Keywords: Nanjing Eye, Wenzhou cuisine The original design of the Nanjing Eye Pedestrian Bridge by the firm of Zaha Hadid, also responsible for the nearby Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre, initially harbored much bigger ambitions, but constraints forced the plan to downscale, but even then the result was sufficient to… Continue Reading In-Season Wenzhou Crabs Have Lots More Than Just Meat, and Wenzhou Fishballs Don't Look Like Balls

Zongzi is the delicious glutinous rice treat that is wrapped with a bamboo leaf. Various fillings are included and in this case, because it was mid-autumn holiday, fresh chestnuts were used. The location was in Jingxian City, Anhui Province, China at a neighbor that lives near my friend’s house. It… Continue Reading Making Zongzi in Anhui

In Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, hole-in-the-wall eateries are called fly restaurants because they have customers coming back like, well, flies. They’re often hidden and have questionable hygiene, but they offer some of the best home-cooked street food. Writer and chef Jenny Gao takes us on a food crawl of… Continue Reading Sichuan Food Crawl: The Best Mapo Tofu, Chili Wontons, and Noodles