Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Eggs come in many flavors and colors in China, including rotten, and always non refrigerated. Yum!
Tags: eggs, rotten
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Think black corn was cool? Try corn on the cob ice cream… all the rage in China during those warm summer months…
Tags: beijing, corn, ice cream
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Hot Pot isn’t authentic until fresh duck’s blood is pored into the broth… right? Gotta love Hai Di Lao.
Tags: beijing, blood, hai di lao, hot pot
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

“Rome’s Pizzeria Italiana” – serving nothing but… Chinese food that looks nothing like pizza besides the fact the dishes look circular. Pizza in China; not the same as pizza everywhere else.
Tags: Hangzhou, pizza
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

The local supermarket - where items like flummery, puffed food, mi congealed, and aquatic products all get their own sections.
Tags: beijing, food, groceries, supermarket
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Monday, November 21st, 2011

This is one magical soup – helps insomnia, irritability, soft knee lumbar acid (?), relieves coughing and shortness of breath, and of course, acts as an aphrodisiac. Who comes up with these health benefits anyway?
Tags: benefits, menu, soup
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Monday, November 14th, 2011

Happy shot in the butt! I don’t know why anyone would give this cake to someone else. ”Congrats, you’ve been vaccinated!”
Tags: beijing, cake, medical, shot
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Friday, November 11th, 2011

Black corn, yummm!
Tags: corn, Hangzhou, lunch
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

You can safely assume your produce has been thoroughly washed when the guy inside the supermarket selling them is smoking a cigarette; his job must have been completed.
Tags: beijing, smoking, supermarket, vegetables
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