Hanks Sports Bar and Grill/Bejiing
Although I have really enjoyed trying many new foods while in China, there is only so much Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. food that my stomach can handle and I really have been craving some greasy American food. :o) So yesterday Stacy and I went on a search for American Food...and fortunately we found a GREAT place that served "American" food the "American" way. It was called Hanks Sports Bar and Grill. I was able to have chicken strips and fries with BOTH honey mustard and RANCH! We were also able to meet Hank himself. He informed us that he was originally from Chicago, IL and came to China nine years ago. He used to own "The Upper Deck" (a story for another blog, but this is the place we looked for three nights ago that "didn't exsist"), however he was forced to shut it down by the Chinese government because it was getting too big. So he opened Hanks Sports Bar and Grill instead...He was also very helpful in telling us about some of the foreign bars around town, including one called Scooters. We're thinking about trying it out on Thursday?
This weekend we are going to Beijing which I am VERY pumped to explore and experience. I think (and hope) that it will have a much different feel than Tianjin because it's more cosmopolitan. I've really enjoyed being in Tianjin as it allows all of us to see a more realistic picture of China, but I think Bejing is going to be beautiful (minus the smog) with it's large skyline. I am very curious, however, to see if there is a larger number of people who can speak some English and if the toilits are still "squaters" (a term coined by the females on the trip) with no tissue. I guess we'll just have to wait and find out...