Archive for dumplings
filogenesi della pasta ripiena
Posted in Books, pictures, R, Statistics, University life with tags Akaike's criterion, article, Bayesian inference, culurgiones, Discover Food, dumplings, evolution tree, food science, gyoza, history of food, mandu, MCMC, momo, MrBayes, nested clade, pasta ripiena, philogenetic trees, R, ravioli, stuffed pasta, tortellini, wonton on November 13, 2024 by xi'an
day zero at ISBA 22
Posted in Kids, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Bixi, Canada, Chinese food, De Gaulle airport, dimsum, dumplings, Harbin, ISBA 2022, kimchi, Montréal, Québec, tea, Vélib, xiaolongbao on June 28, 2022 by xi'an
Very smooth trip to Montréal, esp. when considering the global trend of travel disruptions. Nothing lost (except for a tea thermos filter), nothing broken or stolen from my bag, no delay, no queue at De Gaulle for once. I even got a front & window seat in the plane, with a quiet neighbour who slept most of the time (and kept her mask, thanks!), no disruption from other screens, and a six hour run for processing as many Biometrika submissions, with an almost instantaneous reply from one AE (or AE⁺⁺⁺!), solving a riddle from the Riddler, and booking a few things in Montréal like the local Vélib (biXi!!!) and a slot at the only pool that opens at 6:30 (thanks Amy and David!). Funny that the flight attendants came and checked everything was fine because I declined food and beverage for the entire flight (my habit nowadays).
And, despite a very hot day in Montréal, equally smooth access to my Airbnb, incl. the episode with a good Samaritan calling after a passenger in the [747] airport bus leaving without his bag! Enjoying kimchi dimsums at Harbin Dumplings while waiting (with no xiaolongbao on the menu!). And sampling later my first Montréal bagel of the trip (which was only OK!), while being surprised at the high cost of food in the dépanneur where I bought them.
The Shanghairen
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags China, cover, dumplings, Shangai, The New Yorker, Tienanmien, xiaolongbao on July 10, 2021 by xi'an
Xi’an cuisine [Xi’an series]
Posted in Statistics with tags Biangbiang noodles, dumplings, jatp, Melbourne, Melbourne food scene, Monash University, Northern China, Shanghai, Xi'an, Xi'an cuisine, xiaolongbao, 小籠包 on August 26, 2017 by xi'an
David Frazier sent me a picture of another Xi’an restaurant he found near the campus of Monash University. If this CNN webpage on the ten best dishes in Xi’an is to be believed, this will be a must-go restaurant for my next visit to Melbourne! Especially when reading there that Xi’an claims to have xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) that are superior to those in Shanghai!!! (And when considering that I once went on a xiaolongbao rampage in downtown Melbourne.
AMSI Lectures #8-10
Posted in Statistics, Travel with tags ABC model choice, AMSI Lecture, Australia, Brisbane, dumplings, Queensland, QUT, Rao-Blackwellisation, simulation, University of Queensland on August 21, 2012 by xi'an
This is the last series of lectures for my AMSI Lecture tour: in Brisbane, I gave the Rao-Blackwellisation talk this afternoon at the University of Queensland and will give tomorrow both the public lecture (for the second time) and the ABC for model choice at QUT. This will then see the end to this (almost) exhaustive if exhausting tour of Eastern Australian university towns… Brisbane has this great feature of connecting QUT with UQ by a fast boat, which meant I could work with Kerrie Mengersen on the revision of our ABCel paper in the morning and be at UQ ½ an hour later. A good thing as there are only three days left till I leave Australia after this seven week visit… (I am afraid there is no free time left for sampling the Brisbane dumplings!)
