I have noticed that there are absolutely no rules in the city of Beijing...
1.) People will drive, sleep, and go to the bathroom ANYWHERE. Half of the city smells like urine, we have found makeshift beds in our kitchen when we got there in the morning, and we also found a nice surprise in the dry storeroom one day. Let's just say that someone needed to drop off a load, and it wasn't Raman noodles. DISGUSTING!
2.) I was examined by the Beijing Hygiene Bureau, which could of been the most interesting physicals I have had. There was a line of about three hundred people, in a huge room, and they did every body's business right in front of everyone else! Physicals, blood work, you name it. It was all done in front of the whole building. The most bizarre of them all was, we had to take a stool sample in with us (to make sure we were healthy enough to handle food, etc,). That was not fun in and of itself, but if you were not able to produce a sample to them on that morning, they would make you drop your drawers, and they would get that sample one way or another. It was sick...
3.) I was walking down the street, just after the physical, and started to smell something off. As it got stronger, I notice that there was a van parked on the side of the street, with the sliding door wide open. I looked in the van, and it was piled up to the top with plastic grocery bags of butchered chicken meat. Just sitting on top of one another, no refrigeration, ice, nothing! Then I saw a guy guy jump out of the van with a box full of meat, and he was delivering it to the restaurant across the sidewalk!!! I was blown away!
4.) I have already been to a restaurant that had dog on the menu (pictures to follow). No, Jen I didn't eat it!
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Oh... that is just wrong on so many levels!
Now tell me are they picky with the dog they serve or will any old mutt do?
I could just cry for you. Please come home safe and well!! I bet you are still having a ball. Love getting the news this way.
I am never going to Red China. Ever! God Bless the United States of America. How do they serve dog over there, anyway? Is it like fish but instead of ordering perch, walleye, trout, salmon, etc., you order a St. Bernard, or perhaps a tasty poodle. What side dish is recommended with dog, potato salad? Or perhaps some baked beans. Is the dog cooked on a grill or do they deep fry it to keep in those doggy juices? Is it like chicken where the dog legs and thighs are dark meet while the rest is white meat? Can dog be served on a bun like a hamburger? If so, do those commies have sweaty slaw to help choke that stuff down? Is it like red lobster where you choose a live dog and they cook him up right there for you? I know, I am being insensitive to other peoples culture. But they eat dog! And its not even some wierd cult thing either, but its actually served in restaraunts! Hopefully your pictures will help answer my questions. The most important question being are there really KFC's on every corner? And if so, does the Colonel serve dog? Do they have original recipe and extra crispy dog? In the bad parts of Beijing, do they change the extra crispy over to extra spicy like they do in the United States?
Drew
I don't know Chris, after going through that humiliating physical, eating a little dog sounds pretty tame. I would have gone with a little ratapoochie, some chicken poodle soup, and finished off with a good spot roast.
Maybe the smell wasn't the chicken it was the bag of poop you were carying to the physical. Also if you try the dog and like it you will not be allowed at my house alone with my dog.
This takes Hushpuppies to a whole new level... Send me some jerky.
Jason
I'll volunteer King for your next dish
Thanks Chris For not eating dog. Hope you are having fun and we all miss you at CMU.
Thanks Chris for not eating dog! Hope you are having fun.
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