Beijing, China — I just finished a beautiful ride with friends Joanna and Ryan on our motor-scooters, through several Beijing hútòngs. ‘Hell’s Scooters’ we were, as Ryan called us!
Brunch
We started through Dongcheng district and serendipitously followed one wide [...]
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Omniscient clouds loom overhead on the afternoon of day three. I love the mood of the weather here. By day mother nature delivers clear blue skies with a small breeze and in the late afternoon cools down the city with a trio of fat rain drops, lightning, and [...]
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Pangbianr.com features a map of Beijing’s organic farms. Let’s watch the blue location markers multiply.
Right now the information is basic but watch as it grows over time. The map incorporates data gathered by Emi Uemura and represents a different, more direct way to disseminate information [...]
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Cristina McLauchlan, passionate foodie and energized globe trotter, finds herself in Kuala Lumpur by way of a work obligation only to discover on day two, the breakfast of champions… nasi lemak.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — I felt a bit giddy after reading an email from a very close friend of mine. She pointed out how she was glad to hear that even when you enter your 30’s, you are still able to have ‘firsts’. The month of April produced a trio of firsts for [...]
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北京，中国-上周六早上，我听到了来自海淀的某个地方的农场的呼唤：小鸟在唱歌，溪水滋润着土壤，有的人正在销售他们自己种的或者做的的商品，猪(这是我见过的最干净的猪）欢快的咕噜着叫。在Education USA China工作的Lauryne Massinga邀请女儿Claire、我、 Yan Nan（Education USA China的项目经理）、朋友Candice 一起驱车到小毛驴农场，去感受那里的春光。
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Living in China, I’m not always the first to catch drift of television series airing in the States. I keep up with as much as I can via Twitter and other foodie blogs. There’s so much happening in the food world with so many appetites sharing their experiences of all-things-food. It’s difficult to [...]
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里朴岛（Ko Lipe），泰国-我坐在了里朴岛的一个餐馆里，终于可以上网了！已经有将近72个小时没有接触网络了。
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台湾，台北-今天早上，我吃了以前从没吃过的美食：咸豆浆。在一个碗里，把油条、榨菜、肉松，虾米、辣椒、一点醋和高凝的热豆奶混在一起，这就是咸豆浆。醋让豆浆凝固，变成了一块软豆腐，碗里就开始起泡沫了，因为酸能使蛋白凝固。
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台湾，台北-我已经离开了寒冷的北京，无法亲自证明北京天气预报的准确性了。我现在在我最喜欢的亚洲城市之一-台北，去看望我丈夫的家人。一下飞机，就感受到了台北的湿润气息。在等机场巴士的时，我闻到了花儿的芬芳。这种感觉就像到达了夏威夷，在蒸汽浴室里，蒸汽蒸着你的皮肤时，你感觉到了脖子上挂着的花环的气息。我知道这么说是有点夸张了。但是离开寒冷的灰蒙蒙的北京，在这里找到了春天的感觉，真的让我内心的情感柔软起来。
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Ko Phi Phi, Thailand — Arguably the best pad thai to grace the backpacker’s palette, Song’s pad thai certainly has international fame and the walls do speak for its flavor.
I’m not a huge pad thai fan as I’ve been a little pad thai‘d out and favor the curries, but I will [...]
Continue Reading →Ko Lipe, Thailand — After nearly 72 hours without Internet connection, I sit in a restaurant on well-developed Ko Lipe, catching up a little online.
After Taipei, we boarded a plane to Bangkok, arrived near midnight then woke up early to board a plane for Hat Yai at the [...]
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