It’s almost time for Mid-Autumn Festival (I think it’s officially on the 14th of September). As far as I can tell, Mid-Autumn Festival is the Thanksgiving to Spring Festival’s Christmas - it’s centered around a big family dinner, and people don’t go insane over it, they just have a good time. It’s low key and […]
Last night, we went out to dinner with a high school student we’d been joint-tutoring over the last month, his father, and his cousin. He’d decided to discontinue the lessons, because he needed to take a ton of IELTS classes in the hopes of getting his score up to a 6.5, but apparently etiquette demands […]
When I came home to visit, the number one question I got asked was, “what’s the food like?”, which made me feel incredibly guilty. The truth is, I don’t eat that much Chinese food, and when I do, it’s not especially exciting. My favorite dish is scrambled eggs and tomatoes. There are a few beef […]
We’ve developed a raging addiction to ice cream bars called Magnums. And yes, they do have a sultry female on the packaging shooting a come-hither look. The logo is Desire, 2008. And yes, the size is about what you’d expect from the name. And it’s just funny to say, “ok, I’m going out for some […]
We slept kind of late, which felt good. I woke up pretty sore from all the rock climbing the day before, and it seemed like a very good idea to take it as easy as possible. We went to Jammers for lunch, and then met up with Felix and John, who came to our hotel […]
One of my few really healthy habits is my yogurt addiction - at home I ate a TON of yogurt. Chinese yogurt is definitely different - it’s much thinner and a little more sour. It tastes fine to me, but I wanted to be sure that I was eating the right kind of yogurt, with […]
I feel bad that I don’t have more food stories. Food is arguably the most exciting thing about living in China, since it’s so different, weird, and frequently terrifying, and I’ve really been falling behind on that particular adventure. I’ve been eating a LOT of western food. Quality western food, too - we rotate between […]