Blog Tag - Chinese Food

24 for 24: Experience Authentic Northwestern Cuisine at Qing Hai
If you love exploring regional culinary delights or are simply a devoted meat lover, then Qing Hai is a must visit. As you can probably guess from...
Wok On With These English-Language Chinese Recipe Sites
Every new year that I spend in China, I always set myself the resolution of learning how to cook more Chinese dishes, but it can be tricky to find...
What's With All the Cabbages? The Significance of Stocking Up on China's Hardiest Veg Before Winter
Preparation for the winter hibernation period has begun, a time when Beijingers keep themselves busy purchasing goods for the long cold months to...
Chinese Cookbook: Steamed Pork and Spring Onion Baozi
A true comfort food throughout the year, steamed baozi are the Holy Grail of Chinese breakfast staples. Although most commonly seen steaming outside...
Down with Douzhi’er: My Experience With Beijing's Strangest Breakfast
I discovered 豆汁儿 dòuzhī'er with the help of – of all things – a Plastered 8 t-shirt. The shirt in question depicts a giant anthropomorphic bowl of...
Chinese Cookbook: Simple and Flavorsome Stir-Fried Chinese Courgette With Egg
If you’ve been in China long enough you would have already become very much aware that in Chinese cuisine, the humble vegetable is regularly elevated...
Essential Ingredients to Cook Healthy, Chinese Style!
Although dining in many fanguanr in Beijing immediately brings to mind pools of soybean oil, abundant MSG and questionable quality, Chinese cuisine...
Chinese Cookbook: Celebrate Togetherness With These Glutinous Rice Dumplings (Tangyuan)
While tangyuan (汤圆, glutinous rice dumplings) are synonymous with Lantern Festival, this traditional Chinese snack is actually eaten at different...
Get Cooking Over the Spring Festival Break with these Chinese Recipes
It's no secret that many of Beijing's esteemed dining establishments are about to close for Spring Festival (check out our handy guide here), but...
Local Gem: Dragon Meat for the Gods, Donkey Meat for the Rest of Us
Local Gem is an exploration of Beijing’s diverse palate. Get out of your comfort zone and try something new! To share your own neighborhood pride,...
“That’s Not Bing! It’s Roti!”: When Indian and Chinese Food Unite
If you leave Beijing, head towards Tibet, and cross the Himalayan mountain ranges you will eventually arrive in India, my home country. Despite being...
Wokipedia is a regular column in which we introduce aspects of Chinese gastronomy, one letter at a time. This issue, 'Z' gets the treatment. … zha...
DP Beijing's Top Five Best Peking Duck Restaurants
The OG of Beijing dishes, Peking duck, is the one culinary event you definitely shouldn't skip, no matter how long you've been in Beijing and how...
Is Pizza Chinese?
Ahead of the 2019 Beijing Pizza Festival at Galaxy Soho on Oct 19-20, we are taking a deep dive into anything and everything that makes pizza one of...
Chinese Diet Touted as Healthy and Sustainable Compared to Global Counterparts
The idea that individuals must change their behavior in order to combat climate change has received a fair bit of pushback from critics who claim...