I was going to use the title "authentic Vietnamese food guide", but then I realized that it doesn't really apply. Because interestingly, as far as I know there's really no such thing as "westernized Vietnamese food". Whatever we get here in the…
So, why "Land of Freedom"? It turns out that Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country that hadn't been colonized during the Colonial Era. By the time of second World War, Thailand was surrounded by French and British colonies, and the people…
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In a few weeks from now, we are having yet another great excuse to indulge our sweet tooth. Strike that - we are having another great opportunity to expand our multi-cultural sensibility: the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. At the heart of this centuries-old…
There are a lot of countries along the coasts of Mediterranean Sea. We have Southern European nations like Spain, France, Italy, and Greece; the Balkan nations; Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi from the Middle East Levant; and then we have…
Naples, the capitol of pizza, has always held a fascination for all of us who love a good pie. Claiming their pizza to be "Neapolitan" has become a common practice these days among pizza parlors. We often see restaurants including the word…
Whether you are a Chinese food lover, or just occasionally indulge for the novelty, at some point you might have wondered this: is Chinese food healthy? After all, it does seem like there's a lot of vegetables in Chinese dishes. On the…
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Yet Another Childhood Myth When I was a kid living in China, once a week my mom would take me to attend an extracurricular art class in a local "youth club" like the YMCA. On the way we would always pass by…
Xiao Long Bao, or "steamed soup dumplings", is a beloved delicacy from Shanghai. They are steamed dumplings with minced pork and blistering hot soup inside the wrappers. Through the past decade, this delicacy grew increasingly popular in the US. Three years ago,…