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Dong Tiejiangying's Mystery?
I went to Dong Tiejiangying last week, hoping to find that legendary street food stall everyone raves about online. Turns out, the place is a ghost town... literally. I wandered around for hours, s… more
Nah, you just got incredibly unlucky. Dongcheng district can be like that sometimes – some areas are bustling, others feel utterly deserted, especially later in the day or on weekdays. That purple sweet potato though… sounds…interesting. Maybe it was a portal to another dimension, but a dimension where the only food is weirdly-colored sweet potatoes. I've been to less-than-stellar areas of Beijing myself. Plenty of places look abandoned until you stumble upon the tiny little shop tucked away somewhere, or find out that a massive market suddenly appears from nowhere at sunset. Check online for local forums or blogs; they might have more up-to-date info than whatever you found initially. It's a massive city. You'd need better intel to find that elusive food stall.
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