Hotpot & shopping

We have been in China for nearly 5 days and minibeanie is still living in the Finnish timezone ;) He poops at 2pm when he usually poops at 7am in Finland; goes to bed at 2am here when his 'usual' time is 8pm in Finland and appears drowsy when we wake him up at 9am in Chengdu to feed him :P

In between minibeanie's feed & naps, here are what we have been up to...

Szechuan Hotpot

Apparently, minibeanie wanted to try!

We'd the yuanyang version - chicken & szechuan pepper (huajiao) soups. That red-hot chili pepper soup would probably make a good torture instrument in antiquity. That stuff is numbing and hot all at once...and it lingers on long after that first sting. It would take an iron stomach and a few loose screws up there to be eating much from that soup. As a (crazy) Finn, DH qualified for the latter; but apparently, an iron stomach he had not, because he paid the price the next morning. "Double spicy," he said.

JinLi Street

Once the commercial heart of the old kingdoms, this ancient street has been fully restored in traditional Sichuan style. Little stalls selling traditional handicrafts and local snacks line the street. It was an enjoyable stroll in the cold winter night. I don't know why exactly but minibeanie caused quite a stir. I don't know if it was the sight of a rather tall laowai pushing a funking looking pram or if it was just how adorable minibeanie was, regardless, we were stopped every few meters by locals gushing, "how cute!" and "what a good boy he is!" Some even wanted to take pictures with him! He had fans ;)


minibeanie is 5 months, 2 weeks & 4 days old