Sugah's Trip to China

Duck take 2

A few people in the group decided to try the city's most famous Peking duck restaurant (the one we went to the first night in Beijing is the best, but this one is more well known). We took some taxis down there and found a 5 story building, yes, the restaurant was all five floors!

Upon entering the building a guy told us the restaurant was booked for the night. But we should call and make reservations for the next night or to try the sister restaurant down the street. We decided (thankfully) to walk in anyway to look around. They had a table open for us on the 5th floor. We think this guy was with the other restaurant and trying to steal business.




The duck and side dishes were not as good as the first place. But the restaurant itself was much nicer. The place had the NICEST bathrooms that I've seen in Beijing (include that of my hotel) - sad when you start rating bathrooms. Here's a group shot of those who went:


We walked around a bit, were going to hit up a karaoke bar, but everyone was about ready to crash so we headed back. I bought another bag to pack my stuff in, a very nice roller duffle bag of sorts. Since we're staying in Wuxi and Suzhou the next two nights (one night each) before Shanghai I've decided to pack what I need for the next two days in that bag so I don't have to dig through my other suitcase.

Here's some pictures:

The bike parking near the restaurant. There are bikes everywhere. The bike parking at the subway stations are twice as crowded. I'm shocked I haven't seen a biker hit yet, they dart right in front of cars.


Night life near the restaurant (the street is closed off to cars)


KFC has a tram that will take you from one side of the street to the other. They stop right off at KFC, there were tons of people flowin' in for some finger lickin' chicken! Smart move on KFC's part.


One interesting observation. The drivers, buses, bikes and pedestrians cut each other off all the time, run lights and don't wait for cars/people. They might honk at each other but no one has road rage. In the states people would be getting in fights left and right.

Off to Wuxi. Over and out.

posted by Chrissy @ 10:04 AM