Cristal

4/F, 269 Wujiang Lu, near Maoming Bei Lu; 吴江路269号4楼， 近茂名北路

Now you see meat hanging outside all of the time.  These were on our roof.  I don’t think it’s cold enough to keep meat fresh.

Kelly and Ellie are both from Florida and on an around the world trip.  They work and save up money, then go traveling again!  They are both vegetarian so one night we went to Vegetarian Lifestyle, a Chinese vegetarian restaurant where the food is made to look and taste just like meat.  The “spareribs” were delicious and very real.  So real that Kelly stopped chewing and said, “I think this is meat! It has a bone!” (it was really a radish) and so delicious we ordered seconds!

The food was so good that we’ll probably go back, even though we aren’t vegetarians.  :-)

Melissa and Matt are an American couple who’ve lived in Japan for the past 4 years, teaching English.  They surfed our couch for a few days and we had a great time.  They are traveling around the world on their way home, and have joined the Peace Corp and will most likely be stationed in China next year! We’re hoping to see them again.  We’ve had such great experiences with our Couch Surfers.

This was my first time going to hot pot, which is pretty unbelievable since we’ve lived here for over two years.  It was really good.

We’d agreed to wear pink, blue eyeshadow and pink lipstick in honor of Barbie.  Bonnie went all out with a blond wig and sequined dress!

The cafe looks like a 50s diner.  It’s pretty cool.  Not totally girly.

I really wanted a thick milkshake – most of the time here, they consider it a milkshake if a tablespoon of ice cream is added to milk.  I prefer my milkshakes so thick that the sides of the straw collapse when you try to drink it.  They actually added more ice cream so it was more to my liking.  Nice.

At least five different people asked to have their photo taken with us.  Our waitress asked if we were dressed up because it was someone’s birthday, to which Anna replied YES to right away.  So Bonnie got a cupcake for her “birthday.”  Unfortunately it was probably the worst-tasting cupcake we’d ever had.  The frosting tasted just like margarine – we all tried to eat one bite but couldn’t handle anymore.

The set lunch for 38 RMB didn’t sound too bad – a salad, soup and half a sandwich.  The salad was described as having lots of things like tomatoes and pecans in it, but we could only find half of a cherry tomato.  The rest of the food was very average.

More on the rest of the store to come tomorrow!

Cost = 439 RMB ($64.09 USD)

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