Category Archives: Activities

Dim Sum

Posted on December 14, 2016 by The Pearl

Apart from sightseeing, writing and quilting one of the things that has kept me off the streets of Shanghai has been my cookery lessons at The Chinese Cooking Workshop.  Just after we arrived I reported to you my first Dim … Continue reading →

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The J G Ballard Walk

Posted on November 8, 2016 by The Pearl

If you have ever seen the film The Empire of the Sun, or read the books of J G Ballard you will have some idea of the early life of James Graham Ballard in Shanghai, but in the case of … Continue reading →

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La Mien Hand-Pulled Noodles

Posted on October 31, 2016 by The Pearl

Not long after Rozy arrived in Shanghai we went together as a family, along with a work-colleague of Richard’s, Lucinda and Jenny her visiting daughter, to an evening session at the Chinese Cooking Workshop to learn to make La Mien hand-pulled noodles. … Continue reading →

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Quilting Update

Posted on October 24, 2016 by The Pearl

I promised many moons ago that I would keep you up to date with my quilting group.  I confess I haven’t.  We meet every Thursday at a member’s apartment and promise to do at least 5 stitches in the four … Continue reading →

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Our Daughter Hits Shanghai

Posted on October 22, 2016 by The Pearl

It was over a year before our daughter Rosalind made it out to see us in Shanghai.  For the first half of our first year that we had been living as expats in China Rozy had been doing her final … Continue reading →

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A Year’s Worth Of Books

Posted on October 17, 2016 by The Pearl

Followers of this blog will know that I have not written for a long time. Below is the last blog post I wrote, but never published.   It will go some way to explain why I walked away from writing online about … Continue reading →

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Brits Abroad Christmas Walk

Posted on February 2, 2016 by The Pearl

One of the things I have done since I joined Brits Abroad is to get involved in organising their walks.  These take place once a month and are led by someone who has researched either a completely new walk or updated an … Continue reading →

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Quilting

Posted on February 1, 2016 by The Pearl

A year ago when the move to Shanghai was definitely on the cards I spent quite a while trying to work out what I was going to do with myself.  I certainly wanted to keep myself busy with a project … Continue reading →

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Xiao Long Bao and Coconut Sago Sweet Soup

Posted on December 22, 2015 by The Pearl

Usually at this time of year during the week before Christmas I’m busy making sausage rolls.  Delia Smith’s ones.  The best ones there are.  A slab of flaky or puff pastry is rolled out into a rectangle about 12″ by … Continue reading →

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