Spotted in Hangzhou

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SPOTTED IN HANGZHOU:

Ksenia Diverinskaia

Music Teacher Russia

Nicky

China

Ramsey Clark

Musician / Singer USA

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MEET THE LOCALS

By Annie Clover

Which is your favourite restaurant?

My favorite place in the city is a Chinese fish restaurant called Lúyú ( 鲈鱼 ) , a chain restaurant you can find all over the city. A whole fish is served

with different sauces for any taste and won’t disappoint any lover of seafood. Traditional Chinese snacks and quick and efficient service makes this restaurant very popular, so you may need to get in line for a table early to avoid the crowds. You can find Lúyú restaurants in any part of the city, but my favourite is nearby the West lake in Lixing Plaza ( 利星广场 ).

What about for Western food?

For Western food, one of my favorite places is a Mexican restaurant called Mojito bar (Lanjiawan Branch). Delicious and inexpensive food attracts many students from the nearby universities to come and take advantage. The atmosphere in there is always really cool and fun.

What is your favourite food?

My favorite dish is potato - I can eat it a thousand times a day. Fortunately, I can find some kind of potato-based dish in most restaurants in China. In foreign restaurants I can find mashed potato, potato wedges, French fries, jacket or sometimes even baked potato. Even in Chinese cuisine: spicy raw sour potato salad, or beef and stewed potato. Yummy!

What do you do for fun in Hangzhou?

For fun I like nature and animals so my choices in Hangzhou are simple: a lake in Linan ( 临安 ), Hangzhou Safari Park, Linping Tiandu Park ( 临

平天都城 ), an amusement park in Xiaoshan district called Hangzhou Paradise ( 杭州乐

园 ) and a Water Street in the style of Venice nearby there.

How do you spend your time?

I love spending my time practicing and playing music. I find myself going to several jam sessions every week (9 bar, Eudora, Wade’s, Social10). I love eating food at Wade’s Bar and Grill, the menu is versatile and moderately priced. I also love hanging out with my friends and because they are all musicians, we love to play music together.

What do you usually eat?

I am a meat and vegetables guy so I prefer anything that is grilled and I really love salads. So a nice steak and salad is probably my preferable meal - something easy to find in a wide range of restaurants in Hangzhou!

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