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Ford Models’ Delphine travel in China

Yein Jee — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:14:19 +0000

Two short travel videos, presented by Ford Model Delphine… cute with some interesting off-track China tourism stuff. The first video covers Shenzhen, while the second covers her visit to Guangzhou and Shanghai…

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Tomato war in Dongguan, China

Yein Jee — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:29:15 +0000

The Chinese folks in Dongguan city, Guangdong province, were trying to emulate the famous Spanish La Tomatina festival by creating a tomato festival of their own.

The festival was organised by Dongguan Tourism Bureau. An estimated 10,000 crowd took part in the food fight at Dongguan’s South China Mall on Sunday (Oct 19), with 15 tonnes of softened fresh tomatoes being used for the ‘war’.

The tomato battle has drawn quite some criticism online though; lots of Chinese netizens are critical about the food wastage, while some are questioning the logic to mimic a western festival when their own culture is not being fully promoted.

Chinese La Tomatina in Dongguan (Image from Xinhuanet)

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Foshan’s Manggong Cake aka blind-man biscuit

Yein Jee — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:07:41 +0000

Manggong Cake (盲公饼 – literally blind-man biscuit) is a speciality of Foshan city in Guangdong province, China. It’s a traditional biscuit (despite officially named as cake) made of ground nuts and sesame seeds, first created in 1800 by a blind fortune teller… hence the name.

Foshan’s Manggong Cake which my sister bought back from Guangzhou last week

The Manggong Cake is a popular souvenir for foreigners who visit Foshan or Guangdong… and the most well known brand is Heji (pic above). Not the tastiest biscuit I’ve had to be frank, but we got to appreciate a traditional recipe that has existed for over two centuries.

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Pig innards congee, Malaysian style

Yein Jee — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:10:16 +0000

Pig innards congee (猪杂粥) is a common delicacy in Canton-based Chinese community, i.e. Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, and some parts of Malaysia and Singapore etc.

Pig innard congee, takeout from a shop in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur

The pig innards congee in Hong Kong is a bit different from those we have in Malaysia. The pork innards (liver, kidney, intestine, lungs, stomach etc.) in Hong Kong are normally cooked fresh with the congee, whereas in Malaysia the innards are pre-cooked and seasoned before adding into the congee.

Both style has its pros and cons… but the essence of the congee is with the rice porridge itself. The smoothness and thickness of the congee is often more dictating than the pork innards. The one I had in the photo for example was a bit too watery.

Chinese and some other Asians are quite accustomed to this dish, but westerners might take this as one of those bizarre food adventure.

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Getting Home (2007) review

Yein Jee — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:24:30 +0000

“Getting Home” (落叶归根; Luo Ye Gui Gen) is an award winning Chinese black comedy directed by Zhang Yang and starred veteran comedian Zhao Benshan.

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Chinese bikini babes break world record

Yein Jee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:55:38 +0000

A total of 1202 bikini-clad ladies have broken the world record for the highest number of women attending a swimsuit photo shoot.

The record breaking feat (Image from Guangzhou Daily)

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