I passed by a friendly woman whose family I buy fruit from and stopped for a minute to chat. She was standing in front of a cooler she had dragged out from her store a little down a side street and she was selling cold watermelon cut up into containers
Summer's Officially Over
School starts on monday and I can’t say I’m totally psyched about it. Summer seemed to be gearing up instead of winding down when I had to leave my temporary home in the city of Hangzhou and come back to Lin’an. I know I seem to be saying this after
Get Your Drool On–The Amazing Street Food of Taiwan
I have a lot to say about Taiwan but I have to get the most important thing out of the way first: food. Taiwan is known as one of the food capitals of Asia, second only to Singapore. It was the one thing almost everyone mentioned when I said I
Eating Sugar Right From the Cane
I’m a candy freak. Super crazy candy freak. Once in college my friend told me he would give me a thousand dollars if I gave up candy for one month. I didn’t even try. So yeah, candy freak. There is a snack in China that seems right up my alley
New in the Snack Aisle
I’m used to seeing some strange flavored snacks, usually put out by some obscure Chinese snack company. But I was surprised to see this new flavor hit the school store. Cheese Lobster Flavor. My favorite part is the really relaxed lobster, who seems way to excited to have velvetta poured
Street Food of Pingyao
You can’t go far in the tiny ancient city of Pingyao without hearing the street cry of a food vendor, and more often then not, Ryan and I would answer that call. Pingyao had some of the most unique street food I had never seen before, much of it bread
In the Snack Aisle
There are plenty of weird things in the snack aisle, but this is a new product that just began showing up everywhere. Of course I had to try it. I figure I’m a fan of the cucumber chips so why not? The verdict? Not bad. The chips were nice and
Outside the West Gate
The first day we arrived at the university we now we live we woke up early and took a walk out the Big West Gate. This is what we saw: It was a big shock that first day because it seemed so dirty and so foreign. Later, we were told