This is bloody brilliant
Bread Talk is now my new favourite bakery after coming up with this gem of a pastry “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Bacon”. Amazing.
Eyelid Stickers
My local Watsons stocks many varieties of eyelid stickers. That’s right. Eyelid Stickers. Their use you ask? To turn your “single” eyelids into beautiful “double” eyelids ofcourse! Ok so since I already have “double” eyelids I refrained from purchasing any (I don’t exactly want triple eyelids now do I..or do I?) but if any of … Read more
Beijing Capital Museum
Last weekend I went to the Capital Museum with my cous to check out some Beijing related exhibitions. I especially enjoyed the exhibit about “old” Beijing, elaborating on life in the hutongs and customs but it wasn’t without it’s fair share of freaky wax figures. The image of the various traditional haircuts for boys is … Read more
Subway Pt 2
Subway provided some signage gold today! Today being Thursday, the sub-of-the-day was the good ol’ SAUSAGE SUB. (what is this?) For further reason to doubt the legality of this sausage sub, one has to cast a keen eye on the “photo” of the sub in question. Studied carefully, one can see that someone with rather … Read more
Subway Pt 1
Subway has become somewhat of a daily haunt recently, however today I was particularly pleased to be greeted with this sign on the door. It reads: “This door has been bad. Please use side door”. Naughty door! Time for you to stand on the naughty step with all the other bad doors.
High School Musical: China World Premiere
So I was walking through Sanlitun village on my way to the bus stop after work as per usual, when I saw a massive crowd gathered in the central courtyard around the entrance of a hall decked out to look like a gym, and blasting out high school musical songs…basically: W.T.F?!?! Naturally I just waltzed … Read more
Bi Shu Shan Zhuang
On the last weekend of July (my how time flies!) I went with my cous to Bi Shu Shan Zhuang (a.k.a. Imperial Summer Villa) in Cheng De, which is about 3 hours drive from Beijing. As expected from a UNESCO heritage site it was beautiful! Saw lots of monasteries and also the quarters for the emperors of … Read more
Pejoy Cheese
I bought some Pejoy biscuit sticks filled with cheese cake flavoured cream. It’s lush. I especially enjoyed the little poem on the front of the packaging to let me know what I’m in for: “Soft and smooth, like bathing in the sun on the Aegean Sea, is the taste from the Greek cheese myth” Holy … Read more
Little Totoro!
Awww ain’t he so cuuute! >.< Picked him up from Nan Luo Gu Xiang, which used to be an ordinary hu tong a few years ago but is now a trendy lil place full quirky little shops and restaurants. Food was amazing too. Check out little tot with his big bros after the break!
The Western Supermarket: “Market Place”
Having divulged in the horror stories surrounding the local convenience store, I now shop at, what I call, “the western supermarket” at Sanlitun village, next to the diplomatic compound where I work. It’s like an even posher more expensive version of Waitrose, basically. One enters to gleaming shelves of flawless fruit and vegetables all paired … Read more
