Hangzhou Beggar's Chicken

"I really needed no excuse tovisit hangzhou again,with its exquisite lake and its tranquiltemples. now only forty minutes from shanghai by high-speed rail,we spent the weekend there with my mum, enjoying as much of thelake and the great local food as the wet weather wouldallow. hangzhou was one ofmarco polo's favourite places inchina, way back in the fourteenth century, and you can still seewhy. the city'sfabledlake, xi hu, is surrounded by tea plantations, emerald green hills, temples and pagodas, and..."