Chinese Yummies
Let me tell you a little something about Chinese efficiency. My room is on the 10th floor of this hotel. I decided to go grab some lunch (I’m not much of a breakfast guy) around 1:00. I left the room and went up to the 23rd floor, which is where their restaurant is located. They informed me that it would be 88 RMB for the meal, which is roughly $11. No problem. The restaurant was top quality, it was all buffet style, and they had about five different buffets to choose from. One was a sushi buffet for the Japanese guests, the other was for westerners, there was a buffet full of deserts, and so on. It was delicious, I tried a little of each.
They asked what I wanted to drink, so I told them to bring me the local beer, which turned out to be pretty tasty, though it only had 3.8% alcohol in it. Nonetheless, as I was sitting there I had this odd feeling like I was moving. It wasn’t anything I could place my finger on, but it was definitely there. Then it dawned on me—it’s a fucking revolving restaurant! And you know how often times in a US restaurant you end up looking for a waiter or waitress? They had a staff member standing about every 20 feet to take care of your every whim should you need something.
Not bad, huh? A delicious three course meal in a revolving restaurant for $11. Ah, China, how I have missed thee.
Unfortunately today is foggy as hell, like London- or San Francisco-level fog, so I couldn’t see much of the skyline, but when things clear up I’ll post some pictures and show you what things are like around here. Apart from that I may go out and go exploring, see what the neighborhood has to offer. But I’m on the payroll, and that’s the most important thing to me.
And then, to top it all off, right as I got back to the room the maid was just leaving after having cleaned it. I wasn’t gone for more than 30 minutes and my room was completely cleaned and organized. That’s better service than you even get in Vegas.
