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Kung Pao Chicken – Beijing, China

August 2, 2010 0 steve

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

July 31, 2010 0 steve

Eating seahorses and jellyfish at the Xiao Wang Home Style restaurant in Beijing

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Jian Bing – Chinese Breakfast Pancakes

July 28, 2010 0 steve

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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Crystal BBQ Korean Restaurant – Chaoyang, Beijing, China

July 16, 2010 0 steve

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

July 10, 2010 0 steve

Review of the DaDong Peking Duck in Beijing, China. Aside from the exquisite duck, not that great

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Chinese Vegetables – Jinan, China

June 28, 2010 0 steve

A short guide to some of the many vegetables in China, and their differences from those in the West

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Restaurants – Beijing, China

June 3, 2010 0 steve

Restaurants here are cheap and exceedingly fast – if the first dish doesn't appear within a couple of minutes the customers start shouting to hurry up

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Spiders – Siem Reap, Cambodia

December 30, 2008 0 steve

Finding the tastiest spiders in Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Sitting – Hoi An, Vietnam

December 23, 2008 0 steve

Whilst everyone else puts the finishing touches to their tailoring, I indulge in a spot of people watching in Hoi An, Vietnam

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Masterchef – Luang Prabang, Laos

December 13, 2008 0 steve

Everyone else had an undeserved lie-in whilst I got up and went to a cookery course at the Tum Tum Cheng restaurant and cooking school. It started off with a shopping trip to a local market where we strolled amongst the fresh vegetable and rotting fishes, getting an understanding of the different ingredients (and swearing to avoid any more fish…

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Kung Pao Chicken – Beijing, China

Seahorses and Jellyfish – Beijing, China

Jian Bing – Chinese Breakfast Pancakes

Crystal BBQ Korean Restaurant – Chaoyang, Beijing, China

DaDong Peking Duck Review – Beijing, China

Chinese Vegetables – Jinan, China

Restaurants – Beijing, China

Spiders – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Sitting – Hoi An, Vietnam

Masterchef – Luang Prabang, Laos

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