Pingyao

The streets of Pingyao

There were lots of little streets & alleyways that were lovely to wander through. Most of them were lined with 'tat shops' (selling tourist crap) but again we discovered a hidden gem of a food stall that was literally a few plastic chairs on the street with a guy & his wok. In Pingyao one of their local dishes is 'cat ear noodles' which are shaped just a the name implies & actually tasted a bit pasta like. They stir-fried it with lots of fresh tomatoes, veggies & chilli & it was so delicious we ate this dish for 3 days on the trot, sometimes twice a day. And the bonus was it cost us about 2 quid for two massive bowls & a couple of beers!

Our fave chef in Pingyao

So we ate. walked, and ate some more, as outside of the city walls they was not much to see.
We also met a fab couple from Manchester called Danielle & Richard (who weirdly are family friends with one of our good friends who live in Nottingham. It's a small world as they say!) so we had a couple of beers with them too. Well it would have been rude not to ;-)

written by  mich_and_dan_moors on July 10, 2011 from Pingyao, China
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