Finding a good Sichuan restaurant with an elegant, calm atmosphere can be difficult. Sichuan food, like most other Chinese food, still thrives in simple, rènao (noisy and lively) environments. But for the past decade or so, Beijing has been a hotspot for sophisticated cuisine from the provinces. It’s only naturally that city-dwellers are demanding great [...]
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Lamb dumplings, Old Beijing-style
While exploring Beijing by bicycle today, we came across a restaurant we may not otherwise have found. Lǎo Běijīng Jiācháng Jiǎozi (老北京家常饺子）is located right near the popular Hongqiao Market, but set apart from other stores by an overpass. The name, which translates to Old Beijing Family Dumplings, jumped out at me as we rode by [...]
Portuguese / Macanese at Restaurante Escada
As a frequent traveler, I have crossed political borders in many ways: by plane, train, bus, car, and boat. On our day trip to Macau yesterday, I walked across a border for the first time after taking a bus from Zhongshan to the Chinese/Macau customs. On the other side lay a place that is very [...]
Eating Fried Balloons
The first thing we saw in front of Shiqi Lao were two cooks frying what appeared to be big balloons of dough. They repeatedly turned the giant puffs in their woks so that they would be evenly fried and crispy. In front of the cooks were finished fried puffs, waiting to be brought to expectant [...]
Curry Emu; Blog Action Day
*On how this lunch relates to the environment and Blog Action Day, scroll to the last 2 paragraphs. I had never tried emu before and would never have expected to eat it in China, until my great-aunt invited us to a "Cantonese-style western" restaurant. Located in the old part of Zhongshan, it was curiously named [...]
Boba Drinks and Swings
Last night Jacob and I escaped our work desks and had a quintessential night out for being young in a small Chinese city: dinner at a sushi-go-round, an hour of games at a local arcades, and drinks at a boba tea café. Boba tea , also known as pearl milk tea or bubble tea, is [...]
Oysters for Breakfast
Even in a small city like Zhongshan (small by Chinese standards, anyway), there is a huge variety of dim sum restaurants, ranging from tiny mom-and-pop’s to large elegant banquet halls. Prince Restaurant, a 10-minute walk from my parent’s home, fits the latter description. We forgoed our usual bakery breakfast for dim sum with my parents [...]
Where Hikers and Beach Bums Meet and Eat
High temperatures and little breeze did not stop us from hiking the Dragon’s Back trail on eastern Hong Kong island on Sunday. Nevertheless, by the time we finished the 2-hour long hike, we were in need food and ice-cold drinks. Big Wave Bay (Tai Long Wan), a scenic little beach where the trail ended, had [...]
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