2016 Beijing Trip: Meal on board @MAS Airline

24th March flight: KL (6.25 PM) --> Beijing (12.20 AM)
 
Dinner or supper meal served in the flight to Beijing:

• Appetizer: Some corns
• Main course: Chicken and potato in some spicy sauce
• Dessert: Red bean cake
• Hot drinks: Coffee/Tea or fruit juices

And do you spot something? They forgot to serve us bun and I was asking the hubby..what am I going to do with the butter ah?

30th March flight: Beijing (1.30 AM) --> KL (next day 8AM)

Breakfast meal served in the flight back to KL:

• Appetizer: Yoghurt and bun
• Main course: Prawn nasi lemak
• Dessert: Fruits
• Hot drinks: Coffee/Tea or fruit juices

For more information on my Beijing & Chengde itinerary, please checkout the link here.

Man Fu Lou Restaurant in Beijing

Our first meal in Beijing (dun count the hotel buffet breakfast) - is in Man Fu Lou Restaurant.

Man Fu Lou Restaurant

The interior of the restaurant looks typical chinese classy style

What do they served in here?

Steamboat!

Variety of meats like mutton, beef, pork and chicken available for the steamboat! But I dun like the mutton and beef..the smell too strong for my liking and I feel nausea after too much of it..that I tends to eat more veggie after that.

No idea what biscuits is this though...not my cup of tea.

Overall is so-so, probably I too get used to Malaysian style of steamboat. So if you wanted to try a typical Beijing style of steamboat, worth to try this place out.

How to get here?
Address: 38 Di'anmen Nei Dajie (Just north of Jingshan Park, near Houhai)

For more information on my Beijing & Chengde itinerary, please checkout the link here.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing - Located just 38 km from Beijing Capital International Airport at the west second ring road, this stylish new hotel is situated next to the capital’s Business District and prestigious Financial Street.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing

When you arrived at the lobby of the hotel, you will be served with their hot chocolate cookies which is quite yummy..especially when I reached in the early of the morning 2am! Tummy hungry dee since been awake for some while

Let me show you the interior of the room:

Apologies as some photos turn out dark as I was too sleepy dee to take nicer shots since is 3+am that time when I took this and I have wake up at 5am!! -_-"'

If I din pull the blinder down, the toilet glass window is transparent..so can see thru from the room directly

Now let's see the bathroom area

Shower area

Sink Area

Pangsai place :-P

They provide complimentary toothbrush, aromatherapy facial soap bar, body lotion and comb

The bag contains hair dryer

Complimentary aromatherapy shampoo, conditioner and shower gel

Overall, this is a nice hotel and nearby there is McDonalds, mini shopping mall and Starbucks too.

How to get here?

Address:  
168 Guang'anmen Wai Main Street Xicheng District, Beijing, 100055, China  
TEL: +86-10-6338-1888 
FAX: +86-10-6338-1800

For more information on my Beijing & Chengde itinerary, please checkout the link here.

Palace Cuisine @Tiananmen Fangshan Restaurant

What is Imperial or Palace Cuisine?

Any idea what is imperial or palace cuisine? Beijing Imperial Cuisine, or Fangshan in Chinese pronunciation, as the name suggests, consists of dishes once prepared exclusively for the imperial family.

Imperial cuisine originated in the kitchens of the common people. After entering the imperial palace, finer ingredients were chosen, the cooking process became more meticulous and food styles, dinnerware and utensils were given a more "imperial" flair. There was a rigorous selection process for ingredients and careful and attentive preparation, giving the dishes exquisite form. Fangshan Restaurant pays close attention to creating nutritious food, taking the lead in developing new low-fat, low-sugar healthy cuisine, with dishes such as "Assorted Bird Specialties", "Assorted Seafood Specialties", "Assorted Meat Specialties" and "Assorted Vegetables Specialties".

In its former life, Fangshan Restaurant was known as Qing Dynasty's imperial kitchen, preparing meals exclusively for the emperor. There are two locations: 

• one on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square (which is the one I had my palace cuisine) AND
• another under the verandah at Beihai Park. 

Interior inside the restaurant:
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Here you will find some of the authentic imperial cuisine in Beijing. 

