March 2008 Archive

The following posts were made in March 2008. You may subscribe to the RSS feed for this archive if you would like to take your time reading through our posts.

Bizarre Foods in Minnesota

By Andrew Zimmern on March 24, 2008 1:16 PM | Permalink | 57 Comments

Proving once again that the most bizarre foods and adventures are usually found right in your own back yard, I give you my whirlwind tour of my adopted home state, Minnesota. I could have shot an entire show in one day in the Twin Cities alone actually. Tongue tacos on Lake Street at Pineda Tacqueria, fish maw and spicy pig intestines at my favorite Chinese restaurant (Shuang Cheng, Little Szechuan and The Teahouse all rock these dishes), homemade head cheese at Kramarczuk's. I could go on and on.

Continue Reading Bizarre Foods in Minnesota.

A Taste of Russia

By Andrew Zimmern on March 19, 2008 5:42 PM | Permalink | 27 Comments

My first day in Russia was a disaster. We landed at the airport at 5-ish, and checked into our hotel, hit the sack and got up early only to find that the night before the Stones had played in the town's main square and we could have bought general admission tix for a few dollars each. I was crushed, that would have been a hot show to catch. But it was all downhill from that point on...

Continue Reading A Taste of Russia.

How do I love thee, let me count the ways...

By Andrew Zimmern on March 11, 2008 11:16 AM | Permalink | 30 Comments

I fell in love with Iceland last summer. Here are a few of the reasons why...

Amphetamine Effect...long days and short nights (2 hours) mean plenty of time to get things done. After 17 hours of daylight, you don't even feel tired, you eat dinner, grab a steam and a schvitz in a public bath and shazam, you are ready to hit the hot spots all night, I mean twi-light, long. I have never had as much energy as I did during my week in Iceland.

Continue Reading How do I love thee, let me count the ways....

Beijing Baby

By Andrew Zimmern on March 3, 2008 12:26 PM | Permalink | 64 Comments

I love China ... the crowds, the smog, the food, the scenesters, the temples, the Forbidden City, the shopping, the growth, the confusion, the serenity, the people ... I love China.
Ten years ago, check that, even 5 years ago on my second visit there, I only saw the tourists China, but mostly that was because that's all there was to see. Not that there was only a tourists China that was extant, but because the real China was hard to access in Beijing. Today, with an explosively developed middle class, there are stores and hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, young scenesters in the parks and business men on lunch breaks. Beijing is a happening baby.

Continue Reading Beijing Baby.