A cut above the domestic competition
Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
All tagged china
Lounge Review: China Eastern V01 International Lounge, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport T1
A good Priority Pass lounge with a strange layout
Trip Report: Air China Economy Class Airbus A320 Harbin - Shanghai PVG
If I’m comparing Air China (HRB-PVG) vs. China Southern (PVG-HRB), I’d say China Southern wins hands-down.
Harbin Metro: Maybe the Most User-Friendly Interaction Design?
The best, most useful interaction design.
Harbin's Red Sausage and Lieba bread: as big as a dinner plate!
This is a souvenir I was excited to purchase!
Harbin Eats: Guobao Rou, Borscht, and Cityscapes
Eating the hearty cuisine of Dongbei.
Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway)
What is known as “Harbin Ice Festival” is actually composed of a few different expos and venues, two of which are the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” and “Harbin Ice and Snow World.”
Relief: Shangri-La Harbin Songbei Hotel
After the horrible experience at the city-center hotel, I found relief at the Shangri-La.
A Day of Eating at Harbin's Daoli Market!
Stuffing my face for breakfast… and then lunch too.
Scary: Harbin Huasu/Shiju/Ji Feng/Yu Feng/Royal Maple Hotel
Like arriving at a horror movie set, at a hotel which just couldn’t get its name straight.
Trip Report: China Southern Economy Class A321 Shanghai PVG - Harbin
Clearly superior service as compared to my Air China flight a couple days later in the opposite direction. Tried both of the hot main course options on this 2.5 hour “snack” service!
Dawn of Post-Zero-COVID China: United Polaris business class PVG-SFO Trip Report
Amazingly, I could “just walk in” to Pudong Airport. No more PCR tests or scanning codes. What didn’t change from previous years was the menu on the flight. In fact, the Polaris pre-arrival meal was the same as my pre-arrival meal in Economy 3 years ago.
It keeps on going…: continual COVID testing, quarantine scares, and today's lockdown
Never-ending nonsense
Chaozhou: Late Night Eats, and Congee x 3
Trust a city that stays up late to eat!
Revelation! Changfen (常粉) in Chaozhou (潮州)
A completely different - and much superior - changfen than the thick tubes of rice noodles that I’d previously had in dimsum restaurants.
Chaozhou Highlight: Marinated Raw Seafood
I don’t even like raw seafood normally!
Ancestral Village: Jianqiao, Guangdong
Finding family roots in a beautiful little village between Meizhou and Chaozhou.
Meizhou Eats: Breakfast
A second try for the typical Meizhou Hakka breakfast of yan mian (腌面) and san ji di soup (三及第).
Lodging Review: Meizhou Chengyu Hotel
Modern, functional, purple.
Meizhou Eats: Hakka snacks
Special tangyuan (汤圆), and a whole host of other little bites along Zhongshan Road (中山路).