how many partners have *you* had?

Finding my lunch

and then losing it, at the free specialty ear "scooping" stand on the street.

if ever my blog did have a mission statement

fashion corner

matchy matchersons, Hair McBalloonpants, Dancing Santa-Mixed Race, and all the cropped pants + tall boots combinations you could ever wish for. also popular in china: anything shaped like a balloon in the sleeve or knee region.

My friend has been trying to get me to try these fried rice noodles (the extra gummy kind, in a thin but exciting large triangluar shape) forever, and I only wish she had tried harder and earlier so that i could have added them to my regimen. they have more of a -what I imagine to be, in my limited asian outside of china travels - malaysian flavor, and they kick ass. we were an awful addition to their clientele as we shouted in our meager explanatory chinese that one dish wanted no meat, yes spice, one wanted yes meat, no spice, and one wanted both (unless the meat was pork) and wanted the strip-like noodles instead of the triangles. we had to send one back to get the spice that was left out in the confusion, but then it was almost unbearably salty and just got picked at. we forgot to ask for light on the oil, but it still was awesome.

comfort foods

that should have been more delicious than they look, but since they were purchased at a food court, it's understandable:

"fresh milk rice (powder) pudding", actual rice pudding made with condensed milk posing as coconut milk and goji berries, and tapioca with large chunks of taro and a stingy dash of real coconut milk.

where you go after you Eat Kunming

This is a pay toilet. I did you the courtesy of not photographing directly into the poo canyon or the waste paper basket.