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Chinese Cuisine

Where to Eat in Hong Kong

Where to Eat in Hong Kong

There are endless choices of where to eat in Hong Kong - member's only clubs, concealed dim sum dives, and street-side milk tea stands below multi-Michelin star restaurants. The question in Hong Kong is never...
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Episode 28: Chinese Culinary History and Culture with Fuchsia Dunlop

For this episode, we’re back to one of our all-time favorite topics - Chinese food – and we’re discussing it with world-famous Chinese food-writer and chef, Fuchsia Dunlop.
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Why Guizhou Should Top Your 2021 Travel List

With adventure on the horizon for 2021, add Guizhou to your travel list for an escape into minority villages and breathtaking landscapes.
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In Conversation With… Fuchsia Dunlop

We've been fans of Fuchsia Dunlop since she wrote her first book, Sichuan Cookery, back in 2001. Ten years later, she began regularly hosting two of our expert-led journeys throughout Sichuan and China. Her legendary journeys Gastronomic Tour...
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Man enjoying his tea

Chinese New Year and Why it Rat-ters

Featured image by Carl Ibale  Written by Collin Fifer China’s biggest holiday has arrived, and with it, the biggest annual human migration. As the new moon waxes and we enter the Year of the Rat, the whole...
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Rice Terraces in the south of China

Best Sweet Treats and Candy in China

Updated: September 3, 2019 Although Chinese people tend to shy away from sugar-filled foods in comparison to Western culture, the Middle Kingdom is home to a wide variety of sweet treats that are fun to eat for...
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Candles in a Buddhist temple

5 Dishes That Will Have You Booking Your China Trip Right Now

A couple of spots have just opened up on celebrated food author, Fuchsia Dunlop’s, Gastronomic Tour of China in May. Read on for a little sampling of the trip that will make your mouth water, then...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Must Try Yunnan Recipes

Chinese cuisine is much more than the sickeningly sweet orange chicken and limp chow mein you may have encountered outside of China. In fact, Chinese cuisine is very diverse and varies from province to province....
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

The HaiDiLao Hot Pot Experience

While not particularly well known among foreigners, almost any Chinese person you ask will be able to tell you about HaiDiLao Hot Pot (海底捞火锅). On the surface, HaiDiLao is a popular chain of restaurants serving hot...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

Black Sesame Kitchen: unexpected insight into Chinese history

A few days ago, my colleague introduced Jen Lin-Liu as a chef, writer, and owner of the a restaurant in Beijing, Black Sesame Kitchen.  Tonight, I had the opportunity to go to Black Sesame Kitchen...
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