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Scrambled Eggs and Chives
The combination of scrambled eggs and chive can be found almost anywhere in China. Chive Scrambled Egg is not only a common dish (which is more often available as gaifan), it's also a common filling...
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Delicious Corn Dishes
Like many of my friends, before I came to China I was under the impression that the most common type of corn here was baby corn. But while baby corn in commonly used in Thailand and other Southeast...
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Sweet and Sour Pork Variations and Alternatives
'Sweet and Sour' is synonymous with Chinese food. Sweet and Sour Pork is a world renowned Chinese dish, second maybe only to Kung Pao Chicken. The Chinese name of this dish is 糖醋里脊 (táng cù lǐ ji) and...
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Wok Away! Flat Pan Eggplants
If the Chinese Cuisine had a trademark it would probably be the wok. This deep and round inbreed of a pot and a bowl has been used to stir-fry meat and vegetables for hundreds if not thousands of years...
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Beijing Style Shredded Pork + Tip
Beijing Style Shredded Pork or Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce is a common dish in Beijing and many other parts of China. Its main ingredient of this dish is shredded pork tenderloin...
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Hebei Classic Snack – Donkey Meat Sandwich
The first time I had donkey meat was during my first week in China all the way back in the end of 2005. I stayed with a host family and they actually served it for breakfast. I am not used to start my...
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Fruit Salad – Learn about Fruit in China
Spring is finally here but if you live in Beijing you know it had already been gone before I finished typing this sentence. Nonetheless, it's the perfect time of year to make or order a fruit salad and...
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Guizhou Trip Roundup – Suggested Route and Recommended Dishes
From all the provinces in Southwest China, Guizhou is probably the least popular among travelers. Between the delicacies of Sichuan, the scenery of Guangxi and the ethnic minorities of Yunnan, Guizhou...
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Three Dishes, One Story and a Map
Three Dishes Recently I came across three nice dishes, all not far from BLCU - the university I go to. The first one is a dish I have known for a long time. In Chinese it's called 铁板牛柳 (tiě bǎn niú...
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Getting Food to Go – Dabao and Daizou
Eating out is considerably cheap in China, especially when you compare it to Europe and North America. This means sitting in restaurants in part of the daily routine of every laowai. And most of the...
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Shanghai Soup Dumplings – Xiao Long Bao
Shanghai soup dumplings or xiaolongbao (小笼包 – xiǎo lóng bāo) or xiaolongtangbao (小笼汤包 – xiǎo lóng tāng bāo) if you want to be more accurate, are probably the best food ever to come out of Shanghai and...
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Cool Your Skin with Liangpi Noodles
It's not even June yet, yet the unbearable heat is already here. So what can you do other than cranking up the AC? Swimming is a nice option, but for that you need energy, some kind of cold fusion...
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Eating Healthy in China – Ten dishes you need to know
Many people seem to believe that the Chinese cuisine is fairly healthy. Clearly these people have never been to China. Between stir-fry, quick-fry, deep-fry, sweet and sour, sweet and spicy and pork...
View ArticleSomething Fishy – Yuxiang Eggplant Cooking Lesson
Eggplants ala Yuxiang (鱼香茄子 – yú xiāng qié zi) is one of my favorite dishes ever. It is also one of the trickiest names on the menu – both misleading and hard to translate. It is commonly known as...
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