I always get told off for being 'so Asian' when I take pictures of food. What's everyones beef?!?! Food is supposed to be visually appealing, right? The chefs want you to look at the food, and go nom nom. When you're eating out with friends, you can't touch your food until everyone else's plate has arrived. Its that anticipation! There is a story behind every photo.
Xiabu Xiabu
I'm quite sad to say this but Pete and I just couldn't find any decent food in Beijing. We were cold, and STARVING, haha a tiny exaggeration but you get the idea. We stumbled across this hot pot restaurant after going into the basement of a shopping mall. It was busy so we were like, yeah this must be good! After requesting the English menu, we decided on the 50 Yuan set (only 5 Queen's faces, only 5 shiny UK Sterling pounds!) noodles, dumplings, veg, and meat, miso sauce dip, and a drink. It fed us both but the people around us were ordering a platter each!
How it works is there is a round counter with hot pots in front of each seat. So you order a platter and then cook your own food, and you can make your own delicious soup. Lots of fun. It was COLD in Beijing in October and I remember we felt so warm, full and content after. Afterwards, we agreed that we would have to come back again for a decent feed but after exploring the city a bit more, we discovered it was a chain so ate with them a further 3 times haha. Loved it.
Good memories.
Does anyone have any ideas for next Thursday? Or I might make it 'Food Thursday' hehe, watch this space!
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