a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, cookery, cooking, dumplings, food, noodles, recipe, traveleating on Jul 10th, 2009
When I was researching restaurants to visit in Hong Kong last year, I came across passionate debates on Chowhound and other forums on where to eat the best Cantonese wonton noodles, focusing on crucial details such as the size of the wonton, the silkiness of the skin, the taste and texture of the filling, and [...]
Posted in Cantonese, Chinese, Hong Kong, cookery, cooking, food, recipe, traveleating on Apr 16th, 2009
I’ve always loved my mother’s congee. She makes it very simply, mostly with pork or chicken and shreds of dried scallop. I also had congee for breakfast every day on my recent trip to Hong Kong, when I discovered it was one of the many breakfast options at my excellent hotel. So when I bought [...]
Posted in Beijing, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, cookery, cooking, food, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Mar 24th, 2009
On our traveleating trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing last October, I was reminded of how much I enjoy the unique taste of thousand year old egg (if you don’t know what thousand year old egg is, it’s all explained in this earlier post). I had it first at Yung Kee in Hong Kong, [...]
Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, dim sum, dining out, food, food & travel, restaurants, traveleating on Mar 13th, 2009
I haven’t had any dim sum since I was in Hong Kong a few months ago. I think I ate so much Chinese food during those two and a half weeks in Hong Kong and Beijing that I thought I’d take a prolonged break. But now I’m starting to crave dim sum again, and am [...]
Posted in China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Italy, Japanese, London, cookery, cooking, dining out, food, 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 documented [...]
