No one is sure whether it was road kill or game from a hunter, but what they do know is that a suburban Buffalo restaurant was shut down after an inspector found employees butchering a dead deer inside the business. continue reading...
Let’s think about Chinese food for a minute: Fried rice. Breaded chicken. Sure, there are veggies, but they’re usually covered in a sauce. Point is, our normal Chinese take-out can be a big bowl of chicken-fried calories. Here is the worst-offenders list, the seven least healthy choices on the Chinese food menu: continue reading...
We’ve all seen pictures or heard stories about horrible English translations from Chinese sayings. As if watching kung fu movies that are voiced over isn’t bad enough, sometimes when travelling, you may even have to deal with bizarre menu items. If “Husband and wife’s lung slice” or “Chicken without sexual life” don’t sound appetizing to you, you’re in luck. According to CNN.com the impending Olympics have prompted China to come up with standardized, and more western-oriented English translations of over 2000 of their dishes. The Chinese names of their dishes focus on the look of the food. Westerners are used to their meals being named for ingredients or how the meal is cooked (i.e.: roast beef). Read more… continue reading...
I thought I knew how to use chopsticks until I saw this video.
Not that she’s crusading, but Kylie Kwong has come halfway around the world to deliver us from bad Chinese food.
No soy sauce? Can’t be. continue reading...
