September 17, 2011

Hello Sir!


After the cruise we head for lunch and settle for this Peking duck place – though I somewhat guessed it wouldn’t be as nice as the da Dong restaurant in Beijing that we went to. Oh, and it wasn’t! We did check with the waitress that they were still open (it was 9 pm) and they were, but as soon as our first dish arrived, the staff started clearing tables, mopping the floor and then turned the air conditioning off! Yes, they weren’t closed when we asked, but she could have told us they were about to! 

Bitch.

Anyway, after that we wandered around the shopping area for a while and walked down these smaller alleys that had loads of food places (which probably would have been more adventurous and better food than the place wed just eaten in). I had to laugh – as soon as some of the stall holders saw me, they started calling out, in very plumy accents, “Hello Sir!” to which most people stopped their eating and looked at who the ‘Sir’ was, and then started taking photos! I was used to being the centre of attraction by now, but this was a little over the top!

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