Food

There seems to be a strong inverse relationship in China between the price of food and how good it is. My favourite meal last time was the noodles that they served in the university canteen, and this time I've noticed again that you can pay a lot for fancy food that's not actually that nice, but you'd be much happier with a cheap meal at the local restaurent. We paid RMB 200 at a fancy restaurent (a week's wages for a labourer here, by comparison) for food that was alright; below cost 30 RMB and was fantastic.