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Kung Pao Chicken – Beijing, China
Kung Pao Chicken is a western dish which is simply a combination of cubed chicken breast, peanuts or cashews, onion or leeks, and occasionally green peppers, doused in a chilli sauce of varying strength.
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Seahorses and Jellyfish – Beijing, China
Eating seahorses and jellyfish at the Xiao Wang Home Style restaurant in Beijing
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Jian Bing – Chinese Breakfast Pancakes
My favourite street food in Beijing is the little street vendor right outside my apartment complex who sells spicy crepes called Jian Bing.
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Making Out In Chinese – Beijing, China
Browsing through the English language bookshop in Wangfujing I couldn't help but pick up the phrase book called 'Making Out In Chinese'.
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Banned Social Networks, by Country – Beijing, China
An interesting tool that details banned social networking sites in each country, and provides links to explanatory news articles. Click on a country, then select the web service below to see reasons (spurious or otherwise).
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Crystal BBQ Korean Restaurant – Chaoyang, Beijing, China
There are over 800,000 Koreans in Beijing, which seems high until you realise that Seoul is only 598 miles away – considerably closer than Shanghai. They are mostly ensconced in a large area in the Chaoyang district, imaginatively called Korean Town. A happy by-product of this mass influx is the number of high quality Korean restaurants all over town, so…
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DaDong Peking Duck Review – Beijing, China
Review of the DaDong Peking Duck in Beijing, China. Aside from the exquisite duck, not that great
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Flattery I suppose – Beijing, China
It had to happen eventually - my first case of content theft
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Chinese Vegetables – Jinan, China
A short guide to some of the many vegetables in China, and their differences from those in the West
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