Pu’er (sometimes spelled Pu-erh) is a complex tea with a huge following. It is the caipirinha of teas…drunken for centuries in its native land, and just now become ultra-popular to the outside world. The NYTimes recently had a good story on how farmers in Yunnan province are benefitting from the the rest of China and [...]
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Traktirr Pushkin – Russian Food & Drink in Beijing
Caviar over hard-boiled eggs, made during culinary school during our hors d’oeuvres module, was probably the only Russian food I had eaten until last night. Shameful, I know. I guess it’s a good thing that I live in Beijing. Other than going to Russia or the northern Chinese city of Harbin, it is probably one [...]
Chuan Bar on Guijie
In Beijing and many cities in the north, you frequently see street vendors grilling up deliciously fragrant kebabs, called 串 (chuan) in Chinese. Lamb is the most popular, but you’ll also find chicken, mushrooms, tofu, even squid. Take that concept indoors, and what you get is a chuan bar, or 串吧 (chuan ba), a restaurant [...]
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