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Chinese Food during Chinese New Year (The Truth W/O)
by cripper | Feb 15 '02
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Re: Um.. okay... sorry.. (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Hey there!

Thanks for the comments.

cripper
Feb 20 '02
9:09 pm PST

Um.. okay... sorry.. (Reply to this comment)
by Petra
.. with all the SCADS hooplah I totally goofed up on this write-off, although I suppose my SCADS review could count as a double submission for both since it is on a German band. :)

Alas, I'm glad I came across your writings (although not through this write-off, funny enough).
Feb 20 '02
5:08 pm PST

Re: Gong Xi Fa Cai (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Hey there fellow Chinese man!

Thanks for the comments, and yeah, I understand what you mean by the difference in some of the dishes (still darn good though!).

cripper
Feb 20 '02
1:14 am PST

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Reply to this comment)
by shadow8
Chris,

Fabulous work my friend. I happen to be Mandarin (my girlfriend is Cantonese though) so the dishes we have are slightly different. Though the stew pork you mentioned is definitely one of my faves.

Wish you the best. The recipes are definitely detailed and palatable.

-shadow8
Feb 19 '02
8:00 pm PST

Re: Gong Hay Fat Choy (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Kung Hei Fat Choi to you too! Yes, I can understand how much your parents would miss Shanghai crab, because my brother really misses the taste of Shanghai crab entering his mouth (he's studying in Minnesota right now).

Thanks for the comments.

cripper
Feb 17 '02
5:31 pm PST

Gong Hay Fat Choy (Reply to this comment)
by zzJulia
truthfully, having been brought up in the US, I have to admit that we eat Nin Gou all year long (the white kind with cabbage and shredded pork)...and my parents are from Shanghai so they always talk about how much they miss the crab.

great review,
Juls
Feb 17 '02
10:32 am PST

Re: Happy New Year! Geez, I love to say that. (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
This food is only given during the New Year, but if you want to find out more on Chinese cuisine, I've written other reviews on different types of Chinese cuisines here at Epinions. Don't have the URLs, but I'm sure you'll be able to find them in the "What You Should Know About Chinese Cuisine" category.

Thanks for the comments.

cripper
Feb 16 '02
12:39 am PST

Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Yes, Paul, I did read your narration of the Arsenal Tottenham clash earlier this season. It's a pity Wright screwed it up for us!

Thanks for the comments.

cripper
Feb 16 '02
12:37 am PST

Re: Hi (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Thanks for the comments, and hope you have a great new year too.

cripper
Feb 16 '02
12:36 am PST

Happy New Year! Geez, I love to say that. (Reply to this comment)
by the_gas_man
Really enjoyed this informative review on Chinese food. I get the feeling that some of the stuff I've been ordering isn't really Chinese food at all. I'll be putting my local Chinese food restaurants on their guards with my new found knowledge of the cuisine.

Thanks,
Gasman
Feb 15 '02
11:07 am PST

... (Reply to this comment)
by paulyoungotti

Excellent review Chris, as usual! You should check out my entry into this Write-off, i've narrated the experience of going to a football match! The particular game is Spurs Vs. Arsenal!.

Good stuff.
Feb 15 '02
11:03 am PST

Hi (Reply to this comment)
by arathi
A very happy new year to you and enjoy the festive season.

arathi
Feb 15 '02
10:53 am PST

Re: Nice review. (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Hey Carol!

Thanks for the comments, and I'm glad that my review has influenced you to try more Chinese food =)!

See you around here.

cripper
Feb 15 '02
8:15 am PST

Re: Chris (Reply to this comment)
by cripper
Hey Finn!

Thanks for allowing me to take part in this writeoff! I enjoyed being part of it and all...

About the football thread at the Nest, I have sadly had very little time to visit the nest (I have 3 cousins over, and I have to spend most of my hours taking care of them), and I'll be back at the nest as soon as I can (I promise I'll be back to talk more about how great Arsenal are *evil grin*.

It surprises me that an anti-Arsenal fan would own an Arsenal jacket....and even more confusing that her dad was an Arsenal fan and that she isn't.

Hmmmm....

Anyway, thanks very much for the comment and again, thanks for allowing me to take part in the writeoff.

See you later!

cripper
Feb 15 '02
7:40 am PST

Chris (Reply to this comment)
by kuuleimomi
these two also happen to be Liverpool fans...

Why does this sound like a thread? *grin*

So, cripper boy who doesn't need to remind he's from Hong Kong *wink*, I meant to tell you this long time ago, but only now that I had to wear that jacket I thought of it. So, yeah, *grin*, I have an Arsenal jacket. And funny, it used to be my dad's, now it's mine. I'm no fan and never have been one, and I don't mind wearing the jacket at all if I really really have to, of course. Hmm, there's a charming twist.

I did not know anything by the Asian New Year's, so it's so totally cool that we have so many writers from Asia writing about it for this write-off [oh, you mean it's my write-off? *evil grin*]. Thank you for taking part in it, I'm kind of wondering what stopped the discussion of English football in the Nest...

Finn
Feb 15 '02
6:33 am PST