I recently took the Edible Canada foodie tour of Vancouver’s Chinatown (read all about that tour here). While we nibbled plenty of tasty tidbits along the way, our tour finished with dim sum at the Jade Dynasty Restaurant. Here’s a report on our dim sum lunch: As we settle into our table, our guide, food […]
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Chinese New Year Foods to Welcome the Year of the Dragon
Are you ready to eat like a dragon? Chinese New Year — the Year of the Dragon — begins this weekend, with New Year’s Eve on Sunday (January 22) and New Year’s Day on Monday (January 23). Why do the Chinese eat noodles, whole fish, and dumplings to ring in the New Year? Certain foods […]
WanderFood Wednesday: I’ll Take That To Go
On a long-ago trip to Thailand, my favorite street food was one of the simplest — pineapple. We’d buy it from the street vendors, who sold plastic bags full of the sweetest, juiciest fruit I’d ever eaten. But it was the addictive, and deceptively simple, dipping “powder” that kept me coming back for more. A […]