7th December 2013
December has been a busy month but
we have managed to fit in a few adventures. Not surprisingly several of these
adventures have involved food but not just any food – burgers! While I’m not
overly fond of burgers, I am an amazing girlfriend and I fully support Rory in
his quest to find Beijing’s Best Burger. Yes, that’s right, if it means I have
to go to every western restaurant in the city and eat the delicious food they
have on offer then I am willing to do it, all to make him happy. We’ve only
been here for a few months but I am completely confident that we have completed
our quest and found the best burger in all of Beijing. It’s a cheeseburger but
not your average cheeseburger, this burger is a marvel. We are talking bun,
special sauce, cheese, beef patty, cheese, second beef patty, more cheese, aioli,
bun and not only that but they come with sides and all for the bargain price of
£5!
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| The Brewery |
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| It feels like you're in New York but you're in a hutong in Beijing! |
Our adventures are not only
limited to edible excursions. In fact, with Christmas fast approaching we
decided that a trip to church would help us get in to the spirit of Christmas. Obviously
China isn’t a Christian country so churches are few and far between but we did manage
to find a Catholic church in downtown Beijing so after dusting off our Lonely
Planet guide book we set off in search of some carols.
The church itself was very
impressive and there was a nice mix of westerners and Chinese people, there
were even nuns! I crossed my fingers and hoped we would kick off the service
with a nice rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful or perhaps Oh Holy Night but my
dreams were soon shattered when I realised that it was just a regular Mass and
they don’t sing Carols during Mass! Devastated doesn’t cover the range of
emotions I felt but it was still interesting to see the church and how they do
things in China!
On the way home we walked through
a few busy hutongs which reminded me that even though we can find Christian
churches full of westerners, we are definitely still in China but that’s not a
bad thing. Where else can you buy scorpion on a stick?
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