The Tairan area sits near Zhuzilin, and it is packed with restaurants. There are lots of offices around there, plus housing, and the whole thing felt like some kind of huge downtown, a food alley of sorts… It is fun to wander around once. I would guess China has hundreds more places like this.
A restaurant on the way..
This is near the hotel.
On the way
The lighting is flashy.
The street
There is a really wide road running through the middle. Seeing things like this, it looks like the city was planned well from the very start.
A view of Tairan street
There is a lot going on here.
The scenery
There were so many scooters..
A restaurant
It looked like a place selling snacks.
A restaurant
It seemed to have some presence, so I took a picture.
A dumpling shop
Looks like they sell soy milk (doujiang)..
A street scene like this
On one side there are really tall buildings, and on the other side it is a full-on food alley. If you wipe out a traditional food alley to put up tall new buildings, then even after the buildings go up, the places people would want to go are gone, so I am not sure that kind of development means much. Seen that way, this kind of development seems very sensible.
An alley
A grill place
A snack shop
I had not even reached the center of Tairan street yet, and there was already so much to see.
Restaurants
There are so many.
Buildings
The view is pretty nice.
Shundegong
There was a huge line of people here.
The street
The shops never end..
Street stalls
Buildings
Scenery like this is wonderful.
Buildings
The scenery
The restaurants never end.
Restaurants
I wonder where all these people come from to fill every seat.
Restaurants
A restaurant
You see quite a few Hong Kong-style restaurants.
Jiangxi Jingde Dapaidang
The name means a big open-air eatery from Jingde in Jiangxi province, and it was absolutely swarming with people. I was curious what Jiangxi food actually tastes like, but with a line this long there was no way to get in.. You would probably have to come early, around 5, to even have a chance.
Guizhou cuisine
It feels like food from the whole country is gathered here..
Haengbok Yuja (Happy Yuzu)
This was the first time I saw Hangul since coming to China. So there are places like this too..
Guizhou hot pot
For some reason I never once ate hot pot..
Restaurants
Aoyama Flower Market
I never expected them to have expanded even to a place like this.
Street scene
Street scene
Street scene
The modern scenery and the traditional flavors seem to go together nicely. It is not some big-deal tourist destination, but maybe that is exactly why I learned and felt so much more.
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