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All Chinese [parties] look alike
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Chinese gatherings are all alike; every other party is unique in its own way. Chinese parties, by and large, contain several essential elements: a gut-busting family-style meal, dishes with ingredients cut into small pieces, heart-wrenchingly awful karaoke (because this is the socially acceptable way to display emotion), rice liquor and/or Chinese beer, possibly crappy wine. And Chinese people. [...]
Getting fat again
So I use "fat" in a tongue-in-cheek way. But I definitely spent the last few weeks watching what I ate, which meant no crazy banquet dinners, dinners of scrambled egg whites and vegetables, and the occasional helping of cheese dip, heaped high with guilt. As a result, my stomach became a cast iron tank. My collarbone and ribcage took greater prominence. When I lay down, I marveled at how my [...]
Gourmet Dumpling House in Boston’s Chinatown
Gourmet Dumpling House is the kind of Chinese restaurant that you hope for when you stroll through Boston's rather small enclave of all things Asia, with a focus on that mysterious Middle Kingdom. First of all, it's very, very busy. That's always a good sign. I declared "two people" in Chinese at the front desk, and I may have imagined it, but I think we were seated more quickly than other [...]
The Chinese Food Truck on Oxford St
I first spotted Yang's after my (baller) Sociology of Organizations class with Professor Ager. "A Chinese food truck!" I exclaimed and did one of my strange, gleeful flails - I kind of flap around my arms as if I'm trapped in a tiny bubble and make high pitched noises. So after class today, I gave it a try. There were a lot of Chinese people in line. After being removed from the Middle Kingdom [...]
Photo of the Day: Beijing Roast Duck at Quan Ju De
BEIJING - You bite into the skin of this baby. The universe around you dims; the re nao din of the restaurant fades; there is only this gorgeous, golden piece in your mouth that seems solid until your teeth sink in. It melts. It slides, as sensual and full-bodied as a glass of wine; you gasp. "This is the best thing I've ever eaten," you hear yourself saying.
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