I love snacks. I love every kind of snack. Portable snacks. Snacks you eat with a spoon or chopsticks. Snack mixes. Nuts, dried fruits, rice crackers, seaweed, spicy, saucy, sweet, salty… I love it all. I love the textures, I love the sound, I love the flavor combinations. Snack mixes are convenient for an on-the-go fuel Read More
Category: Shenzhen
Are chicken feet the next chicken wing?
I knew a little about chicken feet before we moved here. I had first seen them when I still lived in Vermont; a coworker traveled regularly to China for business and once he brought back a vacuum-sealed package of chicken feet. They were in a red sauce but I could still see the toenails and Read More
Durian…evil Chinese fruit or evil Chinese fruit?
Trendy durian When we got to China, we heard about this fruit, durian, and its polarizing effect. You either like it or you hate it. It has a distinctive smell, for sure; it smells like…it’s hard to describe. I think it smells like a cross between a dirty bathroom and feet. And onions. Kim can’t Read More