1. Starts with "Y" YOUR CHOICE
2. A Favorite
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Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
19 December 2025
WEEKEND ROUNDUP
As I am away, and will have limited wi-fi access, I have scheduled Weekly Roundup, not knowing what Tom's choice will be. Therefore I'll choose something!!
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller
Starts with Y (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST/FIRST/SUNNIEST)
The oldest operating store in YUKON.
YELLOW sunflowers Las Vegas
YANGTZE China river cruise
12 December 2025
Weekend Roundup
WE ARE TRAVLLING UNTIL DEC 22, I WILL LINK UP IF POSSIBLE. BUT I EXPECT LIMITED INTERNET/WI-FI.
As I am away, and will have limited wi-fi access, I have scheduled Weekly Roundup, not knowing what Tom's choice will be. Therefore I'll choose something!!
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler
1.Has an "X"2. A Favorite has an X
3. Looks like an X - chosen by Tom
Has an X (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST/FIRST)
QRC Toronto
20 December 2024
Weekend Roundup
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller
1. Starts with "Y" YOUR CHOICE
2. A Favorite
3 CHRISTMAS - chosen by Tom
Starts with Y (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST/FIRST)
YANGTZE is the longest river in Asia.
FAVOURITE
YIKES Las Vegas NV
Royal YORK
25 June 2024
Signs
Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day
March/April Road Trip
St. Louis MO
Grand Island NB
Las Vegas NV
AND one I found in our China 2009 files!!!
15 December 2023
Weekend Roundup
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller
1. Has an "X"
2. A Favorite
3. LOOKS LIKE AN X- chosen by Tom
HAS AN X
XIAN CHINA
Transporting traditional lion dance instruments.
FAVOURITE
Looks like an X
Zoom in on the ropes for the window cleaners.
12 March 2023
19 August 2022
Weekend Roundup
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1. Starts with "G."
2. A Favorite
3. GRAND
Starts with "G"
GREEN GRASS GARDEN GRAND (bonus!) Mackinac Island Michigan
FAVOURITE
GIANT Wild GOOSE Pagoda Xian China has a GOLD Buddha.
It was built in 652 during the Tang dynasty and originally had five stories. The structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, and its exterior brick facade was renovated during the Ming dynasty. One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and traveler Xuanzang.
GRAND
1. Starts with "G."
2. A Favorite
3. GRAND
GREEN GRASS GARDEN GRAND (bonus!) Mackinac Island Michigan
GIANT Wild GOOSE Pagoda Xian China has a GOLD Buddha.
It was built in 652 during the Tang dynasty and originally had five stories. The structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, and its exterior brick facade was renovated during the Ming dynasty. One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and traveler Xuanzang.
GRAND
12 June 2022
13 May 2022
Weekend Roundup
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler
1. Starts with "S"
2. A Favorite
3. SILHOUETTE- chosen by Tom
Starts with "S"
STASH Cannabis
This cannabis is on the lower level of a LCBO Liquor Control Board of Ontario!
This is the best I can do for this week's word. When we were in China we went to the Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin. This man made silhouettes for us, but I can't find a photo of them, I know they got decluttered when we downsized.
As a bonus, I think this photo taken at the Elephant Trunk Hill looks like a reverse silhouette!
03 March 2021
My Recipe Box - Peanut Noodles
March 2021 - Toronto ON
XIAN CHINA
I'm always looking for alternatives to potatoes and rice. I love egg noodles but they aren't gluten free. We've been using rice or vermicelli noodles in pho soup for some time. We also used them in the virtual cooking class we took we took last month. They were in the spring rolls.
I came across this recipe in Toronto Life from the restaurant Uncle Mikey's which he calls Starving Artist Noodles; it’s still on the takeout menu, even as Uncle Mikey’s has pivoted to become a bottle shop.
Note: Gochugaru can be found at PAT, Galleria and H-Mart, but any crushed and dried chili peppers can be substituted.
I used gochujang.
Ingredients
Makes three full or five snack portions:
400g fresh egg noodles I use gluten free rice noodles
3 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp ginger, finely minced
1 scallion stalk, finely chopped
1 tsp coarse gochugaru chili pepper I used gochujang
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/4 cup water
malt vinegar (optional) rice vinegar as malt vinegar is not GF
sriracha (optional)
Technique
1. In a small saucepan, heat the canola oil until smoking hot.
2. In a heatproof bowl, pour the hot oil over the ginger and scallions to bring out the aroma. Return saucepan to heat and set bowl aside.
3. Add sesame seeds to the saucepan and stir every few seconds until aromatic and lightly browned.
4. Transfer seeds to the bowl with the ginger and scallions. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients. Stir until smooth.
5. Meanwhile, cook the noodles per package instructions and drain, reserving about 1/4 cup of cooking water. Rice noodle method
6. Return noodles to the pot. Add sauce until the consistency is similar to alfredo pasta, adding some cooking water if necessary.
7. Garnish with more scallions and sesame seeds, and finish with a splash of
Other recipes I have tried
04 September 2020
Weekend Roundup
Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler
My last rounds were coffee and beer. So it's time for some food and sleep!
1. Starts with "J"
2. A Favorite
3. JUNK - chosen by Tom
Starts with "J"
JEROME Grand Hotel AZ
Overlooking the Verde Valley, the hotel is one of the highest buildings in the area. Five stories tall, the building is made out of concrete.
Originally built as the United Verde Hospital in the late 1920s, stories of supposed spirits lingering around the property were reported early on.
Back in this era the town's main attraction was its copper mining business, which would eventually come to a close in 1950. For years the town would wither away, only to come alive again in the 1970s.
Overlooking the Verde Valley, the hotel is one of the highest buildings in the area. Five stories tall, the building is made out of concrete.
Originally built as the United Verde Hospital in the late 1920s, stories of supposed spirits lingering around the property were reported early on.
Back in this era the town's main attraction was its copper mining business, which would eventually come to a close in 1950. For years the town would wither away, only to come alive again in the 1970s.
JOY Toronto ON
JUNK Yangshou China
Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee and whatever catches my fancy!
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee and whatever catches my fancy!
A cup of JAVA in Bantry Ireland
20 June 2020
09 June 2020
Tuesday Treasures Around the World
Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.
Travel Tuesday
Our World Tuesday
Image-in-ing
My Corner of the World
It's June so let's feature some weddings!
May 2009 - Hong Kong China
In Hong Kong, couples can only be legally registered as married at one of the government registry offices, or by going to one of the few large churches authorized for this purpose.
The couple must apply well in advance to have the ceremony performed at the registry office on the date and time they wish. So there are no late brides here, or they miss their turn!
Some people in Hong Kong, however, may want to be married on a "lucky day," but find they are too late to get their marriage registered on that day.
So they choose to have a customary Chinese wedding, and then, in the meantime, live together before having their marriage registered.
These are various weddings I captured.
Once the mother had seen me taking photos they kindly posed for me.
Beijing China
Travel Tuesday
Our World Tuesday
Image-in-ing
My Corner of the World
It's June so let's feature some weddings!
May 2009 - Hong Kong China
In Hong Kong, couples can only be legally registered as married at one of the government registry offices, or by going to one of the few large churches authorized for this purpose.
The couple must apply well in advance to have the ceremony performed at the registry office on the date and time they wish. So there are no late brides here, or they miss their turn!
Some people in Hong Kong, however, may want to be married on a "lucky day," but find they are too late to get their marriage registered on that day.
So they choose to have a customary Chinese wedding, and then, in the meantime, live together before having their marriage registered.
These are various weddings I captured.
Once the mother had seen me taking photos they kindly posed for me.
Beijing China
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