Weather & Food in Beijing

I am back. I have so much to share that I do not know where to start. Let me write some bits by day...until you and I get fed up of talking about it : )

Whilst I enjoyed the trip very much, I am indeed very glad to be back home. Main reason is the kind Malaysian weather and good food! Weather in Beijing was rather cold and soothing, nice to sleep and walk around during day time....unfortunately, the air was dry and not very clean. Hence, I ended being cold on the outside but heaty on the inside.

My poor NB gym sneaker has turned from clean white to grey. Poor NB..it has not work so hard before this. At most one hour of indoor gym or a short walk at the park.

The trees are beautiful though. It's now between fall and winter..so you will see different colors. Check out the persimmon tree on the left.

FOOD...in conclusion..not very impressive. I shall conclude that I enjoyed watching & feeling Beijing's development (both historical and current) more than it's food. The best is of course the one and only Peking Roast Duck - which I do not have any pics now. Secondly, I personally like their more subtle & plain snacks like pao, man tao, their 'crepes' etc.

this is some sort of 'home made' yoghurt drink. Must try if you are a yoghurt drink lover. This one beats Nestle or Dutch Lady hands down!

This is a typical street vendor selling the 'ping tong woo lo' (honey coated plum skew..i hope translation is right) I did not try the 'original' version. I tried one with mega sized kiwi slices. Found it a bit sweet and too much hassle to eat cos the honey coat is frozen n hard..and it sticks and poke all over your face when you are trying to bite into the fruit.

Most of other food that I tried had pretty strong taste. Some sort of standard spice that they put in. And serving size is H U GE. Check out that bowl of noodle - it costs RMB4 ( about 2 ringgit). Three of us took 2 small rice bowls and there were about half left still. We watched a typical local man SLURP everything (same size and with spicy soup) within 5 minutes!

Dim sum and steamboat was nice too. Thanks to fafa for taking us there! Sorry, no pics here.

Check this out too. These are Peaches. We actually bought some of these and some persimmon to take home by wrapping each fruit with paper and hide/ stuff each fruit in between clothes in the main luggage.

I thought I smelled char kuey teow the moment I entered KLIA. Went for Wan tan mee n kopi ping for lunch...never thougth that tasted so good. Roti canai, teh tarik, nasi lemak, bak kut teh, steam fish...........yummy...I missed you guys.