Category Archives: Food

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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Mr & Mrs M Go to Mr and Mrs Bund

Posted on October 27, 2015 by The Pearl

In the middle of September it was our Wedding Anniversary.  It was 25 years ago that I got married, dressed in scarlet, at Great Malvern Register Office and the following day we had a Service of Blessing at Great Malvern … Continue reading →

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Fu 1039

Posted on August 31, 2015 by The Pearl

I visited a number of restaurants, both new and old to me, with Charlie and Ella.  A new one for me was Fu 1039 in an old 1913 three -storey villa in Lane 1039 off the YuYuan Road.  Without the … Continue reading →

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A Return to the Hot Pot Restaurant Hai Di Lao and The Ya’an Zhong Lu Park

Posted on August 27, 2015 by The Pearl

With Charlie and Ella in Shanghai for 2 weeks at the beginning of August we tried to cram in as much as we possibly could.  This was especially difficult in the hottest weather of the year.  It also meant that … Continue reading →

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The Paulaner Bauhaus

Posted on June 30, 2015 by The Pearl

Last Thursday I arranged to meet up with some of my new-found friends at another Brits Abroad function – Breakfast at the Paulaner Bauhaus in Pudong and from there go on afterwards to visit the Aurora Museum which is just … Continue reading →

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Our Local Korean Restaurant

Posted on June 29, 2015 by The Pearl

I must pass this restaurant 4 or 5 times a week on my way to the shops.  Carrefour and the little Japanese corner shop with imported frozen meat both lie beyond its front door.  It is not alone. There are several … Continue reading →

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Yongfoo Elite

Posted on June 17, 2015 by The Pearl

  One day last week, on one of the many days when Richard was away until late (in fact he didn’t make it home at all that night, having had his delayed flight from Guangzhou cancelled at midnight, he ended … Continue reading →

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Dumplings, Gelati and Brunch

Posted on June 16, 2015 by The Pearl

In the past week the weather has got noticeably hotter and more humid.  The English-language Japanese news channel we watch has told us that the rainy season has arrived ( a couple of days earlier than normal) so this seems … Continue reading →

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Being all European for a Change

Posted on May 30, 2015 by The Pearl

On the Saturday of the May Day weekend Richard was having to work at home most of the day, so towards the end of the afternoon, when he had decided that enough was enough we went out of the apartment … Continue reading →

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May Day and Chinese Wine

Posted on May 28, 2015 by The Pearl

The weekend before we left for our holiday in the UK was a long one, as May 1st on the Friday is a national holiday in China.  The weekend before, Chinese national flags had been hung from the lampposts in … Continue reading →

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