Down a Side Street
On Sunday, I took a little trip down a side street near Tian An Men* square while Chris was getting his hair cut. I found a whole pile of these lovely folk art pigs, which made me chuckle.
Side alleys seem to be where the real Beijingers hang out, usually chomping down on sticks of odd roasted things, like seahorses, starfish and scorpions. The scorpions seemed to be placed on the stick live, as I saw many struggling against their fate. Really, these vendors must be extremely talented to be able to impale scorpions on thin bamboo sticks without getting stung. Maybe they are harmless scorpions....
You can never start eating meat off of sticks too young in this town.
More pictures here.
*Did you know that Tian An Men means "heaven's peace gate"? Fascinating.
Labels: Beijing
posted by Rebecca @ 9:30 AM
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My friend Grace let her kids (8 and 3) have the scorpions on a stick by Wanfujing and they all swear that they taste like salted potato chips - she had to cut them off!
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