Blog Tag - Taste Test
Halloween may be over, but the candy saga continues. More than any other candy bar, the Mars company has pushed Snickers – its most loaded, hunger-...
As a former scooper at US-based ice cream chain Cold Stone Creamery, I consider myself to be one of Beijing’s preeminent experts on all things frozen...
In case you missed it, Earth Day was this past Wednesday, which meant a celebration of hope for the health of our planet in the form of the good-will...
Have you ever been sipping your morning coffee and thought, I love how this yellows my teeth, but I just wish it also destroyed the inside of my body...
The challenge: a simple one. The reason: a tasty one. The competitors: a special bunch, to be sure.
In the name of all things holy and burger-like we...
Ask a group of friends to recommend the best Peking duck, burger or craft beer and you will likely have a lively debate on your hands.
But wine?...
Several weeks ago the interwebs both domestic and international went nuts over the China debut of a potent American adult beverage with a bad rep due...
I love to cook, but working as an office hack means that by the time I fight my way through the subway in the evening, just about the last thing I...
Tired of importing your toothpaste by the crate every time you fly home? Not sure whether what you’re using to brush your teeth is toothpaste or...
Mixing your own drinks might be fun, but if you explore the fridges at your local convenience store, there’s a whole world of bottled, somewhat...
We decided to localize our ice cream tastes and try out the contents of those half-broken fridges at our local store. You know which ones we mean,...
Do these cookies rise to the plate, or crumble to the floor?
Real cookies as they exist in the West are few and far between in China, but that doesn’...
Everyone gets their lunch cravings satisfied by a convenience store once in a while (if not every single day, three times per day) but which...
As we get older we undeniably lose some of our lust for super sweet confections. These selections are a mix of Western imports and old Beijing...
White bread is probably as plain as it gets, even often used as a slang of sorts for profound cultural naïveté and blind consumerism. We were...