It is impossible to walk around Liuzhou without someone trying to pass off some waste paper on you. I usually decline these offers on the grounds that I am not a waste recycling middleman, despite appearances. I am, of course, talking about the leaflets advertising anything from breast enhancement to new dentures, via the inevitable [...]
I’m sure a psychologist could make something of this, but the blog seems to becoming more and more food orientated. Maybe it’s the cold weather making me hungry or something. I’ll get back to riveting stories about people falling down holes soon. I promise. Bear with me, please. A recent conversation with a friend in [...]
As I’ve mentioned before Scoozi is the somewhat ridiculous and childish name of the Italian restaurant in the recently opened Radisson Blu hotel (柳州丽笙酒店). They describe it as the “first real western restaurant in Liuzhou” which is patently untrue, but I finally dragged myself off there today to check it out. My favourite eating companion [...]
The Radisson Blu Hotel is Liuzhou’s newest upmarket hotel. And a fine place it is, too. With great services at the prices you would expect to pay – i.e. expensive. The hotel website is interesting for its imagination. I mentioned this before when it announced itself to be one of Liuzhou’s “most stylishly distinctive dining and [...]
There I was wandering around on a lovely afternoon, today. I had just picked up more than my fair share of Camembert cheese from the Camembert cheese shop and was absent-mindedly strolling in the general direction of home. I glanced over at where one of my favourite shops used to be until it was replaced [...]
When a scandal hits your company and you are found to have been somewhat economical with the truth in your claims, what better way of trying to get over it than by opening a branch in Liuzhou! Liuzhou has more than its fair share of Japanese eateries (I knew of four and wouldn’t be surprised [...]
There I was trying to think what to eat for dinner tonight and coming up blank. More out of desperation than hope I found myself searching the Internet for Liuzhou restaurants. Most of the results I had written myself; some were for places which closed years ago; and others were for places which I wouldn’t [...]
I am delighted, if somewhat astonished to learn that Liuzhou Government’s website has won 3rd prize for its Chinglish English section. In celebration, they have gaily decorated the site with this utterly meaningless banner. if Liuzhou won 3rd prize, I really want to look at the competition. It would be a major, verging on the [...]
Following on from the French Fiasco and the SE Asian Adventure, Sunday was to be my last full day in Nanning for this trip and I had a breakfast plan. 老友粉 lǎo yǒu fěn (literally Old Friend Rice Noodles) is Nanning’s signature noodle dish. It is sold all over the city in varying quality. I was determined [...]
Following our miserable lunch in Pizza Hell, we decided to give Europe a miss for our evening meal. Instead we headed to SE Asia and a restaurant called 菲越星马泰餐厅 or fēi yuè xīng mǎ tài cān tīng which roughly means “Philippine, Vietnamese, Singapore, Malaysian Thai restaurant” This is a chain place which has branches in Guangzhou [...]
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