Advice to Chinese bar owners in Italy: Turn on the lights!
Chinese immigrants are leaving behind the factory life and opening up bars across Spain and Italy. What do the Chinese know about running bars? Coffee and wine are a way of life here in Europe. Can an immigrant be a part of this scene here in Europe?
Babi pangang, satay skewers — Indonesian-inspired Chinese food in Holland
The most popular dish at all the Chinese restaurants across Holland is, without a doubt, Babi panggang. Haven't heard of it before? Neither did I, until I came to the Netherlands.
Qingtian
Qingtian 青田 is mountainous county in Zhejiang 浙江 Province, 300 miles south of Shanghai. For more than 200 years, its people have sought to escape a life of wretched poverty. So they went out. Today, more than 200,000 people – amounting to half of Qingtian's current population – live in more than 120 countries around...
It’s red. It’s juicy. Introducing the Yang-mei.
There's a sort of obsession going about town. It's June in Qingtian, on the south-east coast of China, and everyone is talking about yang-mei 杨梅: a round, sweet, dimpled fruit that ripens to a deep shade of brilliant red.
Pet or food?
Today, I cooked a duck recipe for the first time. It turned out great, but comes at an odd time for me, considering just 3 days ago I bought two little ducklings and are now raising them as pets. So here comes the dilemma. In about 2 months, they'll be fully grown. And then what?...
Duck, Duck..
If you get the feeling like there's some kind of animal theme going on for the blog since I moved to the countryside, well, you're right. Animals or more accurately, livestock, are a big part of life here. So I jumped on the country band wagon today...
Thank you, Mr. Fish
We slaughter, scale, and gut a fish. Then we steam it, butter pan-fry it, and make it in a yummy Chinese soup. Read more about the latest adventure, cooking in the Chinese countryside.
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