I woke up Sunday morning to huge flakes of snow falling outside of my 24th floor window. As far as I could see, Beijing was blanketed in five to six inches of snow.
Despite feeling slightly hazy from Halloween the night before, [...]
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Beijing, CHINA — A light dinner of two courses at In & Out (一坐一忘丽江主题餐厅) and a dessert beckons a return for more. The prices won’t break the bank and the ambiance echoes old Lìjiāng without a few of the tourist-trap pretensions [...]
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Tōngzhōu 通州, CHINA — I get off the subway at Li Yuan station in Tōngzhōu 通州, hungry.
Near the station, we enter the gate to a cluster of six-floor apartments. Someone is practicing the drums a few stories above and the neighborhood echoes my childhood when the [...]
Continue Reading →在出了地铁站后，我们走进了一个布满了六层楼公寓的小区的大门。有人正在几层之上的一间屋子里练习架子鼓，回荡在路中的鼓声让我想起了我的童年—— 那时住在我家街对面的男孩正在他位于二层的卧室中练习他的那套鼓。小区的附近没有饭馆，所以某些东西正在被烹饪的味道再一次给了我们家的感觉。
Walking east along Guanghua Lu, I spot a shop with people seated at five small tables outside, slurping soup. I look inside the shop and see a poster featuring the same dish everyone is eating. My nephew, friend, and I sit at a table and order three of whatever they’re having.
First, the server brings [...]
Continue Reading →Here in Beijing, I believe everything is fast! The cars, the bicyclists, the language, production, and food. A popular fast food chain with the young locals is Xiabu Xiabu, appropriated from the Japanese term Shabu Shabu, Japanese hotpot. Don’t expect great service from the Xiabu Xiabu fuwuyuans (waitresses), but count on [...]
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From 11am to 4am, I have a spot where I can comfort myself with popular Taiwanese food. I’ve lived in China for two and half years now, and Bellagio 鹿港小镇 continues to satiate my daily and nightly cravings with guilty pleasures like their Taiwan Stewed Fatty Pork (Taishikongrou) and Dry [...]
Beijing, China — When friends from out of town visit me in Beijing, the host in me lights up during mealtimes. My husband and I send our friends off for long hikes on the Great Wall and walks within the walls of the Forbidden [...]
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While living in Beijing, my home was blessed with an Āyí (Chinese for aunt, another term for home helper) who could cook well. Āyí gave me my first cooking lessons in China. Hóngshāo Páigǔ is a favorite in her home and easily became one of my favorites as it had an ingredient close [...]
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