Xiamen, China Buildings And Dinner At Traditional Chinese Restaurant

Travel Period: December 2019
Destination: Xiamen, Fujian, China

On my last day in Xiamen, I determined to do a chunk of joyriding in the neighborhood bus transportation of Xiamen. My end destination is the enterprise a part of Xiamen in which the cutting-edge and tall homes congregate. The bus turned into genuinely the pleasant, simplest and most inexpensive manner to navigate and spot Xiamen.

At the commercial enterprise district, I stopped at Xidi Street, also known as the Coffee Street for a few coffee and inexperienced tea cheesecake. Here is my put up: Xiamen - Checking out Xidi Coffee Street

I additionally explored the surroundings of Yundang Lake on foot and stuck sight of the famous Bailuzhou Park that's an island on Yundang Lake among Hubin North and Hubin South roads. I much like, particularly, walking round and seeing as a good deal of the neighborhood each day existence scenes.

When it started out to get darkish, I took the bus lower back to Siming. I even have memorized the quantity of the bus that goes lower back to Zhongshan Street, but to make certain I struck a communique with a neighborhood, even though I am 90% certain the neighborhood I am going to invite does now not speak English. But I become organized besides.

So I approached this younger guy in his early thirties on the bus forestall. He smiled at me after I walked to him and stated in Chinese, "Bus Zhongshan Lu?" and pointing to my map the place of Zhongshan. He speedy understood and advised me in damaged English that he's additionally taking the equal bus. Ah, fortunate me hehe. Bus fares in Xiamen are reasonably-priced. They have been going at 1 Yuan for one-manner within the town (back in cease 2019).

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All motorcycles in Xiamen are all electric powered powered.

The (accurate) bus arrived and the young Chinese guy advised me to get at the bus. I climbed in and deposited my 1 Yuan at the money box and got seated close to the motive force. He observed fit and sat in the back of me. It became round nightfall, perhaps 18:00 some thing and it was the height visitors hours in Xiamen.

For a short distance, the adventure took pretty a while. The bus changed into going sluggish which I did not clearly mind in any respect due to the fact I become sightseeing. I appearance back to the Chinese guy and he become sitting silently engrossed with his cellular telephone. He seemed to be aware about me checking him out and he appeared up and gave me a short nod, as if reassuring me that our stop has no longer arrived but.

Passengers got here and went, and so have been the purple and green lights, despite the fact that we had greater of the pink lighting during the bus trip. All of a sudden the Chinese man stood up and as if on cue I readied myself. He gestured to me that our forestall is the following one. When we alighted from the bus, he advised me to observe him, so I did. Very obediently, I followed him via more than one streets after which on the next flip, I saw the acquainted lights of Zhongshan Lu. I stopped him and thanked him and informed him I am okay and we are able to part approaches.

As I walked on Zhongshan Street, I felt pretty satisfied to be helped via a stranger.

Pictures of Siming area.

This is in Dongdu region (close to the ferry station) where I were given off from the bus.

Moi at the Hubin North Road, trying to find my manner to the Yundang Lake and Xidi Street.

North Hubin Road in Xiamen.

Old and new building.

So again in downtown Zhongshan, I became searching out a eating place. It is my remaining dinner in the town so I need to spend it in a eating place. No avenue food. I need to take a seat down and devour and order some proper Chinese meal. I turned into in fact craving for vegetables veggies.

On the nook of Zhongshan and one in all the street crossings before attaining Xinhua Road, I determined this conventional Chinese restaurant. Everything is Chinese so I don't have any clue at the call of the eating place. It attracted me so I decided to move inner and take a table.

All the interior fixtures had been traditionally Chinese which I liked loads, however, the eating place became an eclectic blend of antique and new. A whole wall is lighted with pix of the dishes. Unlike Japan this is famous with replicas of the dishes displayed in a glass shelf, here in China, they do it with a lighted billboard. It is much like order at a western rapid food joint, it's simply that each one the dishes are on the huge wall. I am simply going to point which one I am taking.

I was yearning for my vegetables so I ordered a few bokchoy cabbage in an oyster sauce I trust, a few sauteed clams and a cup of rice. The service was very quick. My meals arrived in just a few mins! Although the meals changed into slightly saltier than I am used to, this changed into an extraordinary meal. One of the excellent food I have had in Xiamen.

Good desire I reckon to complete my ultimate night and dinner in the town.

Lucky wide variety 7, my dinner arrived so fast!

Sauteed clams Fujian fashion with neighborhood vegetables.

Bokchoy cabbage in oyster sauce and fried garlic.

The eating place from Zhongshan Lu. It's positioned at the quit element near Xinhua Road.

Here are a few extra photographs of Xiamen within the Siming vicinity:

Don't Miss it!: Xiamen, China Checking Out "Xidi Coffee Street"

Lujiang Road at night.

The International Bank constructing.

Beginning of Zhongshan Lu from Lujiang Road facet.

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