We were there for a pre-dinner courtesy call and dinner afterwards, so the building wasn't all that busy. But it was huge - this was one of the staircases leading to goodness-knows-where...
And this appeared to be one of the main entrances coming in to the dining area - there must have been at least 4 huge dining rooms off this foyer.
The set up was quite interesting - although in typical Chinese fashion with appetizers and different glasses for different types of drinks. The amount of crockery they use is amazing. There's a wine glass, a baijiu glass and another glass for juice/water, plus little plates for appetisers in front of each person. Not to mention all the cutlery and plates used during the course of the meal.
The Great Hall of the People even has its logo on the crockery.
Rather interesting fusion dish -some sort of potato/carrot salad with a scallop and various vegetable sticks all placed randomly. Not very yummy at all.
A clear soup to start with.
This was a very exciting buddha jumps over the wall - with heaps of sharks fin and various dried stuff like dried scallops and dried abalone. Quite yummy : )
Spiny sea cucumer - not that exciting at all actually. It wasn't very tasty, and was rather rubbery.
Beef ribs. We were starting to get really full around this point. I can't even remember how this tasted because I know I didn't eat very much of it - thanks to standing around, talking and drinking with various people that I can't even remember the names of.
The only shot I managed to get of the outside of the building - many many vehicles and many many people.
The next day, we were at the Diaoyutai State Guest House (not to be confused with the hotly disputed Diaoyutai Islands) in the western part of Beijing city. Again, nicely done in terms of table layout, complete with nameplate, various types of cutlery and various drinking glasses. Food was better than the Great Hall of the People although there wasn't enough time to take photos.
Longest dining table ever!
Rather interesting fusion dish -some sort of potato/carrot salad with a scallop and various vegetable sticks all placed randomly. Not very yummy at all.
A clear soup to start with.
This was a very exciting buddha jumps over the wall - with heaps of sharks fin and various dried stuff like dried scallops and dried abalone. Quite yummy : )
Spiny sea cucumer - not that exciting at all actually. It wasn't very tasty, and was rather rubbery.
Beef ribs. We were starting to get really full around this point. I can't even remember how this tasted because I know I didn't eat very much of it - thanks to standing around, talking and drinking with various people that I can't even remember the names of.
The only shot I managed to get of the outside of the building - many many vehicles and many many people.
The next day, we were at the Diaoyutai State Guest House (not to be confused with the hotly disputed Diaoyutai Islands) in the western part of Beijing city. Again, nicely done in terms of table layout, complete with nameplate, various types of cutlery and various drinking glasses. Food was better than the Great Hall of the People although there wasn't enough time to take photos.
Longest dining table ever!
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