Beijing III

Here we go again, last post about Beijing. Some more stories about food; one night we were on a mission to find a particular restaurant, all we had was the address but the street did not exist on our map. After about an hour of venturing around, going to hotels to ask for the Chinese name, asking people on the street, WE found it. Once we walked in we realized that they do not speak any English nor they have a menu in English. The place is owned by two people; husband and wife, she serves, he cooks. We had to call someone on the phone, who also barely spoke any English but somehow using sign language we got the food. The food was delicious and home made the best Chinese food I had so far. I was so happy we found this place, and that we were capable of "communicating with them". After being in China I realized and learned that i can explain myself to anyone even though we don't speak the same language. I am attaching some pictures of the food and the lovely owners of the restaurant.

Just want to go back and have another meal!

Lamb

Another not so pleasant but super exciting food experience happened in the night market. There they sell all kinds of insects and animal organs; scorpion, sheep balls, grasshoppers, starfish, snake, snake skin etc. I have tried the snake it was very very chewy and did not have much taste, and I also tried a leg of a grass hopper. Grasshopper's leg was kind of crunchy and salty but I could not eat more than the leg. Lots of other tourists tried different kinds of animals but unfortunately I am not so brave.

Enjoying the food