Tuesday, July 19, 2011

告别 / Goodbye Beijing

第三天吃过早饭,按照原计划我们去著名的鲁菜馆“丰泽园”吃午餐。因为爸爸和姑姑都是祖籍山东,对鲁菜有着特殊的感情,所以我们选择了这里。这里最著名的一道菜是扒海参,有两种规格,我们选了368块的那一种。坦白说这里的菜一般般,可能是我和妈妈没有在山东生活过的原因,况且价格贵得惊人,这种地方来一次就够了。但我很喜欢到这里来走一走,姑父是个老北京,对这一带的地形十分熟悉,从他们家到这里很近,根本无须坐车,一路上我们我们看到了还没有拆的老北京四合院,台湾一条街,刘老根的大舞台,前门外大街,为了恢复原貌,还保留了有轨电车的轨道,大栅栏等很多百年老店,姑父还特地介绍了内联升鞋店,据说以前就连皇宫里穿的鞋也是他们做的,那里有师傅现场制作,真材实料,只是我们现在没机会穿这种怪里怪气的鞋了。我再著名的六必居买了10袋酱菜,才10块钱人民币,真是物有所值。
吃过饭稍作休息,我们便踏上了回程,这次的高铁还在武清停靠了一下,好在只用了5分钟,又看到了一个新的车站,也还算不错。

The following day we had our lunch at a famous Shandong Restaurant – 丰泽园。As Father and Aunt are all from that Province originally, they have a special feeling for Shandong Cuisine. The signature dish there was 扒海参 (sea cucumber). It had two different prices, but we ordered the cheaper one, which cost ¥368 (about S$70). Maybe because Mama and I were not from Shandong, we did not fancy the food there so much. As Uncle in law was born and bred in Beijing, he knew A to Z about the place. He brought us through the Hutongs (narrow back alleys in Beijing) to Qianmenwai Dajie. Here they still keep the traditional trolley track. Along the road, we have seen lots of Siheyuan (famous quadrangle courtyard). Many shops on the Street of Dazhalan were more than 100 years old. Uncle-in-law showed us a shoe shop named Neiliansheng and their handmade shoes, It was quite interesting, but we definitely had no chance to wear them. On the way back, I bought some preserved vegetables made by Liubiju, It was only ¥10(S$1.9) for 10 packets. It was cheap and delicious. After the lunch, we headed home, the train stopped in Wuqing unexpectedly. Fortunately it was only 5 minutes and we experienced what a small train station looked like. It’s fun!
 

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