One Night in Beijing

有朋从远方来，不亦乐乎！

Mr X has finally arrived in Beijing last friday! Just like the way LJ came, it was g-r-e-a-t to see sg friends who come up to Beijing for a tour. Funny ... How come I didn't take any photos with him??

Recommended him to stay at the HI hostel near my office and took him out for dinner when he arrived. Then we walked over to Wang Fu Jing where we then met his friends from HK, whom he made during his exchange in Korea. They were May, Grace, '细佬' and Ben. They were a fun bunch who wanted to try all the 'famous food' in Beijing like QuanJude and DongLaiShun and of coz (like us), they were pretty disappointed (like us too) haha. Well ... they actually wanted me to bring them to the place I brought LJ to for the roasted duck but it was already pretty late, so they settled for the QuanJude duck at Wang Fu Jing. Haa at least they can say, 'been there, done that'. Grace later also said the DongLaiShun wasn't really nice and was very exp, she even had the tummy ache after eating it.

And then on Sat, I climbed Simatai section of Great Wall with James and Mr X. Man ... climbing Simatai will make you the real 好汉 loh ... 金山岭 ... is still quite manageable (read: nothing).
It rained very heavily when we reached the bottom of the Wall, and we waited for about an hour before we decided to screw the weather and climb the Wall in our silly looking duck-beaked pontos. Fortunately, the rained stopped while we are halfway up and the rain actually cleared the fog/dust/pollution whatever-it-is a bit which made taking photos not a waste of film. And frankly speaking, nobody wants to take photos in these on top of the Wall loh ...

After coming down from Simatai, we went over to 后海 to meet the HK gang for dinner and drinks there. Been to Beijing so long, I myself also haven't sat down and drank at 后海 before. Never occured to me that I would be drinking there with HK pple I have just met 2 days ago. But well, they were fun to talk to =P

Rem we went QuanJude? They gave me the QuanJude duck 'body' which they couldn't finish (on the same night of coz), and said I could make soup with it. Then I invited them to come over my place for dinner on Sunday so I cook the duck soup for them but May, '细佬' and Ben had to return to HK. So only Grace and Mr X came over. Cooked the 'portugese sauce' ribs, soy sauce wings, some vege and also the duck-n-tomato soup for them. Just wanted to make these travelling friends feel like home, I know how great it feels that when you are away from home, you still can find food and warmth as if you are at home. And after making new friends from HK, now I want to stop over at HK also =P Now I might wanna stop over at Guangzhou and HK liaoz.

posted by taxi taker @ 10:26 PM