As a lover of crime novels and Old Shanghai, I am always interested in crime novels taking place in Old Shanghai. New book “City of lost souls” by Martin Petersen just fits the bill perfectly. 1930s and 40s crime novels are often called “Film noir” (black movies in French) when they are made in a … Continue reading City of lost souls

Liu Yuan, who died of cancer in December, helped reintroduce jazz to the Chinese mainland.

This video was made possible with the support of Shanxi Xing Hua Cun and the Kempinski Hotel Taiyuan. I took three outstanding Italian chefs, all based in As...

Xiamen heritage is often linked to the island of Gulangyu about which I have written several posts. There is much more to it as Xiamen had 2 concessions. The original concession was the port of Amoy (English transcription close to the local dialect) / 厦门. It became part of the 5 first treaty port from … Continue reading Xiamen, the South East Asia connection

La bouillie de sésame noir est à l’origine un plat cantonais, connu en chinois sous le nom de « hēizhīmá hú » (黑芝麻糊).Les ingrédients de ce dessert sont des plus simples : graines de sésame noir, fa…

Studying contemporary art in China is not an exclusively aesthetic choice. In the context of an emerging market, art is as much a matter of cultural economy as of socio-politics. Thus art is not the product of an independent condition. In its imagination, as well as in its own diversity and its transformations, it encompasses and summarises the changes of a culture which is appropriating the schemes, images and notions inherited both from an age-old tradition and from the West (a West which i...

A performance of le qiang (乐腔, literally "joyful vocal tune"), formerly known as lao qiang (落腔), a rare genre of local Chinese opera (Chinese: difang xiqu, 地方戏曲) from Anyang (安阳市), northern Henan province (河南省), central China. The title of the play being performed here is "Jie Didi"《借髢髢》. The troupe is the Hua County Le Qiang Theater Troupe (Chinese: Hua Xian Le Qiang Jutuan, 滑县乐腔剧团), which is based in Hua County (滑县), Anyang (安阳市), northern Henan province (河南省), central China.

Hello friends! Previously we asked what kind of noodles you want to see. Some friends replied 'Chongqing Xiao Mian' (Chongqing Noodles), and here it comes!
This time Da Ye's apprentice, Huang Guohui, presents how to cook Chongqing Noodles.
With soft peas, aromatic sauce, al dente noodles, and incredibly fragrant chili pepper and Sichuan peppercorn oil, Da Ye and Er Bai enjoyed this dish so much. Though it's named 'Xiao Mian' (literally 'Small noodles'), never look down upon it!
At the end of this video, Da Ye will talk about his love story with Da Ma. If you are interested in how they knew each other, don't miss it!