World Foodie Guide explores the pleasures of ‘traveleating‘ around the world. Travelling and eating are my two favourite pastimes, so I thought, why not kill two birds with one stone by combining the two?
I started writing about my restaurant experiences two years ago, although I’ve been traveleating most of my life. I always pay for my meals, as this gives me the freedom to write with honesty and frankness. My mother, husband and friends have kindly donated the recipes, which show how easy it is to traveleat from the comfort of one’s own home!
All posts can be found by clicking on the page tabs at the top - have a look at the ones on Chinese food etiquette in Useful Info and special Chinese ingredients in The Larder. Popular posts can be found via the Second Helpings monthly summary or by clicking on the tag cloud.
Photos come courtesy of my trusty Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone (3.2 megapixels). Some have been published in three food articles on San Pellegrino, in a Mario Batali interview on Fodors and on Whatsonwhen. From August, however, I’ll be using my Sony Cybershot W300…
World Foodie Guide was recently given the Rockin’ Girl Blogger and Arte y Pico awards by fellow food bloggers, and is featured on Alltop.com.
WHO:
Based in London. Born in England to Hong Kong parents. Grew up in Germany. Lived in New York and Beijing. Works as a British Board of Film Classification examiner. Lives as a carnivore. Married to a vegetarian! Contributes to DimSum’s Food section. Indulges in traveleating whenever possible.
To find out more:
- Film & Food - A Perfect Combination (DimSum)
- Food, Glorious Food! (DimSum)
- Good To Meet You (Guardian)
- Behind The Scenes (LSE Magazine)
I’d love to hear from fellow traveleaters - feel free to leave comments, or email me at helen[dot]pangcorben[at]gmail[dot]com
Helen Yuet Ling Pang
London 2008
Wow!
This site is great! I’ll add you to blogroll!
Thanks!
Yasmeen
http://www.ywrites.wordpress.com
Thanks Yasmeen! Keep checking back, I’ll be working very hard from next year to post more interesting content…
Helen Yuet Ling
Can you tell me how to make dumpling wrappers without using wheat flour? I have eaten noodles made with only rice flour, but not sure how to make them! (My daughter is on a gluten-free diet, so she can’t have wheat!)
Hi Sue. Gosh, that’s a tough one for me, seeing as I’ve never made dumpling wrappers before! But you could use gluten-free flour instead of normal flour (eg wheat flour), which already contains a bit of rice flour. Then add a bit more rice flour to the mixture. Have a look at my mother’s recipe - How To Make Chinese Dumplings or Jiaozi - by Pang Wu Yui Yi. It’s more tips rather than a proper recipe, but it might help. Sorry, but I’m lazy and use only ready-made wrappers!…Good luck and let me know if you’re successful! Helen Yuet Ling
Good work - I love this site!
Been looking high and low for a decent mango pudding recipe like the ones they serve in restaurants in HK (for dim sum) and none of them have been any good! Gonna give yours a try very soon!
Thanks Barry! I hope the mango pudding recipe works out for you. Let me know if you need any help, as I can just ask my friend who gave me the recipe! Helen Yuet Ling
Hi Helen! Warm greetings from Malaysia! Your blog has fantastic contents! Keep it up! God bless! : ) James
Hi James! Thanks for this, I really appreciate it. Will check your blog for news from Malaysia…perhaps some food-related items too?! Helen Yuet Ling
To Sue —
You can try mixing rice flour, soy flour, and ground mung/green beans and adding water to make the dumpling wrappers. Ground green beans are used in the batter for making Beijing jianbing (a type of savory crepe), which are sold on street stands with eggs and other delicious things. Perhaps these will give you a similar dough to use.
(Now I want to try a fully non-gluten wrapper when I next make dumplings! How exciting!)
To Helen —
I already love this blog and can’t wait to read further. It gives me a long list of things to look forward to on world trips (or to try to find here in Hong Kong)!
Hi Lina
Thanks for that tip! As a non-cook, I felt really flummoxed by Sue’s question. I’ll tell my mother next time about mung beans. My husband has used mung beans to make kimchi pancakes though, very tasty.
Any recommendations from HK would be most welcome! After an 11 year absence, I’m going back to HK (and Beijing) for 2 weeks in October, to show my husband around.
Helen Yuet Ling
I love your website. I am a real foodie whether it’s home cooking or going out. I was looking at restaurants in Madeira and came across your website. What was real cool is that you also review restaurants all over the world and have really great recipes that reminds me of HK/China.
Hi Sophie, it’s exciting to meet another foodie! I’m planning a big foodie trip in October, back to HK and Beijing, after a 10 year absence. Are you off to Madeira soon? It’s great there!
Helen Yuet Ling
I am off to Madeira next week. I am excited about it. That’s a coincidence I am off to HK poss Shanghai in October too to see my folks/ and for the food of course.
I hope you have a wonderful time! October’s a good time for visiting HK/China. I really really wanted to go to Shanghai too, but because it’s such an important city for me food-wise, I didn’t want to rush it. So it’s going to require a separate trip!
