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A culinary tour of north-east Taiwan
Beef Noodle Soup, Oven-baked Sesame Biscuits stuffed with a fried dough fritter, Buns stuffed with savory slices of pork belly and topped with crushed peanuts and fresh cilantro, Buttery soup-filled dumplings. If you like to eat, you should visit Taipei.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Celebrating the Spring Festival in Zhejiang province this year! New Year on the mainland is different, especially having spent a few Spring Festival celebrations in HK the last few years. Here, children have been setting ...
From Muse to Food: Pumpkin Pork Rib Chinese Soup
It’s autumn here in Hong Kong. It’s certainly not as cold as New York or Toronto (below zero, I hear!) but the weather fluctuates between warm, sunny days with highs in the low to mid ...
Happy 端午节!
Today is Duan wu jie, also known in the West as the Dragon Boat Festival Day. It’s an official holiday in Hong Kong. Some of you may recall I was a dragon boat paddler back ...
A visit to Hong Kong’s Long Island
It’s no secret that Hong Kong is smoggy and polluted. One look out my window every morning and I can tell how bad the air is for the day. Never mind the 14 stations that ...
It tastes like Chicken…
I’ve never been squeamish about food. One of my favorite dishes at dim sum is steamed chicken feet. I relish the soft, rich flavors of braised cow’s tongue. I grew up appreciating the textures and ...
Bao 包 on the Lower East Side
Earlier this month, a friend and I decided to try Baohaus on the Lower East Side. The small eatery on Rivington Street near Essex specializes in Taiwanese hamburgers－ Guabao 刮包 － white, fluffly Chinese buns, ...