Published by Swiss James on 28 Jan 2008
Drinking in the snow
Bit of a heavy weekend this one. Sae-Jin, my mate from Korea was visiting; drinking ensued.
On Friday night we ate at a duck restaurant which is so famous it gets a mention in my Chinese text book. Quan Ju De on HuaiHai Lu is one of a chain of restaurants (most of them in Beijing, home of the doomed duck)- and they certainly do a lovely bird.
Since it was raining, however, we couldn’t get a taxi for love nor money (and believe me, we were prepared to offer both) so ended up walking all of the way from the restaurant to the pub- pausing only for a pint of ale and four B52s to keep the cold out.
We spent the rest of the night in the Eager Beaver, and (after a cocktail tour of TMSK, People 7 and Arch) ended up back there again on Saturday night. Learning from mistakes made the previous day though, Craig had thoughtfully provided a selection of hats for the long wait for a taxi.
SaeJin steps in to help a lady in distress
