Today we're going to have a special dinner. It was organised by Peter. Peter was another AIESECer we have back in Auckland. He's in Beijing now visiting friends and family, and of course, a perfect chance for us to meet up again. Tonight he's taking us to this roast duck restaurant near Qianmen, he's been there with his family and highly recommend us to go there.
Finally saw Peter, at last. It's been a few weeks since he arrived in Beijing (actually he arrived at the same day as us, the 15th November). Peter still looks the same, still VERY smiley, still very happy, still very funny. As soon as we saw him, we all noticed the shinny jacket that he's wearing. It's a very Chinese thing! The down feather jackets here are mostly the shinny ones (in trend this winter), haha, and Peter pulled it off really well!!
The restaurant is well off the main streets. We walked about for at least 20 minutes before we finally arrived at the restaurant. It's just normal looking, no fancy decorations, doesn't look any particular good or inviting. BUT!!! wakakakaka, this is probably one of the happiest and best dinner we all had. We ordered 2 Beijing roast ducks (with the rice wrappers and vegies and sauce), vegies, pumpkin chicken, black pepper beef, some special chicken, duck bones (in special flavour), duck soup, many drinks, dessert and etc (can't remember, lol). Guess how much in came in total? 40RMB per person!!! There were 8 of us together tonight, Peter, Jordan, Jian, Josi, Gab, Xiaofang, Wilson and me. We were so full after dinner! It's unbelievable! I remember the roast duck I had at Liqun with my other friends were 198RMB per duck. But at this restaurant, it's only 48RMB!!! How unbelievable?! the quality and taste are definitely up in the rank too!!! Wooohooo!!! found an awesome dinner place~
After dinner Jian, Xiaofang, Wilson and Gab took the cab home. Peter, Jordan, Josi and I started walking slowly back to Qianmen for bus and subway. You know what? If anyone want to take a walk at the night, to relax, to chat, to hang out, to date, to see something amazing, you must come to Qianmen. The street at Qianmen just like in a movie. I don't know where else you'll be able to find something like this. The street lamps are all shaped in ancient Chinese designs. The lamps were fixed about 2m tall and shimmering weak white lights, this gives off a mysterious and art-like effect to all the buildings around. The misty winter night in Beijing adds the extra bit of mystery to Qianmen. It's like in a movie, in ancient China, like in an emperor-led dynasty. Quiet, calm, mysterious.
Really recommend people in Beijing to walk in Qianmen at night. Especially after all the shops are closed. It's just unblievable. (I purposely didn't use flash, so it adds the mysterious feel to the photo by adding a little blur up to the photo)
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