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Sort of remembered I was half British tonight. Pork tenderloin cutlets with garlicky, buttery, broccoli purée, spicy carrot purée and plain boiled spuds. Went down a treat.

No, they didn't.

Spotted these two new (to here) flavours yesterday. Of course, there isn't a drop of wasabi in them. It's horseradish.

My local supermarket has taken to offering these frozen pizza slices. There are two varieties: Ingredients according to the box: Wheat flour, water, cheese, ham, luncheon meat, tomato sauce, vegetable oil, onion, green beans, red pepper, corn, table salt, white sugar, dry yeast, hydroxypropyl toluene starch, food flavor. Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, cheese, Caribbean beef (beef, vegetable oil, cinnamon), luncheon meat, tomato sauce, canned pineapple, vegetable oil, corn, white sugar, green pepper, red pepper, dry yeast, table salt, hydroxypropyl toluene starch, food flavor.

Fresh rice noodles, fried pork, boiled egg, jade gill mushrooms, lettuce, garlic, white pepper, Chinese chives in a chicken broth, Dry: Wet:

This didn't photograph well. My fault, not the food's Some people here are probably glad they can't see it so well. Pig liver and onions, Chinese style. With very non-Chinese buttery mash. There was a side of wok-wilted lettuce which I forgot to photograph. How offal!

I am the eldest of 5 kids.Well, none of us are kids now, though we can be childish. I prefer 'childlike'. My mother calls us the United Nations. All 5 of us live in different countries. China, Spain, USA, France and Scotland. My humble lunch wasn't consciously intended to evoke that. It's just what I can get here. Although it does evoke my constant confusion living in a country so far removed from my long-withered roots. I'll eat pretty much anything without demanding to see its passport or home address.

In my case, that would be these: Zhuang preserved lemons. They were 11 years old when they were given to me as a gift in 2008, so now 21 years old. Obviously, I rarely use them, but always enjoy when I do. There are still about 10 left. Last used one last month.

Working lunch. A bunch of these open sandwiches. Ham (Chinese but labelled "American Style"), Cheddar Cheese (Irish), Tomato (local), Basil (from my balcony), Baguette (Chinese but sold as "French Style)", Maldon Sea Salt (English).

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Spicy chicken with coriander leaf (cilantro), ground coriander seeds, black olives, garlic, chilli, lemon zest and juice. With couscous and a side salad..

Does anyone actually think that 'almond milk' is secreted from the mammary glands of a female mammal? If so, they are nuts.

It could be argued that people are just reclaiming old meanings. At least for 'meat' and 'milk'. 1,000 years ago, 'meat' just meant food. It wasn't until the late 16th century that it started to become mainly used to denote animal flesh. Shakespeare's time. Its use to refer to the 'flesh' of fruit nuts or eggs etc goes back to the 15th century. As for 'milk', it was used in 1398 to describe the "mylke of the fygge tree". Nothing new here. I'll give you mayo (the abbreviation appeared in the 1930s whereas the first written example of "mayonnaise' is from the Victorian novelist Thackeray in 1841,)

These flatbreads are called 面皮 (miàn pí ), which literally means "wheat skin",and are approximately 17cm / 7 inches in diameter. Here, I used them to make wraps with garlicky fried fresh wild shrimp and a salad of lettuce, coriander leaf, green onions, raw asparagus and enoki mushrooms. A spot or eight of Sriracha from Sriracha. Several were folded/rolled and eaten.

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I would have bought them but they were somewhat overpriced. I could buy a ton of eggs, salt and fish for the price of one 60 gr bag and make the things myself. And do something with the rest of the fish.

That's why you need to visit the oxygen salon!

Pork marinated in Shaoxing wine with garlic, ginger, chilli and a touch of potato starch. Fried with sliced leeks and jade gill mushrooms. Finished with a splash of soy sauce and a drizzle of sesame oil. Served with rice, of course.

Spotted in a local store this morning. Any takers?

Automated cooking (and service) was introduced to China about ten years ago. It lasted about a month. Once the (limited) novelty interest passed no one wanted it.

Yes, but remember it is not so long since the forcing of left-handed children to use their right hands to write was common in the UK and possible elsewhere in the western world. Certainly, within living memory. I remember a primary school classmate being scolded for just that. As the article mentions the Chinese for 'left', 左(zuǒ) also means, among others, queer (not in the sexual orientation meaning); unorthodox; heretical; wrong; incorrect; different; contrary; opposite etc, just as the English 'sinister' is derived from the Latin for 'left'. It doesn't however mention that the same Chinese word is also a common family name, where it is not seen negatively. Always dangerous to confuse etymology with meaning.

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Chicken with okra, shallots, garlic, chilli, olives. Served with couscous and jade gill mushrooms.

I have no idea why, but durian pizza is THE fashion thing here now. Just a couple of weeks ago, right outside my apartment block, one place opened which only sells durian pizza to go. The shop is called "Durian King" or something similar.

OK. Why does only the Aussie pizza need to be kept warm?