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Beijing Part 2

or just another story about food

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I know I've mentioned food a lot, but had an interesting meal the last night I stayed in Beijing. Most restaurants have either a menu in English which is normally so badly translated that you still don't actually know what you are ordering or a menu in Chinese with a few out of focus photos. Was in a restaurant that had an 'English' menu and ordered the mixed starter thinking it would be things like spring rolls, but it actually turned out to be a plate of cold meats. Couldn't really tell what they were but our best guess was some kind of stomach/intestine type of thing, possibly some tounge and a row of ducks heads. Did actually manage to eat most of it (with a lot of chili sauce) but eating one ducks head with chopsticks was enough of a challenge as I didn't even know what bit of it I was supposed to be trying to eat. Have to say I was relieved when the main course came and it was quite a normal sweet and sour pork.

Posted by katiew 08.08.2007 6:27 AM Archived in China

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