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What and Where to Eat in China

November 3rd, 2011

Slightly piquant taste different when they change their country of origin, but it’s the same with people. I know most of my friends, because I changed my country and I can not wait, my Dim Sum tastes the same here as in China.

If you travel to China for a group travel, most meals are included. Seating is different from the usual style of the West, where two people share maybe 4 table. In China, the meals are to make time to talk to, have to meet to do business and to share as a result of 8 or 10 people, sometimes more, to a round table and food. The Chinese do not eat, they banquet, which is in western countries only at weddings. The courts can order the various ways you could get used to at home last soup are served throughout the meal and may be served without rice. In some places some portion of rice as a lower class, the rich eat meat, preferably looking at a fish.

Some of the dishes are very difficult to eat with chopsticks like roasted nuts Spicy property, but if you risk hugely embarrassing to spill all the nuts on the table, you can still get a little bit with the spoon and into your drive, where you pick them up can by hand. Do not use the main dishes on the table with your hands or your own chopsticks or cutlery, it is not hygienic! » Read more: What and Where to Eat in China

Best Japanese Restaurants in Shanghai

November 3rd, 2011

More surprising, it should not mean that it is a great Japanese food, come here to be had. And while the budget possibilities are endless when you really want a good meal, plan to spend a little money. Poor Tianzifang true, but the funny little house Akurah pasta is one of the few places in the gentrified Longtang worth visiting. He specializes in udon, made a thick noodle made of wheat flour, with a variety of styles: soup, steamed and then there’s our favorite, the Udon Zaru, the chilled and served on a bamboo basket with a light soy sauce – simple, elegant and tasty.

Spend enough time in Shanghai, and you are obliged to consume an all-you-can-eat teppanyaki. Most of them range from mediocre to downright terrible. Gintei is but one of the best in town. RMB 180 allows you unlimited servings of Katsu, Sushi, Sashimi and jumped, all washed down with beer and sake you can drink. It is perhaps not the most memorable dining experience of the city (in fact, after six bombs worry, you can forget some of them), but it is a bargain. » Read more: Best Japanese Restaurants in Shanghai

Singapore Food Festival: Blending Tradition and Modernity

November 3rd, 2011

If you are a foodie and have experience with people as exciting as Asian cuisines have to offer, the annual Singapore Food Festival is a must. The big event is organized for a whole month, usually from late June to late July, and is organized by the Singapore Tourism Board. True to his reputation as a hub of various Asian cuisine, is the event in Singapore on the food for everyone and is celebrated all over the island.

The festival, which took place in 1994, many events throughout the day and every day, including the many festivals of the various national courts. There are also cooking demonstrations and workshops, including presentations by chefs, contests, races and events such as eating and weekly themes. Some of the marginal events during the festival in 2011 was celebrated on an odyssey Spice, an Asian Curry Buffet High Tea, and Spice issue special stamps. One of the places of the festival, the Singapore Food Festival Village has more than 60 booths for food and the subject check avenues and Spice Curry Street Promenade and restaurants. You can even visit a foreign beers. Many bars in the city and the restaurants offer tempting offers and freebies for the week of the festival. There are seven main courses Singapore celebrated the event. Perhaps the most famous dishes are the chili crab and laksa. Singapore Chili Crab is really – it was created on the island in 1950 by a native chief. Laksa is a dish of rice noodles in spicy broth, and is a blend of southern Chinese and Malay culinary traditions. Rendang, a meat dish cooked in coconut milk, is a traditional Malaysian dish prepared for the holidays and will come in western Sumatra. Some of his colorful ingredients are tamarind, cloves, ginger and galangal. Adventurous festival-goers can try the South Indian curry fish head cooked with lemon grass, turmeric, shallots and shrimp paste. » Read more: Singapore Food Festival: Blending Tradition and Modernity