We recently traveled to New York City with my sister and her daughter. It was such a wonderful time exploring the city! I have heard people talked about all the must-eat bagels, so I just had to try them. First one we tried was Liberty Bagel. It was near where we stayed, at the Grand…
Category: Food
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I love “Goo Low Meat,” aka sweet and sour pork in the western world. I love the Hong Kong style one, the one with pineapple, colorful peppers, cripsy fried pork with a thickened glaze of orange (not red!) sauce. (Not the Panda Express one, but I would say Panda Express’s orange chicken is pretty good…
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It’s 11 PM. I should be sleeping… but here I am, drawing maps and drooling over fried chicken, kaya toast, and egg tarts. 😋 One of the best (or worst?!) parts of creating custom maps is illustrating all the yummy food from different cultures. That means I’m scrolling through mouthwatering photos in the middle of the night, imagining…
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You have seen it. Those translucent pink dumpling thing — what is that? Why the translucent wrapper? What are those pink thing inside? What’s the texture? I am going to tell you all about it!! Hargaw is the Cantonese Romanization of Shrimp Dumpling. Har is the pronunciation for 蝦, which means “Shrimp,” while Gaw is…
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What is Dimsum? If you have ever lived in a place with a decent Chinese population (especially Cantonese people), you would have heard of dimsum. But what is it?! “Dim sum” is the romanization of the Chinese words 點心, This vocabulary has a meaning of snacks, delicate snacks, and this specific type of food you…
