On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta
Posted: August 30th, 2013 | No Comments »Some authors are cleverer than me – instead of walking round mouldy old hutongs at 7am on freezing cold Peking mornings looking for traces of dead girls they choose a subject like food and find an excuse to go to Rome! Jen Lin-liu is clearly one such cleverer author. Her new book On the Noodle Road does indeed reach from some of the nicer hutongs of Peking to Rome – as they say “all roads lead to Rome”.
And she’s talking about her journey and food for the Royal Asiatic Society’s new Beijing Chapter (sadly they’ve opted for “Beijing” rather than “Peking”) on September 4th – details below
Noodles Galore
4/9/13 – 18:30
Noodle Bar, 1949 Hidden City
Entry: RMB 100 includes one drink
The Royal Asiatic Society, Beijing
Membership available at event
Jen Lin-Liu, founder of Beijing’s own Black Sesame Kitchen, embarked on an epic journey along the Silk Road to answer the question: Where do noodles come from? From Beijing to Rome, Jen ate her way through é¢, manti, and tortellini, as homemakers and chefs opened their kitchens to her. The resulting book, On the Noodle Road is a lively discussion of food, culture, and women.
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