Shanghai - Guilin Park

The Huang Garden

This park was formerly a private garden of Huang Jinrong, former police detective turned outlaw around the French Concession area. It was built in 1931. In 1937, it became an army base when the Japanese occupied Shanghai. Then in 1957 it became a public park.

Guilin Park

桂林公园  Guìlín gōngyuán

It was a long metro ride from Pudong to Guilin Park. 2 stops and over an hour via Line 12 to Guilin Park metro station. The North Entrance of the park is located directly opposite the metro station. This photo shows the South Entrance of the park, which is actually the main entrance to the park.

When we reached this place we hunted for food first before enjoying the park. So we walked passed the park to see what we could find. This area looked like a place for teachers' colleges as we passed a couple before reaching a supermarket and a small corner of restaurants. We chose this Hunan restaurant for our brunch.

Model dishes

You chose a dish by taking a wooden  stick by the dish and hand it to the waitress.

Titbits

Meat cooked with green chillies 

Not sure what meat was this and it looked like fried but it was soft!

Stir fried beancurd with fishballs and ham

Walked back to the South Entrance of Guilin Park

For the convenience of the blind

East Garden

This is surprisingly a rather grand restaurant. We went in for a drink but was not welcomed at all. We were not allowed into the restaurant but asked to sit outside on the sofa as we just wanted a Coke. We left without drinking. They can keep their Coke!

 

Teahouse

This garden is quiet and serene at this time of the year. It is famous for its Osmanthus flowers that bloom in October so I guess we should come back for another visit.

We did not enjoy the park this time around as the weather was scorching hot and the horrible treatment we encountered at the restaurant. So, we decided to leave early.

Guilin Park also means Osmanthus Woods Park. There's apparently 20 types of about 1000 Osmanthus trees planted in the park so I can imagine it is a beautiful during the Autumn.