廣西省 (Guangxi province), China

It was such a fine day that the plane flew over Guangxi province that I could see the spectacular hills.  

Tai Koo Lane, Chengdu, China

This place looks quite familiar to me as I have seen Temple House (Tai Koo hotel with its first renowned hotel Upper House in Admiralty), Jade Garden and the name Tai Koo Lane.

南堂館 (Nantang Resturant), Chengdu, China

The deco. of this place looks quite Shanghai style, but it's a local Sze Chuan cuisine.  It was quite refreshing for having a light sweet soup of goji berries and snow fungus.  We ordered bean curd with truffle casserole, boiled choy sum and a spicy and sour fish filet.  At first, I thought the bean curd was just with a few slices of truffle, instead of blending it in the bean curd.  The truffle flavour was too overwhelming.  The choy sum should be trimmed for a better serving.  The spicy fish filet was a bit too spicy, but not the pepper aroma.

寬窄巷子 (Wide & Narrow Alleys), Chengdu, China

成都熊貓基地 (Chengdu Panda research centre)

Panda Express #3

Deluxe Suite, Fraser Suites Chengdu

It's a bit interesting to see either the room is big or small, there are too many stuff in the room making it a bit awkward.

A country of bamboo

Panda Express #2

柴門頭啖湯 [Bavindoor (first sip) soup], Yanlord Landmark mall, Chengdu, China

The shop was very near to the hotel I stayed.  The waitress was very kind to explain the menu pages and let us take time to check for the dishes.  So we ordered a guard leaves in chilled soy sauce, Ma Po bean curd, roasted duck in Sze Chuan spicy sauce. double boiled pear with pork, Dan Dan noodle and a steamed bun with chopped veggie and dried bean curd.  A bit interesting that all the dishes weren't that heavily seasoned but rather in an intrigue pepper flavour.  Very different from those we had in HK and other Asian places.  The closer one is the Kiki restaurant of Taipei.  Another delight was the peanuts.  It was surprisingly good and well deserving as 天府花生 (heaven residence peanuts).  The meal was so nice that I came back for a second visit before leaving Chengdu.

Down town, Chengdu, China