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| Goodness I hope we don't have fish today! |
After a great day of seeing the city we came back to the hotel to rest before having Beijing Duck, a craving of Pablo’s. I got back did a little blogging in a word document, and then took a brief cat nap. Eager to use my new blow dryer I used it to finish drying my hair. Yep my hair was not dry from my morning shower at 7:30am. Love the new blow dryer! Agh the simple things that make me happy, please don’t read into my vanity!! I also plugged in my rather new US flat iron, into the mini bar area with my one of my handy dandy converters. My most favorite purchase in the last few months, it’s fabulous!! While considering the proper outfit for Beijing Duck, I smelled something burning…rushing to the mini bar, I see the flat iron smoking!! I quickly unplug it, rushing it to the bathroom, afraid that it will set of the fire alarm. After feeling confident that the sprinklers have not been triggered, I started to get upset. Are you kidding me? What does China or the Sofitel for that matter have again my golden locks? I am not happy! Not happy one bit!! One of the metal plates has separated from the plastic area, and you can see where the plastic melted. Ugh! RIP Salon Tech flat iron…
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| Eco Friendly? |
Fuming from my recent loss, I went down stairs to meet the team for dinner. Pablo and Heidi were very sweet about my grieving, and even suggested we could get another one tomorrow. I’m over my fro, it’s really beginning to take on a life of its own, distracting me from enjoying Shanghai. I am not here to see all of the hair care options!
My fuming was abruptly interrupted by our cab ride. Pablo and I sat in the back while Heidi braved the front. We have all been in a crazy cab in SF or Mexico, but they have NOTHING on Shanghai Cabbies. Red lights are merely suggestions. Pedestrians DO NOT have the right away. No need to look behind or in the mirror before changing lanes, they will move. It’s WILD! My fuming turned to all out laughter. Heidi bravely sat in the front chatting it up our cabbie in Mandarin. He gave her great shopping tips, while psychotically weaving in and out of people and cars. We had experience the other side of this on our sightseeing earlier. While crossing the street it is not uncommon for mopeds or buses or cars to go even if you are in their way. Pablo said it was best to stand still, close your eyes, and pray as the masses whizzed around you!!
Despite me thinking we would not arrive in one piece, we did! We were promptly sat and handed a coffee table like picture book, with the word MENU on the top. We flipped through choosing by picture and little description about the item, “Fungus”, meaning sautéed Mushrooms. We decided on beef short ribs, pot sticker, broccoli rabe, Beijing Duck, and of course Tsing Tao. The beverage of choice in Beijing, it’s the Coors Light of China. Dinner was good! The duck came in carved on several plates, crisp duck fat, meat, and meat with duck fat still on it. It is served with a Plum sauce and “tortillas”. The crisp duck fat is bit much to eat alone, but combined with the meat, plum sauce, and tortilla it is good. The short ribs were a bit over cooked, but the broccoli rabe was yummy!
Despite me thinking we would not arrive in one piece, we did! We were promptly sat and handed a coffee table like picture book, with the word MENU on the top. We flipped through choosing by picture and little description about the item, “Fungus”, meaning sautéed Mushrooms. We decided on beef short ribs, pot sticker, broccoli rabe, Beijing Duck, and of course Tsing Tao. The beverage of choice in Beijing, it’s the Coors Light of China. Dinner was good! The duck came in carved on several plates, crisp duck fat, meat, and meat with duck fat still on it. It is served with a Plum sauce and “tortillas”. The crisp duck fat is bit much to eat alone, but combined with the meat, plum sauce, and tortilla it is good. The short ribs were a bit over cooked, but the broccoli rabe was yummy!  |
| I asked for napkins and go tissues! |
Before bed I got online for my first time in China, I get my email, Facebook, and all I need on my phone, but it’s incredible slow plus I wanted to update my blog. This is where I got a little more education on Communism. The government does not allow anyone to access blogs or Facebook or Twitter or YouTube. No seriously!! The People’s Daily, a daily newspaper and the official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) stated on July 9, 2009 that such sites severely violates China’s national interests.
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