• China, pt. 4: Good food, bad food, spicy food, dog food

    In Nanchang, southern-style food is the most popular, meaning spicy and salty foods made with lots of chili oil and lajiao (spicy peppers). I cannot emphasize enough that nearly everything is made with oil. Fried foods are in no short supply, and even fresh veggies come swimming in oil.   One popular snack is latiao (spicy strips)…

  • Tabetaifun

    Since probably no one but me gets this pun, I’ll explain: “I want to eat (it)!” In Japanese is “tabetai.” Typhoon is written like “taifun” in Japanese. So it’s like a typhoon of things I want to eat. Get it? Haha, I’m hilarious. *･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)’･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* I saved all the food porn for now!      …

  • You Can(‘t) Sit With Us

    The bus from Siem Reap to Bangkok takes about 9 hours and costs $8-10 depending what bus company you go with. And it’s a tiny bit misleading to say “the bus,” so allow me to explain a bit. At 7AM, you wake up to catch your tuk tuk or van to the bus station. The…