Tag Archives: Beijing

The Tianzi (Son of Heaven) Building in Yanjiao, Hebei, China

Posted on August 28, 2016 by findingfoodfluently

China is – or at least, until recently was- the world’s petri dish for what I like to call bizarrchitecture. You have malls with Venetian gondolas (and Somali video games), (empty) towns designed to be spitting images of European villages … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, China & Hong Kong, East & Southeast Asia, Languages | Tagged Architecture, Beijing, building, China, Chinese, 福禄寿, fu lu shou, Hebei province, hotel, sanxing, tianzi, weird, Yanjiao, 天子 | 1 Comment

Airline Meals, Part Six: Someone Else Had Too Much to Drink

Posted on April 8, 2015 by findingfoodfluently

I was just thinking of how hungry I am not right now. It’s best that I feel this way when discussing airline meals specifically originating in the US or China. Here’s an improbable idea for airlines from those two countries: … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, China & Hong Kong, East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink | Tagged Air China, airline food, airline meals, Beijing, Busan, China, food, hungry, Republic of Korea, South Korea | 8 Comments

Donkey Sandwich

Posted on June 17, 2014 by findingfoodfluently

Don, don, don, donkeyyyyy…oh sorry, that’s something completely off-topic. Don Quijote is also the name of a discount shopping chain in Japan with an incredibly irritating theme song running on a loop. If you’re an expat and you’re in the … Continue reading →