steveluv Twincharged October 31, 2018 Share October 31, 2018 So, today travelled to China, gonna be a long one, 2 weeks. The trip starts in Foshan. Arrived hotel 9.30pm, tired and hungry Pretty large room ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic October 31, 2018 Share October 31, 2018 Crowne Plaza hotel? How come Foshan and not GuangZhou? Foshan is 45mins away from GuangZhou Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic October 31, 2018 Share October 31, 2018 Crowne Plaza hotel? How come Foshan and not GuangZhou? Foshan is 45mins away from GuangZhou you can tell which hotel it is from a photo? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate4x4 1st Gear October 31, 2018 Share October 31, 2018 Awesome pics! I hope you have a real good meal in that kingly hotel. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic November 1, 2018 Share November 1, 2018 you can tell which hotel it is from a photo?The furniture looks very familiar to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inlinefour Twincharged November 2, 2018 Share November 2, 2018 The furniture looks very familiar to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaseBrain 1st Gear November 2, 2018 Share November 2, 2018 The furniture looks very familiar to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 Its been 3 days, was down with a bad flu and soar throat so each evening got back to hotel early and sleep didn't find time to post here Now in a train from Tai'an city to Wuhan (5hrs 47mins ride). So where were we? Yes Halloween 1st Nov, Went to a nice restaurant serving Teochew porridge On the way to the restaurant Was around 10pm young people dressed up to enter a club for Halloween party The restaurant Chrysanthemum tea Xiao long bao Fried bean curd soup Sliced beef salad Here comes their specialty, porridge, ordered a pork rib porridge So smooth and delicious On the way back passed by a bar strip 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 Crowne Plaza hotel? How come Foshan and not GuangZhou? Foshan is 45mins away from GuangZhou Came Foshan for meetings. This is Intercontinental Foshan Hotel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic November 3, 2018 Share November 3, 2018 Came Foshan for meetings. This is Intercontinental Foshan Hotel.Thanks. All under IHG Group. No wonder looks the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 Morning view from the room in Intercontinental Foshan Breakfast, lots of stuff to choose from A simple breakfast 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 After meeting with local people was brought to a local Hakka restaurant for lunch Hakka cuisine always start with tofu, soft, tender Hakka tofu the best Chicken with salt Egg plant in stone Stuffed vegetables in claypot Black buns 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 More meetings in the afternoon from Foshan to Shunde. Ended up at a Shunde restaurant. Shunde is considered the heart of Cantonese cuisine. Many of cantonese chefs in top restaurants around the world are from Shunde. Video of the front of restaurant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-GsVEI3aqg Many famous people come here to eat Dining room Chicken feet Roast goose Braised pomelo skin Pork knuckle and eggs in black vinegar Seafood wrap No idea what this is some kind of animals from sea sheels Left over condiments used for soup The soup Spicy crabs in pot Morning glory Mantis prawn Peeled Seafood rool Buns 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 Woke up 5am yesterday for 1hr ride to the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport en route Shandong Jinan. Used the Shenzhen Airlines Lounge for breakfast Nice freshly cooked beef noodles 2hrs and 20mins to Jinan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 (edited) Arrived in Jinan (capital city of Shandong province) and took a 1hr 30mins drive to Taishan. Taishan mountain is historically important in China history as it is a mountain the early emperors visited even the first emperor who united China Qin Shi Huang Ti. Anyway I am here for for holiday so went to visit a factory right away arriving at factory about 1pm so went straight for lunch in the factory canteen. Now this don't look like any canteen at all rather its like a restaurant The meal, local Shandong cuisine, really impressed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioLZAtvLA_g Edited November 3, 2018 by steveluv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohto Hypersonic November 3, 2018 Share November 3, 2018 More meetings in the afternoon from Foshan to Shunde. Ended up at a Shunde restaurant. Shunde is considered the heart of Cantonese cuisine. Many of cantonese chefs in top restaurants around the world are from Shunde. Video of the front of restaurant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-GsVEI3aqg Many famous people come here to eat Dining room Chicken feet Roast goose Braised pomelo skin Pork knuckle and eggs in black vinegar Seafood wrap No idea what this is some kind of animals from sea sheels Left over condiments used for soup The soup Spicy crabs in pot Morning glory Mantis prawn Peeled Seafood rool Buns Typical china makan style, many many dishes.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveluv Twincharged November 3, 2018 Author Share November 3, 2018 Checked into a rather strange hotel room in Tai'an last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0chD_2xiXk With the bath tub in the middle, makes me wonder where is the hydro-therapist, lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohto Hypersonic November 3, 2018 Share November 3, 2018 Woke up 5am yesterday for 1hr ride to the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport en route Shandong Jinan. Used the Shenzhen Airlines Lounge for breakfast Nice freshly cooked beef noodles 2hrs and 20mins to Jinan Among the china main airlines, I felt that Shenzhen airlines is the best. China Eastern the worst. ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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