Luckily I got a free ticket for the Beaujolais Nouveau event this year at the French Embassy, My friend from the Ivory Coast was amongst the organisers so she dropped me the Tsh 100,000 ticket. By the time I got there, 20 minutes after doors open, there was a long queue hundreds of people inside… Read More »
In China they don’t make a fuss about New Year’s Eve and so I’d never (apart form one year with a German friend) done anything to celebrate it. Tanzania is a little better for this traditional celebration and I was invited to several international gatherings. Well, the New Year’s Even one was at least international.… Read More »
In any country, it is immoral to waste food, but China still has millions of people struggling to feed themselves every day. I hate it, therefore, when I see people ordering far more than they could possibly manage to eat and then picking at it and leaving it uneaten. This couple sat next to me… Read More »
I have noticed that in China there is a lot of wasted food especially when entertaining at these big round table banquets and it makes me really uncomfortable to leave the table with dishes half full of meat and vegetables. This is especially poignant in a place like Quannan where some children do not have… Read More »
Food safety is something that raises its ugly head in my life about once a year when I get food poisoning. Mostly it’s over and done with in about 5 hours but last time I couldn’t walk for a whole day. Therefore it’s always nice to see the food safety signs from Shanghai Food and… Read More »
My new friend invited me to dine with her on Wedesday and I quickly accepted. She explained we couldn’t go to her house because it was full of dietary supplements so we were going to go to her former student’s house at Nanjing University. We met at Gulou metro station and even though I offered… Read More »