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The One Phrase You’ll Need When Shopping in China
Updated:View Post: The One Phrase You’ll Need When Shopping in ChinaSo here we are (Dad and Kaitlin) in Beijing last summer, perusing assorted dish ware balanced precariously on the back of a wooden bicycle wagon. Putting aside the feat of sheer luck that none of the merchandise was broken, it was time…
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Stir-Fried Snow Pea Leaves with Garlic
Updated:View Post: Stir-Fried Snow Pea Leaves with GarlicThis is always the go-to side dish for any meal. It’s dead easy, and you can use the same method for any dark leafy green. Snow pea leaves have an amazing flavor, so we’d highly recommend trying to get your…
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How Did I End Up In Beijing?
Updated:View Post: How Did I End Up In Beijing?Have you ever traveled and woken up in unfamiliar surroundings, experiencing that millisecond-long feeling of panic when you realize you’re not at home? That happened to me the first week I relocated to Beijing for my international job assignment. But…
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Chinese Cooking Tools
Updated:View Post: Chinese Cooking ToolsWe use these Chinese cooking tools in our kitchen every day. That said, you don’t absolutely need any of these items to cook from our blog. But if you’re interested in broadening your base of kitchen equipment, here are some…
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How to Eat With A Bunch of Chinese People
Updated:View Post: How to Eat With A Bunch of Chinese PeopleIf you’ve seen the movie The Joy Luck Club (the dinner scene anyone?), you understand that Chinese dining etiquette can be ambiguous to some. Now, the rules aren’t quite as strict as this list would have you believe. Let us…
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Cooking Methods Used in Chinese Cuisine
Updated:View Post: Cooking Methods Used in Chinese CuisineHi everyone, Some of our followers have requested we expand information on exactly how to cook our recipes and we thought it would be good to start with some basic techniques and add more to the collection as we think…
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Navigating a Chinese Grocery Store
Updated:View Post: Navigating a Chinese Grocery StoreHi everyone, Kaitlin here. I’m here to introduce the Asian or Chinese grocery store, and hopefully demystify a few things if you’ve never shopped in one. Here we go: When I was younger, the power and allure of the Chinese…
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Chinese Hot Pot How-to at Home
Updated:View Post: Chinese Hot Pot How-to at HomeIt’s a cold night in the middle of winter, and we just don’t feel like washing, chopping and dropping things into the wok. Instead, we inspect the fridge and freezer. The question, “Should we have Chinese hot pot tonight!?” is…
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THE CHINESE TOUR BUS: TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS
Updated:View Post: THE CHINESE TOUR BUS: TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTSWhen planning a trip to China, you may very well be tempted to sign up for a local bus tour. We understand. It’s convenient. Everything is paid for and taken care of: meals, “five-star hotels,” transportation, and tickets to all…
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Harbin Ice Festival and Freezing our Butts Off!
Updated:View Post: Harbin Ice Festival and Freezing our Butts Off!If you’re looking to stack on more layers than you’ve ever worn at one time and STILL be cold and maybe watch a very large, well-fed Siberian tiger tear into a chicken at close range, then Harbin is for you.…
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INTRODUCTIONS
Updated:View Post: INTRODUCTIONSHello Internet, This is Sarah, the life-confused recent college graduate who’s become the driving force behind this whole blog endeavor. As you may already know from our About page, we’re a pretty close-knit family of four who haven’t been seeing…
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