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Adventures in Food Part 1: Shanghai Cuisine

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January 6th 2012
Last night I had my first of what I assume will be many adventures in food. Some locals from CEIBS took some of the exchange students out for a traditional Shanghai meal. I went in with one rule - if I can eat it, then I will. As I don't eat meat, just fish, seafood, and vegetables I have some built in contstraints but that didn't stop things from getting interesting. We started off th ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Pudong

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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