Indian food.

Up until last year Harbin had a choice between Chinese food and ….. Chinese food. If you wanted foriegn food you had the choice between KFC and McDonalds. Now, I love to eat Chinese food. The choices on offer are infinite, you have, my favourite; Hotpot, Harbin local dishes, Canton Food, Xin Jiang kebabs and more, more, more!!! But then the powers that be, God bless them athiests, developed Ren He Jie into a new Indian street. If you build it they will come, and they built it and they came.

Now Harbin has an Indian street with real Indians. Seriously, there are 4 or 5 Indian guys paid to stand there and …… well, just stand there.  Inside you can find shops selling all sorts of shit. They have expensive shit, cheap shit, figurines, jewellery boxes, clothes, tapestries, rugs, childrens toys and stun guns. But that is not my point, my point is that they also have Indian food. Yes, Indian street, Indian people, Indian shit and Indian food!!

The Indian Kitchen is nan bread sent from heaven, authentic indian food cooked by authenic indian chefs and served by authentic Chinese waitresses with authentic Indian dots on their foreheads. It’s pricey compared to a 3RMB bowl of Ma La Tang, but oh so worth it. A meal for two will set you back about 150RMB. But when you’re in the mood for something different it’s as refreshing as a flood in a burns ward. The decor is clean and modern, so a good place to escape people spitting on the floor, if you ever feel the need to do so.

The street is Ren He Jie, don’t be fooled by the bastard me too-ers on Guo Ge Li Da Jie, Bombay Kitchen.