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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Man cannot live by bread alone
But on the other hand, this woman cannot live entirely without bread. Now the thing is, on the whole the Chinese don’t eat bread. Or at least they don’t eat what I call bread. ‘Western style’ chinese bakers shops have … Continue reading
Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Magpie Bridge
Last week was what the Chinese consider their equivalent of Valentine’s Day, and it is much less commercial than the Valentine’s Day we are used to in the West. It is called Qixi – the Night of Sevens , an … Continue reading
Fancy a cuppa? a quick teatorial
China has been producing and drinking tea for over 4000 years, which is quite a long time by anyone’s reckoning. As you might imagine from such a long history they take tea, and tea drinking very seriously indeed. In fact … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dragon Well, green tea, Hangzhou, Long Jin tea, Shifeng, Tea, tea in china, tea philosophy, West Lake, Yuezhou
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Eighteen layers of Hell
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Dongyue Temple. It was a glorious summer’s day and I was amazed to find I had the place virtually to myself. It is located not far from where we are living in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese gods, Daoism, Dongyue Temple, Hell, incense burners, petty officials, prayer tokens, religion, Tai Shan, temples, worship
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Oodles of Noodles
Its time for another restaurant review, and this time it’s a Shanxi restaurant. Shanxi (not to be confused with Shaanxi) is an inland province to the south west of Beijing, in a region famous for its cereal crops. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant reviews
Tagged Antony Bourdain, dill, knife-cut noodles, making noodles, Noodle Loft Beijing, noodles, restaurants, Shanxi, vinegar, walnuts
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