Pandas and Jinli Street

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Day One Plan Head to the Panda Base and walk around take photos. The weather is very hot and humid and certainly pandas will be just hanging in the shade, but it’s a very nice park and near the hotel. After that, food and shopping in Chengdu’s Jinli Ancient Street. First meal in china: SichuanRead more

Last Days in Chengdu: Awesome Beef and Street Food

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Jing and I meet up for lunch at the food court in her shop’s mall. A light pork soup. A favorite of mine: fried pork and scallions. Very delicious. This dish has to be one of the best I have had in china. I had it once last year and it was great, but this timeRead more

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Jinli Street and Wuhou Temple

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Japanese Food in China We head to a Japanese chain restaurant. This is beef ramen. Beef teriyaki kabobs. I have had teriyaki meats many times in the USA… this one really rocked my world. Authentic teriyaki is less sweet, more salty, potent. It coated the beef and transformed its flavor into a whole new experienceRead more

Pandas and Chengdu Nightlife

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Date with a Panda Jing scores some tickets to actually hang out with a panda at the research base. The weather is also more tame, so we decide to spend the day there.       School field trip.   Normally they use the young pandas for this, because they ARE bears and have teethRead more