tamasya dua hari di Beijing…
setahun yg lalu adalah masa se-bulan gue meng-injak-kan kaki gue di daratan China…lebih banyak stay di Yanjiao secara kita memang di-tempat-in di sana walau-pun cuma ber-jarak sekitar 30km dr Beijing…
setelah se-minggu sebelum-nya kita ikut Family Gathering di Botanical Garden…well, akhir-nya di penghujung bulan May 2006 kita ber-empat punya acara jalan2 ke Beijing tanpa guide alias jalan sendiri pake bis umum tanpa bantuan orang kantor…se-inget gue kita pergi itu udah hari Sabtu siang ya abis Andam nuker uang atau beli pulsa gitu…agak2 lupa…
mmhhh…kebetulan jg sih si Xiao ikut, pas bgt sama schedule dia pulang kampung…so, kita bareng pake bis sampe pinggiran Beijing…abis itu kita pisah…dia ke terminal bis, kita lanjut pake taksi ke Hilton, ketemu sama Linda: Andam’s friend…
Linda adalah temen-nya Andam semasa kuliah dulu tapi buat gue kaya-nya dia nggak asing kali ya…maxud-nya ya udah pernah liat di kampus tapi dulu mah ya blom kenal…first time impression gue sama Hilton adalah: kok bisa ya hotel se-besar Hilton kena mati listrik jg…? "Hilton" dan "Beijing" gitu loh…?!? akhir-nya kita lumayan nunggu lama di depan lift, bareng di-temen-in sama pegawai Hilton yg berusaha meng-hibur kita2 yg kepanasan gara2 AC-nya jg ikut mati…mmhhh…ternyata nih cewe punya logat SingLish…hehehe…
setelah istirahat sebentar di atas, akhir-nya kita coba jalan2 di sekitar Hilton…tujuan awal adalah Mall yg deket2 situ: You Yi…mahal ter-nyata barang2 di sana…bukan buat kita…hehehe…lanjut dr sana, tujuan kita berikut-nya adalah Starbucks…! ah, sayang aja tempat yg satu ini terlalu sepi…terlalu mojok…tapi pada trip berikut-nya gue malah nemu Starbucks yg tempat-nya lebih asik…
selesai di Starbucks, kita lanjut ke KFC secara emang udah laper tapi binun mau makan apa…akhir-nya ya KFC-lah yg jd korban…and FCUK…! that picture at KFC is the best picture of that year…! dan kalo tentang menu, kaya-nya menu-nya emang rada2 beda sama KFC-nya Jakarta dan menurut kuncen-nya KFC, kata-nya sih:
What I have afterwards is just disappointing me. As a real kentucky fried chicken freak, the taste is just too flat for my tongue. Of all my experiences travel around kentucky’s outlets in the world. I definitely know its genuine taste.
Mostly the chicken itself divided into two types: ‘The Original taste’ and ‘The Crispy one’. The Original will give you a really salty, juicy, spicy taste and it won’t last an hour in your tongue. And with additional hot ingredients, the Crispy will also give a unique taste amongst.
From Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York to Houston outlets, these types are easy to be found. If there is a difference, it will no more than just the side-dish menus or the sauces. Unfortunately, the Beijing outlet will only provide you with a small, thin Crispy chicken and even the Original chicken has different flat taste. What a disappointing option!. But what the heck, for now I don’t have any other choice in here except to try my best to enjoy these kind of “Freaky chicken”.
I hope that Mr. Colonel Sanders will consider my opinion and perhaps will improve this China’s Kentucky type to be more Internationally acceptable. What I like most from this Kentucky outlet behind Hilton hotel (Chaoyang district) is the atmosphere. Modern, high tech art designed and so colorfull.The prices is just moderate but more expensive than Jakarta’s Kentucky outlet.
agak2 lupa gue abis ini kita ke mana…tapi kalo nurutin foto2 sih akhir-nya kita ter-dampar di HRC…hehehe…well, what do you expect kalo elu pergi ke HRC…? enjoy and have fun tentu-nya…mmhhh…puas gue 2 hari di Beijing secara gue emang prefer tinggal di kota besar rather than di kota kecil se-gede upil model-annya Yanjiao…
yah, banyak cerita lg kok pas kita jalan ke Beijing…tunggu aja, sekalian gue nostalgia…mmhhh…gue masih nggak percaya kalo gue sempet jalan2 di Beijing…
Trix, terus terang gue binun sama kasus elu sekarang…better cooling down aja dulu mumpung besok elu mulai cuti…
foto: entah siapa yg moto…foto di bis sama foto HRC, Fitrix yg ngambil kali ya…kalo "best picture of that year" sih ya pake otomatis…
