Beijing - Hutong

* Am getting tired trying to update about my Beijing trip - in which I had a great time but there is just too much to talk about. Am going to be very brief from this point onwards, more can be told from my pics in Multiply - or just treat me for coffee and a snack, I shall be more than happy to make you deaf with my stories of beijing * =P *

This is the area around the Forbidden City - which was what used to be housings for royal relatives and ministers - are now converted mostly into shopping area.

This place have shops open till night time, hence you can hangout here for shopping after work as well as eat eat. Really like this place as it is one of the places locals shop and eat, and it houses many interesting stores....

Streets lined with shops in rows... all restored old buildings - like the feel of how you feel like being pulled into the time before...

Cute - Beijing;'s smallest bar, and perhaps in the world? Really small, no kidding

We went to this shop name - believe it - " Pass by Bar" which is more like bar and restaurant for appetiser. This is "Kung-Po pizza"!!! We had had kung-po chicken quite commonly, but in the form of a pizza - a good try!

Before the appetiser, we caught sight of this small shop selling what appears like our local "lok-lok". The difference here is that those skewed food - instead of being cookied in boiling water, it is cooked in a spicy, herbal soup which tasted like our "bak kut teh" soup + black pepper * heehee *

How can we resist this when the weather is freezing cold? * LOL * Memang syiok - and sedap too!

Just for SP & WL - yes, got sell "spare-parts" here too...

We then went to this place for our main course - which is famouse for their steamed fish cooked in their special sauce.

Yeah, the fish was seriously very fresh, and apparently it is from a famous fishing place quite far away from there - in which the emperors used to enjoy eating.

FYI - the noodle like pasta is horrible - hard and tasteless.

Many Thanks to our Beijing colleague, YL for her generous hospitality!!!