One of the most famous places to try these dishes is Jiumen Xiaochi, located at Houhai. This place is perennially packed with Chinese tourists and is almost impossible to get a table during dinner hours, the only real way is to stand and stare with an eye at people eating long enough that they get up and leave, allowing you to take their table. You then buy a card, typically for RMB100, and go at it, hitting the different stands and trying many local snacks.
Obama’s departure is the banquet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao hosted for him on Tuesday evening at the Great Hall of the People.
The dinner included a cold dish, a chicken and bean curd soup and 3 hot dishes - Chinese style beef steak, stir-fried wild rice stem with asparagus, and roasted sea grouper. Dessert was dim sum and ice cream.
The wine served was a Great Wall dry white, 2002 vintage. In short it was a classic “four dishes and one soup” arrangement, often favored by the Chinese over the years.
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