiao Rd This is one of the most famous Xiefen Tofu (braised crab meat made him one of the first artists in the Tel: 6464-6430 snacks in Shanghai. With the with tofu) last generation to embrace informalism. Suzhehui, 10/F, 388 Zhaojiabang delicious meat pie inside the Xiefen Tofu is a fusion between Long obsessed with the search Rd for the unknown, the artist expresses buns, it will have rich juice when Tel: 6466-1111 tofu and crabmeat, served in you bite it. The most popular a complex concept in his paintings through the adaptation of an abstract one piece with several layers of language known as Mycenaean. By incorporating this symbolic ancient restaurant now in Shanghai crab and bean curd. The dish Greek language in his art, de la Pena’s works appear non-figurative. His where it makes best pan-fried is known for its lightness and paintings show a certain pictorial purity as well as equilibrium in their steamed buns is Xiao Yang freshness — with low calories — shapes and compositions. The artist wants us to think in this chaotic Shengjian. it’s perfectly suitable for the fall. world, through the simplicity of the forms and lines portrayed in his Where to order: Selected restaurants: representations, that sensibility stands as the only entity he trusts because Xiao Yang Shengjan, B1/F, 580 Meiyuancun Restaurant, 18 Caoxi it helps justify one’s behavior. This fall, ART in Capitals proudly presents Tianyaoqiao Rd Rd N. you an opportunity to get into the personal world of the Spanish artist and Tel: 6124-9753 Tel: 6427-9188 to join an exploration of the unconscious mind. Liu Fu Mian Dao, 88 Guangyuan Shanghai Spring Restaurant, Date: through November 18, 12-8pm Rd W. Hongshaorou (pork braised 4-5/F, 9 Donghu Rd Admission: Free Tel: 6447-5258 with soy sauce) Tel: 5405-0061 Venue: ART in Capitals, 2/F, 20 Donghu Rd, near Huaihai Rd M..