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General Thread on China
- Thread starter Froggy
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So why I had stopped posting here past few days is because since Saturday I had travelled 6 cities finished visiting 9 businesses in China and this morning continue to move on. Now in a taxi to my next meeting having 40mins to spare.
Saturday arriving at the Suvarnabhumi airport
Checking in
Going to the gate, Suvarnabhumi is actually quite beautiful.
My ride to Guangzhou
Full flight
Ready to start my 21 days of travel
Saturday arriving at the Suvarnabhumi airport
Checking in
Going to the gate, Suvarnabhumi is actually quite beautiful.
My ride to Guangzhou
Full flight
Ready to start my 21 days of travel
It is rather frustrating to post here in China as first I need to upload the photos then posts and all these websites including here is blocked so gotta use VPN to help to open up however getting through the VPN is a difficult task in the first place second the speed is low and third you keep dropping the connection as I believe the authorities are trying to block the VPN as well.
So finally arrived after about 2h 45mins
Getting my luggage (45kg load)
Right after arriving, Visited 2 factories and then dinner at a Cantonese restaurant (I love Cantonese cuisine)
Cantonese soup
Roast goose
Beef
Prawns
Hakka tofu
Steamed fish
Stir fry vegetables
Spring onion bao
The spread
So finally arrived after about 2h 45mins
Getting my luggage (45kg load)
Right after arriving, Visited 2 factories and then dinner at a Cantonese restaurant (I love Cantonese cuisine)
Cantonese soup
Roast goose
Beef
Prawns
Hakka tofu
Steamed fish
Stir fry vegetables
Spring onion bao
The spread
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My first night in China was staying in a very nice hotel in Dongguan known as Vienna International. Very nice room.
Unfortunately its only one night. Breakfast was had in the restaurant adjoining the hotel
Seems very popular with the people in this town, got to queue by 8.30am. I was early.
This is their open kitchen preparing dimsum
Big restaurant but full
Serving porridge
Lor Mai Gai - simply delicious
Rice roll
Steamed pork ribs
Great breakfast
Unfortunately its only one night. Breakfast was had in the restaurant adjoining the hotel
Seems very popular with the people in this town, got to queue by 8.30am. I was early.
This is their open kitchen preparing dimsum
Big restaurant but full
Serving porridge
Lor Mai Gai - simply delicious
Rice roll
Steamed pork ribs
Great breakfast
By today day 8 I had gone through 8 cities and completed 13 meetings/visitings. Yesterday was rest day for me in Shanghai however later I will move on to my 14th meeting today.
Last post was still Sunday my second day and lunch in Dongguan, after that I took a taxi to Panyu district of Guangzhou. Ended up at a small town hotel that my counterpart here booked due to proximity to his factory. This is the best hotel around
The run down lobby
Street outside the hotel
Many food establishments along the streets around the hotel
The village
The entrance to the room as you can see is very dated
BIg bed that's full of noisy springs that you can feel on your back
Simple old furniture
Furnitures that I wouldn't touch looked old, mouldy and sticky
Last post was still Sunday my second day and lunch in Dongguan, after that I took a taxi to Panyu district of Guangzhou. Ended up at a small town hotel that my counterpart here booked due to proximity to his factory. This is the best hotel around
The run down lobby
Street outside the hotel
Many food establishments along the streets around the hotel
The village
The entrance to the room as you can see is very dated
BIg bed that's full of noisy springs that you can feel on your back
Simple old furniture
Furnitures that I wouldn't touch looked old, mouldy and sticky
If you looked at the hotel room above you could guess I had a terrible night sleep. Luckily breakfast was great. Hotel does not provide breakfast so staff directed me to a shop about 100m from hotel.
Owner preparing rice rolls
Lady cooking porridge
This type of local shop is not for everybody especially foreigners however if you like local food this is it
Century egg and pork porridge
Egg roll with pig liver
Egg roll with fish
My wonderful S$4 breakfast
Owner preparing rice rolls
Lady cooking porridge
This type of local shop is not for everybody especially foreigners however if you like local food this is it
Century egg and pork porridge
Egg roll with pig liver
Egg roll with fish
My wonderful S$4 breakfast
After rushing through 2 meetings in Panyu in the morning its time to rush again. Took a taxi 2 hours ride to Dongguan East Station for my ride to Ji'an in Jiangxi province.
Dongguan East Station
Realised I hadn't any lunch so went to a convenient store as there's no restaurant in this station
Got some grocery
Hot water is easily available everywhere in China so this is easy
Dongguan East Station
Realised I hadn't any lunch so went to a convenient store as there's no restaurant in this station
Got some grocery
Hot water is easily available everywhere in China so this is easy
When I arrived at Ji'an, Taihe district it was already 6pm, so my contacts brought me to hotel for check in and put my stuff then immediately went out to a nearby restaurant for dinner
The dinner spread
Vegetables
Hakka tofu
Beef
Local vegetables
Prawns
Steamed fish
Dumplings
Duck
The dinner spread
Vegetables
Hakka tofu
Beef
Local vegetables
Prawns
Steamed fish
Dumplings
Duck
Today is Sunday and I have been here for 16 days, traveled through 14 cities and completed visits and meetings to 25 establishments. Got another 3 days of work and 7 visits to go. Today I rest in the city of Shijiazhuang.
