Regular readers will know that I spent weeks and months meticulously planning my foodie trip last October to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing (all thirteen Postcards from China are archived here). That’s when I first came across Beijing-based restaurant writer Eileen Wen Mooney, whose Guardian article The Top 10 Places To Eat I found extremely [...]
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Gong Hei Fat Choi! Chinese New Year is just round the corner and everyone seems to be busy planning and preparing food to celebrate this special occasion. Rather than invent something new, I thought I’d re-introduce three of the most popular posts on World Foodie Guide, seeing as so many people are searching for Chinese [...]
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Posted in Beijing, China, Chinese, dining out, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jan 6th, 2009
[UPDATE: June 2009 - I went for dim sum at Leong's Legend and had a much better experience. You can read about it here.] ****************************** Background: Leong’s Legend in London’s Chinatown (a second branch has just opened around the corner) has bounced on and off my restaurant wishlist ever since I first started reading mixed [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, dining out, food, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Italy, Japanese, London, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Dec 31st, 2008
Every month on World Foodie Guide, there’s a short round-up of news and particularly interesting reviews or recipes in Second Helpings. Here is the end of year version for 2008! I went to Italy twice, as well as on a long trip to Hong Kong, Macau and China. All these wonderful traveleating trips are well [...]
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As with the previous post on thousand year old egg, I’ve been planning this post on tofu (doufu in Mandarin, daufu in Cantonese and tofu in Japanese) or bean curd for a while, ever since a friend asked me what tofu was. As I took some photos of tofu dishes in Hong Kong and Beijing [...]
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