Hairy crabs are an October delicacy in Jiangsu province and very popular among the locals. I had them once and to be honest, they weren’t my cup of tea but all my Shanghai colleagues loved them. What surprised me about this video was the price… 15-25 yuan ($2-5 USD) for a hairy crab? Actual hairy [...]
A picture is worth a thousand words, the Langer’s #19 with a chocolate malt… sandwich paradise! That’s pastrami on rye, swiss cheese, cole slaw and Russian dressing. This stuff just melts in your mouth and for my money, it’s even better than Katz’s in NYC. And the chocolate malt? It’s the real thing, unchanged since [...]
What could be better than steamed buns on a cold day? As a former journalist for daily newspapers, I’ve learned that all you can hope for is that your story is an accurate reflection of what happens on a given day. It’s a snapshot, that’s all. By tomorrow, everything may have changed completely. I live [...]
… in an open wok. As a former journalist for daily newspapers, I’ve learned that all you can hope for is that your story is an accurate reflection of what happens on a given day. It’s a snapshot, that’s all. By tomorrow, everything may have changed completely. I live in Beijing, where change seems to [...]
Just released, here’s a new video from The White Eyes called “In Lust I Lost”. Featuring Gao Xiao-gao (高小糕) on lead vocals, they describe themselves on their MySpace page as Garage/Psychedelic/Punk, though this song is more flowing and melodic. You can find five songs on MySpace to sample if you want a broader selection of their [...]
Today, as I was going for lunch, I suddenly got an impulse to visit this place I haven’t been for at least half a year since the company I’m working for changed locations. It’s a place selling Guilin rice noodles (桂林米粉), a very special combination that practically became a diet for me for a couple [...]
Hakka (客家) food is well known in the Chinese world. There are four major Hakka cities in Taiwan: Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Pingtung. Recently, my Hakka wife and I visited three of her brothers in Miaoli. While there, we all went to dinner at a local restaurant. Now Hakka food in a place such as Miaoli [...]
I’m a coffee drinker. Seriously. First thing I do when I wake is head to the kitchen, grind the beans and make a fresh pot. Just the smell of it gets me going. So when my wife and I head over to Taiwan to visit relatives and hang around our old stomping grounds, I’m always [...]
Despite its popularity in China, I’ve found very little written in English about Xinjiang food in general and Chinese muslim food in particular. When a Xinjiang restaurant opened in my neighborhood, I went there as soon as I had a chance to see if it would deliver. It did, and while I originally was going [...]
In my travels, the one meal I deem the most important of the day is definitely breakfast. Breakfast starts everything off, gives me the energy I need to traipse around cities, up and down mountains, and through whatever tourist sites I happen to feel like seeing in that part of the world. But my favorite [...]