Spamming you with some foodies that I had at Fangshan restaurant:
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Not sure what is this though

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4) Simple steam egg

5) Simple stir fry veggies

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How to get here?
Tian-An-Men Fangshan Restaurant
Address: No. 37 Dong Jiao Min Xiang The East of Tian An Men Square Beijing
Tel: (010) 65233105
Fax: (010) 65233106
Post Code: 100006
By bus: Take Bus No. 22, 120, 20, 8, exit at Tiananmen East
Average price per pax: ~RMB100 to ~RMB800 depending on the selections

My personal opinion: It's not really worth the value as the price is quite expensive but the dishes is kinda too simple though to me to be a "imperial cuisine" or maybe my expectation too high?

For more information on my Beijing & Chengde itinerary, please checkout the link here.

8 Days 6 Nights Beijing + Chengde

Finally just got back from my 8 days 6 Nights trip to Beijing and Chengde..feeling so sicklish now with the weather change -_-"'

Anyway, before I forget the itinerary..let me faster blog it up the itinerary.

Food & Hotel:

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Hotel
Day 1 (24-03-16)	-	-	On Board	Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Day 2 (25-03-16)	Hotel	Man Fu Lou Steamboat	Sichuan Cuisine + Face Changing Drama	Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Day 3 (26-03-16)	Hotel		Palace Cuisine	Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Day 4 (27-03-16)	Hotel	Restaurant at Jin Dian Cloisonne Factory	Chengde Stew Cuisine	Chengde Fu Man Jia Hotel
Day 5 (28-03-16)	Hotel	Chengde Cuisine		Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Day 6 (29-03-16)	Hotel	Quanjude Roasted Duck	Yihe Spring Restaurant	Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Day 7 (30-03-16)	Hotel	Japanese Buffet at Matsuko	Hua's Restaurant Delicacy	On Board
Day 6 (31-03-16)	On Board

Day 1: KL --> Beijing (24th March 2016)
Depart 6.25pm and reached next day morning 12.20am

Day 2: Beijing (25th March 2016)

• Tiananmen Square
• Forbidden City
• Beihai Garden
• Traditional courtyard home visit
• Trishaw ride touring the Hutong
• China Kungfu Panda Show

@Tiananmen Square

 

@Forbidden City

 

@Beihai Garden

Day 3: Beijing (26th March 2016)

• Summer Palace
• DIY Shichahai Opera Mask Painting
• Wangfujing Street

@Summer Palace

 

Our couple DIY Opera Mask Painting

Day 4: Beijing --> Chengde (27th March 2016)

• Ming Tomb
• Jade shopping stop
• MuTianYu Great Wall with both way cable car 
• Travel to Chengde

@MuTianYu Great Wall

@MuTianYu Great Wall

Day 5: Chengde --> Beijing (28th March 2016)

• Imperial Summer Palace (include electric car ride)
• Gubei Water Village 
• Travel back to Beijing 

@Imperial Summer Palace

Very nice scenery at Imperial Summer Palace

Day 6: Beijing (29th March 2016)

• Tea shopping stop
• The Temple of Heaven
• Silk Street shopping
• Golden Mask Show
  

@The Temple of Heaven

Day 7: Beijing (30th March 2016)

• Pearl shopping stop
• Magical 3D Trick Art Museum
• Bird's Nest - National Stadium
• Water Cube - Olympic Swimming Pool
• Transfer to airport 

With Beijing Olympics Mascot - nearby of Bird Nest and Water Cube

Day 8: Beijing --> KL (31st March 2016)
Depart 1.30am and reached 7.50am

Mount Usuzan

From Travel-Around-Japan:
Mount Usu ("Usuzan" in Japanese) is a 737-meters-high active volcano, and is located only 3 km south-southeast of the hot spring resort of Lake Toya. 

It is one of most active volcanoes in Japan, then it erupted four times within last 100 years (in 1910, 1944, 1977 and 2000).

You can go up to the top of the mountain with a ropeway, which is on the east slope. 

The boarding point is at the foot of Showa-shinzan.

The hubby waiting to board the gondola

Me in the Usuzan Gondola!

You can checkout more information about the Usuzan Gondola

The view from the gondola:

Spamming more photos of the scenery from Mount Usuzan. You have a view of the Lake Toya, Showa-shinzan, the Pacific Ocean and some craters fuming volcanic smoke.
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How to get to here

By route bus:

About 15 minutes from "Toya-ko Onsen" (the hot spring resort of Lake Toya) to "Showa-shinzan".
We can get the ropeway there.

 

By car:

On the expressway, about 133 km from Sapporo to Date Exit. It takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Then about 10 km to Showa-shinzan.

For the full itinerary of my Hokkaido trip, checkout here.