Assumption one: you are not anal-retentive. Being vegetarian or vegan in China requires a certain flexibility – there will be mistakes and miscommunication. These are not concepts familiar to the average Chinese restaurant. Flecks of meat may – will – find their way onto your table in the most surreptitious, if…

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With its sleek black exterior and large windows of multi-story cakes, Black Swan Luxury Cake Shop sits above the fray of pulled noodle and dumpling neighbors. Luxury truly is the word here – the cake constructions on display provide a good 20 minutes of gawking and gasping. Rolexes and…

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With Chinese New Year coming, many of us will soon face those tables loaded with a dozen or more dishes. For those interested in pairing them with wine, here are a few ideas:

1. See what the experts say. It might seem like I dismissed them earlier but only in terms of…

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