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I am from the “Ice City” Harbin, a northeastern city in China, which is the capital of Heilongjiang Province and also regarded as one of the coldest cities in my country: it often snows in the winter, and the snow and ice turn Harbin into a fairy tale world because it is all white and shiny at that time. And people there even celebrate Ice and Snow Festival every year. The thing I miss the most is ice lanterns. People put colorful lanterns inside the ice, and make them into different shapes. These ice lanterns are extremely beautiful and amazing! All the streets of Harbin are decorated with ice lanterns and snow statues in winter, and Harbin turns into a magical world then.

Meng Li

I come from China and the thing I miss the most is milk tea, which is the most popular beverage of the young generation there. We have various flavors of milk tea, and it is different in diverse areas because of local food diversity. For example, in my hometown, we have fermented glutinous rice milk tea, which is so sweet that may cause an addiction. Fortunately, there is a��store named Kung Fu Tea in Georgetown that serves milk tea. Although it is hard to compare with what I miss in my country, I am quite grateful to find the taste of home abroad.

Yixuan Wang

Going to Brazil over the summer made me realize how much I miss having freshly baked bread rolls during breakfast. In Brazil, we call these rolls pão francês. Picture it: a local bakery that makes you get in just because it smells amazing! You order one Brazilian roll and they bring it to you when it is still warm. You put butter on the bread and it instantly melts from the heat. This is how all bakeries in Brazil are like every morning. The crunchiness you find in a Brazilian bread roll is unlike any other kind of bread I have eaten here.

Mariana Grassi

I am from the northeast part of China, which is the coldest part. I have been in the US for a year and what I miss the most is a traditional food from my hometown called “Tang Hulu”. The original recipe is made with hawthorn, a Chinese fruit. It is easy to make Tang Hulu: make the syrup cover the hawthorn in the skewer. Nowadays, people use any fruit they want to make Tang Hulu. The reason why I miss it is that it is the taste of my hometown. Besides, the sweetness from the syrup and the sourness from the hawthorn merge together to make an amazing taste! I don't think that I can buy or make it in the US, because it seems like �鶹��ý people don't eat hawthorn and I have never seen them in a market.��

Meng Li

After returning to the United States, what I miss most is the Chinese hot pot. In China, hot pots are very�� popular, especially the spicy one. Chatting with good friends while eating hot pot is very exciting! Fortunately, preparing a hot pot is very simple: you only need a pot, seasonings, meat, and noodles. Unfortunately, there are very few hot pot ingredients here, but it is possible to find hot pots in DC.

Liju Feng