As Jam was down with diarrhea, I went out for lunch with his friend. Although his friend was suffering from diarrhea too, his condition was not as serious as Jam. On the way, we decided to buy Jam some bread.
We came across this bread shop.
See the chairs dangling from the ceiling? I thought that was quite unique, although I have seen these swing chairs before from some blogs.
After buying some bread, we had lunch at this restaurant nearby. Anyone knows what is this shop called? I don't know how to read those Mandarin words!
They served only claypot rice.
Rice with pickled vegetables and meat. I think the pickled vegetables can be found in the rice noodles I ate in Guilin too. Probably these are staple food in small towns and villages.
After lunch, we passed by a shop selling wine containers and decided to take some photos.
Honestly, it was my first time seeing these wine containers!
They also have transparent containers. Not sure what these containers were made of!
We passed by a small supermarket called 99 Supermarket and decided to go in and have a look. I wonder if it has any connection with 99 Speedmart stores found in Malaysia?
The prices there was indeed low! How did I know? Well, I bought these two bottles of their famous tea for 1.70 yuan per bottle.
I found out that other shops along the same street were selling these drinks at 3 yuan per bottle. One shop even sold it at 4 yuan! What, they think we tourists are dumb?
When I told the boss that the 99 Supermarket down the street was selling it at 1.70 yuan, he did not look too pleased. Oh, come on, I really don't care whether you are pleased or not, I am not obliged to buy from you especially if you are selling at that kind of price!
By the way, I like the drink a lot! It was a mixture of sweet and sour in taste.
Hmm, wonder if the pictures of the models on these bottles are some famous stars in China? Anyone knows? I don't follow Chinese stars, only Hong Kong TVB stars, haha!
When we returned to our hostel, I rested for a while in my room before embarking on my solo adventure trip to Xingping's fishing village.
To be continued ...
FIRST COMMENTER
wow lots of fun watching the pots
would love to try those claypot rice! it looked so appetizing to me right now. the chinese signboard wrote "Feng Wei Claypot Rice". don't really know how to explain what Feng Wei meant. :p
Wah, swinging on a "buai" while eating. :)
wah.. u still remember every detail in your trip wor..
so geng one..
I am too late!!! T____T
Waaa 1.70yuan and 4yuan is not like a few different! It is alot! Crazy people!!
The wine containers look nice... the first one actually looked like a fondue pot :P. TO me that is haha.
The models on the bottled drink look like Taiwan artiste... of course I don't know I don't watch Chinese shows :P.
The swing chairs look so nice... so sweet... but a fat one can't sit on it then... else the ceiling start crumbling down @.@ Dang means I can't sit on it...
Oooh the lamp in the hostel room looks nice :P. Though I don't really like the lamp shade.
they have lovely plastic bottles..
hey, really authentic in this town.. reminded me of those wong fei hoong movies, the wine jugs where they drunk themselves with! :)
waaa the rice looked really really yummy leh but they didnt give chilis hor...otherwise....sourish from the pickled vege, the chili, the meat...waaa....drooling oredi...hahaa.....
Tourists are always at the mercy of the locals when it comes to buying and selling.
In tourist districts, it is often for stallholders to have a mini price-fixing cartel, so everyone earns alot. $_$
Aiyo... can't you just say the name of Jam's friend? So secretive...
The transparent containers are probably used for snake-and-scorpion wine, LOL...
did u try on the swinging chair? :P
'feng wei' means...good taste!
really amazing place. thanks for sharing us the photos.
Not lost yet? Haha.
Ah Foong,
What an adventure. The first one - the restaurant : I thought many restaurant over there are dirty. But this one is clean. Very clean indeed (judging from your photo) I really love their creativity by putting the SWING as chairs. But won't it be hard to stabilize yourself while eating? Hahaha
Second - the Chinese signboard. Uh? You mean you don't know how to read mandarin? I thought you are a Chinese? Or maybe you are a Cantonese. Will be glad if you can furnish me on this. Hahaha
Third - container? I think it is a pot or jar for wine. The transparent ones are beautiful.
All in all, the trip is very interesting.
The claypot is overflowing with veggies and meat. Does it taste good?
haha i cant read mandarin too.. =P
and the wine containers are so dusty!!
i also dont know the girls on the bottles.. haha.. =D
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I like the dangling chairs. I didn't expect that you could find something so artistic in China!
the claypot pot looks like mine....nice reading ur trip journal. but the place u went is so 'ulu' leh....
Wow such cheap drinks! Did you buy some back? LOL I bet not huh, as they're heavy!
