NanJing 1 - Sun-Yat-Sen's Mausoleum

Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, a revolutionist during the Late Qing Dynasty. After the reform, he was named the temporary president of China for a very short period before he gave up the post to Yuan-Shi-Kai and return to be an ordinary doctor. A very legendary man who fight for the freedom of his beloved country and never asked for any repay. And so after he passed away, the Kuo-Min-Tang government built this mausoleum for him in NanJing.

Even the communist President Mao respected him and named him as the pioneer of liberation and revolution. They never tempt his Mausoleum after gaining power even though having different political view. So, its kinda weird to see all those democracy ideology in the biggest communist country in the world.

A very huge scenic area, and we just visit selectively

Already 5000++ in the mausoleum

zzzz....hate the crowd~

Its so crowded that you can't even move freely~

Here is the Mausoleum of the late President Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen

The Tombstone was quite far away from the main building though~

Yeap, you have to climb all the way up to see the main building of the Mausoleum.....

A significant historic relics during the World War Two.... This copper tripod was blasted by the Japanese~

They said NanJing people has irreconcilable relationship with the Japs~ 

Why? More than 100 000 civilians were killed in a massacre!

National, livelihood, and Civil rights（三民主义）~ Thats the basic of Dr. Sun's ideology of democracy in China. Quite an irony to be seen in a communist country though~ ha!

Look at the crowd!!!!

No camera beyond this point~ Behind the statue is the tomb~

So we went in and round the statue as a respect to this great revolutionist in human history.

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Tong-De-Lai 彤德莱

We have a variety of fast food, western fast food to be exact. How often did we ever come across an Asian fast food? Or even better, Chinese style fast food! You can get a vast choice of Chinese fast food cuisine only in China~

Let us continue our JiangNan's journey from where we stop last 2 post. So we traveled from SuZhou to NanJing, as usual by the high speed train. NanJing or in the olden day "JinLin" was the capital city of 6 Dynasties!!! Even the Kuo-Min-Tang's government set their capital city there before they lost to the communist and ran to Taiwan. So it will not be difficult to see alot of great historic buildings and structures here. Perhaps NanJing was more famous from the Lu-Gou-Qiao incidence, during World War Two, where the Japanese killed more than 100 000 innocent civilians. That were some pretty sad and bloody history but we are here today to introduce fast food, so maybe another day~

We reached NanJing quite late, around 8pm, and to make matter worse, the Hotel I booked refused foreigners. What a bummer! In the end, when we finally found another hotel that would take us, it was already 9pm. I guess most of the restaurant would have closed. And then here we were in the middle of the road when we saw this Steamboat Fast Food(pretty weird eh?~good concept though~)

Surrounding was nothing less than an ordinary fast food outlet you can find in Malaysia

A variety of different sauce, and you can actually customized your own sauce based on personal preferences~

I know it might not look appealing but it tasted quite good~

Tomyam with Herbal soup~

Everyone was so exhausted and hungry~

Thin sliced pork

Dumplings~

Whole egg noodles~

seaweed~





Vege





Chicken tip......bad move...no one knows how to eat them~





Mushroom





Yuba





Beef ball with juicy prawns(暴酱牛圆)~ The juice doesn't spit out like what I expected~





Crab Stick





Everyone was very contended~probably due to severe hunger~





The price was acceptable~ It was even quite cheap after you converted back to Ringgit Malaysia~

We spend two nights in NanJing, so please stay tune for more that is going to come up soon~

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全聚德 Quan-Ju-De

It is my 100th post!!! Gosh! Never thought I would sustain so long! Since it is the 100th, I decided to bring forward a specific post in Beijing. Reason? The most expensive meal I ever had, with the most classy and special encounter! They said if you never been to the great wall of China, you are not a hero; if you never tried Beijing's roasted duck, you will regret! (不到长城非好汉，不吃北京烤鸭遗憾)

Beijing is famous with its roasted duck no doubt, but only 2 outlets are able to produce the best roasted duck in Beijing - Quan-Ju-De and Bian-Yi-Fang(described in my previous post)

Here we were, infront of Quan-Ju-De in Wang-Fu-Jin

A fresh roasted duck cost about 280 Ren Min Bi!!!!! In the end we decided to take a set seeing that it doesn't make much of a different ordering the A La Carte~

First course Foie Gras!!!!

It was better than what I thought~ Super acceptable~ Slurp~

Some sort of marinated cucumber?~

A very good appetizer overall, it tasted so uniquely~ totally awesome!

Some sort of cake or dessert~ Straight melt in your mouth. The fragrance was killing good!

Here is the main course!

Awesome to have the chef specifically slicing for you~

Best part of a roasted duck? The skin of course~~~

Put aside the taste and fragrance, which was fantastic of course, the skin was so crispy, and with a layer of fat, it melts in your mouth! OMGOSH~ So sinfully fabulous~

The duck brain~

Err, not my favourite though~

How can we omit the sauce~

Here are the meat~

Together with the very crispy skin, fragrance and well roasted taste, the juciy texture of the duck was really heavenly great~

The crust, with duck and sauce, was quite a good combination~

Gulp......

Stew soup~

Very concentrated and fresh! Just great~

Look at all these ingredient~

Forgotten what its called...but quite nice~

A mixture of roasted meat and some vege~

Vege~

This is the worst part though~

This jug of watermelon juice cost 115 RMB!!!! What a bummer~

Even the fruits was served in such manner~

In the olden day, this wall can only appear in a royal garden~

5 STARS?!

It came with a price apparently~ =.=

We were officially broke after this~ ha!