I guess this thread can be sort of a travelogue>?
About 3 hours northwest of Beijing is a Buddhist temple, Mianfenshang. My wife and I go to this temple a few times a year.
There are some amazing restaurants on the road to Mianfenshang...
Here are some pics:
Wife, stepson, sister in law and some really good food.. Its some sort of local greens.. could not get a translation what it is... and a chicken stew with tree ears
Tiger loves those bits of tofu