Billy Beswick

Billy Beswick spent a year at PKU.

Short Cuts: At Peking University

Billy Beswick, 3 January 2019

The canteens​ at Peking University offer dishes from China’s many culinary traditions: vegetable noodles spiced with chilli and Sichuan peppercorns, whole carp braised in soy sauce, fried chicken wings, pork dumplings, hot-sour soup with ho-fun, buns warm from the steamer, pancakes warm from the griddle, bitter gourd fried with egg, potato strips sautéed in rice vinegar, cold...

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