Kathmandu, Nepal
The sights, the sounds, and oh my goodness the smells. We posted some pictures of in and around Kathmandu, Nepal. Enjoy!
January 02, 2007
December 29, 2006
Authentic Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork
Ingredients:
A) 200 grams (~1/2 lb) pork fillet
B) Marinade: 1/3 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon oil, 1/2 teaspoon rice wine, 1 teaspoon custard powder (or 1 egg yolk)
C) Pork batter: 5 teaspoons cornstarch, 1 egg yolk, 2 teaspoons water
D) 20 grams (~1/2 slice) pineapple, 20 grams cucumber, 1 tomato
E) Sweet and Sour sauce: 5 teaspoons sugar, 4 tablespoons rice vinegar, 2 tablespoons ketchup
F) 500 gram cooking oil (enough to fill wok/pan with 1" oil)
Note: Portions listed are for 1 person.
December 22, 2006
Chinese Encounters, Pt. 1
Spending nearly a total of 3 months in China and its various territories, you'd have to be pretty anti-social or otherwise lazy not to (gasp) talk to some locals. Luckily, my misanthropic tendencies were no match for the crushing mass of 1.2 billion locals. What's more, the surprising gregariousness of our Chinese counterpart generation did a lot to foster some interesting conversations. This is not to say that conversations including one or more of the phrases "Lookee, lookee", "Best price for you", or "Laowai! [old foreigner]" aren't interesting in their own right, but on the whole I think I most prefer the ones where I am treated as something other than an exotic walking changepurse.
November 13, 2006
Website additions!
Check out our TEN new photo albums of P.R.China! We also have new blog entries, and we now have google ads!
November 09, 2006
Hong Kong and Kowloon
Hong Kong boasts a skyline more impressive than NYC, which is difficult for a proud New Yorker to admit. After long walks through the streets of Hong Kong and Kowloon for days on end, I think we got a feel for the ultra-modern urban mecca that is still culturally rich in tradition.
October 28, 2006
Jungle Safari in Chitwan National Park
Wasting no time after our trek, we signed up for a 2 night 3 day excursion to Chitwan National Park. Famous for tigers, elephants, and rhinos, visiting the jungle is one of the must-do activities during a trip to Nepal. We opted to go through an organized tour rather than going independently because we wanted to go during one of Nepal's many festivals. It would have been a bit like trying to fly to Florida on Christmas Eve by showing up at the airport without a ticket. Not worth the hassle!