Let me know which restaurants you visit in Madeira…
Hey I just want to say what a great site - the past few years I have been absolutely mad about food - cooking and eating all over the place. Just wanted to say what a great site you have here and I will be checking back for recipes and foodie ideas.
Hi Wai-ling! Many thanks for checking out my blog and for the feedback. It’s always great to hear from a fellow foodie! I’ve got some fun posts planned for the near future, and trips of course (Italy, HK and Beijing this year), so do check back! My next big task is to try and make xiao long bao…
Helen Yuet Ling
Your site is such an inspiration! I just got my site up and running today and the filming I wrote to you about last month with commence shortly! I’m very excited and very inspired by you! Thanks for your kind words to me, and for all of this fabulous info on FOOD!
Hi woowoo
Congrats on getting your site up and running. No doubt it will keep you busy forever now! Thanks for checking in, and good luck with the filming…
Helen Yuet Ling
Your site is just great, I don’t know why I did not find it before.
I will be looking at it a lot as I really Love Chinese and Italian food. If I lived in London I would hang around Chinese restaurants and India restaurants, that is for sure, as both are great !
Hey Helen. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love Chinese food and so your blog is starting to become a regular destination for me.
Thank you! Your blog topics are really interesting, so I’ll be checking back with you regularly too…
Helen Yuet Ling
Hi Helen,
I just came across your blog today and love it! I also have a foodie blog and often enjoy exploring chinese/asian cooking. I’ve added you to my blogroll since you offer such a wonderful source of information.
Keep up the great work!
Allen
Hi Allen
Many thanks for adding me to your blogroll! You are very multi-talented - I especially love the ceramic bowls and soaps…
Will keep checking your recipes. Fried tofu with pea shoot salad looks and sounds delicious!
Thanks
Helen Yuet Ling
Dear Helen,
I found your blog when I googled on Hot Pot recipe. I have linked to your Hot Pot recipe because it is very detailed. I will be checking out your other articles. Thanks for sharing….
Hello!
Thanks so much for linking to my post on hot pot. Looking forward to reading your other posts too. It’s always exciting to meet a fellow foodie!
Helen Yuet Ling
You asked which the reader preferred: boiled or pan fried Jiaodz and my family really likes the fried ones….maybe not healthier but ohhhhhhhh so good! And they love scallion rolls, I believe a Shanghai treat. All the Best, thanks for the tips, GaryinNH
Yes, fried ones are the best! I eat them so rarely anyway that it doesn’t really matter health-wise, or so I tell myself. Scallion rolls I’ve not had, but in Beijing, I had a lot of scallion pancakes (similar thing I guess), which were delicious…Yum
What a nice blog for foodies! Very informative, and you take excellent photos, too! I’ll be moving to London soon and will use this site as my reference for food-hunting
Hi Philip
Thanks for visiting! You’ll have a wonderful time in London as a foodie. Let me know what kind of food you like and I’ll try and point you in the right direction! The UK board on Chowhound is a great place for tips too, by the way…
Helen Yuet Ling
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I’m going to add you to my blogroll!! And ijust read you’ll be planning a trip back to HK! I miss that place so much! Even though I went last summer, food there is just soooo good and so much to choose from! I would write here all the stuff i ate, but then that would be a hugeee essay! I definately recommend you to try the satay king, korean bbq buffet and this other palce we went that in causeway bay or mongkok…….giggles not too sure now, but apprently loads of hk stars been there and been on newspaper prints too! =P
Hi Vivien
Thank you! Yes, I can’t wait to go back to HK (and Beijing too, where I lived in 96-97). The research on where to eat for 2 weeks will have to start soon! Thanks for your recommendations too. If you write about your HK trip on your blog (like a nostalgic post) please let me know…
Helen Yuet Ling
Was looking through blogs and i found the place in mongkok i was telling you about before. Its called 極之好粥麵茶餐廳.
site: http://www.foodeasy.com/hk/rest_review.php?id_rest=4298
The reviews arent too good, but i thought it was okie tbh and the service we got was pretty good……maybe because they knew we were foreigners?
But if you fancy going somewhere, where its been on newspaper prints and has photos of stars inside, then i would recommend it. I had the 車仔麵 which, i thought, was decent and it wasn’t too expensive lor.
Thanks for this! My problem is going to be finding places where my vegetarian husband will also be happy. Otherwise meals are going to be extremely stressful! It’s always a problem with Chinese restaurants in London, which is why I don’t go to that many. So Pearl Liang has his approval! As does Yauatcha.
I’m off to Italy this Friday, but when I come back, I’ll start researching my HK/Beijing trip properly! What fun…
Hey Helen,
just discovered your blog through wordpress - great stuff!
I´m in Argentina at the moment loving their spectacular meat… There may not be a whole lot of variety around here, but with beef this good, I don´t care!
I´m going to add you to my blogroll, maybe you could do the same if you like my site..
Cheers!
Alex
Hi Alex
Lucky you, in Argentina! It’s been on my travel wishlist forever. I absolutely want to go horseriding and feast on steak. I’ll check out your blog soon…
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Helen Yuet Ling