365 China Photo: One-A-Day

After going out everyday and eating lunch or dinner at a different restaurant we decide to have a quiet Sunday and eat at home. Sunday is always our laziest day as we try not to do too much just chill at home. As we had lots of vegetables and thin cuts of lamb and beef we thoight we would make a hotpot at home. Our Ayi (cleaner) had been on holiday all week so we had done all the washing up ourselves. But today Canthy didn’t want to do anymore cleaning so spread out newspaper on the table, which she said, saved her cleaning the table. This is actually quite common practice in China for many poorer households and you often see it on the street too. I joked to Canthy that it made us look like village people. We live in one of the most prestigious apartments in Beijing but we eat hotpot at home like farmers, haha. Actually I didn’t mind as I got to read the paper while eating dinner and it did save on cleaning the table. At least until our Ayi returns next week.