Kerry Pudong: Upscale Lifestyle Center (Getting High in Shanghai Series 3)

Kerry Pudong 
Upscale Lifestyle Center

Getting High in Shanghai Series 3          

I came to Kerry Hotel to register in a medical convention

but to my disappointment that they are only accepting cash

transactions. No credit and debit cards are being accepted.

I didn’t see this coming. While we did not have any problem

using our credit card in  Oakwood, everything else, from the

mall restaurants and the supermarket did not accept foreign

credit and debit cards except for an obscure China based card.

 

Since we are traveling as a family and would be

staying in China for 2 weeks we wanted to save

our cash on hand. I tried to withdraw from several

ATM nearby but my card just kept on being ejected.

 

We realized it too late that China is still largely a cash-based economy.

Chinese I believe are typically averse to debt and this maybe the reason

for overall air of negativity regarding the use of credit and debit cards.

I decided to pay on cash and decided to dine and shop

only in  international branded stores and restaurants to

save our precious cash for our incidental expenses.

 

The Kerry Parkside Mall is an upscale mall

and a part of the Kerry Hotel Pudong complex.

 

It has a nice selection of western shops 

 

…and traditional Chinese restaurants. 

 

It was already almost noon tine when I completed my registration

and we dined at Shanghai Dimsum at the Kerry Parkside Mall.

 

Luckily, they accepted our credit card.

Read my other Getting High in Shanghai Series:

Oakwood Residences Shanghai

Affordable Spacious Home in Shanghai

Getting High in Shangha iSeries 1 

Hong Kong Traditional Cuisine 

A Taste of Hong Kong in Shanghai

Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 2 

Kerry Pudong 

Upscale Lifestyle Center

Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 3 

Shanghai Dimsum 

Authentic Shanghai Cuisine
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 4 

Pudong Afternoon Walk 
Best of Pudong by Foot
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 5 

Pearl Tower 
Shanghai’s Icon Upclose
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 6 

Pudong Riverwalk 
Scenic Riverside Park
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 7 

Shanghai Tower        
Shanghai’s Tallest Building 
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 8 

A Ming’s Braised Pork Rice 
A Taste of Taiwan in Shanghai
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 9 

Pudong, Shanghai 
China’s Skyscraper City  
Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 10 

Starbucks People’s Park 
People Watching in a the Heart of  Shanghai

Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 11 

People’s Park and the Marriage Market 
'match.com' Meets Farmer's Market

Getting High in ShanghaiSeries 12 

Shopping Shanghai 
Asia’s Bargain Shopping Capital 
Getting High in Shanghai Series 13

Shanghai’s Best Chinese Restaurant 
The Best an the Worst of Shanghai
Getting High in Shanghai Series 14

 Angels in our Midst 
Kindhearted Samaritans in Shanghai 
Getting High in Shanghai Series 15 

East Nanjing Road 
The Heart and Soul of Shanghai

Getting High in Shanghai Series 16 

Mc Donald’s Nanjing 
Feeling at Home in Shanghai

Getting High in Shanghai Series 17  

The Bund 
History in Microcosm

Getting High in Shanghai Series 18  

Ultra Modern Shanghai 

Fast Forward to First World

Getting High in Shanghai Series 19