More Qianmen and Dashalan Last weekend when I visited Beijing I stayed in the Qianmen area at the same hostel as the previous visit. Staff is good, it is accessible, the price for winter accommodation is right and the surroundings are interesting. It was a bit far from my intended destinations but I was prepared […]
Qianmen and Dashalan Streets Qianmen Street was a famous commercial area 600 years ago as was Dashalan Street running off it at right angles. Qianmen was renovated in recent times. I remember teetering on makeshift walkways and trying not to sink into damp cement as I walked through Dashalan West during its renovation phase about […]
More on food and the hostel I returned and bought some more of the corn pancake biscuit and asked to take some photos. I also found a couple more food ones from Saturday. This is one of the two revolving hot plates. The mass of yellow is the mixture being levelled by the upside down […]