Korean food in Vienna

October 25, 2006 in food
Tags: chinese, eating, food, korean, vienna

Yesterday I went out for dinner and my primary goal was to find a Korean restaurant that could fill my needs for rice with kimchi. In Vienna, we currently only have five Korean restaurants and not one of them is Korean only, they always mix it with either Chinese or Japanese food. However, I [...]

Zhege

May 7, 2006 in Uncategorized
Tags: chinese, language

I asked myself for about two years now why Chinese often say zhege (which means “this one”) while they are talking and a “this one” does not make any sense at all. Now, I found out the meaning of this zhege: It means exactly nothing in the context I have heard it in! Zhege is [...]