Going to Chengdu
Tomorrow is the big day: I am leaving for Chengdu. There I will attend a 2-week cooking course at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, the school that Fuchsia Dunlop attended in the 1990s. I am very excited to learn lots of things- and really looking forward to walk around this bustling city, filled with food stalls and tea houses.
I haven’t been back to Chengdu since 1991- then we arrived at one of the most luxurious hotels of the city, after weeks of off the beaten track traveling through Pakistan, Xinjiang and Gansu. We were exhausted, took long soaks in the fragrant bath and then went up the roof bar to have a hamburger. Which shows how desperate we were for some ‘civilization’!
Still, the hotness of the hotpot we had then still lingers to this day! So tomorrow I will fly there and join the little group dedicated to learn all there is to learn about SIchuan cuisine.
Hopefully I will be able to blog through the ‘great fire wall’ of China – I plan to twitter and post photos to Flickr. So in case you won’t find any new stories here- check out the other hangouts… 成都见 Chengdu jian! (see you in Chengdu)
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About me
- I love food, and I love cooking! I try to make pictures of as many things I cook and eat as I can!
My favorite kitchens are Italian and Chinese - I have studied Chinese and spent a couple of years in China,
where I traveled extensively and tried out many, many dishes.
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Jee, wat geweldig leuk! Veel plezier in Chengdu en in het instituut.
Ik kom er net vandaan en vind toevallig net de link naar je blog op de Tokowijzer (wou openingstijden checken) 🙂
Ik zou zo terug willen naar 成都，misschien zelfs om langer te leven. Heb net mijn werk opgezegd, dus speel wel met die gedachte.
Hoe dan ook: veel plezier daar! 🙂
Lijkt mij zeer boeiend!
Is het ver weg dat jullie kookcusussen geven?
IK sta zelf ook in het onderwijs en geef oa. kookcursussen in uitheemse gerechten, maar eigenlijk wil ik op een voor mij interessante manier bijleren. Door bijvoorbeeld jullie op bep. cursussen te assisteren ofzo. Ik denk gewoon even luidop, zie je.
Nu ik wens jullie alvast veel plezier in jullie werk!
Mario