In praise of simplicity
The picture on the left is of my lunch yesterday, at home: pao fan æ³¡é¥ (‘soaked’ or soupy rice) made from leftovers of brown rice with…
Lucky Peach Chinatown issue!
Very happy to be in the Chinatown issue of Lucky Peach, which is out now! It’s a fantastic issue, packed with interesting stuff. Londoners can find…
Gastronomic tour of China åƒè´§å›¢ï¼
I’m currently in Shanghai, after the end of my first gastronomic tour with WildChina! I spent ten days or so introducing a small group (ten guests)…
Talking about Chinese food
Here’s a video interview I did about Chinese food:
Gastronomic tour of China!
I’m very happy to report that I’ll be leading a gastronomic tour of China from October 13-24 this year, in conjunction with WildChina, a specialist travel…
Fast food, Yunnan style
This is the signboard for a little restaurant/takeaway in the backstreets of Jianshui, in southern Yunnan Province. It says ‘The sisters’ fast food shop’. You might…
A Shanghainese dream
An August Saturday night in a flat in Wapping, East London… and I was privileged to share the best Chinese meal I’ve ever had outside China.…
Chinese vegetables in Oxfordshire
A glorious morning yesterday at the Worton Organic Garden and Farm near my parents’ house in Oxford. I brought back purple sprouting broccoli, basil, multicoloured tomatoes…
Books interview
The Browser have just published an interview with me about five books on Chinese food.
Sunday night supper
“Hmm, this black garlic is delicious.” “Actually it’s made from the single-cloved garlic of Sichuan.” “Is that like the wild elephant garlic of Iran?” Such is…