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Congee

If you are sick in Beijing with a stomach problem, what does the doctor recommend you eat? Congee… This dish, which in some ways resembles porridge is actually made of rice, salt and various garnishes such as shredded pork, ginger chicken, preserved eggs! You will find people eating this dish while smoking cigarettes and speaking [...]

Shopping malls

Shopping malls are not just places for shopping in Beijing, although it is true that plenty of that goes on in malls too. Malls are somehow part of the community. As well as often housing cinemas, shopping malls also may have sporting facilities – a least two have ice rinks! There are of course restaurants [...]

Victoria Park

One of the few parks in Hong Kong.  It’s a great place.  On Sundays you would be forgiven if you actually thought you were in the Phillipines.  Sunday is typically the day off for the city’s large population of (mostly Filipina) domestic helpers. Victoria park is a popular meeting place for them.  Victoria Park is [...]