Best country to visit.

[JimC]

[klr]

France should be right up there at the top. It's got the lot, and it's civilised.

And the French girls are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexy.
They really are.

But they let their underarm hair grow out

Lovely. And the bush.
I never did like the shaven haven.
Correction. I always preferred the unshaven haven.

You can hardly refer to the modern model as a pussy. It's more like a mole rat.

[lofuji]

New Zealand just got voted the best country in the world to visit.

While this may be true for visitors, New Zealand is the last English-speaking country I'd want to live in. I spent four months there checking it out for a possible permanent move, but the country is so backward I couldn't wait to leave. There are five million people on this planet who were born in New Zealand, but only four million actually live there. That has to tell you something. Give me Hong Kong every time: not everyone speaks English, but the food is incomparably superior.

[Svartalf]

France should be right up there at the top. It's got the lot, and it's civilised.

And the French girls are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexy.
They really are.

But they let their underarm hair grow out

that's part of the charm, you lout

[piscator]

France does have charm...

[mistermack]

Give me Hong Kong every time: not everyone speaks English, but the food is incomparably superior.

The Chinese can't possibly say that their food is incomparably superior.

[lofuji]

Give me Hong Kong every time: not everyone speaks English, but the food is incomparably superior.

The Chinese can't possibly say that their food is incomparably superior.

But I can. In any case, I was comparing the food available here with that offered in cafes and restaurants in New Zealand. They really ought to be doing better, given the quality of raw materials available.

Mind you, many Hong Kong Chinese cannot tell the difference between good and poor examples of their own cuisine. The following pic is a good example of a Hong Kong speciality, pan-fried noodles, a dish that many Chinese cooks cannot do properly. However, this plateful was worth the 45 miles we had to cycle for it.



Nothing like this in New Zealand.

[mistermack]

No, I meant they couldn't pronounce it.

And there's no food on Earth that is worth cycling forty five miles for.

Unless it's a year's supply.

[Sean Hayden]

[mistermack]

No comparison to a roast goose christmas dinner :

[lofuji]

No comparison to a roast goose christmas dinner :

I'll see your roast goose Christmas dinner and raise you a Chinese wedding banquet (sorry, no pics; menu only):

[Svartalf]

Interesting menu, it clearly shows deep Western influence... and makes me hungry

[mistermack]

I'll see your roast goose Christmas dinner and raise you a Chinese wedding banquet (sorry, no pics; menu only):

The presence of shark fin on that menu, I find completely disgusting, I wouldn't eat from that menu on principle.

[lofuji]

I'll see your roast goose Christmas dinner and raise you a Chinese wedding banquet (sorry, no pics; menu only):

The presence of shark fin on that menu, I find completely disgusting, I wouldn't eat from that menu on principle.

I agree. I always pass on that particular course, but I'm not about to offend someone by not attending "on principle". I'm sure that some couples at least would prefer that it isn't on the menu. Unfortunately, the motivation for retaining it is money: no shark's fin soup means an excuse not to give as much money as a present.

[Svartalf]

Uh? what's the link between shark fin soup and the money given the newlyweds? I know, I'm dreadfully ignorant of Chinese culture, so please enlighten me.