This will be a long thread and I'll start out with just a few of some of the amazing meals I had and some stories behind them. Just got back to LAX today and Nostatic picked me up. Less than 10 seconds after he opened his trunk for my luggage, a super *****head of a traffic cop gave him (me) a ticket with no chance to move the car. Anyhoo, good to be back to warm weather.
This was on the first night in Nanjing at a pretty dingy place. I can't remember what everything was, but it was all good and dirt cheap.
This is breakfast on the street in Nanjing. A whopping 2 RMB or around $.32 for a sort of burrito with an egg, a fried breadstick, some chili paste, seaweed, bean sprouts and jalepenos. I had this several times.
Northern style hot pot with the in-laws.
I ate countless versions of this lamb skewer with cumin and crushed chili peppers. Just amazing stuff. This one was probably the best thing I had the whole trip. Just sinfully delicious and addictive as heroin.
This one belongs in the before and after thread. Here's the way before.
Here's a chef bringing our dinner into the kitchen through the dining room.
Had to walk through the slaughter room on the way to the toilet.
And the after photos.
The bright red dish is the blood, which my father-in-law really likes in the stew. I didn't bother trying it.
More to come...