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Tofu and Chips: Surprisingly Delicious
Blog : Life on Nanchang LuI was never a fan of tofu. I think the problem is that in the west, it's often used as ameat, egg or dairy substitute. Scrambled tofu? Tofu panacotta? Tofu chocolatemousse? Wrong, wrong, wrong. But in China, tofu has a life of its own. It even has a whole supermarket aisle of its own....
Read the full article- about 1 month ago
A Forest of Lotus Blossoms
Blog : Life on Nanchang LuOn the outskirts of Aishanmen village, near Yangshuo, is a small lotus farm open to visitors. Narrow paths meander between the ponds of giant shoulder-high lotus leaves and blossoms, emerald and pink. The lotus pods, starting out as the fringed yellow centre of the lotus flower, turn...
Read the full article- 10 months ago
I Love Sparrows, Just Not in a Carnivorous Way
Blog : Life on Nanchang LuIt's 8pm and I've just eaten my first sparrow. Twelve pairs of eyes watch closely as it goes into my mouth, twenty-four pupils wait expectantly to see my reaction. I crunch through the tiny little bones and feel the unpleasant sensation of a curled clawed foot scraping the inside of my...
Read the full article- 10 months ago
'Pretty Ladies! Handsome Men! Barbecue Fish!'
Blog : Life on Nanchang LuIt's only 10.30am but the lunch rush has already begun at the oddly-named Shouzi Roast Fish Main Store, mid-stream on the Yulong River. Actually a floating restaurant rather than a 'store', the charcoal grill is smoking away and the smell of barbecued fish wafts gently across the water,...
Read the full article- 11 months ago
Wood Ear Mushrooms with Pork and Ginger: A Recipe from Dragon's Backbone
Blog : Life on Nanchang LuI hang out in a lot of kitchen doorways in China, watching techniques and gleaning cooking secrets, and generally trying to stay a safe distance from the cleavers and boiling cooking oil. By hanging out in the kitchen at Quanjing Lou guesthouse for a protracted period, scribbling notes...
Read the full article- 11 months ago