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Here are a few interesting U.S. food articles I came across while in China, but didn’t have time to read until now. D.C. was voted most veggie friendly city in U.S. FP’s article on food diplomacy. Politico’s article about new dining trends in D.C.

A few days ago, a friend took me on a tour of Beijing’s top school Peking University. Along the way, we stopped for lunch at the cafeteria. It was quite a different scene from what you’d expect to find at a typical American universtiy. Instead of counters offering fast food-burgers, tacos, and pizza- students were [...]

For one of our last meals in China, a group of us decided to meet for a western-style lunch at upscale restaurant SALT. I had heard that the female chef recently won best chef in Beijing, as well as rave reviews about the food, so I was eager to try it out and greatful for [...]

Beijing is packed with historic, touristy hutongs (narrow streets between traditional walled courtyard-type neighborhoods) that are open to the public pedestrian traffic. They are typcially bustling with a blend of tourists and locals. A few days ago, I explored the historic hutong called Nan Luo Gu Xiang. The narrow street was crowded with motorbikes and [...]