New York is turning into Beijing! From the Times: People did what they had to do. They sat through movies they did not really want to see. They walked around without shirts beneath umbrellas. Tony Gonzalez, a Manhattan doorman and restaurant repairman, had taken two showers by midday and planned on taking six or seven. […]
Technically, there’s no cooking involved. I know I’ve been complaining about the rise of food prices lately, but avocados are cheaper (for now)! I found them at the grocery store for 9.5 kuai ($1.47) each over the weekend. Usually they’re 15 kuai ($2.32) each or 55 kuai ($8.50!!) per kilogram. So naturally, I indulged and bought […]
A few weeks ago, I wished for decent goi cuon, the delicious, wonderfully fresh Vietnamese spring rolls. This is a summer staple in my family, and my mother made me all jealous and homesick when she told me they were making some on their beach holiday with a bunch of family friends. But HA. Enter […]
China’s rising cost of living has been dominating the news lately, if not overseas, then definitely domestically. First-half figures just released show that food prices alone jumped more than 11 percent over the first six months last year. When I first came to Beijing, my shao bing jia ji dan was 1.5 kuai; it’s now […]