Random Photo: Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces
During a fantastic trip to Guangxi province, we went north of Guilin to see the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces. Four hours of hilly hiking was completely worth it!
Archive for December, 2011
Dec 22
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The Great Food Scavenger Hunt of China
My family is coming to visit in just two weeks! I’ve been stressing out over planning the details of their visit to Shanghai, Yangshuo, and Bejing, but even more importantly, planning their eating itinerary. Enough is enough. I decided to list it all out. I present to you The Great Food Scavenger Hunt of China!
One week, three cities in China, way too many food options. Let the eating begin!
- Jiaozi (dumplings)
- Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings)
- Hunan ribs
- Lamian (pulled noodles)
- Zongzi (sticky rice)
- Pretz, pizza flavored
- Baijiu (Chinese alcohol)
- Shanghai hairy crab
- Mapo dofu (Sichuan tofu)
- Unrecognizable street food
- Yang’s Shengjian (fried dumplings)
- Jianbing (crispy filled pancake)
- Yunnan goat cheese
- Tsingtao in a brown bottle (actually made in Qingdao)
- Guobaorou (Dongbei style sweet and sour pork)
- Hotpot
- Chayedan (tea boiled egg)
- Red bean shaved ice
- Sichuan qianbian sijidou (Sichuan deep fried green beans)
- Lilian Cakes dan tat (egg tarts)
- Congyoubing (spring onion pancake)
- Cha (tea)
- Zhenzhou naicha (pearl milk tea)
- Beijing kaoya (Peking duck)
- Msg
- Taiwanese peanut butter smoothie
- Baozi (filled bun)
- Chuanr (Xinjiang meat kebabs)
- Huiguorou (twice cooked pork)
- Mango tapioco
- Dandan mien (cut noodles)
- Xinjiang fried bread
- Gongbao Jiding (Kungpao chicken)
Dec 8
Random Photo: Chalk Chinese Characters
These whimsical Chinese characters were written all over the sidewalk in Qingdao – inspiration to learn to write Chinese!
