Impression: Liu Sanjie

Fish Scales and Impression: Liu Sanjie

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September 15th 2007
We had dinner on West Street and wanted to try a local specialty, "Beer Fish". The fish (a big one) was prepared with the scales on it. Big scales. Yuk! I asked the waiter why the scales weren't take off and he replied "That's how it's prepared". In my mind I insisted that the chef was lazy and made us scrape off the gross cooked scales. It was a bit diappointing. When I saw our driver and Cher ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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