YeinJee's Asian Journal » Guangzhou City http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Ford Models’ Delphine travel in China http://yeinjee.com/2009/ford-models-delphine-travel-china/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/ford-models-delphine-travel-china/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:14:19 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=19690 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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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2009/ford-models-delphine-travel-china/feed/ 2 Foshan’s Manggong Cake aka blind-man biscuit http://yeinjee.com/2008/foshan-manggong-cake-aka-blind-man-biscuit/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/foshan-manggong-cake-aka-blind-man-biscuit/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:07:41 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=3403 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.

Picture of Manggong Cake aka blind man biscuit from Foshan, China
Photo of Manggong Cake aka blind man biscuit from Foshan, China
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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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/foshan-manggong-cake-aka-blind-man-biscuit/feed/ 8 Chinese bikini babes break world record http://yeinjee.com/2008/chinese-bikini-babes-break-world-record/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/chinese-bikini-babes-break-world-record/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:55:38 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=425 A total of 1202 bikini-clad ladies have broken the world record for the highest number of women attending a swimsuit photo shoot.

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The record breaking feat (Image from Guangzhou Daily)

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