Time for picnic: May…the good weather be with us!

The bright May is just the season to go outdoors to enjoy the mild sunshine and warm weather. It is the right time to have an outdoor picnic with your friends or family at this moment. How to make an easy but tasty and nice picnic? A proper venue will be the half work with double results. We believe that you will rather relax yourself surrounded by fresh air, broad lake and green environment than crowded and polluted city corners. In Shanghai, there are many parks, for example Zhongshan Park, Fuxing Park, Century Park, Gongqing Forest Park etc., in where you can walk, doing sport and outreach activities etc. Or, if you have free time enough, just book a roundtrip train ticket and go to visit the beautiful lakes in Hangzhou, only 1 hour by train far from Shanghai. The big amount of green areas, as well as the peaceful atmosphere (but not during holiday time) will be the perfect frame for your picnic. A full preparation will be important. You don’t have to bring everything as moving home, one picnic basket and some simple recycled materials utensils will be enough for you and your friends or family. Taobao provides different kind of picnic baskets, some are even set up by picnic mat, plates, forks and so on. You also can prepare the basket, mat or glass to match your picnic theme. Setting up details are important in order to arrange everything perfectly, but of course food is the most important part. You can bring and share your own food and beverages. You can make different style of food: Chinese, Japanese, or Western style, even if it is better to make light food, which is not easy to get bad, doesn’t  need to be frozen and, of course, better handmade.  Salads, fruit, sandwiches, sushi, ham and sausages may be the best choices. Even though you don’t have time to prepare everything for picnic, it would be still a good time just being with friends and family. So let’s put on the apron, make some food for our friends and family and step into the nature. Enjoy!