I stopped on my 5th day at Ji'an so on the 6th day I needed to leave Ji'an for Danyang flying to Shanghai's Hongqiao airport then transfer by train to Danyang.
Before leaving for the Ji'an Airport had lunch
Pick your carp
Pick your chicken
Pick your duck
Pick your vegetables
After all these pickings enter the kitchen
Tell the chef how you want them done
They will cook for you
Pea soup
Hakka tofu
Boiled chicken
Stir fry pork, tofu and chili
Beef
Fish
Braised duck
Lunch spread
I stopped on my 5th day at Ji'an so on the 6th day I needed to leave Ji'an for Danyang flying to Shanghai's Hongqiao airport then transfer by train to Danyang.
Before leaving for the Ji'an Airport had lunch
Pick your carp
Pick your chicken
Pick your duck
Pick your vegetables
After all these pickings enter the kitchen
Tell the chef how you want them done
They will cook for you
Pea soup
Hakka tofu
Boiled chicken
Stir fry pork, tofu and chili
Beef
Fish
Braised duck
Lunch spread
There is one memorable visit to a factory I had last week. They had told me to have dinner together which I agreed. Now this is a super big factory, super as in super-duper super factory. When meeting was over they drove me to a building in the center of the factory area this building looks luxurious even from the outside resembling a very big villa.
This is how it look upon entering
Inside are dining rooms, at at the back a very nice Chinese garden and places for drinking tea, water features, large luxurious meeting rooms etc. Basically its like a club or recreational building for the factory.
Before dinner was served we first had this Chinese wine
Was first served in your personal jar
The you pour it into your own glass
Finally dinner was served
Egg fried with some sort of tea leaves really exquisite
Braised pork
Prawn and celery
This is a delicacy found in this province only known as knife fish a rare and expensive fish one fish per person.
Pigeon
Stir fry vegetables with garlic
The spread
Then come the river puffer fish, like its Japanese cousin has to be prepared by professionals as a part of the body has poison.
The skin of the puffer fish is rough like sand paper so you have to position the skin such that the smoother inside is facing out while the rough side is inside so it will not rub against inside of mouth
This comes in a pair looks like tofu is actually found only in the male puffer fish containing the sperm of puffer fish basically its like the testicles of a mammal aiso known as milt. This is also seasonal extra big like this during mating season. Supposed to be very expensive and rare.
Abalone with broccoli
I asked why you have a "restaurant" in your factory with professional chefs that answer was sometime its not convenient for "some customer" to be seen dining outside restaurants. I assume he meant officials.
It was a great meal I must say
This is how it look upon entering
Inside are dining rooms, at at the back a very nice Chinese garden and places for drinking tea, water features, large luxurious meeting rooms etc. Basically its like a club or recreational building for the factory.
Before dinner was served we first had this Chinese wine
Was first served in your personal jar
The you pour it into your own glass
Finally dinner was served
Egg fried with some sort of tea leaves really exquisite
Braised pork
Prawn and celery
This is a delicacy found in this province only known as knife fish a rare and expensive fish one fish per person.
Pigeon
Stir fry vegetables with garlic
The spread
Then come the river puffer fish, like its Japanese cousin has to be prepared by professionals as a part of the body has poison.
The skin of the puffer fish is rough like sand paper so you have to position the skin such that the smoother inside is facing out while the rough side is inside so it will not rub against inside of mouth
This comes in a pair looks like tofu is actually found only in the male puffer fish containing the sperm of puffer fish basically its like the testicles of a mammal aiso known as milt. This is also seasonal extra big like this during mating season. Supposed to be very expensive and rare.
Abalone with broccoli
I asked why you have a "restaurant" in your factory with professional chefs that answer was sometime its not convenient for "some customer" to be seen dining outside restaurants. I assume he meant officials.
It was a great meal I must say
The next day still in Danyang, after my second meeting we went out for dinner at a local hotel
There were already 8 dishes on the table when we arrived
Was told these were starters OMG
Dinner starts with braised chicken
Chili prawns
Soup with tofu
Braised fish head
Mushrooms
Frogs
Chinese ham
Pork loin
Fish
Pork bao
Deep fried sweet yam balls
This is really too much for only 4 people
There were already 8 dishes on the table when we arrived
Was told these were starters OMG
Dinner starts with braised chicken
Chili prawns
Soup with tofu
Braised fish head
Mushrooms
Frogs
Chinese ham
Pork loin
Fish
Pork bao
Deep fried sweet yam balls
This is really too much for only 4 people
Struggled to upload photos and post during these 21 days due to the blocks in the internet. VPN rarely work or it was very slow and kept getting attacked. Will continue to post when back in Bangkok.
Finally it’s been a very tiring 21 days time to head home, missed my 2 dogs very much will meet them later.
Finally it’s been a very tiring 21 days time to head home, missed my 2 dogs very much will meet them later.
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