There are things Germany is great at, such as making cars, currywurst and subjugating Slavs. English fast food, though, is seemingly not one of them, as I was to find out at Klässig’s Fish and Chips Berlin. In fairness, though, I really should not have been surprised. After all, it was obviously a German style…
When you see a big M next to an M Cafe and some Golden Arches in Kazakhstan, it is not McDonald’s you are seeing, but instead the knockoff iM Burger, or rather I’m. Why though, may you ask, is this the case, after all Kazakhstan was never under sanctions? Well it is all linked in…
Kyrgyz food is basically an epic mix of Central Asian and Chinese foods, which means some fabulous fusion noodle dishes, such as Ashlyan-Fu. This is basically a cold noodle dish featuring hard wheat noodles, as well as strips of starch jelly in a sexy vinegar broth. And its not only cheap as hell, but one…
If you are squeamish about eating horse meat and drinking horse milk, then you should probably give Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia a miss. If though you have the moxie, then you should have a bash at beshbarmak. To cut a long story short, this is boiled horse meat laid atop big fat Chinese style noodles….
Every now and again there is a food so damned that I will do some serious travel to eat it. Thus today I traveled on a fast train for 2 hours a distance of 300 km to eat goats feet (麻辣羊蹄 (má là yáng tí)). Yep I shit you not I primarily did this journey…
Beidahe (北戴河, Běidàihé) is a proper tacky Chinese past its prime seaside resort, but that is exactly what gives it its charm. Combine that with the fact that it is only 2 hours by train from Beijing and you have the ingredients of a place well worth a visit. Formerly and to a degree still…
