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Been running around not getting quite enough sleep, so updates have slowed down.
House moving.

Da Zhao Temple, the home temple of Qing emperor Kangxi.

A big Buddist scripture wheel.

Some fscking!!!! hot!!!! dry chilli pepper. A small one had my mouth burning!!!! for 10 minutes. AVOID. AT. ALL. COST.
We then took the plane and flew to Chifeng in [...]

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We took a tour bus to the grass field

and visited a Mongol tent cluster, for tourists.

We had some traditional Mongolian tea and snacks. This is that salty tea. With stir-fried millet.

We had some local friends who are into traditional Mongolian singing and dancing to come with us, and we got the traditional Mongolian traditional guest-welcoming [...]

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Dinner time!

It is not water in the big wine glass. It’s 37% proof spirit. ~12 500ml bottles of that stuff, among the 14 of us. Scary…

Finest lamb and beef I’ve ever had.

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We took the afternoon flight from Shenzhen, which took three hours to get to Hohhot. Got bumped up to First Class. Absolutely charming air hostess. Food was so-so. Got there at ~1800 hours. The aerial view outside the window when the aircraft was approaching landing was simply stunning.

Nice new airport. Style of Norman Foster. This [...]

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Updated entry. The first words are in. Mum and dad said the Chinese-made ceramic knife is much better at cutting bread their special-purpose bread knife.

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I have heard of it, but never seen it before, until yesterday. In Justco, Shenzhen Nantau. Kyocera ceramic knifes. White blade. Cool looking. Light and well balanced. Very sharp. Wicked.
Not cheap thou.
Update (20/5): Over the weekend I saw Justco in Tuen Mun selling them. The tubby guy had no idea how to sell this piece [...]

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I didn’t know that they sell pastry cakes.

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Dinner w/ the Lady’s friends last night at this place. Been there once a few months ago for lunch and loved it. Dinner was just as good. Very reasonable price (10 of us, 9 treating the Birthday Girl, came to HK$74 per head). The icy drinks are nice-no ice cubes, but Slurpee-like ice.
Right opposite to [...]

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Great success with Hovis Bread Yeast! Beats the cheap yeast I bought by a mile! The bread seems to raise much better and is a lot softer.
I am not the only one.

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Recipe. The bread is brown, smelled very good when it was still hot, softer than the plain white bread, and has this slight bitter taste (which unfortunately, the Lady isn’t too keen).
I have got some curry powder but no coconut flakes, but I am still going to go ahead with the curry bread.

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We have decided to be rid of trans fat in our daily diet. So, no more Oreo (in fact, no more commercial biscuits) for Jasper. The problem is, without the general public becoming fully aware of it, trans fat has creep into all the manufactured foodstuff. If any manufacturer claims that a certain food product [...]

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Hardly any Vitamin C in Ribena sold in NZ.

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It’s REAL. Guinness Marmite!

Yes I want it!

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From the English Wikipedia, and the Chinese version.
Note that there is also the escolar, which is a close relative of the oilfish, apparently widely consumed. Check out this article and this blog entry.

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Genetically alternated cotton seeds for food.
Sounds good. It can’t be bad if it tastes better than soybean. I can’t wait to taste cotton bread.

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I have been fortunately enough to have visited Norway, but that was over 10 years ago. In the land of the most feared warriors during the Medieval time, the men are now gentle and the blonde women are very pleasant. One thing I found odd was that in Oslo the Norwegians enjoyed rubbing shoulders w/ [...]

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Bought a burger (nice standard burger, and not as OTT as the BC Burger) from Triple-O of Exchange Square for lunch. There was this cashier Anne (who sadly didn’t serve me), with ace language ability, nice big smile and most pleasant, helpful and approachable attitude. It was like a breath of fresh air.
Star employees like [...]

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Since my Euro Trip during which I experienced the average French diet (the main theme being no stuffing yourself) I have actually eaten less. Greasy Chinese BBQ lunch boxes from Cafe de Carol/Fairwood are becoming unbearable heavy, just as most of the other offerings.
Just had a Triple-O BC Burger. As tasteful as ever, but I [...]

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Jamon (Spanish ham, drop the j when pronouncing, a bit like parma ham) sandwiches in Madrid. Pity I just had an excellent late lunch (~16:00 hours).

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