Food!

First Interesting Food Experience

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January 19th 2011
Tonight, I ate an insect. Actually four insects. We went to a homestay families house for dinner (not mine) and they served delicious food, as well as the insects. I had to try it because I can't say no to them. So I tried it....well it was like a crunchy mushroom, not bad but the legs and all are out of control! Then the wife came in and gave me another...ate it...then I asked how they were ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Haidian district

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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