Waking up at Chengdu Mix Hostel
Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA — I woke up at 5:30am to the sound of other backpackers scurrying about, feet slamming down loose floor boards, voices audible against nothing else in the still morning. Thinking my complimentary breakfast starts at 6:30am [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve arrived in Chengdu after a 25-hour train ride, winding through fields crossing village and city borders blanketed with yellow flowers trumping the sunshine’s flare. Adeline and I have managed to bunk with four dudes taking full advantage of common space; Yanjing beer cans, peanut shells, [...]
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Fóshān (佛山), Guangdong, CHINA — Every great meal begins with the fun adventure of grocery shopping. This may be tedious for some, but for me it’s another chance to connect with the locals and get seduced into buying other things not on the evening’s menu. Flash [...]
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中国，佛山—每一顿诱人的美食都要从去琳琅满目的菜市场挑选原料而开始。对有人来说，这可能是挺无聊的事情；但对于我来说，却是一个和当地人打交道 的好机会，我还会被诱惑着买晚上菜谱之外的东西。只要有人朝我一笑，叫我一声朋友，并说：好久不见！我就与他们搭话，还买了当天并不需要的西红柿。“我应 该每天都储存西红柿。”我这样安慰自己。
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — My friend, Meli James, interviewed on “The View from the Bay” discussing best places to drink wine in San Francisco; truly different sites and great to make fun trips of them. Meli is co-founder of Continue Reading →
SINGAPORE – I’d read about it the Hemispheres mag’ on the plane, but I never thought I’d experience it — Collagen meals. On Orchard Street, I order a bowl of 拉面 (lāmiàn, hand-pulled noodles) fortified with collagen. Pudong Wanton Noodle Soup at Continue Reading →
中国，绥江-当晚的最后一个梦一结束，从窗户射进的阳光就渗透进了我的眼睑，也切断了我重返梦乡的路。新的点子和要做的事情瞬间充斥了我的大脑，使我完全清醒过来。我喜欢清晨！我喜欢清晨，特别是有人可以和我一起在清晨散步、分享早餐、然后再一起去购买一些用于制作午餐和晚餐的材料的时候。
Suijiang, CHINA – As soon as my last dream ends, light from the window seeps into my eyes and there’s no turning back towards the land of nod. New ideas and things-to-do rush [...]
Continue Reading →Yibin, CHINA – My host in Sichuan arranged a pick up for my team and I in Yibin. Her younger brother arrived in a sedan carrying his wife, niece, and two year old. There are two healthy sized young men in my team so our seating arrangements placed the niece, my two [...]
Continue Reading →Yibin (Sichuan Province), CHINA – What a night! We slept on the worst sleeper train in China complete with sights of mostly men in the cabin, odors of smoke and the bathroom, and the constant sound of brakes screeching.
In the middle of the night, the train stopped at a station and I heard [...]
Continue Reading →Beijing to Chengdu, CHINA – Last night Mianzhu in Sichuan province shook from an earthquake of 5.2 on the Richter scale. Because of the earthquake, our train stops often and we are told the railroads are damaged. Thirty minutes outside of Mianyang we stall for over an hour and some passengers complain we should at [...]
Continue Reading →Train No. K117 Beijing to Chengdu, CHINA – My search for tasty family recipes is indeed a journey and any meal I have along the way is part of the process. I’ve just twisted several plastic forks of instant noodles for lunch while watching sunflower patches and boxy brick homes whiz by [...]
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