Dongjiao Coconut Grove
Sit back and scroll through the photographs I took in the Dongjiao Coconut Grove Scenic Area 东郊椰林风景区 in Weichang on Hainan Island. I explored the grove on a bicycle borrowed from the hostel I was staying in. It turned out to be a great idea. …
Sanya’s Farmers Market
Hainan is blessed with fertile soil bathed in tropical sunbeams and surrounded by generous waters that teem with life. I traveled all around the island, but no other place proved to give the justice to the diveristy of its produce as much as this one. …
The art of peanut oil
From peanut to oil. Take a look at how it is done in a small workshop in Yáchéng town 崖城镇 (ancient Yázhōu 崖州古城) on Hainan Island. …
Dried yogurt? Yes of kurt!
Take a look at my pictures of these hard lumps of dried yogurt. Take a look at my pictures of these hard lumps of dried yogurt. You will find similar products everywhere between Inner Asia and the Middle East by names such as kurt (Kazakh), …
Zhenjiang: fragrant vinegar, suspicious oddities
cold cuts on a dish black gold emits sweet fragrance lid floats in the pot Aye, I decided to catch your attention with this odd haiku. Don’t worry, odds are that it will all be clear soon. Welcome to Zhenjiang, the city of Three Oddities… …
Visit Zhenjiang or you’ll eat vinegar
A detailed desciption of a visit to a vinegar museum in Zhenjiang. China loves vinegar. If I was asked to name two vinegar-related locations a foodie pilgrim should visit, one would be central Shanxi Province with Taiyuan and its vicinities and the other would be …
Xinjiang: a foodie reconnaissance
One single city won’t reflect the cultural complexity of an entire region. But an immersion into its food can certainly help in grasping the intricacies of both history, geography and customs. Let’s look at Xinjiang through a foodie stroll around Yining. Xinjiang is the size …
Man-Han Feast of plastic
Out of more than a dozen of canal towns in the Yangtze Delta, Mùdú is definitely NOT the prettiest one. Let me tell you why I enjoyed it nevertheless. Curio time! Mùdú Ancient Town 木渎古镇 lies in the urban area of Suzhou, roughly mid-way between …
Kunshan’s stove mystery
Unless you’ve heard about Kunqu, an important form of Chinese opera, the name of the city of Kūnshān 昆山 might not ring a bell at all. Close to the mouth of the Yangtze and between Suzhou and Shanghai, its location is an undoubted advantage. Kunshan …
Tofu war!
The rules are simple: grab some tofu, throw the tofu, run and laugh. The watery bean curd, greyish-white in hue, flies in the air and splashes on everything. It splashes on cars and buildings, on people’s faces and clothes, on the camera of the local …
