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The Freshest Cuisine - Jan. 28, 2009

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March 15th 2009
According to the locals, Chao Zhou has the freshest cuisine in China. I met my plump brown bird just before it was feathered, thrown in a tub of cold water, and finally cooked. The bird rice porridge was a first for me. Glad I didn't meet the frogs before eating frog rice porridge (1st time). Was offered some frog skin but declined. It's all so delicious and disturbing. I am so far r ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more