What you see above was part of the best meal we had in Beijing. Sure, we were invited by vendors, partners, adopted friends and family among others to various restaurants that were quite pricey and awesome. But, like most travelers daring (not to mention smart and lucky) enough to venture away from the norm, the best meal was a local street vendor making..... [ read more ] Nov 18
What you see above was part of the best meal we had in Beijing. Sure, we were invited by vendors, partners, adopted friends and family among others to various restaurants that were quite pricey and awesome. But, like most travelers daring (not to mention smart and lucky) enough to venture away from the norm, the best meal was a local street vendor making..... [ read more ] Nov 18
(Credit a Google Images search for the above picture)
Yeah, so what? The one day that my camera runs out of batteries we decide to do our MacDonald's visit in Beijing. So, the above image is ripped from a Google Images search, but you get the reference.
We ordered quite the round of burgers too. Multiple Big Macs, fries, Coke Zeros (woohoo! A semi diet..... [ read more ] Nov 17
Right now, you're wondering: What the heck is she talking about? Simple. I discovered, Beijing-ers like their water (and most other beverages) hot. Especially in winter (which it just about is right now).
Unfortunately, almost all of us (along with our American digestive tracts) enjoy a cold drink with food every now and again. Not just beer, but a..... [ read more ] Nov 17
Along with the loads of Pizza Huts in Beijing, there are equally if not more number of KFC's around the area. They're not as popular as they once were though. A string of me-too chicken joints, changing tastes, way too altered menu and plain ol' over-staturation is probably killing the brand.
Once seen as a beacon to all single-children families in..... [ read more ] Nov 16
Okay, before you frown upon this silly Cali-girl for wanting to sample some American food while traveling abroad, let me say this: I was CURIOUS!!!
None of the Editor's would get off my back on this one, but wouldn't ya know it?? They all jumped at the opportunity to stuff their faces with pizza and burgers when we did stop those few times to "try"..... [ read more ] Oct 07
Day 3 of going veggie was bit harder than I expected. I didn't do my proper meal planning and almost got thrown off the wagon with the least likely food item almost costing me a free lunch.
I love getting my grub on from food-trucks. Some might avoid these spots fearing poor sanitation, but I line up readily.
My reasoning is simple. I figure food-trucks have such a limited audience and..... [ read more ] Oct 06
Day 1 was actually a real piece of cake. Proper menu planning and a little luck scored me some free pizza and beer. Always a good ending (or start) to a yummy, happy day.
Calorically, not so good, but who cares!? Line it up in the morning and you have the rest of the day to work it off. At night? Well, I'm going with an "efficient", fully awake digestive tract to burn the..... [ read more ] Oct 04
I had no idea that October was Vegetarian Awareness month. At least not last week, when we decided that I would go veggie for a week as our little experiment.
Every month, week, day, hour has some sort of "awareness" moment to it. Some internationally/nationally recognized, others (like this one) not so much.
Our little project has nothing to do with any of those movements. Just a..... [ read more ] 
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