Trying the local worm delicacy

This is "tor soon tang" which is a local jelly made with embedded worms...and eaten only once a year..during winter when the gelatin from the worm is solidified. How does it taste like? hmmm..chewy like a gum. Bland - so u need horse radish, wasabi! U gotta try it to believe that such things exist. Btw, it's my mum's fav!

In Xiamen

December 14th 2006
The family is now travelling in xiamen in search of our roots..where our parents came from. I am travelling with my nephew, niece and sisters. Xiamen was the first place i visited way back in 2003 and it's the first place i'm visiting with my family again..to bring them to see Gulang Yu, Wuyi Mountain and of course, taste the delicious seafood - the flower crabs, the prawns, the tea...etc etc.. e ... 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

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