Pigs have nipples too
Earlier this year I bought a kilo of pork belly in order to make some zhajiang – a satisfyingly salty pork-based sauce that’s popular served with noodles in Beijing. As I unwrapped […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Travel with care.
Why do we travel? I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Perhaps – as the writer Bruce Chatwin believed – we’re all nomads at heart. Perhaps we secretly yearn […]
Mid-Autumn Festival & Tofu with Salty Egg Yolks
Wherever you are, look out for tonight’s full moon – it’s supposedly the largest, roundest moon of the year, celebrated across China by the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon’s perfect circle […]
Travelling Light Redux
Earlier this summer I attempted to travel light on a six-week trip to Northwest China. On the day I left Hong Kong, my backpack weighed 9kg (20lb), and my camera […]
Chinese Drinking Rules
Another week, another wedding-related hiatus here on Little Yak. (Mr Yak and I celebrated our wedding for the second and final time with a Chinese banquet on Cheung Chau last […]
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