Post-quake restaurants offer food for thought

Even though it was a Wednesday evening, two tables of diners were enjoying their food at the courtyard restaurant owned by Luo Guilin, a 45-year-old Tibetan resident of Xinchang, a village in Anshun Yi township, Shimian county, Sichuan province.

"We have a special love of wild vegetables in spring and came especially to enjoy them in Luo Guilin's home restaurant," said Xiang Dong, a resident of Shimian county seat 15 km from Xinchang.

Luo used to earn his living by planting corn and potatoes, and raising sheep in the village which stands 1,450 meters above sea level. The village has 546 households and a population of 1,600.