Eating Adventures in China

We recently returned from a month of travel in China where we visited seven different provinces and at least 14 cities and towns. Over the next couple of weeks I'll try to blog some of the highlights. Many people have asked us about the food so I'll begin with some of the most memorable meals.

Various fowl often had the head served along with all the bones.


In the above photos we were having hot pot. Each of us had a steaming bowl of broth into which we put various raw meats, fish, and vegetables. Finally we put in a fistfull of noodles which cooked in the flavorful broth and were delicious although rather difficult to eat with chopsticks.






The above photos were all taken at an expecially elegant meal where every dish was given special care. Note especially the little raft with its cargo and little boatman. Below is the other end of the scale, a street vendor. This one has bamboo filled with sweetened rice that has been cooked on a grill.