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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

Keywords: Suzhou cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, fried fish, grass carp Nowadays grass carp is often used for Suzhou fried fish, although some gastronomes insist black carp is better because the flesh is firmer, resulting in fried pieces that won’t crumble as easily. Some are also willing to pay a premium for… Continue Reading More on Suzhou's Famous FMHJ Wet Market: “Explosive” Fried Fish Worthy of Three-Hour Lines

Keywords: Suzhou cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Chinese noodles, braised duck As I wrote in the “description” section of the last video (https://youtu.be/S5n-hI-oIfg), there are many erroneous opinions about the “triple shrimp” noodles 三虾面 coming from the locals of Suzhou, where the dish originated, as a lot of people seem to think that 三虾面 was invented just a few… Continue Reading Three Bowls at the Noodle Shop of Songhelou, One of Suzhou's Most Famous Restaurants Est. 1757

Keywords: Suzhou pingtan, intangible cultural heritage, lotus leaves, steamed pork w/ rice flour, triple shrimp Here’s another Suzhou pingtan and Suzhou cuisine connection: According to authoritative Suzhou gastronomy expert Hua Yonggen, the chef Liu Xuejia was a huge fan of pingtan, and liked to sing a few lines every so… Continue Reading Suzhou's Intangible Cultural Heritage Pingtan and Summer's Steamed Pork Wrapped in Lotus Leaves

Keywords: Suzhou cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Chinese mitten crab, Huqiu, Tiger Hill The name of the restaurant 李百蟹 “Li, the Hundred Crabs” refers to Li Ruiqing (李瑞清), esteemed educator, calligrapher, artist…and crab connoisseur. 店面李百蟹其实是清末教育家、书法家、美术家、吃蟹行家李瑞清的又一绰号。 As an educator he was the president of Liangjiang Normal College (precursor of Nanjing University), as a… Continue Reading Pick My Crab! Chinese Mitten Crabs Picked by Pure Labor and Served in Purest Form

Keywords: Suzhou cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Chinese noodles Had to interrupt the ongoing series on Inner Mongolia because this noodle dish is seasonal: 三虾面 “triple shrimp” noodles. 稍微打断之前正在发布的内蒙系列，因为赶上了时令末班车，吃了顿三虾面。 After talking about noodles of Suzhou’s Wujiang District so many time before, finally a video about “traditional” noodles of Suzhou downtown. 在多次介绍苏州吴江区的面条之后，终于轮到正儿八经的传统苏式面了。 Though… Continue Reading One of The Most Opulent Chinese Noodles: 三虾面 Triple Shrimp Noodles of Suzhou

Keywords: Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, beef potsticker, Yihe Road, Chinese halal cuisine Being the “first” doesn’t necessarily mean being ranked first, not to mention the subjectivity in everyone’s personal ranking on who’s “first,” but I think only the most audacious soul would dare question Ma Xiangxing’s seminal role in beef… Continue Reading Nanjing's Oldest Halal Restaurant Est. 1845 and Famed for Duck Pancreas, Beef Potsticker and More

Keywords: Nanjing city wall, Gate of China, Zhonghuamen, pidu noodles, pork rind noodles, Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine About the jubaopen “treasure-gathering basin,” some online sources say that when the Nanjing city wall was being built, for some reason the foundation would always budge, then some mystic advised burying a powerful… Continue Reading Nanjing Pork Rind Noodles and Salted Duck + 600 Years-old Ancient City Gate Among World's Biggest

Keywords: Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, duck blood and vermicelli soup, Ming Xiaoling, Mausoleum of Hongwu Emperor Although this “most beautiful 600m in Nanjing” is most renowned during autumn because of the fall foliage, surely the shendao “spirit road” is beautiful in other ways during other seasons. 尽管这”南京最美600米”在秋天尤美，但毫无疑问这段神道在其他季节有其他的美法。 The ornate statues… Continue Reading Stroll Down Nanjing's “Prettiest 600 Meters” and Slurp on Bowl of Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup

Keywords: Nanjing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, zhezhe claypot, duck tongue, soup bun, Qixia Mountain Due to the nature of the Chinese language and its dialects, many foods have developed various similar-sounding but different-looking written forms. 由于中文及其方言的特性，很多单词包括食物的单词常常发展出不同写法。 One instance from this video is cuttlefish 目鱼 (mu yu), which is generally… Continue Reading “Zhezhe-Sounding” and Sizzling Claypot of Duck Tongue – Cantonese Dish Localized for “Duck Capital”