Brr, It's Cold!
Topic of the day: The onslaught of winter in Beijing
It's been very windy in Beijing these past few days. It all started on Saturday, after a few beautiful and pleasantly warm sunshine days. On Saturday, a cab driver told me that Beijing's signature sign of winter is when the winds come. Starting from there, the temperature will drop and the cold weather will settle in.
And sure enough, today was freezing!!!
Picture Description: A sure sign of winter time in Beijing is the appearance of sweet potato sellers. The vendors peddle baked yams on the back of their bikes and sell them for a few Kuai per ounce. For less than 1 USD, one can get their fill of baked sweet complex carbohydrate goodness. A note for future customers - the sweetest ones have tracks of syrup baked out of them. A sure sign of winter time in Beijing is the appearance of sweet potato sellers. The vendors peddle baked yams on the back of their bikes and sells them for a few Kuai per ounce. For less than 1 USD, one can get their fill of baked sweet complex carbohydrate goodness. A note for future customers - the sweetest ones have tracks of syrup baked out of them.
2 Comments:
Baked yams!!! Wow, it's very nostalgic for me, b/c in Japanese culture, it's a sign of autumn when kids rake up the leaves for a mini-bonfires to make baked yams (a.k.a. "yaki-imo").
I miss those days... I hear that most people in Japan don't do it any more, and they cost 800 yen (~US$7) a bag at a street vendor :(
Stay warm with the sticky, caramel goodness of yams! (but don't eat too much b/c it'll make you toot!)
3rd times's a charm:
A sure sign of winter time in Beijing is the appearance of sweet potato sellers. The vendors peddle baked yams on the back of their bikes and sells them for a few Kuai per ounce. For less than 1 USD, one can get their fill of baked sweet complex carbohydrate goodness. A note for future customers - the sweetest ones have tracks of syrup baked out of them.
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