Before I left the hotel for my first day out in Beijing, I had a banana from the fruit bowl that had greeted me in my room when I arrived the night before. On the frozen tundra that was Tiananmen Square, I was dying for something hot. Surprisingly, there were no food vendors on the square. So I did without. In the Forbidden City, I got what turned out to be a very popular treat at Beijing attractions–a (bunless) hot dog on a stick. It was a little funny to see the locals chowing down on these. Later in the afternoon, I went to a Chinese fast food restaurant and happily got an order of “Golden Nuggets”. I’m certainly not going to go to McDonald’s in China. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to enjoy some nuggets! I washed them down with a Mirinda. I looked this up to find that it’s an orange soda originally from Spain but now produced by Pepsi.
China 2015, Day 6: Beijing, Day 1, Part 1
Central Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
I had arrived in Beijing from Shanghai the night before. But in the morning, I felt like I had arrived in Siberia. Because I had arrived at my hotel at nighttime, I didn’t get to see the view out the window until [Read more…]