http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=3365 Alternating between brilliance and ridiculousness... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:32:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=3365&cpage=1#comment-106024 Dave Fri, 09 May 2008 15:05:38 +0000 http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=3365#comment-106024 The best restaurants in town are well known at this point and tables are extremely hard to come by, with lines sometimes reaching a hundred winding down the block, or needing reservations weeks in advance. I was told reservations for the Olympic weeks are already full at most of the top restaurants. Last week, I was lucky enough to eat at #5 on this list, Xian Lao Man. You have to order dumplings in 10's, and at roughly 50 cents per 10, we ordered 6 different types. A liter of Tsintao beer was 50 cents as well. Drunk and stuffed, it was one of the best meals of the trip. Hard to remember what exactly we ordered, but I do remember the Chinese Cabbage and Peanut dumplings, the beef and zucchini dumplings, and the Corriander Lamb dumplings as being especially delicious. Total meal, $4.50 ish. And the waitress refuses tips. If found with cash on her, her boss accuses her of stealing, and she'd be fired. Only in China, folks! The best restaurants in town are well known at this point and tables are extremely hard to come by, with lines sometimes reaching a hundred winding down the block, or needing reservations weeks in advance. I was told reservations for the Olympic weeks are already full at most of the top restaurants. Last week, I was lucky enough to eat at #5 on this list, Xian Lao Man. You have to order dumplings in 10′s, and at roughly 50 cents per 10, we ordered 6 different types. A liter of Tsintao beer was 50 cents as well. Drunk and stuffed, it was one of the best meals of the trip. Hard to remember what exactly we ordered, but I do remember the Chinese Cabbage and Peanut dumplings, the beef and zucchini dumplings, and the Corriander Lamb dumplings as being especially delicious. Total meal, $4.50 ish. And the waitress refuses tips. If found with cash on her, her boss accuses her of stealing, and she’d be fired. Only in China, folks!

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