I found a most enticing event pop up on my Facebook feed and found myself craving papaya salad. My friend since high school, Siamphone Louankang, is hosting the National Papaya Salad Contest at Lao New Year in San Francisco on April 28th, 2012.
Check out the beautiful photos taken of making papaya salad [...]
Continue Reading →Beijing, China — Last night, while on the subway, I thought I heard something really beautiful on the radio. Subways don’t play the radio in Beijing, not to my knowledge. The music stopped. Then it started again and walked my way.
As spring unfolds into summer, spirits bloom.
Continue Reading →Silvia Morimoto
Deputy Country Director
United Nations Development Programme
Silvia Morimoto has been appointed Deputy Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China in December 2008. Before joining the UNDP China office, Silvia Morimoto served as Chief of the Programme Support Unit at the Bureau for Development Policy in UNDP New [...]
Continue Reading →Miao gave us Acupuncture, Intro and non-stop energy to Beijing’s electronic scene. Now, she needs our help… your help.
100% of your entrance fee will be donated to Miao’s surgery fund so she can recover quickly and rejoin the party scene with us.
Tel: Lantern +86 10 6551 3936, Svante/杰林 [...]
Continue Reading →My friend at Hias Gourmet (hiasgourmet.com) is hiring food guides in Beijing!
Hias Gourmet is a Beijing-based specialist culinary excursions and events company. We specialize in:
Walking Food Tours
Cooking Classes
Food-Focused Team Building
Creative Dining Events
HIRING: FOOD GUIDE
Are you passionate about Chinese foods?
Do you [...]



