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Random bits and pieces on life in Beijing

Travels in Shanghai: Triple-fried Goodness – Porkchop with Niangao (排骨年糕)

Posted on June 10, 2010 by jen

Shanghai. It’s a place most Beijingers love to hate. The antithesis of Beijing, with its European flavor, narrow sycamore-dotted lanes, and a population inexplicably always in a mad rush. This last trip however, I’ve decided to give in to its … Continue reading →

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Beijing Pastry Culture: Daoxiangcun 稻香村

Posted on May 24, 2010 by christine

I really miss afternoon snacks.  There used to be something really acceptable about eating a cookie and having a juice in the middle of the afternoon, and really humane about acknowledging that hunger strikes every three hours.  Or two hours.  … Continue reading →

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Tsinghua Cafeteria Series: Students

Posted on February 11, 2010 by christine

Cafeteria no. 7 at Tsinghua University is incredibly crowded.  The space issue is compounded by the reservation system, which is a fancy way of saying that students stake out seats with a mitten, hat, or notebook.  Walking into the cafeteria … Continue reading →

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Meat Truck: curing ham in a van

Posted on January 10, 2010 by jen

Sometimes, actually, oftentimes, in Beijing you see pretty random things. For instance, on the way to school at Tsinghua 清华大学 (near Wudaokou 五道口, Haidian 海淀) I saw this: There was a man reading a newspaper, in a van, with a … Continue reading →

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