Chicken's Heart, Cow's Tonuge, and Homemade Wine? - All in a night's work

Agreeing to go out on the town is never hard when the other option is sitting alone in your room. The idea of meeting more westerners is not only a positive it is also all the incentive I need. So with this in mind two night's ago I decide to venture out on the town with Karl and a group of people that I had yet to meet. Our night started out well, we had a nice collection of 8 individuals looking for good food and companionship.

So off we set on our journey by foot and by cab. Our original destination was not what we had thought it was. So with that in mind we set off to wandering the streets of Beijing. With the bitter cold and winds tearing the heat away from our bodies we shuffled across the sidewalk. At the first sign of food we stopped to debate what our next course of action should be...we had very limit options here. So we choose the closest and hopefully warmest of eateries.

Once inside we realized that we had arrived at a buffet of sorts. The atmosphere was interesting....it had a ambieance that you just can't explain. Anyways the food was the interesting part of the adventure. It was simple at first but it quickly became more interesting. At first simple meat was given to the table of 8 and then some cooked fruit....slowly more interesting items were brought out to our table. Before we knew it I had chicken's heart, cow's tongue, and what we were told was homemade red wine. All the food was quite enjoyable...the homemade wine was something less than enjoyable. The wine tasted of grape coolaid mixed with grain alcohol. To say the least I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. As for the food at first the idea of eating chicken's heart or other foods would sound repulsive but why not....your in China...might as well. So my idea....eat everything they give you....and just go for it. The first week on the ground has been a great deal of fun and I am looking forward to future adventures.