Tonight I decided to check out Beijing Cuisine, one of six new restaurants erected in a single building this past year. (I previously ate at Olive Garden, another restaurant in the establishment, but my bloggly slackerdom has kept my pictures from you.)
I ordered fried rice with crab meat, and it was delicious.
After I finished I stayed to drink the tea, and then decided to eat a piece of the raw onion you can see here in the back:
I've never been adventurous enough to try eating a chunk of onion straight alone like that before, but I noticed immediately--after the stinging kick, that is--that I was suddenly breathing more freely through my nose than I could remember ever having breathed before.
It was quite amazing.
So, I had two more chunks!
Then I realized I should stop, because my onion-eating skills were still at novice level, and the last piece had a bite that knocked tears into my eyes.
So I downed my tea and left.
My meal of fried rice and crab only cost 7,000 won, or roughly $7, but some items on the menu were as high as 70,000 won (which, by very rough approximation, is almost 70 bucks). Some of their more exotic menu items featured shark fin soup, braised abalone, and sea cucumber.
I ordered fried rice with crab meat, and it was delicious.
After I finished I stayed to drink the tea, and then decided to eat a piece of the raw onion you can see here in the back:
I've never been adventurous enough to try eating a chunk of onion straight alone like that before, but I noticed immediately--after the stinging kick, that is--that I was suddenly breathing more freely through my nose than I could remember ever having breathed before.
It was quite amazing.
So, I had two more chunks!
Then I realized I should stop, because my onion-eating skills were still at novice level, and the last piece had a bite that knocked tears into my eyes.
So I downed my tea and left.
My meal of fried rice and crab only cost 7,000 won, or roughly $7, but some items on the menu were as high as 70,000 won (which, by very rough approximation, is almost 70 bucks). Some of their more exotic menu items featured shark fin soup, braised abalone, and sea cucumber.
