Taikang Lu Street

Thanks to our friend, Mart, for telling us about this place!!!

There are 3 different entrances to get inside from the road – 210, 248 and 274.

And once you are inside, it is like a maze with never ending beautiful restaurants and stores to see!! I could not stop clicking my camera wherever I went. You will see a hodge podge of photos as if you were going through the streets 🙂 There is no zoning so you will see probably a store, then a cafe, then a house, then some motorcycles, then laundry, then a cafe again then a store etc etc…But it is an experience and I hope I can go back again to shanghai and maybe eat in some of the restaurants here

Love this shot 🙂

A Japanese resto

Reminded me of Dashing Diva 🙂

Many beautiful shops!!

Real life motorcyles parked all over…..

……..and some motorcycles for sale 🙂 They even use the tops of their home accessories for display

Wine bars- indoors……..

and outdoors! 🙂

A cute lingerie/undergarments store which looked like a pastry shop from the outside

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More motorcycles parked on the streets

And laundry hanging right outside and near stores. Yet, its clean, organized chaos and there is no smell.

It blends in so well and it creates the character of the place! I love it!

They paint their benches and chairs around the area…love it!

Art stores

This cafe reminded me of Alice in Wonderland! NICE!!

Loved this store fill of “kuchi kuchi”

Decorated terracotta warriors

A teddy bear cafe!! What a cute concept!

When I first peeped into this door- I thought it was a house- but it was actually a store! NICE!

There were so many people all over the place! To think everything is tiny – tiny stores, tiny streets, tiny cafes – plenty people! We went to the place twice and the first time it was raining and there was NO ONE! But once the sun came out- it was jam packed.