A great love letter

Here's a letter one of my friends received from his assistant... It is worth to read it.. Of course to respect his privacy I have hidden the name ;) June 1st, 2007 Dear XXXXX, I have aroused all my...

A Chinese Banquet by Jules Verne

This was written by Jules Verne, in the volume 144, 1865, of Littell's Living Age an american magasine. It's called "A Chinese Banquet" As a substitute for table-napkins, every one was...

Chinese restaurant and food

Well as most of you know Chinese cuisine is probably one of the most diverse cuisine on earth (at least that I know of). Every time, I go to the restaurant, the waitress will hand us over a massive...

Back to Xiamen and finaly Shanghai

Back in Xiamen that night (Wednesday the 2nd of May) we were warmly welcome by Nils , a friend of Anna, who took care of everything for us from finding a place to stay to bringing us to the...

Shanghai Hotline

I have already been talking about Sherpa where you give a call and order your food from many different restaurants and get it delivered. Similarly, I have already been talking about Guanxi (85887),...

Tulou (earthen houses), Yongding and surrounding

The Tulou, currently under the process of being listed in World Heritage by the UNESCO, are known for their unique shape, large scale and ingenious structure. Those unique building can be seen in...

Xiamen and Gulangyu Island

A trip to Fujian Province

The holidays are coming soon, actually in two days for me, so I have planned a trip with some friends in the Fujian Province . Fujian is a province down south and as for capital Fuzhou but I am not...

Shit I’m falling down...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman survived a plunge from a sixth-floor balcony thanks to a convenient pile of excrement which broke her fall, local media said. The accident happened when the...

Premier débriefing

Il y a environs un an, je rentrais pour un de ces rares weekends que je m’octroyais en dehors de l’Angleterre. Mes parents avaient un dîner avec quelques amis et connaissances. Quelques heures...