1970 壹玖柒零 @ Wuhan
Our first time in Wuhan and our friends brought us to a very posh restaurant that serves Hubei cuisine inContinue Reading
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Ba Ye 八爷 @ Shanghai
The restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes, mostly traditional and authentic Shanghainese cuisine, with a down-to-earth flavour. The portionsContinue Reading
National Treasure – Da He Ding (Shang Dynasty)
The first time I ever saw your face ~~~~
– Roberta Flack, 1969
Nanjing Presidential Palace 南京总统府
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China from 1927 until theContinue Reading
Mama’s Buns 咱妈烀饼 @ Shenyang
If there’s one thing to define Dongbei cuisine, it has to be the Dongbei Cast Iron Pot Stewed Goose 东北铁锅炖大鹅.
World Treasures – Planispheric Astrolabe (18th Century)
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet,” Stephen Hawking
Wudalang 武大郎 @ Taipei
In the Chinese classic, Water Margin 水浒传 (aka Outlaws of the Marsh), there’s a tragic character named Wu Dalang, whoContinue Reading
JIN 1926 @ Seoul
It was a cold and rainy evening in Seoul and I was craving for some BBQ. Right next to FourContinue Reading
National Treasure – Ivory Cup inlaid with Turquoise (Shang Dynasty)
She was Wu Ding’s lover, confidante and comrade-in-arms. When she died at just 33 years of age, he was devastated. He had her laid to rest close to his palace.
Shanghai Museum People’s Square
It used to host the best Shang and Zhou bronzeware collection which has since been moved to the Shanghai MuseumContinue Reading
Lunch in Seoul
Just wanted to document three nice lunch spots in Seoul that I really enjoyed.
