Yeah I kind of assumed it was the face thing. I am more interested in the mechanics of when and how the idea of ordering food becomes twisted that way. Do they learn it from their bosses, the movies, or old sayings in the culture about how imperial lords were to be treated? Does this occur in their late twenties or early thirties? It seems specific to men, is this so?
What in Chinese culture changes so that food is ordered to be wasted when one or two businessmen order lunch at a restaurant?
Today I went to order takeout at a restaurant. Yet again, I saw the waitresses dump 3 full dishes and 1 soup into the bucket. One of the dishes was a large fried carp, only a single bite had been taken.
Chinese kids growing up are taught not to waste any food and finish your bowl. Many of those businessmen come from poor backgrounds themselves, and I am sure didn't waste food growing up, or in school, or in their early careers. At banquets for weddings or special occasions, large amounts of food is served, but usually most of it is eaten.
So when do business guys begin to learn the habit of just ordering food for display, rather than to be eaten as food?
Shuhe is still far out enough that it won't fill up. It's small enough that just looking at guesthouses shouldn't take more than an hour. I didn't stay there, but that was my impression.
Tiger Leaping Gorge is a must see for any nature lover. Very impressive.
Any recommendations for guesthouses or hostels in Jinhong? I was hoping with the tourism boom, some new ones might have opened up. There was a great article about the Balcony Guesthouse, but I assume it hasn't opened yet since nothing on google.
No results found.
Never gotten sick once at Sals. Their food is TexMex, so yeah, not authentic Mexican food, but pretty authentic as TexMex goes. Burrito wrap has improved a lot. Like the draft beer option now.
If you haven't had dairy products in a while, and do eat here, best forgo the sour cream. Nothing wrong with it, in fact it's the best sour cream in Kunming, but if you've eaten Chinese for month or months with no dairy intake, your system will react to sour cream or probably any liquid dairy product not so well. Maybe that's what happened with nailer and tallamerican.
Update:
It's now 5 working days for regular processing. So I submitted my application a bit before 5pm on a Friday and was told to pick it up next week Friday after 5pm.
Cost is now 400rmb for a single 30 day entry. Or that was what I was charged anyways. There are no posted prices and its cash only with no receipt except for your passport pickup. That's like $65 USD.
You can pay another 150rmb for 2 day or 100rmb for 3 day processing. For 400rmb, they should process it in three days like they used to before, but now you'd pay 500rmb. The office is still like deserted most of the time, so why does it take longer now and cost extra. If you opted for 2 day, thats like $90 usd. All other neighboring countries charge like $25usd.
The rest of and cope review is still good for hours and location.
Far out, less people. Big enough to get lost in. Pretty and quiet near dusk. 20yuan entrance fee.
Like everyone else says, best Indian food in Kunming. They have lunch plates and dinner plates. Show up before 1pm for lunch.
They are on the 4th floor of the half empty shopping mall. Best way is too take the elevator past the KFC around the corner from Starbucks.
Most individual dishes can feed only two hungry guys, so order more if you are starving. Naan order can take care of one only.
Five stars for the food. Go with Yereth's recommendations, plus any vegetable the waitress says is fresh.
Beware that Xue Fu lu is one way, so many taxis have to take a roundabout way to get here.
Yuxi begins experiment as one of China's 'Sponge Cities'
发布者Those are some big names Yuxi got designated with. Sounds like a worthwhile use of funds.
Larung Gar: Sichuan's extraordinary Buddhist retreat
发布者Great article. Never knew this place existed. And thumbs up photos.
Yunnan's "largest illegal animal smuggling ring" broken up
发布者Is it a crime if the TCM practitioner has the dead parts of endangered species or prescribes them for an ailment?
We're number 2! China releases "livable cities" index
发布者Tough to beat Qingdao. That cheap fresh draft beer is an unfair advantage on the happiness index!
Wrongful murder conviction spawns US$1.45 million lawsuit
发布者Props to her lawyer for being able to secure a retrial and getting her exonerated. Also, I am impressed that the Yunnan High Court chose a 17 year old (at time) housekeeper from a poor background over local police and prosecutors. Too bad her civil suit has to go to the court that wrongly convicted her.
The original case would be over ten years old now. That's a lifetime ago at China pace. Very unlikely they kept DNA evidence and since they did an all out effort on her, probably very little other suspects questioned or witness statements.