a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Beijing, China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, food, Hong Kong, recipe, Taiwanese, 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 China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, food, noodles, recipe, Sichuan, traveleating, vegetarian on Mar 19th, 2009
Reading Eileen Wen Mooney’s Beijing Eats a short while ago inspired me to start cooking more Chinese food. I chose to start with dan dan mian, a Sichuan snack dish or ‘xiao chi‘ (small eats) of ‘noodles dressed in a mixture of sesame paste and peanut sauce with a little chilli oil’. According to Eileen, [...]
Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, food & travel, Hong Kong, 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 Beijing, China, Chinese, dining out, food, food & travel, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Feb 22nd, 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
