The Unique Foods of China

A Chinese “Burger”

Day 12 — The Great Wall.

Started the day off right by getting some snacks from 7–11. Rice ball wrapped with seaweed and stuffed with shrimp!

Austin TX — Barbecue

First up — The Salt Lick.

This is actually a pretty popular Austin BBQ joint that I found on the internet. Lots of people are saying it’s one of the top BBQ joints in Austin area!

Hong Kong — Day 1

Started the day off with some nice, cheap bowl of Hong Kong style noodles. A classic broth with some “al dente” noodles and some fish…

Day 11 — First real day in Beijing

We started the day off right with a big bowl of beef noodle soup. A classic chinese dish that honestly works for any…

Day 5 & 6 — Chengdu 2 spicy 4 me

Haven’t had the best internet connection and we need a VPN to actually access most things due to the “Great Firewall”

We started the day 5 by sleeping in until 1pm due to our previous flight delay.

Day 2 — A day of Hong Kong fun

We started the day off right with a traditional Chinese breakfast eaten everywhere — congee. It’s essentially a warm rice…

Day 7 & 8 — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

We started off the “day” with some midnight karaoke actually! We went to a place that was about 500 RMB on a Saturday night (which we later found out was relatively expensive).

The interesting thing is how they do KTV here. Apparently, you have to only spend a…

Day 9 — Shanghai speed touristing

Unfortunately, due to flight cancellations, this was our only full day in Shanghai and we had to make the most of it.

Some pictures