EW: Bone-piercing
4 weeks - that's how long it took me to make my first trip to Birmingham. Some people I know had already been there twice. Well, better late than never. Seriously, it felt just like another city with huge shopping malls and crowds of people, wrestling their way into discounted items. Took some photos, visited the St. Martin in the bull ring, did some shopping, found Chinatown, hanged around Day In Supermarket (stocking a variety of Asian stuffs) and most important of all, had a satusfying lunch.
Long queues and low prices are highly correlated. Obviously. When I spotted the buffet lunch sign across the street, my curiosity was already rising. And when I saw the attractive pricing of GBP4.99 plus an all you can eat sign, I am positive that I need to go in to check it out. By that time, the crowd was already building. We joined the queue and in less than half an hour, got our seats. Upon seated, we were told that we need to finish by 2pm. It was 5 min to 1pm at that time. Anyway, we went ahead and it'll never be a choice I regret. The food was simply marvellous if not heavenly (I don't think this has anything to do with a lack of chinese food in campus since I have been having constant servings of taiwanese home-cooked meals). We grabbed plates of starters consisting of pork ribs, fried chicken, a variety of fried stuffs like popiah roll, onion ring, spicy and sour soup and I can't remember what else. Then we got hold of some steamed vegetables, tofu, stir-fry dishes and a variety of curry - lamb, fish, chicken etc. This continued with porridges, fishballs, red bean soup, ice-cream, fruits...yes, we mixed everything up. There was no proper selection of meal. We just grabbed stuffs amid the crowd of westerners who seemed to be enjoying the food as much as we do. My personal favourite has to be the porridge, pork ribs and red bean soup. By about 2pm, we were almost done. Not only had the queue doubled in length, we had stuffed ourselves with so much food that I am positive that I may have gained a kg or two.
This is further proven by my lack of appetite by dinner time. In the end, I just had Ben & Jerry and an orange with chinese tea. Such unhealthy meal. But it happens only once in a blue moon. Therefore, I am forgiven.
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