Saturday, February 23, 2013

Chinese noodles - self made

There are many ways to make Chinese noodles. One thing they all have in common is that they're delicious!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Dried meat

In smaller places "long noses" are still greeted all the time on the road - sometimes feels a bit like being an animal in the zoo (ok they typically don't feed you...).
Many of these places also maintain old traditions such as local dishes. Recently I had the chance to visit Anhui province where it is common to dry meat outdoors. While this is nothing special it is interesting to see that every pole, cable, washing line and the like is used to hang any piece of meat.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Air quality

Recently there was no need to check the PM 2.5 measurement of the US embassy. The air was that bad that is was easily recognizable by eye, lung, nose,...