Adventures in a Chinese- American Kitchen
Author: annathetwinkie
Hi!!! It's December 12th, semester finals are over and only 3 days until Winter break !!! One of my favorite parts of the winter holiday is visiting my grandparent's place at Xiangtan University. What makes it so awesome? 1)Relatives!!! 2) the scenery and (most importantly for this blog) 3) THE FOOD!!!!! My relatives are some of … Continue reading Pumpkin Pancakes （南瓜饼）
Two days ago, I came back from school, opened the refrigerator for a container of Greek yogurt and found myself staring at a large, alien looking foil package. As it turns out, that package was a 3.5 kilo whole wild duck!!! In a world of factory farming and growth hormones, that is pretty freaking awesome. Hence, … Continue reading Duck soup （老鸭汤）
Hey!!! So yesterday night, a very special family friend decided to stop by which translates to : EPIC DINNER!!!!! While home cooking is nice, this occasion was just too special so we went to a restaurant. My dad chose the 耶里夏丽 at 918 DongFang RD. Here's how it went. Appearance and Atmosphere To be honest, I … Continue reading 耶里夏丽- Xinjiang amazingness
Hi. I usually reserve posting for weekends, but today is special for 2 reasons. A) I have no homework B) My aunt and 4 year old cousin came to visit Shanghai from Hunan and decided to stop by and eat. YAY!!! There were only 2 guests so we didn't exactly prepare a feast (less than 10 … Continue reading Steamed Short Ribs
Hey!!! This week has been pretty uneventful, nothing special happened. However, as some of you might know, I joined Google+!!!! It's freaking awesome!!! I never knew there were so many foodies out there. So what does this have to do with chocolate cake? Well, I'm following this blogger called Eva Miret Cakepuntcom, and she posted … Continue reading Mini Chocolate Layer Cake
Hi! So this weekend, Shasmun happened! It's my school's very own MUN conference. Even better, my resolution passed and I got Most Diplomatic!!!!!! Since I was pretty busy representing New Zealand in the General Assembly, I forgot to post, but don't worry, my mom made oxtail soup. Onto the cooking!!!! Some tips : Before … Continue reading Oxtail Soup (牛尾骨汤）
This week was a long weekend so my parents decided to take us to Hangzhou. The trip was extremely brief, but amazing. Here's an overview Friday afternoon, we left for Hangzhou and after a 40min subway ride and a 1hr train ride, arrived in Hangzhou at around 5. We got into a taxi, checked in, … Continue reading Hangzhou Recap
When I first heard we were going to Hangzhou for the long weekend, I immediately thought of was West Lake (西湖）and fish- head soup!!!!! There are tens probably hundreds of restaurants around Hangzhou that make decent fish head soup, but if there's one place that gets it right, it's 山外山. About 山外山 山外山(mountain outside mountain) … Continue reading 山外山 Hangzhou
I don't like fall, the the weather gets weird, all the good fruit is out of season and everyone gets the cold. Despite this, I still look forward to it. Why? Hairy crab season!!!!!!!!!! Every year from the end of October to mid-November, millions of Chinese (mostly Shanghainese) feast upon these little crustaceans. Luckily for me, … Continue reading Hairy Crab!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the lack of posting. I've spent the last two weekends at travel meets for XC. Our team did great at the meets but the weather was horrendous. We all look terrible in the pictures so I won't post any. Onto the food. It's getting cold outside so I thought I would share one of … Continue reading Bone Soup 骨头汤
The Red-braised Twinkie 