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Renée Gray Beaumont

Table Manners; Dining Etiquette in China

For this column’s last outing, we look at something not often associated with the everyday Chinese dining experience; etiquette and table manners. Often met with surly service staff and spitting, smoking and belching patrons, it is easy to assume...

Pairing Wine with Chinese Food; Orient and Occident in Harmony

Once preposterous to some, it is now virtually general knowledge that good wine definitely does go well with Chinese food; the trick lies in choosing the right wine. Cracking open a bottle of your favourite dark red and sipping it...

The Sixth Sense; Calculating Tarot’s Rise in China

Down a an alleyway off the beaten path of the bohemian Old Town in Changsha, Hunan Province, between a vape and a skate shop, hangs a circular sign bearing the Chinese characters for Tarot (塔罗). It points deeper into...

Fungi Fever & the Shroom Boom

Health focused businesses that centre around prodigy foods christened “super” is most definitely in vogue. Recently, trendy trailblazers or “people brands” have magicked up fresh interest in the otherwise forgotten fungi; the Shroom Boom is putting mushrooms back on...

Reality Check; Bread, Check; Sourdough, Check; Café, Check

Born in Scotland and raised in England, Isabelle Ma, owner and head chef at Real Bread Cafe in downtown Xinjiekou, speaks with conviction and passion when it comes to her life; cafe and bread. “Being a chef in Europe...

Nanjing Foreign Affairs’ Day Hailed as Great Success

Saturday 23 March, 2019, saw the official opening of one of the most influential organisations relevant to the Nanjing international community, the Nanjing Foreign Affairs Service Association (NFASA), in Xianlin in the city’s Qixia District.  The ceremony was held before...

1-Day-Old Baby Deer Spotted At Jiangsu Nature Reserve

Last Thursday, 13 March, 2019, a 1-day-old baby deer was spotted at the Dafeng David’s Deer nature reserve some 300 kilometres east of Nanjing on the coast of Jiangsu in Dafeng, near to Yancheng City. The “four unlikenesses” of Dafeng...

Xigua; International Influence on Chinese Food

Food to the Chinese is everything. It is that for which life is worth living; no big decisions are made without first a feast, gatherings are not gatherings without food. Traditionally, being overweight in China was a sign of wealth,...

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