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Directions Home
To get to our new house, walk past the bakery with long lines on the sidewalk and a sweet sticky smell, like sugar and sesame. If you get to the Muslim butchershop, with cow halves hanging from ceiling hooks, you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, coffee, dongcheng, games, hi-speed hutong, New York City, qianhai, Stick, yanjing beer
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Orient-ation
Nate James’ Orient-ation is a new China expat blog. He’s heavy on descriptions of daily Chinese life (as he gets, uh, oriented), like this one: The waitress comes out with the plate, steaming hot, mouth-watering. Your nose picks up the … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, Chinese life, New York City, other blogs, wo ai xi can, Yanjing, yanjing beer
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Typical Dinner
This is a typical dinner for Stick and me… vinegar peanuts, cold garlic cucumbers, spicy peanut chicken (gung pao ji dian — all foreigners very like), and fried egg and scallion rice. No dinner is complete without a couple bottles … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, e3, New York City, Stick, Yanjing, yanjing beer
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