沙茶牛肉 Tea Boiled Beef

沙茶牛肉 Tea Boiled Beef

April 19th, 2010 in Food by Chris 0

Pinyin: shā chá niú ròu Over the weekend, my dinner included some beef, which is actually pretty rare, pork is the meat of choice in China. While eating my dinner I remembered why I avoid beef, it’s tenderized to an almost comical point. The powdered meat tenderizer that you buy in a supermarket is made [...]

Spiral Snails with Broccoli

XO酱炒螺片 Spiral Snails with Broccoli

December 15th, 2006 in Food by Chris 0

Pinyin: jiàng chǎo luó piàn Classifying this as seafood is a stretch cause the snails actually come from the river, and calling them spiral snails is quite a stretch as well. In actuality I don’t know what it really is. It’s certainly a snail like creature, I’m pretty sure it has a spiral shell, and [...]