Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts

April 16, 2018

Pork Ribs Instant Noodle

One of the best things that I bought from my Beijing trip last November was these 5 packets of Roasted Pork Ribs Instant Noodle.

It is the best instant noodle that I have tasted in my life so far.
It does not taste like an instant noodle, and it even taste better then some noodle served in other noodle shops in town. 
Disclaimer: Kolo mee still the best, but kolo mee is NOT an instant noodle, so, totally different category ya :)

I tried add in eggs to this noodle, but it did not taste that good.  Best is to serve it just like that. Kosong.


Sometimes I add in chives just to make it healthier, konon.


And that was my last packet.  I am sad.  Anyone going to China? Can tapao this for me?

February 23, 2018

Beijing National Stadium

Dulu, masa opening and closing Olympics 2008, memang terpegun la tengok stadium Bird Nest Beijing nie.  Tak sangka hampir 10 tahun kemudian saya dapat menjejakkan kaki ke sini.

Walaupun sekarang dah banyak stadium baru yang lagi besar, tapi saya rasa design stadium yang ni jugak la yang paling unik.  But why Bird Nest? Kot kot dulu banyak agak nyer sarang burung di beijing, tetapi sekarang rasa nyer kat Sarawak lagi banyak sarang burung yang bernilai, kan?!

Jum layan gambar dan video gue di sana..




January 18, 2018

ohh Boots! In Beijing

Since it's end of Autumn, coming to winter, basically almost every ladies wear boots when I was in Beijing.  Men mostly wear sneakers.

Boots dekat kedai pun melambak... see..





No, I didn’t buy any new boots while in Beijing.
I think boots in Hong Kong are more appealing; then again, maybe boots in Beijing are better suit for the coming extreme cold winter.

January 13, 2018

Hui Hui Xiang Restaurant, Beijing

Hui Hui Xiang, a halal restaurant in Beijing.

Located within walking distance from Tourism Malaysia office Beijing.  There are few other halal reatuarants in this area too.

Fresh yogurt.





January 9, 2018

Pentahotel Beijing

3-18 Chongwenmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 北京市 China, 100062.

I had a pleasant stay in Pentahotel during my trip to Beijing.
Location is good, hotel very clean, wifi are ok, NO access to Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Google, Blogspot, so ya, I am practically disconnected from the world.

Walking distance to Beijing New World Shopping Mall.
And walking distance to subway station.


The check-in counter.

Lobby area.

The cafe/breakfast area.

Our messy-messy room.

Views from our room.


Sunset views. 


My few days of breakfast spread.
Plain porridge with red bean curd.

Again, plain porridge with red bean curd, and sweet corn rice porridge.

Again, plain porridge with red bean curd plus salted seaweed.

Again, plain porridge with red bean curd plus salted seaweed.

Again, plain porridge with red bean curd.

Hari-hari saya makan bubur nasi putih tu.  The best plain porridge I tasted so far.  Makan kosong macam tu pun sedap.

January 8, 2018

红京鱼 (Hot Fish), Beijing

红京鱼 Hóng jīng yú

Apparently this fish-in-hot-oil (Sichuan Boiled Fish) is quite a popular dish in Beijing.

At 1st try, I thought it is a hot soup, and had a spoonful of an awful taste of the spicy oil, then only I know that you only take the fish not with the oil soup.  Sakai betul :p

The fish meat was so soft and tender.  I learn that by using oil (normally vegetable oil or palm oil) the fish meat will not be overcooked and will stay tender throughout the meal and the sweetness is kept in the meat.  Interesting!

This is a mild spicy version,  normally it will be covered by the chilies and peppercorn. I don't take spicy food so this is just nice.  I am not sure what type of fish this is, but it looks very similar to Ikan Patin, the meat is soft just like Patin too.

So here are the rest of our lunch meal on my Day 2 in Beijing.








Location map.

January 5, 2018

Forbidden City, Beijing

Never in my wildest dreams that I will step foot in this historical place, The Forbidden City.

Ever since my younger age, I always love watching Chinese Kung Fu movies from series of Once Upon A Time In China, Ip Man up to Tai Chi Hero.

