Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA — Tempted by Fuchsia Dunlop’s chapter about Chef Yu Bo, from her book Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China, I gathered a small group to experience the whims and culinary mastery at Yu’s Family [...]
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Mix说只要有五个人去，我们就将组成吃兔头的团队。于是我们的奥德塞旅行从成都的Mix Hostel开始了。我向桌子边上的五个人确认一下，结果远不止五个人热衷这项美食探险。从Hostel走了几站，我们就到了一家常见的餐馆，并点了11只兔头-8只是麻辣味的，三只非麻辣的。
Chengdu 成都, Sichuan 四川, China — The rabbit head odyssey began at Chengdu Mix Hostel, where “Mix” agreed to take a group of rabbit head eating rookies if there were at least five of us. I convinced the five at the table [...]
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Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA — An important website to know when dining in China is Dianping.com, in Chinese only. Dianping is the Zagat of China and the ratings can be trusted! So far, every restaurant I’ve gone to, by recommendation of Dianping [...]
Continue Reading →When is the largest yearly human migration in the world? Chūnjié (春节, Chinese New Year).
For the year of the Tiger, Adeline traveled by train 13 hours (hard sleeper), then three hours by bus to arrive home where her mother and father waited anxiously [...]
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Huí Guō Ròu (回锅肉, twice-cooked pork) is pork belly, first boiled then fried with a fragrant chorus of peppers and bean pastes. Green chili pepper used during my recipe lesson was about four inches, thin, curled, wrinkly skin, and spicy. The red peppers are sweet.
This recipe of twice-cooked pork may differ from other twice-cooked [...]
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Píngshān 屏山, CHINA – My journey to learn favorite family recipes began this morning at the Suíjiāng market. Heavy bags of meat and vegetables turning our knuckles white, we board Liu Yeye’s boat. Liu Yeye (Grandfather Liu) motors his river tank up the Jīnshā River just enough [...]
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Beijing, China — I’m in the middle of writing about my visit to Lìjiāng. Lunch time hits so I decide to eat some inspiration at a favorite spot, In & Out (一坐一忘丽江主题餐厅). I’ve written about a few dishes from In & [...]
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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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Suíjiāng 绥江, Yunnan, China — It must be great to have a food expert in the family. The Zhāng (张) family is fortunate to have the talents of husband and father, Zhāng Shīfu (张师傅, Master Zhang). Who wouldn’t want to dine daily at the table of a chef? Located in central [...]
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Suíjiāng, Yunnan, China — As I walk to the corner where my team and I will set off in a sānlúnchē (三轮车, motorized three-wheeled taxi), I look around me in awe; all of these buildings will be submerged under water after the Xiàngjiābà Dam [...]
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