My Eating Habits Have Gone To The Dogs!

I had an interesting culinary experience for my dinner. Dog soup. I had lunch with a student and we went to a Korean place near the campus. She suggested we try the dog soup. Well, I thought I may as well. I had to try I some time! What was it like? Since it was in a soup, I guess it looked like lamb meat. That sort of texture. Then again, it was beef-esque but had a stronger taste, a sort of lingering taste. This was a cheap enough restaurant, so maybe this reflected in the taste (although the beef dish we had was lovely) but the dog soup wasn’t great. Nothing too special! Maybe Korean BBQ dog meat would be nicer.

The Chinese May holiday is upon us. I have a week off next week. I had a couple of plans, which fell through. However, hopefully now I should be re-uniting with Rob for a trip to Changbai Shan in Jilin Province (Northwest of Dalian). As with the other forced holidays in China, most tourist spots (Tai Shan, Yellow Mountain, Guilin/Yangshuo etc) will be thronged with tourists. We reckon the throngs might be marginally less in Changbai Shan, since it is supposed to be cold there. We will see. Rob has the job of procuring bus/train tickets tomorrow. I don’t know if there will be any left.