It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve returned from Taiwan, and I still have no appetite! I don’t want to eat anything, except for a shaobing youtiao or lo bo gao or dan bing or o-ah jian. Or anything made in Taiwan. It’s so depressing and well, unappetizing, in Beijing. Why do they eat such […]
After a glorious weekend during which I discovered American-worthy sandwiches and American-worthy pie, I am going to try my luck for American-worthy pretzels. I’m going after work in search of Auntie Anne’s, that American pretzel icon, which is located somewhere in my larger neighborhood. Yay pretzels!
Food problems exist on both sides of the world, not just in China. According to this WaPo article, food fraud is rampant in the U.S., with suppliers labeling cheaper goods as something much more expensive. John Spink, an expert on food and packaging fraud at Michigan State University, estimates that 5 to 7 percent of […]
China is unsafe. Not because of crime — China has among the lowest violent crime rates in the world — but because its a toxic jungle. Surprise, surprise. First, there’s the air pollution. Then, there’s the water pollution. And finally, there’s the food pollution. Tainted chopsticks, tainted oil and tainted takeaway boxes. So basically, I’m […]
It was a Japan-filled day. I went to the Xidan Muji today to check out their housewares. It was a little pricey for things I wasn’t even looking for, but I thought I’d buy a notebook and fun pen. Still, it wasn’t a total loss of a day. Look what I found on the sixth […]
OK, well, against my advice and wishes, work decided to put up my remaining hamburger stories without Chris’s video accompaniments. Chris and I were not able to visit as many burger joints as we had hoped (trouble setting up interviews, etc.), but in the end, it may have been for the better. I mean, how […]
After coming back from our big adventure to the Hanging Monastery, we rested for a bit at our hotel. We decided we weren’t very hungry but should eat anyway around 8 p.m., so we went to the hotel next door. It had a pretty nice restaurant (we had eaten there the night before). We ordered […]
The last intern left today, so now it’s just me. Just tying all the loose ends… I finished my last article today and turned it in, so I can finally say that this internship is over. I organized all of my work files on my computer and cleaned out the random accumulation of junk on […]
Chris, who likes to say he’s half-Italian (because I guess he is), started craving fettuccine alfredo one day, which made me start to crave some pasta. I love pasta. It’s a good thing northern Chinese cuisine favors noodles. So one day after work, we decided to venture out across town to the nearest Annie’s, a […]
Actually, there isn’t anything ! about Qingdao. Wait, no, there is one thing, and here it is: The one good thing about Qingdao: I found an ice cream place that serves ice cream on a waffle cone — three delicious scoops for only six kuai! And on our last night, I tried to get some […]