Food

  • Ding Ding Tang

    Ding ding tang. That sound belongs to Kunming. When I was little, I lived there. I don’t remember much of those early years. But there’s one sound I remember. Waking up from an afternoon nap, still half asleep, hearing it from the street below: ding ding tang. That was the ding-ding candy man coming. He sold…

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  • The Tea Man

    [Audio story] A short story that took place in Kunming, China. About tea, about people, about an afternoon. Written and read by the author.

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  • The Taste of Home

    Cross-Bridge rice noodles are arguably the most representative noodles of Yunnan province. Restaurants serving it have appeared across the globe, but it is usually made incorrectly elsewhere due to the lack of certain region-specific ingredients. What makes a proper Cross-Bridge rice noodle? Watch to find out.

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