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Category Archives: East & Southeast Asia
Otak-Otak (Indonesia)
The smoky, heavily-spiced scent is popular at the ramps leading to Transjakarta bus stations in the Indonesian capital, and with good reason; the alternative odor is exhaust from the rest of the traffic. However, there are many reasons not to … Continue reading
Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Asia, Street Food
Tagged fish, food, Indonesia, snack, street food
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If I Had My Way, I’d Stay at the Buffet
Nearly every Saturday during my sophomore year of college, my roommate and I would subject ourselves to a take-no-prisoners Indian buffet. Was it good? It had its moments, not the least of which was the grueling walk back to the … Continue reading
Posted in Bonus, East & Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Main Course
Tagged buffet, food, Indonesia, Jakarta
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Water Chestnut Juice (馬蹄水)
Water chestnuts– these vegetables possess a great crunch, but for whatever reason I wasn’t much of a fan as a kid. It might be because I liken the taste to adding salty water to sweetened soil. Also, I never liked (and … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, East & Southeast Asia
Tagged China, drink, vegetable, water chestnut
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Ascending Potato Mountain
Save for the photo itself, I have to give credit to an old friend for this one. When she lived in Beijing, China the so-called potato mountain was a frequent visitor to her monogrammed chopsticks. Ah no, they weren’t monogrammed, but … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, China & Hong Kong, East & Southeast Asia, Snack
Tagged Asia, Beijing, China, potato, snack
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Chinese New Year, Volume 1
Wealth. Treasure. Joy. Score a goal- well, that too- Advance. Whether or not you knew that the Chinese characters printed on these apples had those meanings, you’d more likely want to know that they still taste like apples. And what … Continue reading
Posted in China & Hong Kong, Dessert, East & Southeast Asia, Snack
Tagged apple, China, fruit, holiday, new year
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Who Needs a Label When You’ve Got a Stomach?
Growing up in New York and being introduced to a variety of cuisines helped save me from exhibiting a few untimely gasps when traveling overseas- raw fish in Japan, multicolored “styrofoam chips” from Thailand and anything that moves in China come … Continue reading
Knowledge is Power, Particularly When You’re Hungry
It’s a cinch finding something to eat in Jakarta. Whether or not you want to eat it is a different story, as is whether or not you should, but those two moments of reluctance when approaching a street food vendor are … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, East & Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Snack, Street Food
Tagged book, Indonesia, Jakarta, street food
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Language Problems, Volume 2: Once Offal, Twice Awful
If you’re wondering where Language Problems, Volume 1 can be found, here’s a bit of assistance. But that entry wasn’t titled as such, because upon ordering what I thought was a foccacia sandwich, I saw exactly what was going to deceive … Continue reading
Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Main Course
Tagged food, Indonesia, Jakarta, language, offal, rice
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Coffee Ramen (Japan)
Ten ingredients you wouldn’t like to see in the same bowl of ramen: Coffee beans Coffee noodles Eggs (and their yolks) Vanilla ice cream Bananas Gouda (inexorably processed, that is) Kamaboko (processed fish cake with mind-numbing preservatives) Kiwi Salami Ham … Continue reading
Posted in Bonus, East & Southeast Asia, Japan, Main Course
Tagged cofee, food, Japanese, ramen, weird
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Nothing is Better Than Something: In-Flight Meals in the US and China
Is anything enjoyable about flying? There are weather delays, carnivorous aircraft, 你知道我是谁?’s (the Chinese version of Do You Know Who I Am?), the TSA, and svelte seats for morally obese passengers. That’s all fine and good if you’re self-loathing, but … Continue reading
Posted in Airline, China & Hong Kong, East & Southeast Asia, Main Course
Tagged airline food, airlines, China, Chinese, Chinese food, food
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Collateral Lettuce 