Tianjin Favorites

Favorite thing: Chatang is made of baked millet and glutinous millet flour. The soup is made by pouring boiling water into the flour and then adding sugar. Chatang is served from a big copper pot whose spout is usually fashioned into a dragon's head.

Favorite thing: Goubuli's stuffed buns are known for their generous filling, which is succulent but not greasy. This famous snack was created during the late Qing Dynasty by a native of Wuqing County, who had the nickname "Dogy." At the age of 14, Dogy left home and came to Tianjin, where he was apprenticed to a restaurant specializing in stuffed buns. As his stuffed buns tasted better and had a unique flavor, they attracted an increasing number of customers. As time went by, his nickname became known far and wide. Later, people changed "Dogy" to "Goubuli" and his buns were eventually called by the same name.

Favorite thing: Tianjin was given the honor like Shanghai, Qinqdao, Hong Kong to cohost Olympic events with Beijing. The new Tianjin Stadium hosted Olympic football games.

One of the benefits was the prompt completion of the Beijing-Tianjin Express Train line and the new Train station.

One the way to Tianjin, I met a Chinese youth going back wearing the Olympics Volunteer shirt and carrying a boxful of Olympic mascot memorabilia given to him. He was very proud to be part of the success of Olympics Games and the opportunity to stay in Olympics Village.

Favorite thing: Enjoyed sitting on the first row of the 2nd floor of the double decker bus going from the Tianjin TV tower, passed the famous universities and main shopping streets of Tianjin.

From up there, you can see the busy roads of taxis, bicycles and pedestrians. The cost is only 2 yuan.

Reminds me of similar double decker bus rides around Piccaddily Cirucs in London and along neon light signs of Nathan Road in Kowloon of Hong Kong.

Favorite thing: Despite all the pollution in Tianjin there is a suprising number of bicycles. Streets have bike lanes on each side that are just as crowded with bikes as the regular ones are of cars. And just like with vehicles, I've seen lots of nasty bike collisions!

Fondest memory: The first time I arrived in this city all I could think was that everyone must get around by bike. I had never seen so many in my life!

Fondest memory: Everything about Tianjin makes me want to go back. The people are friendly, the food is delicious, and there are NO tourists. It's nice to know that Beijing, infested with tourists, is just a short train ride away while Tianjin is basically untouched by tourists.

Favorite thing: I had been there until Mar, 1999, when I was 22 year old. It is a small city with the noise, dust and sunshine. It is a basket full of my memory.

Fondest memory: the people, the food, and the spring of Tianjin.
Aroud Tianjin you can find some scenes to have a trip. The pic is Beidai River. It is a beach near Tianjin and is a famous landscape aroud North China.

Fondest memory: We went to a restaurant attached to some hotel for lunch. The food was increadibly cheap, and the service from the waitresses very friendly. After the meal, we asked one of the waitresses for some recommended places to visit in the few hours we had left in Tianjin. Well, she said that she was due to knock off work shortly, and would be happy to show us around! That was it, she took us to see the sights and even arranged a taxi for us driven by one of her friends. He wouldn't accept any money from us.

It was wonderful for her to have done that for us. All she wanted to do was treat us as special guests in her home town, irrespective of the fact that we had merely walked into the restaurant where she happend to be waitressing.