Point and Eat: Bu yao weijing!!!

From Phnom Penh, I arrived late at night in Chengdu (Sichuan Province). I stayed at the Chengdu Mix hostel which was awesome! It's the kind of place that feels like home, the food was great, awesome lounge area to meet people, and you end up staying for at least 4 days. The city itself is less populated, and pretty relaxed. Has some nice parks, a walmart!, touristy old town, and harder to find street food.

The 2 things to do in Chengdu is a day trip to see the largest carved stone buddah in the world, (Leshan's Giant buddah) about 2.5 hours drive, and to see the Pandas (in town). It costs about the same to go on your own by bus, or with a group through the hostel to Leshan. Some people prefer to go solo so they can work their way down into the Yunnan Province.

This meal forced me to learn my first bit of Mandarin "bu yao weijing" which means "no msg".

Just like they throw in a bit of salt, the also throw in a bit of MSG, and my stomach felt like you pumped it with gallons of air.

Sadly its hard to avoid in China... is salt not enough??