“It’s fast, cheap, yummy, and everywhere,” says Masako Fukui of Kei’s Kitchen (speaking about Japan’s greatest innovation of the 20th century– no joke). Believe it or not, even though these wavy egg noodles in broth are now ubiquitous with Japan; it had origins in China long before that (over four thousand years to be exact).
How [...]
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#130 Ramen Noodles
Posted January 11th, 2010 by Peter · 9 Comments
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#128 Giving Vitamins as Gifts
Posted December 5th, 2009 by Peter · 5 Comments
Just in time for the Holidays, Sophia C. says: “Asians like to buy vitamins and other such supplements in the U.S. and bring them to Asia as gifts. They love fish oil, Vitamin E, Vitamin B, Centrum Silver - and they must be American, American-made brands.” Hi Sophia! My family does this all the time when [...]
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It’s Not Easy Being Green. It’s Not Easy Being Yellow Either!
Posted October 16th, 2009 by Peter · 13 Comments
Here’s a post by guest writer Vannie Sung about the the new beauty standards emerging in Asia as a result of western influences.
Ever wonder why you see those Asian grannies on the street holding umbrellas in the summer? Well, for Asians, umbrellas don’t just block rain, but sun too!
How did being light or fair skinned [...]
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Open Topic: Asians like Linkin Park
Posted October 12th, 2009 by Peter · 15 Comments
Tony H. says: “As all you may know (of course you do); if you follow Stuff Asian People Like, you must be asian (or curious about Asian stereotypes). If that’s the case, one punk/rock band that asians are especially fond of is Linkin Park.
There are a couple of reasons why so many Asian People like this [...]
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