La Ba Festival

My breakfast- La Ba porridge

Yesterday was La Ba Festival (腊八节), which is a traditional Chinese festival that commemorates the Buddha's enlightenment at the age of 35. It isn't a festival that it usually celebrated in the south of China, so it was a pleasant surprise to learn about it! We had the traditional La Ba porridge for breakfast. It’s very tasty, and made from more than 10 different kinds of grains. 

Wangfujing

 

Going to the food street in Wangfujing was brill. But I decided to pass on the deep fried scorpions, starfish and cicadas!

 Bingtanghulu, yummy!