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.
GoKunming New Year's Eve Preview
Posted byYou're right, it does in fact make you sound like a party pooper.
China blogs: 1980s turkey, corruption show, Copenhagen, top lists
Posted byLove the turkey-story.
Third detainee this year dies in Kunming police custody
Posted byI get why many policeofficers won't make statements due to ongoing investigations coz "Xing was healthy before going into the interrogation waiting room. He went through some emotional changes during the interrogation, but no torture was used." sure sounds fishy.
That said the more time I spend in China the less compassion I am willing to extend to thieves.
American fugitive and environmental activist sentenced to prison in Dali
Posted bydrugdealing, arson, faked papers and known terrorist associations. Seems like a swell guy.
Kunming adding 900 vehicles to its roads daily
Posted byI honestly don't get why it seems to be so important for people to have a car. I assume there is some face and a little showoff-iness in it around here, but then again isn't there everywhere? Whenever my gf hints of the idea of buying a car I always say that if she can find more good reasons to do it than I can NOT to I'll go ahead and buy one. It's not even close.
-Expensive, polluting, dangerous, crashes (not the dangerous kind but the fender bender kind you see all the time), gasoline prices, theft risk, parking lot price, parking fees, lack of parking space, carvalue plummet, not to mention the traffic jams happening everywhere. Oh,, not to forget that you can take a taxi to and from work the 15-20 times a month you need to and it will still be much cheaper than buying a car and paying what is needed to keep it running.