Beijing food:), Oysters in Shenzhen, Yunnan bamboo wine, Stephen in Toronto

 i finally spent a week in Hong Kong renewing my China visa, hiking, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and napping.  Its been a shockingly good week this week in China for food.  Monday in Shenzhen I ate the BEST meal ever eaten in Mainland.  Simple but great dishes in an outdoor oyster restaurant. I wasn't an oyster fan until these garlic flavoured plump ones, AND I didn't feel sick thereafter!  Then in Beijing I had Yunnan meal where they served rice wine from a tall bamboo stick, yummy soup noodles and some egg thing.  On the same night, I went to a going away dinner at Quanjude Tsinghua beijing duck. I was totally full and barely ate a thing.  At lunch, I had a stone hot pot with unagi (i still avoid raw fish in China) downstairs at work. Tonight a Muslim colleague was in town meeting Lenovo so I joined them for lamb (x3 various dishes) at a halal restaurant.  I better stop eating or will get fat and probably food poisoning on the way.  All in all, the food in China has improved in the past decade since coming here!

Stephen is back in Toronto for this week then off to work next week! ;) He enjoyed setting fireworks off with his cousins, meeting his new nephew Joven, spending quality family time, breathing fresh air, eating good food and getting mentally prepared for the crazy HK work hours...miss you!

have a great Wed everybody!  The weather in Beijing has been fabulous and I hear its great in Toronto too!