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Fresh ramen noodles in soup with garlic, ginger, chilli, white pepper, baby bok choi, pork and boiled chicken's egg.

and an even huger following on Chinese social media. 8 million on YouTube. 20 million on Weibo.

I suspect he is not the only one!

AS @pastrygirlsays, money is usually given in a red envelope. The refusal and reluctant acceptance is a ritual. To just accept immediately is considered rude as it makes the recipient look greedy. Yes. Yes. The egg yolks have been salted. Yes.

四川省，绵阳市，平武县 . Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan.

I know a few people here know her already, but for those that don't, she is simply the best creator of Chinese food and rural life videos. It's not what you will find in your local Bamboo Hut! It's what Chinese people eat! Here is her latest, posted today. This is what all my neighbours are doing right now in preparation for Spring Festival (Chinese New Year to the Lantern Festival 15 days later), although few are doing it as elegantly as she does! Everything she posts is worth watching if you have any interest in food.

We? 99.9% of people on the planet use C, including many people here.

The things you find in China (though very rarely!)

Well, thank you. I wouldn't use Kewpie if you tortured me and threatened World War III. I make make own mayo thank you very much. I know what ranch dressing is. I've just never eaten it or wanted to.

Not usually. I can find it, but only in specialist stores. Anyway, I prefer to control the sweetness of the sauce myself. I like it more on the sour side and sweet soy is too sweet for the result I prefer.

That's a coincidence. My latest creation was a beef curry with no beef or curry. It was fish and chips!

This is not the prettiest dish, but is one of the tastiest I make, if I say so myself. Spicy, sweet and sour pork ribs. Pork ribs (chopped to bite sized pieces) are marinated for 24 hours in equal parts of dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and Zhenjiang* black vinegar, lightly sweetened with honey, with garlic, ginger, chilli powder and salt. After marinating, the whole lot (pork and marinade) is covered with water and simmered for around 45 minutes, until the pork is falling off the bones and the sauce is thick and sticky. Finished with chopped scallions. I served it with rice and a side of snow peas which I neglected to picture. *This is what America calls "Chinkiang", a term unknown anywhere else! 😆

The only momo I know in a culinary context are the Himalayan dumplings and I couldn't see any of them! I have no experience of ranch dressing, 'faux' or 'vrai'.

Momo?

You should follow the rest of the planet and use Celcius. Much quicker! 😆

Pure laziness led me not to cook tonight (although I did prepare tomorrow's dinner which will marinade overnight) , so I went to the local Japanese place. It's not great to be honest, but... Shashimi Sushi - Tuna, Salmon, Japanese Amberjack

Technically, marijuana is illegal, yet it is is openly offered for sale in countryside markets in certain areas. Don't PM me for details! Hemp oil is widely available around here, but contains only negligible amounts of THC and so is legal. It is even available in my local state-owned, over-expensive department store's basement excuse for a "supermarket". Hemp seeds are also easy to find. For the record, I like both durian and oysters, but preferably weeks apart!

If a strawberry oyster isn't your cup of tea in the horror stakes, you could go for the alternative!

Squid with snow peas - a classic Chinese pairing with garlic, ginger, chilli Shaoxing wine and oyster sauce. Served with orzo because I'm probably the only person in China who doesn't have any rice! I knew I had forgotten something at the market this morning!

Also known as H20.

Don't worry. I passed by again about three hours later and although the car was still there it had been decabbaged. And there was no wind.

No! I need to lie down!

There are UK producers.

Where else would you choose to dry cabbage but on your car? Found this right outside my apartment this morning and it amused me, so...

Interesting article on Impossible Foods' attempt to enter the Chinese market and why it will probably fail!