cheng du. 29 nov - 7 dec. the city of punishing weather, promising Christ lovers and sinfood pleasures.
a trip to to inspire, impart and recover.
within an hr upon arrival, we were at the 麻辣 restaurant. i almost drank the oil thinking it was gravy. our hosts saved me. it was literally oil, spices and things that will kill you. mark loved it, i tolerated it. but we both enjoyed the fellowship, and the catching up (doris and alvin!) after a year.
chengdu is an easy place to get used to. no prejudice in their tone, no colour in their glasses. the cold however, is painful. i learnt that it's not about how much you put on, but what you put on that will keep the chill out from your bones. i also learned:
1. address 服务员 . 小姐 is derogatory
2. address the men as 师傅
3. it's 吃了没／吃了么. 吃饱了吗 means 吃饱没事干
4. taxi is 出租车
小李 (the one in the red vest, below) manages a high end guitar store in 音乐街. we talked, jammed and discussed about music and our favourite musicians. he bought us dinner, beer and wine and we bought a fishman amplifier and a guitar from him.
串烧！we LOVED the roadside bbq. it's all sorts of fat on sticks, marinated fattily and grilled to crispy fatty perfection...they even grill 馒头！ my mrs wants me to put on some meat but ALAS the weather burned off whatever fat i took in. i had oat cereal in the mornings to, erm, not feel so guilty.
beef curry fried rice! and other weird but good stuff
herbal chicken hotpot steamboat...a favourite!
fishman amp we bought from 小李
oat cereal...i actually quite enjoy it
their orchard rd...
thank you alvin and doris!
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