Cooking out of doors
April 30, 2004
An outdoor kitchen on a Shanghai street corner. This restaurant was serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Hot Dog
April 29, 2004
Notice the way the bun has been cut to accomodate the sausage.
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God's Own Fodder
April 28, 2004
A selection of kimchis including radish and cabbage and wakame cucumber.
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New Logo
April 27, 2004
This is not a KFC.
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Peking Duck
April 26, 2004
Slices of crispy duck fat dipped with HoiSin sauce and wrapped in thin rice pancakes. Roll it up with some green onions, slices of cucumber...
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A Single Grain of Rice
April 25, 2004
Yi Li Mi = A Single Grain of Rice in mandarin neon. A Single Grain of Rice is a project for a culinarily oriented fasting restaurant that I am initiating. Future entries in 2006 will explain this project in greater depth, but at least I've got the neon sign.
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Water distribution by bike
April 24, 2004
2L PP PD = Two litres per person per day.
No gettin' around that.
Now get it out there.
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Pink and Greens #2
April 23, 2004
Grassy tasting greens, 1000 yr. eggs and mushrooms.
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Snack
April 22, 2004
'Tamari' marinated peanuts with something delcious yet unidentifiable vegetable matter.
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Korean Food in China
April 21, 2004
... is a 'welcome change'. Korean BBQ'd beef served with F R E S H lettuce and God's own favourite food, KimChi.
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Nomadic Banquet
April 20, 2004
A tea jar holder in a taxi.
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Coffee Backpack
April 19, 2004
A multinational corporation is trying to share the goodness in Nanjing.
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Nectar of the Gods
April 18, 2004
Pickled daikon radish and pickled cabbage. The author of this blog can get rather excited about pickled vegetables. These examples were homemade in the dumpling stall of a street vendor. She served these while you were waiting for your dumplings.
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Pink and Greens
April 17, 2004
Garlic fried greens turn everything pink.
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Custard and Clams
Baked custard with clams.
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Marinated Chilled Silken Tofu
April 16, 2004
Chilled sliced tofu served on a beautiful plate.
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Smokey Dates
April 15, 2004
Dates marinated in yellow wine (a sort of sweet sherry). The dates have a smokey taste to them and this is an excellent palate cleanser.
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The Single Most Delicious Pork Fat
April 14, 2004
Cubes of marinated and roasted pork fat atop aromatic stewed seagrass. So far this is the most delicious thing I have eaten in China.
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Attempt #3 to Acquire the Acquired Taste
April 13, 2004
This image represents the third attempt to acquire the taste for stinky tofu. Here the S t o f u is served behind a bush of coriander.
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Tea House Tea
April 12, 2004
In a beautiful and calm (!) tea house in Nanjing we enjoyed this chrysanthemum and red date tea.
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No Drinks in the Lecture Hall
April 11, 2004
Nanjing University Students leave their thermos' of hot water outside the lecture hall and somehow remember which one is theirs when they leave the building after the lecture.
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Love of the Lamb
April 10, 2004
Thank GOD for the love of the lamb. In this image a student of mine is intervening at a street vendor's BBQ. This image is part of the Nomadic Banquet Website that documents the workshop I gave at the Nanjing Art Institute College of Design. Read about it here: Nomadic Banquet
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Street Food
April 09, 2004
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Attempt # 2 at Acquiring a Taste for Stinky Tofu
April 08, 2004
I like the i d e a of stinky tofu but I haven't yet acquired a taste for it. The version depicted above is fried. I thought this would diminish the aroma reminiscent of human excrement that this foodstuff can't help but exude. Sadly the frying seems to have had no affect upon the smell of stinky tofu. It's a pity that I can't yet upload an ODOR.
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Wonton Soup
April 07, 2004
Heaven in a bowl. The wontons look like almond tree flowers and just melt away in your mouth. The soup broth is seasoned with little itsy bitsy salted dried shrimps. At first you think an insect has gotten into your bowl but then you realise its an a q u a t i c insect and its all OK again.
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Chinese Frozen Food Code De-mystified
April 06, 2004
Packets of sticky rice in the frozen food section of the supermarket. The green string tying it all together indicates a vegetable interior, the pink string signals pork and the yellow string is a sign for chicken. In the supermarket there is a GREAT assortment of these in a frozen foods section which seemingly stretches for miles.
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Rice Crispy Treats
April 05, 2004
First you are served sizzling rice cakes. Then you dump an entire terrine of soup over the rice cakes and the whole lot sputters like a physics experiment. This is delicious and fun to eat texturewise although you constantly run the risk of burning your tongue.
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Eaten Alive
April 04, 2004
"Well you see, my maternal grandfather was a merchant marine and he was actually EATEN ALIVE one day by an octopus and ever since that day I just can't eat octopus anymore..."
"No, not even if its dead and skewered."
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Lotus Root
April 03, 2004
Lotus root stuffed with rice and then ruined I mean draped with an orange shimmery gloss.
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Feeding the Animals
April 02, 2004
A shellfish as large as your arm. That's good eatin'.
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Mystery Food
April 01, 2004
I will cook a nice meal for the first person that can tell me what this manufactured food source is. Hint: Although reminiscent of, it is not 1000 yr. egg.
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