Last Friday afternoon, I got on a plane in New York and flew over the North Pole to Beijing.
I went to bed Saturday night, having been up for 26 hours.
The next morning, I woke up in a tall, gleaming hotel in the middle of Beijing called the Kerry Hotel.
The plan for the day: see the Great Wall of China.
But first, I went downstairs for some breakfast.
This turned out to be my first adventure.
There were omlettes and pastries, sure. But also, lots of foods I had never eaten or even seen before.
The first thing I saw was this colorful display of fruits and juices.
There were melons and dragon fruit, of course …
… but also strange looking tiny fruits …
This is how I filled my plate.
I grabbed one of these strange little guys. It looked and felt like a miniature orange
This is what the inside looks like.
And here's what looks like a miniature Apple.
It had the texture of a miniature apple, and tasted like one too.
There was a vast array of more food, including these veggies …
… breakfast meats …
… and hashbrowns that look like they are from Arby's..
There was fish.
Rice, of course.
Miso soup.
There were standard cereal toppings …
… but also unusual ones like …
… corn …
… and kidney beans.
They had yogurts.
There were cold meats out, including the paté on the left …
… and fatty hams.
There was a selection of pastries I'd never seen before, including deep-fried dough sticks …
… fried dough twists …
… and these powdered pastries.
Obviously I had to grab one of those. What would it taste like?
Whoa – it tasted like sweet rice milk.
This tasted like a sweet biscuit cookie.
OK, how about the fried dough twist?
Chewy. Sweet. Mostly sugar.
This tasted like a donut minus the sugar. Very good.
Final pastry.
These pastries looked more western.
I opted for another dough stick instead!
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/breakfast-foods-in-china-2013-11?op=1#ixzz2lZJ8tCgF
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