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I offered no opinion on the matter; merely pointed out two sources which disagree.

Hong Kong is excellent for Indian Food, as is South Korea for pizza.

I've eaten excellent Vietnamese in Paris, which is not surprising given the historic connection. But also had a wonderful Indian meal in Canet de Plage in southern France near the Spanish border. That was unexpected.

Tonkin jasmine (Telosma cordata) goes under many names such as pakalana vine, Tonkinese creeper, Chinese violet, cowslip creeper, telosoma etc. In Chinese it is 夜香花 or 夜来香. It is a flowering plant native to Guangdong and Guangxi of China and also cultivated in Vietnam (on the Bay of Tonkin, hence the name.) It has a delicate lemony scent and is used in both southern Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine (where it is known as bông thiên lý.) - from my blog. Wash them in salty water. The critters quickly evacuate the premises.

Squid and garlicky shrimp salad with couscous, Tonkin jasmine, morels.

Ah! So it was a BLOT! 😂😂

They are foraged. Yes, China is a bit ahead, but farmed morels are still only found in limited quantities and are more expensive than foraged!

Perhaps you are confusing it with this in London.

This morning's shopping haul.

Looks more like a BOT to me. 😂

Irrelevant. US law does not apply in the EU, or anywhere else for that matter.

Shrimp fried rice with bacon, garlic, ginger, white chilli, brown shimeji mushrooms, scallions.

Yesterday, was the mid-autumn festival aka moon festival and the time for mooncakes. I'm not a big fan and some are just horrible. Here, is a round up of the worst (in the writer's opinion. It incudes one from Liuzhou. Having sampled this a while back I can concur. One of the worst things I've ever eaten.

Lemon and coriander pork with tomato and basil. Rice.

I'm told she is teething and not much interested in eating, but was determined to get that food into her mouth herself.

A very short video showing my local friend's kid using chopsticks for the first time. English in background because said friend is a trained English teacher and is working with her slightly elder daughter.

If something is very spicy, the last thing to drink with it is water. That worsens the effect. Milk or other dairy is much better.

@Anna N@Kim Shook Don't forget Gala Pie. Basically a scotch egg reimagined as a pork pie. Also eaten at room temperature or on picnics

I've only ever seen pork pies served cold. Well, room temperature. Usually in the manner @Anna Ndescribes. I guess they were invented to be eaten that way - perhaps in the fields after a long morning's farmwork. I had one last summer as part of a ploughman's lunch in the UK when I visited. Cornish pasties are normally eaten at room temperature and were also designed to be eaten at work in Cornwall's tin mines. Sort of bag lunches with edible bags. Pork pies are also a staple of picnics. Note exception: Yorkshire pork pies are eaten hot.

I didn't mean to suggest frozen tofu was firmer; merely that it is interesting. A big favourite in hotpots, here.

I am happy to say I have never eaten Subway "food" in my life. I remember walking past one in Hong Kong a few years ago and thinking it stank.

Smoked, dried, red-braised tofu are all firm and delicious. Frozen tofu is interesting, too. My local markets have about 20 different kinds of tofu.

I don't know, but they'd be asking for trouble if they did make it that way intentionally. In fact, they got trouble whatever.

Probably never! A vegetarian visitor left it behind.