Yummy! Hot Pot!

Hot Pot Sans MSG

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September 13th 2010
When your Chinese language skills are limited to "nei hao" and "han hao" its a good idea to take a friend along to interrogate the waitresses. Those poor waitresses had to endure my interrogation via a third party. "No salt in the hot pot water."/"Is the hot pot water from the tap?"/"No ice in the cola."/"No salt."/"Is there MSG in that?"/"Is there salt in that?" I mean I can be a real pain in th ... read more

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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