"Peking Duck"

After a lot of time on the train, eating noodles and bread, we decided to feast on Peking duck when we had dropped off our bags at the hostel. This turned out to be a little more time demanding than we had prepared for. With the Swedes switching on carrying by backpack, we went to a hostel we had looked up on the Internet. We realized quite fast, after getting away from the enormous and extremely crowded Beijing Central Railway station, that there is possible to get online with the iPod almost anywhere in this city. We got out the map from Google, and started walking. When we finally arrived at the "Happy Dragon Hostel" it turned out that all the cheap rooms were taken. We borrowed their computer and headed found another one. There were four of us, so a 4-bed dorm was perfect. We looked up the cheapest one, which was the "King's Joy Hostel". We booked it, and got in a taxi. Upon arrival we thought we came to the wrong place. It did not say hostel, but hotel. And we had only paid 32 RMB a night. (That is 26 NOK / 4.6 USD). After discovering that we all got slippers and toothbrushes in our room we headed out to eat. We found a restaurant recommended by the hotel, and ordered the Peking duck. They served a lot of food while we were watching the waiter cut up the meat. They did not throw anything away, and what could not be cut off the skeleton, they put in a soup. We ordered two ducks without the heads. It was more than enough for the four of us. The food was delicious, and also quite easy to eat with chopsticks. A skill I have now mastered. (After a couple days in china, with all the cheap food they have here, I probably have spent as much time eating as I have sleeping.) We knew Peking duck was expensive, but after paying 50 RMB (40 NOK / 7 USD) each for that large meal, including beer, we knew it was worth it. We headed back to the hotel, to call it an early night. The next morning we were going to The Forbidden City.