Just saw that this movie is showing tonight at TCG. It is one of my favourite movies and I can warmly recommend it if you have never heard about it. I even watched it as a play in London's West End a few years back,, the plot still works out really well on the stage. Anyway,, go check it out if you have the time,, it's worth it.
That's the spirit,, although drinking by yourself is the first step towards becoming a raging alcoholic. I'll help you down it,,, that's me,, all altruistic 'n' stuff :-)
Found their game on p2psports. 99-99 with 30 secs to go and they pulled a 106-99 win. Pretty exciting,, I miss watching live sports :-(
I am looking for info on "our" team in the CBA. I'd like to go and see them play some time even though they are hopelessly last in the division. My Chinese isn't good enough to read the Chinese websites so if anyone got info on where they play their home games and when it would be great.
Food is always a great topic and I'd love to get some suggestions for dishes I haven't tried yet,, and let's face it: most of us foreigners have tried only a fraction of the insane amount of dishes from the Chinese kitchen(s).
Submit your top 3. Here are mine (excuse my lousy hanzi/pinyin)
1. Gong Bao Ji Ding, 宫爆鸡丁. Sorry,, no way around a top spot for this laowai all time favourite :)
2. Hong Shao Rou, 紅燒肉. When cooked right hui fan this is just heaven. Sadly it often contains a truckload of fat.
3. Ji Dan Huo Tiu Cao Fan. I am lost here on the spelling. Egg friend rice with ham and green peppers. This is just so darn good.
Top 3 only so no room for Hui Guo Rou, Yang Rou Chuar, Xihong shi chao Ji dan, Ma Po Doufu or,, or,,, or,,
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The comment from Chris had deserved a wider audience. Beluga?
Went there yesterday and it totally made my week. Nice decor and friendly staff and a real salad bar. Sadly we both wanted mexican food so I can't really say much about their other courses. The food was great but just a tad spicier would have improved the dish. The best thing was that we almost had the place to ourselves and we could have a quiet conversation without shouting, spitting Chinese people in the background. I realised how much I had missed that since coming here.
We went to Chicago Coffee a couple of days ago and it was a nice experience. The place is cozy with soft comfy chairs (I realized how much I have missed one since coming here) and they have a nice little collection of English language books in the corner consisting mainly of classics and travel litterature. I was looking forward to trying their advertized tortilla bar but it wasn't up and running that evening.
Instead we went for 2 12 inch pizzas -roast chicken and pepperoni- but we quickly realized that 1 would have been enough. Those things are heavy. I am mainly into Italian style pizza but Chicago's double layered pizzas are well worth a try. Their coffee seems to be a bit on the expensive side but people say good things about it and they have got a nice selection. I wouldn't mind dropping by again some day,, hopefully when they've got the tortilla thing going. English speaking staff btw.
Yunnan–Vietnam border still haunted by land mines
发布者"Counterattack against Vietnam in Self-Defense" please. Those nasty imperialist Vietnamese had it coming for threatening the existence of China and Chinese culture.
Kunming Mayor Zhang Zulin to serve second term
发布者Odd, my girlfriend's ballot must have gotten lost in the mail.
Kunming pursuing closer ties with Nepal
发布者"Okay, APART from railways, road, education, health and industrial sectors,, WHAT have the Romans ever done for us?"
2010: The Year in Review
发布者"A man claiming to be an official from Sichuan warned Kunming that it was hindering its development by discouraging prostitution. He then punched a reporter." Sure sounds like an official to me.
Wenhua Xiang filling up with financially overextended youth
发布者If I had a shop there and had to pay spiraling rent, tax and salaries I would be furious that the authorities allowed this to go on, and I (having a building site right down from my window myself) can easily understand why the residents feel annoyed by the noise and commotion. On the other hand one can also understand why someone would want to supplement a 2-3000 yuan a month income, especially with the kind of inflation we are experiencing at the present. Not an easy situation to deal with but hopefully the local government will one day realize that tearing down all the markets in order to build an excessive amount of high rises might not be such a good idea in the long run.