Monday, April 02, 2007
Lazy day
A sunny, windy day.
Today I cycled around the hutongs looking unsuccessfully for the entrance to BJ's underground nuclear bunker built in the free-love days of the 60's when Russia was threatening.
There are no maps at all of the hutongs, so it's a bit tricky.
Then I went to an Indian restuarant for lunch. I have a habit of trying foreign-foreign food wherever I go to see what it's like. I had a papadom (oily, covered with chopped onion and tomato), rogan josh (defintiely lamb - a good sign - slightly tinny tomatoey sauce with heavy ginger overtones. No onion, fresh tomato or other macro-ingredients) and a nan (very good). Along with a couple of Chinese beers - like a light lager. A fiver, which was quite expensive for a fairly posh place down a back alley.
In the afternoon, to a tea-house which served pots of tea and a designed-for-tourists shadow play.
Today I cycled around the hutongs looking unsuccessfully for the entrance to BJ's underground nuclear bunker built in the free-love days of the 60's when Russia was threatening.
There are no maps at all of the hutongs, so it's a bit tricky.
Then I went to an Indian restuarant for lunch. I have a habit of trying foreign-foreign food wherever I go to see what it's like. I had a papadom (oily, covered with chopped onion and tomato), rogan josh (defintiely lamb - a good sign - slightly tinny tomatoey sauce with heavy ginger overtones. No onion, fresh tomato or other macro-ingredients) and a nan (very good). Along with a couple of Chinese beers - like a light lager. A fiver, which was quite expensive for a fairly posh place down a back alley.
In the afternoon, to a tea-house which served pots of tea and a designed-for-tourists shadow play.
# posted by David @ 7:44 am 
