Under New Management
Hoxe’s Cafe, one of my two favourite writing places, is under new management. The cafe had been rather unpredictable recently when there would be days it wasn’t opened for business. So yesterday...
View ArticleHome, Sweet Home
You know it’s time to go home from vacation when you think about the food back home. Notice I didn’t write “miss”, but “think”. And I was prompted to think about a particular food item when I saw it in...
View ArticleMy best meal at Bifengxia Panda Base this trip
It’s the Chinese National Day today, and the start of a seven-day holiday for the whole country. Approximately half the panda team is on holiday and with many visitors expected over the next seven...
View ArticleFood court somewhere in China
I am now in Chengdu after more than 3 glorious and amazing weeks among giant pandas in Bifengxia and Emeishan. There will be more giant pandas for the next two days at the Chengdu Panda Base. I am...
View ArticleFound in Ya’an: A Muslim neighbourhood
We were trying to decide where to have dinner this evening. I mentioned a preference for beef or lamb and Amy, my good friend at the panda base, said how about we go to the Muslim neighbourhood. There...
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