Oh btw, regarding those hanging chairs, they look a bit flimsy to me! I wonder if they will withstand the weight of heavy people! *LOL*
wow....so nice. the rice with pickled vegetables and meat make feel super hungry...is the taste good?
I so missed joining you people walking on the street of Xingping. The only place I want to be back then was near to toilet. Poor me!
Foong, I think I will stick to Redang. It is going to be 5 nights Siam Riep and 4 nights Redang/Perhentian. What do you think?
Year end I am going to KK. I know you had just came back from KK in June, but I won't mind if you want to join me, haha!
FYI, Jam's friend's name is ram!
LOL! at KhengSiong's comment on you being so secretive. It's really getting on to him..
The claypot rice with the pickled vegetables look appetising. You didn't try it?
Sweet and sour bottled drinks? Must be thirst-quenching when chilled.
The swings chairs....hmm - great idea but are they secure you think?
Okay, now we know Jam's friend's name.
iamagine having hot claypot rice in a cool weather...that's heaven!!
Btw, I've added u to my blogroll.
This bread shop looks like the one we have in Malaysia except for the dangling chairs of course. :p
I wonder if the chairs are safe or not. Haha :D
Ouh...the restaurant name is mandarin if translated directly is "wind fragrance claypot rice"? :p I'm not sure.
Their claypot rice is so different from the ones we have here. Theirs are so...sumptuous and the portion is so "mountaneous". :D
Haha :D Well...thank goodness you guys visited the correct store aye. Some of them just wanna earn money from you guys. They are tourist-blood sucker!
Gonna wait for your lonely trip to the fishing village. :P have a nice day foong.
that claypot rice is something new to me. i haven't tasted anything like that when i was in china.
those models on the labels look familiar but unfortunately i don't know the names.
the dangling chairs are pretty unique indeed. have a wonderful week Fong.
Wonder why they are down with diarrhea
Hi! Thanks for dropping by my blog. Those swing chair --- Hmmm, can be quite a feat while eating. But may prove romantic too, swinging and eating or even feeding each other. Sigh!
those swinging chairs look so not safe to me.. i dare not sit on them!!
or actually i should say, those chair will not be able to take my weight!! i'm too fat for them.. haha!!
wow!! yummy yummy claypot rice!! i just had a muffin for lunch, now am so hungry!!
OMG, the portion of the rice is so huge!! see, the ingredients are all seem to spill out of the pot!!
why isn't the 99 Supermarket selling everything at 99 cents?? haha..
hmmm, i don't know if they have paid for the loyality for using the artist's photo.. most of the chinese products don't..
the name of the drinks are actually very funny.. Wa Ha Ha!! so not professional, hahaha :D
so, you still haven't tell us about getting LOST in xingping yet..
Hi Foong! :)
Did the 99 Supermarket look similar to our Speedmart? ;)
Anyway I don like the speedmart here la, I mean nothing much oso...just the usual groceries and what not he he.. :)
Wah so many things u guys did on ur vakasi eh? How many days again u were there??
u r smart to get a good bargain
Looks like 99 is a favourite number!
Hi Foong! I've seen these swing chairs somewhere here..but i'm not sure in which restaurant :-D
i oso don't follow Chinese stars!
hehe did you try the swing?
Xingping is beautiful! Thanks for the tour. It's like I tagged along with you just by reading your post. Nice shots too!
How fascinating as usual.I love those wine containers the most. I hope Jam feels better!
You didn't order the meat version of the claypot rice? Tastier leh.
You're right, the locals know you are tourist from the way you speak and dress and they definitely will 'slaughter' you when it comes to making purchases from them.
LOL. 1.70 yuan not cheap enough?!!! aiks.
cheahs@n, well, it was quite fun : )
levian, thanks for the translation! : )
lina, no I didn't sit on that swing chair. That is in the bread shop. The place where I ate my lunch was at another shop nearby.
dolly, I have everything written down! : )
ladyviral, yes it's a big difference in price although if convert to ringgit, no too bad lah! Haha!
The wine container looks like a fondue pot? Haha! You must be hungry!
The models look like Taiwanese artists? Maybe...
I think the swing chair won't fall down so easily. Haha! Unless you are really really heavy : )
wenn, not sure if that's plastics or glass!
reanaclaire, wong fei hoong? Haha! You watched too much movies! : )
manglish, no chillis provided, haha!
shingo T, well I am glad I bought it at the cheapest price I could find : )
khengsiong, I can reveal the name but I don't think Jam's friend will allow it. Haha!
