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#133 Putting Food On Other Peoples’ Plates

Posted August 25th, 2010 by Peter · 5 Comments

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You’ve just been invited to eat by your best Asian friend and their family. You all enter a wonderful smelling restaurant I will stereotypically call, “Seafood Paradise.” Everyone orders, and you wait for your food to arrive. You expect your own plate. You expect your own food. Instead, the waiter brings all the food to [...]









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Tags: Activities · Cuisine · Culture · Customs · Environment · Food & Beverage · Habits · People

Open Topic: Duke Basketball

Posted April 1st, 2010 by Peter · 2 Comments

As the dust settles on March Madness, many are starting to profess their love for their favorite college basketball teams. In fact, David notes:

“Duke basketball definitely has a HUGE following among Chinese and Koreans. Back where I’m at, it seems like all the Asians are rooting for Duke. All the white people are rooting against [...]

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Tags: Activities · Customs · Environment · Open Dialogue · People · Social · Sports

#131 Snails

Posted March 23rd, 2010 by Peter · 6 Comments

This is a guest submission from “Lamstah” that was so interesting that we had to feature it and make it a post. We hope you enjoy this look into Asian Snail Etiquette and Lam’s story about trying to unravel its mysteries.
“Food is my favorite topic so going to a food court of a different [...]

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Tags: Activities · Animals · Cuisine · Culture · Customs · Environment · Featured Topic · Food & Beverage · Habits · People · Vietnamese

Open Dialogue: Northern vs. Southern Asians

Posted February 20th, 2010 by Peter · 18 Comments

Vannie Sung’s latest submission is about latitudinal differences between Asians in their own countries. There is definitely a divide that keeps Asians everywhere (especially in areas torn by war and ideology) from achieving true unity because they are so caught up in upholding their own cultural identities. Vannie poses a larger question at the end– [...]

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