Aside from harsh liquors and odd foods, some old-fashioned Chinese drink my wife calls 糖水 (tǎngshuǐ), literally ’sugar water’. While that is a fairly lame name, it is accurate. The drink is merely boiled water, a generous amount of sugar, and a few Chinese dates. Chinese dates (红枣 hǒngzăo) are not bad, [...]
New Year’s Drink
January 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Festivals & Traditions · Food & Drink
Singles’ Day
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
The Chinese have a bit of a thing with numbers. It’s more than a crush, and I think it could be a long-term relationship.
November 11 = 11/11. Lots of 1s in there. Thus it’s become known, at least to young people and especially university students, as Singles’ Day. This is despite that they generally know [...]
Tags: Culture & Language