Tag: Chinese new year

• Embracing Your Inner Auntie (or Uncle)

  

  I have now reached the age when I am regularly addressed as “auntie”. Widely used across Asia to refer to a middle-aged lady, this is supposedly a term of respect – or is it?

  yangszechoo

  May 7, 2013

  Eat + Read

  Asian culture, auntie, Chinese new year, fan death, Gong Li, Guinness Stout, humor, middle age, Miss Chinatown, uncle, Wooden bead car seat

• Raw Fish = Good Luck

  

  I was talking to some friends from Hong Kong about Chinese New Year specialties when I happened to mention raw fish. They looked at me blankly.

  yangszechoo

  February 11, 2013

  Eating

  Asian, celebrations, Chinese new year, fish, japanese food, lucky, sushi

• Cheongsam – the Chinese Diet Aid

  

  Chinese New Year is when a kind of collective madness descends on Chinese people all over the world. No other holiday even comes close.

  yangszechoo

  February 7, 2013

  Eating, Other

  cheongsam, Chinese new year, Clark Gable, diet, fashion, food, Hong Kong, Li Lihua, Maggi Cheung, movie star, qipao