Jun 26th, 2007 at 12:30AM:
I have put on weight in the past month, partly due to almost zero working out (too hot, too polluted, too much else to distract me) and partly due to my discovery of the amazing food known as "baozi" ??. Yum. Now, I'm generally not a big person and I was honestly worried about dying for hunger the first three weeks that I was here. I lost a bit too much weight, I'd say, and I really didn't have ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A Canadian in Beijing: The Great Baozi, A Tribute
Jun 26th, 2007 at 12:30AM:
I have put on weight in the past month, partly due to almost zero working out (too hot, too polluted, too much else to distract me) and partly due to my discovery of the amazing food known as "baozi" ??. Yum. Now, I'm generally not a big person and I was honestly worried about dying for hunger the first three weeks that I was here. I lost a bit too much weight, I'd say, and I really didn't have ...A Canadian in Beijing: Fine Dining at Din Tai Fung
Jun 14th, 2007 at 12:00AM:
Sometimes you have to see what all the fuss is about. This restaurant, "Din Tai Fung," is touted as being one of the "top ten restaurants in the world" and if people are saying that about it then I figure it had better be good. Of course, it could just have a good reputation or good "guanxi" with the New York Times (where the quote is from, 1993). Either way, there was only one way to find out. ...A Canadian In Beijing: A Shu-in for Language Training
Apr 21st, 2007 at 12:36AM:
School is... school. It's hard, but it's helpful. It's work, but it's bringing pleasure. It's a commitment, but it's enabling a freedom that I couldn't have predicted. I am a part-time student at the "Beijing Yuyan Daxue," or Beijing Language and Culture University in Wudaokou, a suburb of Beijing. Above is a picture of the southern campus gates. Every day, I wake up at about 7:15 in the ...
