9/14/06 Shasha's

On the Rio: Desmond Dekker ~ Mother Pepper

I went to Shasha's Restaurant tonight. It is an expat hangout, about a 20 minute walk from work in the French Concession district. This is a picture of the place from their website.

The compound housing Sasha's has a long history. Once home to Chiang Kai Shek and his wife, Soong Mei Ling, during the civil war, it later fell into the hands of Mao Ze Dong's wife Jiang Qin. The interior woodwork is beautiful, and I can only imagine what the place would have been like as a residence.

I went here with PK in response to an email I received for a Spanish Wine Tasting event hosted by Casa Solar. Casa Solar in Spanish means "The House of the Sun". We got 4 glasses of wine to taste and tapas for 118 RMB ($15). The wine was ok, not fantastic. We also ordered appetizers of marinated olives (delicious) and the other ended up being ham slices wrapped on a breadstick. Interesting.