China: Emeishan City and Eats
Szechuan Shredded Chicken
The drive from Leshan Giant Buddha Park to Emeishan City took at least an hour. I didn’t notice much since I was half asleep during the ride and didn’t see much of the way. I noticed that gasoline prices here are very cheap that’s why most transpo here are cheap as well. They said that the government dictates the prices of their commodity that is why as I remember. When I came to, we were entering a small street with eatery at the side. I was told that we were gonna check out this recommended hotel by our van. So we did out of courtesy.
Emeishan Good Eat Street
The hotel’s name was Li Min, and one of the person who accompanied us in the van was part owner of the place so we did check out. Normally, I’m impervious with these kind of things as one is not really obligated to stay on a recommended place as it is a ploy with these transpos sometime. Anyways, I guess I just wanted to rest and eat that’s why we did check in here without even seeing the room. Which is personally a mistake as I didn’t really like the place. Room was just ok, but piping inside the bath is bad and the place isn’t homey. And previously before checking in, they also have this affiliated tour group which was offering a service package for the Emeishan Tour. I told my friend to just hold on to the decision later and let’s just eat first.
Szechuan Bacon Bits
We came into a decision not to take the package later as the only advantage there aside from getting your own bus tickets was the food. It was a ploy for them to sell their food with the given price. That evening, we didn’t eat at their restaurant and decided to eat outside at the food strip. I was excited to taste some authentic Szechuan Cuisines.
Emeishan Mapo Tofu
Szechuan Cuisine originated here in Sichuan Province in China and known for their fiery and numbing taste. The numbness was attributed to Sichuan Peppercorn which I had a pleasure of first tasting in Chongqing. Temperature here in Sichuan averages around 12-16 degree centigrade and could go lower during winter season. So I think it was fitting that people to create such cuisine which will help them keep warm during the cold months.
Emeishan Man made Falls
We were able to order 3 dishes; a Shredded Chicken, Bacon Bits and Mapo Tofu. The Shredded Chicken was my fave. It can be annoying to eat at times since most of the meat have bits of bones, but I soon learned that they cook it that way since the tastiest part of the meat are closest to the bones. The bacon bits was a bit fatty but it was okay and tasty. The Mapo Tofu was a bit of a disappointment. I was expecting more. Anyways, I still have to taste the original Mapo Tofu dish from restaurant where it originally later. As expected, most dishes were spicy, it goes well with a coke soda.
Emeishan City Monument
After dinner, we only got to explore by foot the nearby areas of Emeishan City. Just a walking distance is the Emeishan Monument where you can see a ruby lotus monument with an Heritage site logo inside it. Also nearby are two man made waterfalls. The city got its name from the mountain itself since it is located at the foot of the mountain and is the usual jump off point in the area. Taking a GPS reading, the city is located 464.5m above sea level.
Emei Shan Lotus Monument
We capped the night early since tomorrow would be a long and exciting journey up the mountains and we plan on checking out of the hotel early morning and move to where we were supposed to lodge in.
Local Chinese Ice Cream
I also got to try their local ice cream I don’t know their brand, but its delicious. I know its already cold, but I’m craving for a dessert.
Tags: China, Eats, Emeishan, Food, Sichuan, Sichuan Cuisine, Szechuan, 四川菜, 峨嵋山
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 pm 
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April 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Ahahahaha, local ice cream.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
love the new interface, bai. and the new post on food doesn’t harm even a little bit hahaha. btw, love the deeper saturation of your images. new cam?
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
i love your cam, srsly.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
@ Nina the Evil one: Haha! Wala kasing Creamline sa china eh.
@ Lagal[og]: Thanks! Nah. It’s still the old Oly cam. Didn’t even edit the food pics, just resized the jpgs from cam.
@ Laarni: Thanks! It’s an Olympus!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
ang sarap! una ko pa namang gustong kainin dyan ay ang mapo tofu kaya lang hindi pala masarap. ganda ng Emeishan falls (man made pero parang totoo) at ang monument. sarap magbyahe.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 am
Ganda ng pics
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:40 am
I love the new colors!
Food looks real good!
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:08 am
love the new look ferdz… nakakagutom ang mga pics, hehe. and great nightshots…
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Wonderful night pictures ! I am impressed by the clarity and definition of color. All of a sudden I could care less about the scrumptious food but reveled in the beauty of the pics
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
the Emeishan falls look surreal; the lotus monument looks regal — the photos are so good i didn’t even bother with the food, like bw.
methinks China is really in it to wow the world, and boy, aren’t they doing a good job?
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Oh my goodness… Szechuan food in Sichuan province. What could be a more amazing gastronomical experience than that?
Ang ganda ng manmade waterfalls!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
I like the night shots; especially the man-made fountain! Maganda!
(:
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
food looks delish… i like the new layout…
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Nice new layout !
The food looks delicious albeit indeed fatty !
You really did an exciting trip in China!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
that close-up of szechuan food is just obscene! haha. fantastic photos as always….but i kinda half-expected lara croft to pop up at the lotus monument picture! hehe.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:03 am
great photos again. love the nightshots, very magical. no one in his/her right mind should skip dessert.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:32 am
the food looks hot. and so are your pics. great job again ferdz.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Very nice photos. It captured the beauty of the experience very well.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hi Ferdz, I thought the computer I was using had some problems kasi your blog template is new now..i was just looking the man walking with his backpack.
But when i opened your blog it’s all about mountains…so i was just thinking that there was some technical prob on downloading the pics…new format lang pala.
Totoo ba yang dyamante na yan??????????
April 24th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Mouth watering food in a mystical place, what else can you ask for? Fantastic photos!
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
The pictures look fantastic. The food looks delectable.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
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