On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:02:50 -0000, "DC." wrote:
>Was it really that bad? did you eat in the street side food stalls? i'm
>interested in Chinese food as well but i've not heard anyone suffer as bad
>as you except those that went outside the cities & travelled in the country.
>There i can understand if you caught a stomach bug & had diarrhoea. Just
>curious... what did you think of Beijing & Shanghainese food compared to the
>ones you get outside China like in the States &/or the UK, typically
>Cantonese style foods.
Totally different, and I ate really well in Beijing and Shanghai.
There are some decent Shanghainese restaurants in New York, but their
food is far inferior to standard Shanghai fare, let alone a fabulous
restaurant like Old Shanghai Moon at the Pujiang Hotel. In Beijing, I
recommend the Li Family Restaurant on a hutong (alley). I had what may
have been the best meal of my life there. But definitely, patronize
cheap dumpling houses and such in both cities as well.
Do be prepared to get diarrhea during part of your trip. My family and
I (4 people) all got it at some point on a 2-week trip to Beijing,
Changchun, and Shanghai last summer. Avoid all fruits and vegetables
that can't be peeled, unless they're cooked or pickled (I may be
wrong, but I thought pickled would be OK and enjoyed pickles very much
while I was in China).
Also, be prepared to get a respiratory infection and bring along a
good remedy, such as a thing that squirts salt water into your nose.
And never drink unboiled tap water or use it for anything except for
bathing and washing clothes.
Michael
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