The transparent container for snake and scorpion wine? Haha! Wait, you might be right! : )
xin, no didn't sit on that chair! I should have sat on it, shouldn't I? Oh, regretting it now! : (
Thanks for the translation! : )
lawstude, sure, no problem. It's an amazing place indeed : )
day-dreamer, will be getting lost soon : )
willie, not sure about the swinging chair cos did not sit on it! : (
I am a Chinese but I am a banana Chinese, ie. don't know Mandarin! I know Cantonese though that's why I watch lots of Hong Kong TVB series! haha!
OK, container, pot, jar - whatever, they all mean the same thing : )
mei teng, that depends whether you are hungry or not. If hungry, it tastes great! If not hungry, just OK only : )
kenwooi, you are a banana too? Welcome to the club! Haha!
You don't know the girls on the bottles? It's a boy and a girl, actually : )
ai shiang, I didn't expect it too! : )
vialentino, that's why so ulu I want to go lah! What for go modern places like KL? Can see it in KL already! Haha! Unless go more modern than KL like Shanghai : )
iamthewitch, no didn't buy any back! Would have bought if that was the last day of our trip!
I don't know if those dangling chairs will withstand heavy people. Most of the people I saw in Xingping were slim! Haha : )
gabriel, it tasted OK to me : )
jam, yeah if you didn't have food poisoning, you would have seen more things there!
Stick to Redang? Now 5 days only in Siem Reap? Why reduce by 1 day? And add 1 more day in Redang? Redang and Perhentian? I'll have to think about this!
Don't think I will be joining you in KK this year end. Have a nice trip! : )
jam, his name is Ram? Since when? And why does it rhyme with yours? Haha!
happysurfer, haha yeah I think Khengsiong cannot take it anymore! LOL!
Yes, I ate that claypot rice for my lunch and it was OK : )
Yeah, the drink is nice especially when chilled. Not sure how secure the dangling chairs are! Should be quite secure unless you are really heavy, I think! LOL!
No, we still don't know the name of Jam's friend. It's not Ram. Hahaha! Sorry Jam! : )
chrisau, thanks for adding me to your blogroll. Do you want me to add you to my blogroll too? : )
tekkaus, yes it's more or less similar to our breadshops except for the dangling chairs : )
Thanks for the translation! : )
The claypot rice portion is bigger, yes.
Part 3 coming out soon : )
life ramblings, I guess you should try it next time you happen to go China!
The models look familiar? I thought so too! Wonder they are Chinese or Taiwanese artists!
borneo falcon, oh you missed my previous post where I mentioned why they were down with diarrhea! Food poisoning from the Yulong River lunch! : )
asha letha, not sure if it's romantic to be eating on that swinging chair - may prove to be a distraction! LOL!
SK, haha! I think you better not try sit on those dangling chairs!
Just a muffin for lunch? Are you on a diet? Muffin makes for very bad diet food you know! A piece of fruit is more like it! Haha!
Yeah, the portion is quite huge - so I'm sure you'll like it? : )
Don't know why it's called 99 Supermarket! Yeah, should sell everything at 99 cents! or 0.99 yuan! Definitely not 9.9 yuan or 99 yuan! LOL!
What's the name of the drinks? Please translate for me!
Part 3 coming up soon! : )
mariuca, something like Speedmart. Selling basic grocery items.
We were in China for 10 days. Enough time for many adventures! Haha!
bengbeng, well we have to be smart travelers right? : )
pete, yeah looks like it! : )
monica, really? I haven't seen such chairs here before! Can't remember which restaurant?
You don't watch Chinese shows or at least HK TVB dramas? : )
ayie, that's the thing! I wonder why I didn't try the swing! Maybe not in the right frame of mind thinking what bread to buy for Jam, so totally forgot sitting on it!
beng gee, glad you like this post! : )
health nut wannabee mom, yeah those wine containers are nice. And yes, Jam was OK the following day - thanks! : )
eastcoastlife, there's only one version of the claypot rice and it contains both meat and vegetables.
Yeah, they like to slaughter tourists! : )
J2Kfm, well I was just trying to compare the prices at different shops there : )
Hello first time slipping by, very nice and properly arranged blog with detailed explanation and wow no joke you took all the trouble to reply to each and every one. I salute you. Saw a couple of new bananaz friends including you, welcome to the BananazPeople Club. Slip by for a visit and kindly drop a peel or two. TQ
bananaz, hi thanks for dropping by! Will drop by your blog soon! And yes I'm a banana! LOL!
Wow...you got a very popular blog! Congrats!
The rice with the pickled vegetable looks so yum...I wish I could have some...
eh what's wrong with the pics? i can't see
oh i can see now :)
the claypot meal looks tempting!
jeannie, thanks! : )
faisal, yeah it's a nice meal! : )