Beijing 2024 - Dinner at Beijing Airport and Flight Back

 

We spend so much time at the airport that we had time for tea and dinner before even being able to check in for our flight. Since it would probably be our last meal in China, I wanted to try some sour vegetables soup again for my last meal. I saw an affordable shop nearby so I suggested that we have our dinner there.

38yuan for a meal, roughly 7sgd? Kinda expensive, but that's what airport food is like for you. At this stage, my husband has finished all his cash, so I had to use my remaining cash for our dinner. 

Above was what  he ordered. He has always been a pork person.

And here is mine. The soup wasn't as tasty as the one I had downtown in Shanghai, but I guess it was better than nothing. This was one of the more budget cafe. The rest of the eating places was more restaurant graded area. 

around 7pm or so, I think we were allowed to check in, and finally made in into the departure area after clearing custom and immigration. Inside the departure area, it was again, pretty futuristic. However, since our flight was almost midnight, the aircon did shut down at 10pm, and most of the shops were closed. Some people had to resort to eating instant noodles for their dinner. So in some sense, I was grade we ate before coming in. And although the place looked spotless with carpet flooring, do take note that it may not be as clean as it looked. We saw a well suited gentlemen actually split on the carpet floor at the departure gate as if it was the most natural thing to do. Yes, in China, spitting is pretty common..... 

Finally on our flight back to Singapore! We flew SQ, so we got a nice dinner after midnight, lol. 

Bye bye China! Until next time. This trip was in September 2024. I went back again alone in September 2025 to meet my friend there, as well as visit another friend from Shanghai. What a wonderful trip, visiting Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou. I never imagined that China would ever be one of my favourite places to visit, like ever, in my life! At it stood now, I have been to China the same number of time as I have been to India! So next year, I can actually feel more Chinese again after my visit to Xian. I hope my friend won't 'fly me airplane' again next year!