deep fried..bambo bugs?

(back to China series!)

Since my mom wanted to go see a few sights, we decided to go to PingLo GuZhen, which was about an hour away.


the weather was really hazy that day e_e
though that's pretty much how everyday was like: cloudly, humid and burning hot.


I never expected there to be french, though I must say the facilities are pretty decent there.


Gate of the town. Trying to take pictures on a moving car without manual shutter speed adjustment is pretty hard.


oh what gorgeous chili pepper~
one of the town's specialty exports (for a lack of a better word), others are beef jerky and this tofu thingy which doesn't have an English translation.


All of the buildings are renovated to seem like it's from the ancient times.


That tree is HUGEEE! although this photo doesn't best represent the immense size of it...


Yummy lunch! It was pretty spicy though, but the tofu thingy (not the export one) balances it out nicely.


Left to right: fishes that were caught in directly in the river, BAMBOO BUGS, and pretty sure the last one is shrimp.
They also sold this toy thingy that was like a pitchfork that had two alive bamboo bugs on the two outer prongs e_e



After lunch, we went on one of these bamboo rafts. One'd think we calmly floated down the river admiring scenery, but in reality my cousin, dad and I were playing poker. I won the 2nd round *grin*


Dinner!


Chicken on the left, duck on the right. They were probably the BEST chicken/duck that I've ever had. The meat was so juicy and melt-in-your-mouth *u*
Two whole poultry was gone in less than 5 minutes.


Another one of PingLo's specialty foods, directly translated as milk soup noodles. The name is a little deceiving as there's no dairy products in there. It's just plain noodles in some heavenly pork bone broth.