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Restaurants in China: Inspection Notices and What They Really Mean

by Ivan B on November 6, 2018November 12, 2018 in China Life, Food, Guides

If you’ve been living in China for long enough and eat Chinese food on the regular, you have probably seen the restaurant inspection notices with the colourful smiley faces in nearly… [Continue Reading]

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5 Must-Try Yunnan Food Dishes

by Ivan B on October 2, 2018October 10, 2018 in China Life, Food

Yunnan food is the best Chinese food you’ve never heard of. How this style of Chinese cuisine has not yet reached the masses is beyond me, but I guess it… [Continue Reading]

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The Pressures to Spend Money as a Twenty-Something in Asia

by Ivan B on August 15, 2017 in China Life, Money

It happens like this: you’re scrolling through your WeChat moments and see that your friend just posted a fancy arrangement of three kinds of sashimi on a beautiful wood board… [Continue Reading]

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5 Taiwanese Night Market Foods

by Ivan B on February 15, 2016October 27, 2018 in Food, Travel

Oh, the Taiwanese night market. This cultural icon is so embedded in Taiwanese culture that travelling to Taiwan and not going to a night market would be like going to… [Continue Reading]

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Omikuji: Japanese Fortune Telling

by Ivan B on October 4, 2015August 11, 2018 in Japan, Travel

I’m not into opening up a paper in the morning and reading my horoscope. I just don’t believe in that stuff. But, if you make me shake a metal box… [Continue Reading]

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