The Ancient/Old Cultural Street (天津古文化街) of Tianjin is one of the few major tourist spots in the city. The 580-metre-long Ancient Cultural Street is home to many Tianjin’s old traditions but now it is all commercial driven. It is in […]
Partial Solar Eclipse in Tianjin (天狗食日)
In Chinese there was a myth about Solar Eclipse, they used to believe that the sun was eaten by the sky-dog (天狗食日). Of course that was long long time ago when mankind hasn’t even set foot on the moon yet. […]
Beijing Shopping Cart 101 – H&M Beijing
For those who have been wondering why this shopaholic has been laying low lately ever since she came to Tianjin/Beijing, well actually she has not forgotten about shopping at all, just that she has no time to upload the stuff […]
Streets of Tianjin – Wu Da Dao (天津五大道)
Wu Da Dao (天津五大道), is a section of Tianjin city center, previously the center of the British Concession. This area has a variety of old western bungalow buildings built with bricks, most of them are quite well preserved and it […]
Tianjin Food For Thought 101 – Yang Shang Shu (羊上树)
This is by far one of my favourite Chinese restaurant in Tianjin. It is a pork free restaurant which is famous for its barbecue lamb. I absolutely love the barbecue lamb leg (RMB98), although it needs at least 4 person […]
Tianjin Eye (天津之眼)
According to Wikipedia, Tianjin Eye is a 120m-tall (110m-diameter) Ferris wheel built on the Chihai Bridge over the Hai River in Tianjin, China. It is claimed to be the only such wheel to have been constructed over a bridge. Construction […]
Somerset Olympic Tower Tianjin (天津盛捷奥林匹克服务公寓)
This was my home for 1-month when I first landed in Tianjin. This place is known to be the center of Japanese hangout, with over 80% residents are mainly Japanese. The building is old, over 10 years I think, and […]
Hello Tianjin (哈啰天津)
After 6 weeks in Shanghai, I’d landed at Tianjin – the place that I’ll call home for the next 1 year at least. My flight was delayed by 2 hours & I sat in the plane for more than 4 […]