The Yangshao Cooking School is fantastic and has been one of the highlights of my trip so far. The school is located right on the banks of the river, which flows in front of picturesque mountains and grazing water buffalo.  We started off by preparing steamed chicken with mushrooms and goji berries. This was simple […]

Graphic Content Warning This post contains images of animals in inhumane conditions that you may find disturbing. If you do not wish to see these, please visit Part 2 in which I focus only on the cooking school itself. Before we went to the cooking school itself we first headed to a local market to […]

After 29 hours straight travel we have arrived at Yangshou and what a place it is.  In the day, as it is now it a is a wonderful small town with lots of cafes and small shops, hotels and rally welcoming to backpackers. In the even, it explodes and the place is like a gigantic […]