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“Heng niu. Ni hao.”
Noodle Bull. Hello.
“Ni hao. Xian zai ke yi wai mai ma?”
Hi. May I order delivery now? (The last time I called during lunch hour, they were too busy).
“Ke yi. Ni yao dian shen me cai?”
Yes. What would you like to order?
“Wo yao yi fen suan la mian, jia yi fen qing [...]

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Had visitors over the weekend. It was good fun, but it also meant I stuffed myself silly like a tourist as well.
T & S were in town from Germany and Macau respectively.
First stop, Pin Chuan, the trusty place for delicious Szechuan cuisine. We had the famous mandarin fish in oil, salted egg prawn, crab meat [...]

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Yes, me.
Wasting food.
Had an 8pm meeting a few days ago, so I thought I’d just call for wai mai (food delivery) from the basement food court in my building. For as long as I’ve worked here, I’ve never ordered wai mai simply because I’m a food snob. Looking at my colleague’s often oily-looking food boxes, [...]

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Happy Halloween

Halloween is really big here in Shanghai.
It’s even bigger than Mid Autumn Festival, minus the public holiday. I mean, big parties all around the city. I was surrounded by witches and ghouls in Xintiandi when I was there for dinner. People were taking pictures with ‘ghost’ mannequins (what the?). Lamp posts were coloured [...]

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While our Malaysian friends back home got a day off, we in Shanghai had to work.
Not to miss out on the festivities, I got the gang together for a Deepavali dinner, in honour of our Indian friends. MY recommended Indian Kitchen, next to her office on Yongjia Lu.
We ordered:

Tandoori Chicken - juicy (even [...]

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