Chicken Soup For The Soul In Beijing

I was wondering the streets of Beijing along with Sergio and Ms. Lee; we were looking for a park Hee, a local Korean girl, has recommended us a day before. After walking for quite a while and visiting the park, which was not as great as expected, we were hungry.

There were a few restaurants around in the non touristy district we found ourselves in. We decided to go into one of them despite the fact there was no English menu anywhere to be found. After looking around the restaurant and using our unhelpful phrasebooks, we decided to pick a few dishes.

The first dish we picked was a lamb dish; it was the only one we managed to translate with the help of Ms. Lee who is Korean and knew how to read some of the Chinese characters. I selected the second dish after looking around the restaurant and seeing an old couple eating a soup off a portable oven; I ordered that soup. When the soup arrived, it turned out to be a chicken soup. However, you could literally find a chicken head and chicken feet in the soup!!! ... we were surprised, but amused at the same time. Sergio gave it a try to taste the chicken feet, but couldn't get far with it. Surprisingly though, our soup was quite good.