Two new links have appeared in the links column of this webpage, Have You Eaten Yet? and a Food Writing Class blog. Both blogs are all about food in Shantou.
Shantou is renowned for its Chaoshan cuisine, but the blogs go into all aspects of eati...

ZhongYuan posted on March 4th, 2008 under: ST on the Web, Eating in ST | Tag: blog, food | No Comments »

Local food in the Shantou area — and particularly the food and dining around Shantou U — is getting a tastin’ by a colleague who teaches food writing here. Her class is also involved, writing about subjects near and dear to their sto...

ZhongYuan posted on November 12th, 2007 under: Eating in ST | Tag: food, Website | No Comments »

The 13th Chaoshan Food Festival
The 13th Chaoshan Food Festival will be held in Time Square on November 23th, 2007, according to the Shantou Metropolis (汕头都市报). 80 to 100 hotels and restraurants in Shantou to take part in this festival...

Martin posted on November 8th, 2007 under: Eating in ST, ST event | Tag: festival, food | 2 Comments »

One must-do thing whenever I go back to Shantou is to have a buffet lunch at Dihao (帝豪 - Regency) Hotel. It cost about 90 yuan per person for lunch, and 120 something for dinner (they may charge additional service fee). So I only go to lunch But ...

Richard.H posted on February 3rd, 2007 under: Eating in ST | Tag: Buffet, Dihao, food | 1 Comment »

I am overflowing with things to write about. This morning I ate breakfast at my breakfast place, which is a little kitchen open to the street with tables outside. They serve xi fan (稀饭), which is rice cooked in an extreme excess of water so ther...

Maggie Ad posted on December 17th, 2006 under: Shantouer, Eating in ST | Tag: Chaoan, culture, Restaurant | 4 Comments »

Hey so we got our new teachers (nearly lost one, but he was bright enough to make his own way into town). Last week we took them for a quick tour of town, and went to a pretty famous Chaoshan snacks place, photos beneath. The main thing to remember ...

Maggie Ad posted on September 4th, 2006 under: Eating in ST | Tag: Restaurant | 2 Comments »

Just went to a pretty good restaurant, it’s 客家 (Ke4 jia1) food - I think that’s Hakka in English. A lot of the food isn’t actually Kejia, but the stuff that is got the approval of my tai chi teacher friend, and he speaks their la...

Maggie Ad posted on August 23rd, 2006 under: Eating in ST | Tag: culture, Huashan Road, Jinsha Road, Restaurant | 4 Comments »

I feel I should say hi just coz it’s been so long since writing something. It’s the summer holidays, which means everyone that offers any kind of classes if offering overtime, and anyone who doesn’t have to work is going to classes, ...

Maggie Ad posted on August 8th, 2006 under: Eating in ST | Tag: Dahao, Outou, Restaurant, seafood | 1 Comment »

Fragrant potato rice:
Rice, a potato, couple handfulls mo2gu1(dried mushrooms), some beef, some pork, lots spring onions, couple tablespoons oyster sauce. (Quantities: how much rice and meat do you want to eat in a meal?)
Cut the potato up...

Maggie Ad posted on July 4th, 2006 under: Living in ST, Eating in ST | Tag: culture, recipies | 8 Comments »

Chinese cooking has been somewhat of a mystery to me since I arrived in Shantou, a mystery I have dearly wanted to crack, but just couldn’t get my head around.  My friend’s parents, and my friends with kids, their food is so delicious ...

Maggie Ad posted on July 4th, 2006 under: Living in ST, Eating in ST | Tag: culture, food | 2 Comments »