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  • 'Si' is for Chilli

    See anything in common in all the photos above? All that red oil is from chillis. Phew. Yea, you guessed it - I went to Sichuan... Actually, Sichuan's famous for tea too - mostly green teas that are unferment…

  • Crossing Shenzhen

    As you may or may not know, the vibrant city of Shenzhen ("vibrant" is a very polite way of saying loud, crowded, with not much regard for the law by 99% of its inhabitants) is a short train ride away from Hong Kong. I g…

  • Duck down

    Row 1: "Royal Cuisine" from the Qing dynasty - not a particularly good experience, yet the most expensive. Tourist trap par excellence I. L-R: Bean pudding - the one thing that would stop me from campaigning for …

  • Les Gouts Olympiques

    Fans of the comic Les Gouttes de Dieu / Kami no Shizuku (神の水滴 / 神之水滴): Do you recognise this wine? It's talked about in the 8th book And I had it! Wahaha! I think it's probably the least expensive wine in the whole ser…

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