Taking it easy in Guilin City: Banyan Lake area & Old South Gate

It was our last full touring day in Guilin and we decided to take it nice and easy.  A late breakfast at Shi Ji Noodle Shop along Jie Fang West Road, one of the old eateries in the city (正宗石记老字号米粉店,桂林秀峰区解放西路).

The noodle cost around Y7 per bowl and you pay extra for items like eggs or bean curd.  I prefer this stall to Sou Zi Mi Fen (瘦子米粉) in Yangshuo (see my earlier post), but both are good quality to start with.

Some window shopping later, we navigated toward the Banyan Lake area (榕湖).  As you can see, the city scenery is concentrated around the lake area.

Guilin Old South Gate

We saw these sights during the evening and day cruise, but it was still great to walk the bridges and admire the scenery in our own pace.

Lunch at the restaurant next to our hotel, Man Xiang Yi (满香宜), which serves chicken with pork bellies hot pot.  For 2 persons, just order the soup should be sufficient.  It is not necessary to order other side dishes.   The food was good but service could be improved.

After lunch, we strolled along Zheng Yang pedestrian street again.  The city was preparing for the celebration of the 3 day of the lunar third month, and stalls were set up for the festive season.

Dinner at Ah Gan Restaurant.  Nice tea....

Stewed fish

Day of departure.  Breakfast at Fu Ji Chee Cheong Fun shop along Zheng Yang pedestrian street.  The chee cheong fun (flour roll with meat) and porridge were well done.

A Y15 taxi ride to the coach station, and Y20 to the airport.

We gad KFC for lunch again before boarding the flight home.

An enjoyable trip, and hope to cover more areas next time!

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