Author: Michael Taylor

A Hong Kong based travel blogger and freelance writer. Publisher of the Accidental Travel Writer.
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Greater China: Pairing Cantonese Cuisine with Fine Wines

Pairing fine French wines with Chinese cuisine presents a challenge, but it can be done.

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Pairing Sichuanese Cuisine with Fine Wines

Sichuan is home of one of China's legendary Eight Great Cuisines. Because of the province's heat and humidity, lots of innovative preservation methods were developed in the days before refrigeration and air conditioning. Included are drying, pickeling, salting and smoking. Sichuanese cuisine is noted for its pungency and oilness. Flavours range from sweet and spicy …

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Pairing Shanghainese Food with Fine Wines

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Pairing Shanghainese food with wine - learn how to pair wine with Shanghainese food – with specific food pairings for steamed hairy crab, Mandarin fish, roasted fish with pine nuts, and other popular Shanghainese  dishes.  Shanghainese Cuisine 101 Shanghai is China's largest city. Because it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai …

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Greater China’s Top Spas

Hong Kong has long been known as a Shopper's Paradise. It has great Chinese restaurants, a spectacular harbour, and a well-deserved reputation for having some of the world's most luxurious hotels. But spas? They're not the first thing that generally comes to mind when people think of Greater China's most dynamic city. The same can …

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Greater China’s Top 10 Spas

Top 10: A guide to the best spas in Hong Kong, Macau, and Beijing.

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Eight Wonders of the World

The ancient Greeks believed that there were Seven Wonders of the World. These included the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Not surprisingly, they were …

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Eight Wonders of the Modern World

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the Eight Wonders of the Modern World - an introduction.

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Shun Tak Cuisine: Regional Cantonese Food

Shun Tak is one of the four great cuisines of Guangdong Province.

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Cantonese Cuisine: One of the Eight Great Cuisines of China

Cantonese cuisine is one of the Eight Great Cuisines of China. It is popular in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and overseas.

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Chiu Chow Cuisine: Regional Cantonese Food

Chiu Chow, or Chaozhou, cuisine is one of the four most important cooking styles of Guangdong Province. It is a subcategory of Cantonese cuisine.