Posts Tagged With: chinese food
Pomelo – Totally Worth the Effort
Every year at about this time we see these huge citrusy things showing up on the fruit stands. Some of them have wrappers with the word “grapefruit” on it, and I’ve never really been interested in trying them. Not a big grapefruit fan. But a few weeks ago I was sick, and the students Ryan &hellip Continue reading
Eating History: Peking Duck and Liqun Restaurant
Even for budget travelers like ourselves, you can’t go toBeijingwithout tasting a little of the local specialty: Peking duck. A good restaurant can set you back several hundred kuai (a small fortune to us) but it’s totally worth it. Our favorite duck restaurant is called Liqun, a small restaurant tucked into a hutong, &hellip Continue reading
Street Food of Pingyao
You can’t go far in the tiny ancient city of Pingyao without hearing the street cry of a food vendor, and more often then not, Ryan and I would answer that call. Pingyao had some of the most unique street food I had never seen before, much of it bread based (our fav) so we &hellip Continue reading
Kaifeng’s Night Market
Kaifeng has some ancient buildings, historical pagoada’s and astounding sculptures but that the people really come for is the night market. Held in the middle of the city every night the night market is overflowing with skewers of meat, pounded peanut cakes, breads cooked in small charcoal ovens and lots and lots of unidentifiable stuff. &hellip Continue reading
