Tuesday, November 21, 2017

GUANGZHOU-ZHANGJIAJIE TRIP 2017# 4

31/8/2017

Early morning walk around the neighbourhood of the hotel...can see the locals enjoying their morning...

Breakfast @ Hongkong style cafe... popular Polo Buns.... and we were given gloves to eat them... 

How can we miss this... our must have Cantonese style Rice Dumplings.... 

All time favourite ...more Beef noodles... yet to find  yummy ones like this in KL. 

After breakfast, its time again to go free and easy.  While the couples still wanted to go shopping for souvenirs for the young ones, the 3  of us decided to go sight-seeing because we saw the hop-on-hop off bus depot outside the hotel.  It costs us each RMB30 only.  It was relaxing to watch as the air-con bus took us around the popular tourist sites, most of which we did not stop until we reached this....  

yes, our Chan Clan Ancestral Hall.... 

watching one of the artist drawing with his bare hands...

the intricate craving still amazes....

including this... its one whole piece of wood and craving within the crab cage too...truly super amazing...

Not forgetting the beautiful stone decorations on top of the halls...each telling their own story. 



the famous giant ink stone... 




one last step... 

Dessert time and afternoon tea at another Hongkong style cafe in Beijing Road..

Big bowl of ice with condiments to cool us 

We went back to the hotel for a quick shower (it was hot weather!)  before our cousins came to pick us up for dinner @ a village restaurant.   They call it the "Wai village".   Food is "cheap"  and I meant the price according to my cousin's friend who booked the tables and food for us... average price around RMB25 per plate! 
I had the chance to witness the chef cooking his signature dish at this restaurant... 

Braised goose with Chinese wine... oen whole bottle of the above wine is used.  The dish is cook in a wok at the table and you watch as the wine quickly caught the fire and flambe the meat..quite a show 

The clear soup for hours of boiling... dried radish with pork bones... yummy.

This was how the dishes were presented... large platters.. roasted duck and the pork ribs were so delicious, falling off the bones!

Specially made by the chef.... the container of sambal chillies knowing that we are Malaysians! 
Obviously the chef himself always frequent Kuala Lumpur. 

So much food that we could not finish..

Looking out of the hotel window, saying goodbye Guangzhou


One last photo of the Tianmen...precious memories..





2 comments:

  1. Goodness! The intricate carvings are so beautiful and always excites me.

    When we always say their Chinese toilets are so filthy and very dirty, they often eat with pre-wrapped utensils using plastic cling-wrap besides the gloves & slippers for guests to wear! A bit of hypocrisy sometimes. Ha-Ha!!

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  2. The craftmanship in this Chan Clan building truly amazing.

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