Inside, there was a small show going on. These small girls were dressed in saris and the presenter was talking about Indian dressing. I assume. I guess even the little girl here finds the sari, even though here it’s just a wraparound, annoying!

  A few weeks back I visited this Japanese supermarket named Ito Yokado. It had an Indian Festival going on, and I was curious to investigate. I didn’t know what the festival was all about, I had just seen the huge banner on top when I passed by in a bus.

This was another stall with lots of different animal parts. Heaven for meat lovers!

  Can you make out the pig’s face, carved out so neatly? This is the sight that greeted me at one of the shops on a college trip to Qingcheng Back Mountain. So what I heard before was right, people do indeed eat pig faces!

This is what the temple is named after. Qing Yang Gong, means the temple of the green ram and it has a history dating back more than a 1,000 years.

It was one of the more beautiful temples I had visited with ornate vases and other decorations all around.

As is the practise in all temples, people light candles and incense.

Apologies for not posting on the blog for so long! My few but faithful followers have been asking me to post more pictures, and here they are finally! Let me start with a couple of weekends ago, when we went to Qing Yang Gong. One of the most ancient Daoist temples in China, Qing Yang...

The finished product looks like this. After being shallow fried, the tofu is sprinkled with chilli powder, salt and bits of finely chopped spring onions. Yes, it’s heavenly.

I know, I know I am posting food in a row and making your mouth water. But this is what I see everyday, in every corner of Chengdu! It’s difficult to resist food here, with so many choices. Chengdu has been rightly christened by the UNESCO as the City of Gastronomy. Here, you see tofu...