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Forums > Food & Drink > Wasteful Business Lunches

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Was the food mostly eaten or mostly wasted at those business lunches in the US? I seem to recall you ate at least half the food in the West, unless you were on a diet or not feeling well. And usually you had to make excuses as to why you weren't eating the food, as it looked bad if you let it go to waste or would be interpreted as making the hosts selection of restaurant look poor. That doesn't seem to be the case in China.

I'm not against people spending big dollars for high priced food/drink to impress. I'm just offended by people leaving 98% of the dish uneaten.

tigertiger alluded to that extravagance with food maybe learnt at home. I agree that using an abundance of food to impress is part of most cultures when hosting, but waste of it usually is not. There is way way too much food at most US Thanksgiving family gatherings, but the food's purpose isn't as display, it is to be eaten sooner or later. The dabao being frowned upon for many reasons in China is also a hindrance.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > New visa for China in HK

Double entry maybe country specific. For US and Canada it seems to be obtainable in HK (though my last info was 9 months ago). US and Canada, they said the one year multiple entry tourist visa was only available home country consulates. British citizens are the most restricted and pay the most, even more than US. Not sure about other countries.

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Some people may have forgotten the password they made up when they registered for GoK. Why go looking for it when you don't have to yet? I forgot since I let my browser log in for me. If I hadn't of guessed/recalled it by the third try, I probably would of just stayed unverified till I had a more pressing reason.

GoK decided to be unobtrusive about it for existing users, which shows a lighter touch. But it does mean a lot of people don't know about it. No one got an email or big flashing window saying "Hey, you might want to verify" And only power users would take notice by themselves.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > New visa for China in HK

It's a really busy place, so I'm sure they are handing out visas. Could it be that they are denying more business visas, sure. Could it be that they are enforcing more small rules that they never bothered to, like overly worn passports or prior visas peeling off, sure. Could it be that they are being more strict in handing out visas to anyone media related or has relatives in the media, sure. It's the year of political changeover and add in the Beijing laowai crackdown, they could easily decide to do any or all of the above. However, if your passport is valid and not expiring anytime soon and you don't fill out anything that's suspicious, you should be able to get a single entry 30 day or two entry 90 day tourist visa.

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50 years isn't excessive given the amount of infrastructure to be built along with the rail. Also, factor in the low population density of Laos, hilly terrain, and most of the equipment will have to be imported, 50 years is about right. Even the USA has handed out some 50 and even 75 year BOT contracts.

Wow. Mucho gracias Geogramatt. Also, thanks scally for another good report.

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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.

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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.

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Far out, less people. Big enough to get lost in. Pretty and quiet near dusk. 20yuan entrance fee.

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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.

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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.