Beijing, China – A couple months back, I posted several several images during my hunt for Beijing’s street food. The feature Snacks appeal ran in Time Out Beijing‘s August 2012 issue. Just snacking the surface of a few neighborhoods in Beijing, I’ve listed a [...]
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Some sights from my explorations of the day. These were taken using my iPhone. I’ll post better quality shots in the few weeks.
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Back in December, I toured Tainan for a few days and indulged as much as I could over the few days I had. What I discovered put me on the radar for other hungry appetites with curiosity to know more. One such hungry appetite is that of Steve Crook who writes for TAIWAN: [...]
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Tainan, Taiwan — Tainan has great eats! Peikwen’s friend from university has a father who lives in Tainan and much to our luck… he’s a foodie. Uncle Yang is from Tainan. He knows the good from the mediocre and how many generations a shop has been around with their zǔchuán [...]
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马来西亚，吉隆坡 — 一个同事曾告诉我去马来西亚必须尝尝那里的肉骨茶。根据百科全书的解释，肉骨茶是19世纪由广东或者香港的苦力带入马来地区的。做苦力的人需要吃肉骨茶获得能量。
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — I heard about bak kuh teh (肉骨茶) from a colleague who told me it is a MUST try in Malaysia. The name bak kuh teh literally translates to ‘meat bone tea‘. According to Wikipedia, bak kut teh was first introduced to the Malay region during the 19th century [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
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Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA — One topic of conversation that surfaces frequently while hanging out with other backpackers is how much the travel scene has changed. Many travelers staying in hostels, pack their laptops and after a day of sightseeing they search the lobbies and cafes for electric [...]
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粉蒸肉也上来了，我想起来在台北时和婆婆一起吃过这道菜。Mix告诉我在过去的五十年里，有很多四川人移民到台北。之后，又上来几小碗不同的面。“在成都用小碗装面条，太棒了，我可以尝好多口味的面条！要是用大碗，我或许只能吃一种肚子就没地方装其他类型的了。”
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