Lesson Comments

@orangina 'Steak and chips' is the national dish of France but it has been appropriated by a number of cultures including my own. ;-) BTW (for... Read more

forget about 火锅，give me 串串香 anyday! Read more

misterjess : You are right, I indeed  吃辣。 Read more

If only flickr was up and running here in China, I'd post a whole bunch of delectable hotpot pics. When I was in 河北 Héběi, my Huí mat... Read more

@misterjess, then you are the loser, haha! Miss Lujiaojie said 她不吃辣！How can I get a buck? No, I was kidding! 她吃辣，indeed! Read more

@jjfoerch -- you should be able to tell acrobat or other pdf viewers to put to scale the output to 8.5x11 paper.  @xuchen -- actually paying to... Read more

Hi sydcarten There is a joke about durians. It goes like this, "Durian lovers get durians even at the expense of pawning/selling their wives", whic... Read more

Yin and Yang in food (Wikipedia page) The ideas of yin and yang are used in the sphere of food and cooking. Yang foods are believed to increase the... Read more

@sydcarten, that's exactly what my grandma told me, she kept telling me 别吃了，要上火的！"bié chī le，yào shànghuǒ de" when I was enjoying... Read more

My wife doesn't like me eating durian. She says it makes the body "hot". I still don't understand the Chinese concept of foods making your body eith... Read more