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One of my favorite restaurants are Korean BBQ places. I can’t resist the rice, sauce, BBQ altogether. That’s why I didn’t wonder why I got fat all the while. The hot coal grill is also a warm retreat versus the nasty cold during winter.

Typically, you need to choose different variety of raw meat (from lamb, karubi beef, harami beef, pork, chicken, squid, ribs). They serve appetizers first (actually a lot, I usually get a bit full with appetizers). If you love kimchi, you will love to eat in Korean restaurants. I get flushed out whenever I eat here, because of SPICY food and the hot coal grill.

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I’m such a big fan of sushi rolls..my usual order is California Maki or Futomaki but lo and behold, the great variety of rolls! Thanks to my friend K, who loves to take a picture of our food, I get to share to you what we tried.

We tried the hyped Hatsune in Beijing, expected to empty our pockets to be full..my friend also saw that in the menu, there’s one piece of sushi, that is offered at 9999rmb! Great scotts! it was said to be with gold dusts! oh my..no thanks!

I’m pretty satisfied with the roll with cream cheese! My favorite!!! Good service, nice ambiance..but steep prices! No can do for students like me, I’ll go try that gold dust sushi when I become a millionaire! Read the rest of this entry »

I miss our cafeteria food in BLCU. Although it might look dirty but it’s cheap and yummy! For students on a budget like myself, my friends and I usually eat in the 2nd floor Cafeteria in BLCU, located near the south entrance gate. It’s always jampacked during lunch hours, but if you get there earlier than 12 noon, you’ll get seats asap. Though we always get there late, we would seat at the first floor (typical canteen food)

We would always choose the two window corner at the right. Ordering rice (0.5 rmb a bowl) then beef and eggs 牛肉鸡蛋 （7rmb a platter), fried pork 炒猪肉 (8 rmb a plate) ， chicken fried rice 鸡蛋炒饭 (4rmb a plate)， thailand chicken 台国鸡 (9 rmb a plate)， thailand fried pork 台国猪肉 (9rmb a plate)， lemon chicken 柠鸡肉 (8 rmb a plate).

When we order, three to four people share 2 orders so we get to save on food! That’s the nice thing about cafeteria. Surprisingly, the food is not bad. It’s actually more sumptous than my own cooking (well, i’m not a pro to judge haha). My only complain, their cooking is rather oily (很油泥）!

We came upon this homey restaurant one night to try out some Western steaks my friends missed. This restaurant is located along a strip of restaurants like Grandma’s Kitchen, near TGIF. We were kind of lost at first but fortunately, found this small place. Before going there, we reserved seats just to make sure. We heard that their steaks are wondrous but I think the price is a bit steep for the quality. I loved the mashed potatoes more!
Their pancakes were so so, but the maple sauce saved them from mediocrity.

Overall, I think the food is just okay. Kind of reminded me of homestyle meal but served it’s purpose since the atmosphere creates that notion. Read the rest of this entry »

Beijing has well known street food often seen anywhere. My favorites are baozi and jiaozi which are almost sold in small restaurant they call Chengdu Xiaozhir shops. Baozi are like starchy bread with stuffings inside while the Jiaozi are dumplings, you usually choose the ones with vegetable stuffings or meat stuffings. When I walk by the small restaurants, I usually see stalls upfront selling those. For about 5 rmb, you get more than 10pcs per pack of Jiaozi. Although they may seem oily, (yes, they are oily for my taste), but they fill my appetite for some quick snack.

But interestingly, I saw some other street food usually sold in high foot traffic sidewalks. Like this…

It’s usually a morning snack. This crunchy snack is quick interesting to look at when being made. Imagine the guy/lady usually pour a scoopful of batter then form a crepe skin…then put a crunchy something inside, plus some egg or la jiang (hot sauce) if you prefer..then wala! A chinese style crepe!

It’s not all they have
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One day, when my friends and I decided to be gluttons for a night, we went to a Japanese restaurant where they have ORDER ALL YOU CAN feast. Since we reserved early, we got to see the sets available for order. You can choose from A, B, C type (68, 78, 98 rmb respectively if it’s still the same). The menu is very clear which you can order if you chose a cheaper set. We wanted to try everything but we only chose the ones we think is worth our money! At first, the service is quite slow but as the orders came in, we filled our stomachs with as much as we could stuff in.

The salmon seems fresh but the downside of this kind of buffet, no desserts! In the end, I was sick of sashimi (ok, just for the night) but I get to finish another round of sukiyaki! Yummy!

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