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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Yibin yacai in Sichuan-style stir fry dishes
I was pleased to find the full-sized Sichuan preserved vegetable yacai 芽菜 recently at the underground market in Philadelphia’s Chinatown (Asia Supermarket 亞洲超級市場). Yacai has long been available in US Asian markets, but I was only aware of the pre-chopped … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Featured Markets, - Recipes, Chinese food
Tagged dan dan mian, 芽菜, ganbian siji dou, pickled vegetable, preserved vegetable, Sichuan, yacai, 四川, 宜宾, 干煸四季豆, 担担面
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Thai rotten bean sheets and sour spare rib soup with greens
I am back in Philly after a fulfilling two-week visit to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. More posts are still to come on Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia food themes, but for now it is time to return to Philadelphia-based posts. After coming back to the states, … Continue reading
Ulaanbaatar post #2: Korean UB
In last week’s post I mentioned that Korean staple food items could be found not only at Ulaanbaatar’s specialty “Asian Markets”, but also at “regular” grocery stores all around the city. That was probably an understatement. Items such as kimchi, … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Guides, Korean food, Mongolian food
Tagged Улаанбаатар, зоогийн газар, 蒙古国, 韩国菜, 한국, 울란바토르, 조선, Korean Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, солонгос, Seoul Street, Solongo, Solongos, 乌兰巴托
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Asian Markets of Ulaanbaatar
Greetings from the land of the great blue sky! Over the next few weeks I’ll have a series of posts from here in Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar, and its environs. Food shopping here is very interesting, and in recent … Continue reading
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