I always admire the structure of the old Chinese empire, and feel amaze how these Forbidden City are earthquake-proof.

This is my once in a life-time opportunity to not just see from outside but able to explore the whole area of this Forbidden City, including the Treasure Gallery and the Clock n Watch Gallery; well except for the Hidden Garden in which I was not even aware of it’s existence until a day after my visited the City.

For 1st timer, visiting this Palace can be quite tricky, finding the place is easy, it is right in the middle of Beijing, however looking for the entrance can take hours, plus all the long queues.  There are at least 2 long queues that you have to go through, 1st one is the Passport verification and another queue is for tickets verification.  So if you have weak legs and travelling with elderly/children, I would advise you to just join a tour group.

I walked a total of 14,495 steps and climb 16 floors on that day.  An achievement for someone who rarely exercise like me.  But I didn't feel tired at all!  Maybe because I was too excited and the weather was so nice and cold on that day.

Yes, I don't mind coming back to Beijing and bring my family along to see all the historital places. Beijing is totally not what I expected, it is a beautiful place to visit, clean, organise, modern, huge and pleasant; well except for the toilets in public place (include shopping malls) really need lots of improvement.

Thank you Beijing for the wonderful memory and the nice blue sky throughout my visit.  Consider yourself extremely lucky if don’t see haze in this part of the world.





Forbidden City (Palace Museum / 故宫)

Admission Fee: CNY 40 (Nov 1 to Mar 31); CNY 60 (Apr 1 to Oct 31)
CNY 10 for the Treasure Gallery; CNY 10 for the Clock and Watch Gallery

Opening Hours: (Closed on Mondays)
8:30 to 16:30 (Nov 1 – Mar 31); tickets not available after 15:30 and last entry at 15:40.
8:30 to 17:00 (Apr 1- Oct 31); tickets not available after 16:00 and last entry at 16:10.

Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 ha.  The Forbidden City limits the daily number of visitors to 80,000, it is recommended that visitors book tickets in advance online at http://gugong.228.com.cn (only Chinese version available). Foreign visitors are required to provide passport numbers and full names when book tickets online. For details, visit http://en.dpm.org.cn/visit/tickets/.  If  you do not have online reservation, please go in the morning, there are usually tickets available in the morning, no guarantee.

December 14, 2017

The Great Wall of China | Juyongguan Pass, Beijing

I managed to squeeze in a few hour excursion to The Great Wall of China, during my trip to Beijing in November 2017.

The weather on the day of my trip was an incredibly fine with clear blue sky and strong cold wind.



I went to the Juyongguan Pass entry point, it is the first pass at the west of the Great Wall of China and the nearest to Beijing capital city pass.  It is also known as "the Impregnable Pass under the Heaven".

My vblog to Juyongguan, Great Wall of China, Beijing..


Here's the access fees and the opening hours; I pay CNY35 for my entry on that day.

Admission Fee
April to October
CNY 45 for adults and children over 3.9 feet (1.2 meters).
November to March
CNY 40 for adults and children over 3.9 feet (1.2 meters).
Opening Hours
April to October
8:00 – 17:00
November to March
8:30 – 16:00
*Free for children less than 3.9 feet (1.2 meters) in height.

November 23, 2017

Beijing 2017 | 1st meal - Seafood

From the airport we straight away go for food hunting, so here's my 1st meal in Beijing. 

At 2 am in the morning and the weather is so cold at 2 degrees Celsius,  the food taste so good!


 
 






Clam. Sweet, sour and spicy, so good.

Prawn, very fresh.
 I don't really like beer, I have tried few beers back home, but this Yanjing Fresh Beer is good, and it does taste refreshing. Goes very well with this bean curd skin cold dish.

In this restaurant, they serve the 'noodle tea', which is the hot water that they use to boiled/cooked the plain noodle (noodle broth). At the 1st sip, it kind of taste weird, but I grew to like it, now I am still thinking and wanting more of the noodle tea :D

What I learn from the local is that Beijing does not have their own produce, what more to say their own seafood, however, most of the major import/export activities take place in Beijing, so basically you can enjoy any type the fresh produce from all over China in Beijing.