Archive for March 2010
Trip to Beijing – part 1
I had a business trip to Beijing for a 10 days workshop with our client recently. The 1st impression of Beijing is the brand new airport which was opened 2 years ago for Olympics. It also set a fastest record of build up from ground zero. You can instantly feel the enormous momentum when the second you step in. The ceiling is so high up and the flowy and spacious environment. It’s truly represent the great determination of the whole nation in this airport which is gigantic and full of spirit of modern royal style. It is telling the world that this is the『 China 中國 』: the country in the middle of the world.
Photo from Business Week
I like the triangle cutout from the ceiling
Shot from the airport train system
We all knew that this is the place where the Olympics happened in 2 years ago. The city is like a hungry child who’s hunger for the new things.I still have the blurry memories of Beijing back in 20 years ago when I first came here with my dad and grand ma. I have to say now the look of Beijing is totally different, it becomes a place where everything is modern and big(I mean really big~!). Compare to when it was full of bicycles and people all dressed in blue or black in memory.
The city is like a child who wants to grow up as fast as possible.
Beijing is a totally different place in 2010.You will find the people here is almost the same as in Taipei, Singapore or Hong Kong. If they don’t talk you would hardly find any difference between them and yourself. But once you are in the MRT station, you will find the quality of people is still quite the same as the old-time which is not so civilization. The metro system is always so crowded and really have to be rude and pushing people to get your way out of the train. I would say people in Beijing still have a long way reach the level of “international”.
Shot in front of our hotel where a lot of LED lights on trees
The foods in Beijing were amazing. We had different kinds of nice food when we were there with clients and designer friends. Here is the top 3 meals we had in Beijing:
1.『Made in China 長安一號』- it seems to be the best place to have the famous Beijing roast duck in town. It is a fine Chinese restaurant located inside the Grand Hyatt Beijing. One of the dishes is a roast duck skin. you can dip it with sugar and when you put it on your tongue, it just melt immediately!
Photos from CityWeekend
2.『那家小館』- It’s a Manchurian restaurant with reasonable price. They are serving royal Manchurian food originally from the Ching dynasty. I like almost every dishes and they were all new to me. The dinner was a treat by our client which cost about 1500 RMB in a VIP room. But there was total 10 people that night and we had lots of Chinese white wine and Yangjing beers.I’m highly recommend this restaurant for the great food and service.
The front door is really cool especially the guy dressed like a Manchurian guard
Photo from Silly Jilly’s flickr
3.裕德孚老北京涮羊肉 – A mini size old local restaurant which only got 4 tables. My friend Pearl brought me there to taste the best lamb hot-pot and it really was! The lamb meat is really fresh and not smelly at all. One of the bizzard dish is the cow spine. At first I thought it was lamb gut before I was told it’s the cow spine. It taste like a long chewy tofu and the flavour is not as strong as I thought it would be. And there was interesting thing called sweet garlic which a kind of pickle preserved by vinegar and sugar.
photo from Hendry’s picasa
Sweet garlic
