I visited Zhou Yi in Shimen, Hunan and followed her and her husband to the markets where they bought the afternoon’s meal. The rest of the story is coming soon.
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在北京时，来自湖南的美食博主小周曾邀请我参加一场美食艺术秀。记得在那场艺术秀上，几个美食名博把切好的面包片艺术地堆在一起，拍下照片，再上传到自己的博客上。她还告诉过我她很喜欢的菜是腊味合蒸。后来，我来到她的老家，从她父亲-周师傅那里学到了更多他们家人喜欢的家常菜。
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Learned from Zhōu Shifu, Xiao Zhou‘s father
shǒu sī zhúsǔn (手撕竹笋, hand-torn bamboo shoots)
Shǒu sī zhúsǔn (手撕竹笋, hand-torn bamboo shoots) is a simple dish made with fresh bamboo shoots. Canned bamboo shoots won’t do the flavor justice and may only hint of a shoe closet. Before coming to China, I thought [...]
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Baishicun, Changsha, Hunan, China — In Beijing, a fellow Beijing food blogger, Xiao Zhou, invited me to an event where several Chinese food bloggers stacked sliced bread artfully, photographed the sculptures, then uploaded the photos to their respective blogs. Xiao Zhou is from Hunan and told me of Continue Reading →
Suān là zhēng jī (酸辣蒸鸡, free-range chicken steamed with pickled chili peppers) is a popular dish in Hunan and everyone makes it differently. Varying by the cook’s style, every bowl I’ve come across is easy to make yet so delicious. Zhou Shifu‘s version is especially easy, and the most simple in flavor as it only [...]
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One month ago, just after returning to Beijing from Changsha, I was inspired to pickle chillies the way two families pickled theirs.
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Beijing, China — It’s spring in Beijing and I’m back just in time to enjoy the lovely weather after traveling through Jiangsu and Shanghai to learn home-style recipes. Two weeks of eating Jiangsu and Shanghai cuisine’s light and healthy flavors and my taste buds are hankering for some Hunan chillies.
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早就听说湖南的火宫殿比较出名，那天晚上，很幸运的是，我们在宾馆附近的五一大道上散步，不一会就碰见了一家火宫殿。从外面看见里面很热闹，客人很多，服务员们推着小吃车走来走去。看这人气，应该错不了。一进去，就看到墙上有关火宫殿的介绍了，原来有250多年的历史了。“火宫殿样样有，有饭有菜有甜酒，还有白糖盐醋藕”格外引人注目。
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Train from Changsha to Shimen, Hunan, CHINA — It’s Friday and the start of Qingmingjie (清明节, Tomb Sweeping weekend). We’ve boarded a train, bum-rushed by university students who have cut classes and made a sport of finding the [...]
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今天早上，我到了长沙，感觉很饿。在长沙居然没有供背包客们居住的hostel，在Hostelworld.com上也找不到一个。有没有可能有人抓住这个机会开一个呢？华天之星酒店位于著名的莫泰168大厦的第五层，住在这里我有点感觉自己在北京Being John Malkovich的7½层。
因为在这个城市里没有一个认识的人，我们只好通过我们很喜欢的点评网来了解信息。长沙人似乎不太喜欢用这个网站，以至于麦当劳和肯德基排在了前25名。最终，我们找到了一个坐落在湖南大学附近的岳麓山上的一个美丽的地方-湖大印象吧，据说最适合情侣们约会。根据点评网友们的推荐，我们分享了下面三道菜。
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Changsha, Hunan, CHINA — This morning, I arrived by train, hungry. There are no hostels in Changsha, at least none to be found on Hostelworld.com. Can someone sniff this opportunity and open one? We’ve checked in to a fairly [...]
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Train K578, CHINA — On a train to Changsha in Hunan region eating a peanut butter-orange marmalade sandwich on wheat, hand crafted by my husband, Peikwen, just before we [...]
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