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It looks like some kind of Frankenstein-esque health food. Tofu and green peas, two foods that don’t often (ever?) inspire drooling or cravings, decide to join forces. Tofu is most commonly made with soybeans, but this is China, a land full of tofu love, and there are not only countless variations on soybean tofu, but tofu made from other beans as well. Here, in Dali, Yunnan, we encountered the green pea tofu (wandou doufu 豌豆豆腐). It looks like a corpulent hunk of cheese, has the consistency of an overly cooked flan, and little to recommend it by way of looks.… READ MORE | 3 Comments

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Hello, magical peanuts. In my pre-Beijing existence, I was never really fond of the peanut. If I felt a nut craving, the stores were stocked with an infinite variation of other nuts – smoked almonds, candied cashews, and the oh-so-buttery chocolate-covered macadamias. However, despite its American heritage, the Chinese love peanuts, and most restaurants have some variation as appetizers, and now, I’m a convert. They are just so damn good. (So good, in fact, that we’ve decided to recreate a bunch of peanut recipes for our next project. But I digress.)

The vinegar peanuts at Dagui (大贵) sparked my new-found adoration for the humble peanut, and I’ve become a devotee of this small Guizhou restaurant tucked inside the hutongs of old Beijing. There are easily a dozen great dishes here, but this post is dedicated to cold, vinegary appetizers (凉菜), which epitomize the winning combination of spicy-sourness that is the key note of Guizhou cuisine.… READ MORE | 8 Comments

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