Stocked up on the good stuff

You have no idea how many little corner stores and shops I went to today, to see if any had any Coke Zero. There are only two. One is the usual small supermarket I go to, to buy water. And the other is a small corner store which I've been to when I first arrived here. It's 2.4 RMB at the former, and 2 RMB at the latter. So I decided to buy the latter store out before someone else did.

Somehow the bag of Snickers bars you can see on the top shelf slipped into my basket as well.

Nanjing West Rd

It was around 11 AM and I felt like eating something other than western food. So I headed out and along Kangding Road in the direction of the Kebab place. The good street food vendor was closed, I guess they are a morning operation. So I turned the corner in the direction of the Kebab place. Coals burning, check. Fridge in front with uncooked kebabs inside, check. No-one there to cook and sell the food, check. Oh well, nothing for it but to head on to the supermarket to get some more Coke Zero. Unfortunately, the shelf what was full yesterday was now empty. Some bastard had had the same idea as me and decided to clean them out.

For lack of any other idea, I headed down to Nanjing West Road to City Shop to buy some more wheatgerm. There's a statue across the road from it which has caught my eye, as we all know, in Chinese mythology one horse standing on top of another means.. well, buggered if I know. Read the plaque and then let me know.

Here's the plaque. No idea what it says.

A bit further down the road is this suitcase shaped building. It looks like the kind of suitcase the well-to-do took with them on the Titanic because back in those days fruity baggage weight limits were sniffed at.

After taking these photos, I headed over to City Shop and got my wheatgerm (90 RMB!?) and a corned beef sandwich (25 RMB).

Munchies food delivery

Still feeling ill, I decided to order some food to eat. First, I tried Brasa chicken, which turns out to be closed for business at the moment for some indeterminate reason. So I fell back on Munchies, which generally I find to be disappointing, but yet I still order. I called them up and ordered the south beach cuban sandwich and the cheeseburger. Twenty minutes later, there was a knock at my door and I had this.

I haven't tried the cuban sandwich before, so I opened that up first. Mojo roasted pork, smoked ham, swiss cheese, thinly sliced pickles and yellow mustard. Well, it looks like just slices of smoked ham in a greasy bun unfortunately. I should have gone with my first instinct and ordered the jerk chicken sandwich.

I've had the cheeseburger before. It is pretty bland. Nothing much to say about it.

Both sandwich and burger came with fries. You can see them in this second burger picture. They're usually, but not always, pretty good. The last time I ordered, they had the flavourless with a hint of soap experience going for them.

I should really stop ordering from Munchies. I tried tonight, by trying Brasa chicken first. Mr Pancake House is also pretty close, but I just can't muster the enthusiasm for pancakes, waffles and omelet delivered.