M is for ....

We had lunch today at M on the Bund. The Bund is the famous Shanghai waterfront, and M is a restaurant on it, and according to the guidebook lunch there is an unmissable experience. According to our experience, it was entirely missable. The food was nice but nothing out of the ordinary, and the service was average. It might have been more exciting to sit outside, as then you would have wonderful views over the river and across to the Pearl Tower, but it was a bit cold for that today. I have already described the Pearl Restaurant near to where we live, but at the other end of the block, past the baker, the massage parlour and the 22 estate agents, is another restaurant called 7 Days. Their goal is to be the number one Western Restaurant. Therefore, their menu contains such things as pizza, pasta and steak, as well as other European dishes, and traditional Chinese dishes. Everyone who works there is so nice and polite and helpful, and so keen to get things 'right'. It's sometimes difficult I think - they must be attempting to cater for so many different traditions. My cafe au lait arrives, in a beautiful cup and saucer, with a lavish swirl of whipped cream - and topped with hundreds and thousands. Hardly British, but maybe entirely normal in Belgium. The Pork Chops I think I recognise as Weiner Schnitzel - certainly not Pork Chops as we know it. They have Ham and Pineapple Pizza, and Pepperoni Pizza, and Fresh Fruit Salad Pizza. We decided to leave the Pig's Claw for another day. But the chips are delicious!