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Last weekend, I attended the soft opening of a new restaurant in Shenzhen’s Bao’an District, Zhenwei Snail Rice Noodle臻味里螺蛳粉 zhenweili luosifen (深圳市宝安区创业二路70号). As its name suggests, the restaurant specialises in Guangxi cuisine, particularly the luosifen 螺蛳粉 snail rice noodle soup of the river city of Liuzhou. I had long wanted to try luosifen, without having … Read more

Dragon boat season has begun. For most of the year, the dragon boats of the ancient families of Nancun are buried in mud at the bottom of the river that winds around and through the village. At the start of the Dragon Boat Festival, the boats are excavated, washed, and prepared for the season’s voyaging … Read more