Food is the most important part for my trip. I actually travel to eat. Here is some of the food I had in Chengde. Most of the time I just wander around and walk into a place where it has tons of people.
I didn't know that "seaweed wrapped rice" mean sushi! I felt I got ripped off. But then it is only RMB 12. I guess I can't complain.
The wonton is okay. Just pork. RMB 4 only. What more do you want!
Congee and steamed bun. I refused to stay in my hotel and paid RMB 15 for a breakfast buffet. Instead, I found this congee place next to my hostel. This is only RMB 4 :D
This is from a dumpling specialty store and it is seriously YUMMY dumpling. It is a bit more pricey though, RMB 30. But it is because of the content I picked. It is 桂花鱼 (a kind of fish but I don't know the English name). I would say this is well worth it! Just looking at the picture make my mouth water again :D
I was freezing my bum bum off while walking down the street so I decided to have hot pot for dinner. The waitress thought I was nut to eat hot pot by myself. I didn't order much though. Just lamb :) For some reason, they seem to use less sauce than what I am used to, but I guess peanut sauce is enough for lamb.
This is a Chinese style crepe I got from the street. They wrap some crunchy stuff inside the crepe and put lots of sauce in. Yummy breakfast for freezing morning.
I ordered this noodle from a Muslim restaurant (I went in for the lamb kebab). This tasted a bit like noodle with very watery tomato sauce.
Mushroom with pine nut from Quanjude restaurant. Very tasty but I wonder if they used duck fat to add the extra tastiness :)
It is sushi. That is right. I ate sushi in Beijing. This was my dinner after meeting with my cousin. He suggested several places around his university. Since I wanted something light, I went to a Japanese restaurant. I ordered a salmon don and hoping that it would remotely taste something like Maruwa. And it was not. It had no taste at all and was expensive. The beer was cheap though (only RMB 12 for a big bottle of Asahi). I found out later that this was not the restaurant that my cousin recommended. Oh well, too late.
And I had Korean food in Beijing :) I found that I was a bit tired of Chinese food but I don't know if I could find good western food in China. I was actually craving for a grilled cheese panini when I found this Korean restaurant. Turned out quite surprising good. I ordered a spicy tofu hotpot and it was pretty yummy. Warmed me up to finish my walk.
Since I was travelling alone, I wasn't sure if I should go eat Beijing Duck. But then everyone keep saying that is something you can't miss. I figure why not. So I went to the most famous place Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (全聚德) for lunch one day. I ordered half a duck and a veggie dish since I haven't eat anything green for like....7 days :(. I actually found it quite disappointing. The veggie dish I order was actually quite tasty. But the whole time I kept wondering if they use duck fat to cook the mushroom cause everything on the menu seems to contain duck. Then came the main dish. They first gave me a small dish of skin only. I had two pieces. I swear that those two pieces could have given me a heart attack. IT IS ALL GREASE! And it doesn't even have much taste. All I can taste is oil. Then the rest of the duck. You have to order the side dish separately. So I only order wrap and sauce. The duck meat is actually quite dry. I was not very impressed after all, especially it is the most famous restaurant. I think I make a better duck than them :P The whole meal cost me RMB 200. I almost cried when I paid and want a refund.
