tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post1920413511789103994..comments2024-03-09T12:28:08.537+08:00Comments on Isidor's Fugue: Xiangqi for One in TaiyuanBrian Glucrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144046195231802682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post-39939721690569499772016-08-05T23:36:34.176+08:002016-08-05T23:36:34.176+08:00They may have been good but didn't look tempti...They may have been good but didn't look tempting enough to me. Those "donuts" in Guangzhou, which I don't think count as interpretations of Western food despite some similarities, are truly glorious though.<br /><br />An earlier post <a href="http://www.isidorsfugue.com/2016/04/strategy-and-luck-game-of-banqi-in.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> includes some links for how to play xiangqi. Definitely different from Western chess.Brian Glucrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144046195231802682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post-13107239970904298662016-08-04T09:39:07.417+08:002016-08-04T09:39:07.417+08:00I won't lie - I probably would have tried one ...I won't lie - I probably would have tried one of those donuts/pastries if I were there. Then again, I have always been curious and intrigued about Asian interpretations of Western food. It's sort of akin to how American cuisine adapts foreign cuisines to our tastes, only in reverse.<br /><br />As for the Xiangqi player, I myself have always been curious about the game, and I like to casually watch the people play it near the Chinese/Vietnamese markets here. I wanted to learn how to play it, but those players typically spoke very little English, and when I asked a friend, he responded with "It's just chess", even though I thought a number of rules were different between the two.J P Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226839502962956438noreply@blogger.com