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How to make BBQ chicken – Country style

It’s birthday BBQ time. We’re out by a big lake in the countryside with the Chinese family. We’re making BBQ chicken. The first step is to make a hole in the ground… You wrap the chicken in foil and put it in the hole then cover it with wood and set fire to it (the wood, not the chicken!). After …

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Small meal to try to get rid of jet lag

This is a heavy way to start the holiday. A big meal after about 3 hours sleep in the last two days. Maotai on my first night might help me to sleep though! This is also my first real attempt to post to my blog and Facebook at the same time. Wish me luck!

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Tea Party and Photosphere test

This was an unplanned tea party whilst visiting friends in Laibin in 2017. The Chinese tea ceremony is great to take part in. There’s a ritual to the cleaning process and making of the tea which is good to watch…and something I try to emulate to an extent when making Chinese tea in the UK. I’ll describe the ceremony in …

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Goat Poo Soup?

  I like to try new foods, but there are some that I won’t try (mostly seafood) and some that I’m not sure about because they’re just not something I’ve ever contemplated. A meal in Ronhshui (Rongshui Miao Autonomous County) north of Laibin gave me one of those once in a lifetime opportunities to try something new. I’d heard about …

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Spicy boiled animal parts

Does anyone like spicy boiled animal parts? Including tripe, brain and liver, plus some other unidentifiable parts. I tried a little but only the safer parts!

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Chinese Food 101

Chinese food in the areas I’ve travelled in isn’t like the food from Chinese restaurants and takeaways in the UK. To me the food in China is quite bland and relatively plain, but then I’m a fan of spice and heat in food. There seems to be little spice used in Guangxi, but they love chilli in Hunan province. Meat …