Happy Halloween from Chengdu

I was wondering if anyone here knew what Halloween was…I guess at least one person does! When I first arrived in Chengdu, I thought that I had made a mistake. Sure, it was a few degrees warmer than the mountains of Yunnan, but not by much. The sky is the usual big-Chinese-city polluted gray, and [...]

Wo xihuan Sichuan Fan!

I was sweating, my heart was banging away inside of my chest, and my head was spinning. The food poisoning had probably not even kicked in yet! Through bloodshot eyes I could see my own hand, giving another 2Yuan (.30 cents) to a smiling woman for a bowl of cold noodles. I managed to get [...]

Sichuan Hotpot

A catfish head picked clean of brains and meat by yours truly I tried not to show any signs of pain as the boiling oil splattered across my body. No, I was not on the wrong end of a castle siege, I was actually paying for this opportunity. Chengdu is famous for its food, so [...]

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