Comments on: China, 22 years and the last of 38 visits

By: Ron

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:33:19 +0000

Karen, we’re so glad you enjoyed it. My first visit to HK was 1997 right in the middle of the “The Return” of HK to China. It was an amazing place then, I can only imagine living there as it changed. I wouldn’t be so keen to live there now. Just too big and busy…

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By: Karen Burns-Booth

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:23:36 +0000

A truly fascinating read and as someone who lived in Hong Kong, during the last years of colonialism before HK became a large global colony and then an autonomous region of China, this was even more interesting for me.

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By: Ron

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:01:05 +0000

By: This is How I Cook

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:10:12 +0000

My husband worked in China for many years and all this sounds so familiar. For that matter he also worked in Sweden a lot. Now my son lives in China. What a lifetime of experiences.

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By: Abbe@This is How I Cook

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:09:55 +0000

My husband worked in China for many years and all this sounds so familiar. For that matter he also worked in Sweden a lot. Now my son lives in China. What a lifetime of experiences.

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By: Ron

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:01:13 +0000

It’s all in the beer and consuming lots prior to eating. Agreed on the sausage thing, I don’t want to know what goes into some of those lovelies. Well, as for the pods, they were great. But on a pensioners budget, I fear I’ve enjoyed my last.
And, yes I’ve been tremendously blessed to of had the adventures. Although, some didn’t seem blessed it at the time.

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By: Jeff

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:25:37 +0000

I do not think I could eat some of those foods! June bugs? Scorpions? Worms. OK, OK, I do like to stay blessedly ignorant of the ingredients of most sausages … anyway, thank the Lord for the airplane food. Those little pods are so amazing. You’ve had some really interesting adventures.

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By: Eha

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:59:39 +0000

Oh no: sake was well known and used in Australia by that time and us young marrieds thought ourselves very ‘smart’ in knowing how to serve sukiyaki and shabu-shabu! Bit of a smile now . . . No, what threw our hosts was the fact that the hired, oft still learning junior geishas were fascinated by a gal their age being a company director and working in the plastics business of all areas! They would not look after their elderly gentlemen as required but got into lively conversations with me up and down the table much to mama-san’s anger 🙂 !!!

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By: Ron

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:44:26 +0000

Mimi, I can’t speak for Don, but I was on the floor more than once, However, I wasn’t crying…
China is an amazing country and for every bad memory I might have, I have hundreds of great ones to enjoy. Ever eaten camel hoof. It was different and then there was the fried locus. Snakes, lots of snakes and I’ll stop there as I don’t wish to upset PETA. Thanks for stopping by.

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By: Ron

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:39:07 +0000

Thanks for commenting Eha. In both Don and my travels we were blessed (most of the time) to experience such a vast variety of culinary goodies as well a some strange customs. For me and I’m sure Don the trips though the years showed us the vast progress in China. It also left us with an occasional ailment or two that I’ll not focus on here.
As for the Sake (one of my favs), I bet those stiff Japanese businessmen were surprised to see a lady from down under give then a go at the drink.

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