Food in China

Peking Duck Dinner

The food needs a completely different post. So I am a picky eater, especially with meat and condiments/sauce, and knew that the trip was going to be challenging.  I traveled fully armed with granola and protein bars, and they proved to be very useful.  Most of our meals were served one of two ways - buffet style or family style on a lazy susan.  I tried to be adventurous, but by the end I was sick of eating rice and cabbage (the only two foods I always was comfortable eating) and was very excited when I found pizza at the airport before the flight home.

Then there was the night market and their food.  The night market was right around the corner from the hotel, and they had all kinds of crazy food that was on sticks and still alive.  These sticks had seahorses, scorpions, starfish, etc and when someone ordered a stick, it would be fried on the spot and then given to the customer.  Some of the members of the delegation were adventurous (or crazy) and ate one.  I took pictures from afar and couldn't even get close because there was an awful smell.

Scorpion on a stick anyone?  How about a sea horse?

Buffet at the Luoyang High School

Sweet and Sour Fish - with the head on the plate...