An Irishmans adventures in China - the homecoming!

[Scottish_Rob]

Martin WHERE did you get pictures of me? (Leprechauns) hahaha:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:

[Arnold]

Irish , the best of Luck on this fourth Trip . All good things come in "four's" .... or was that three ?? :icon_cheesygrin:

[rockycoon]

Hope you don't get stopped at the border with all those shamrocks in your pocket...:icon_cheesygrin:

[ttwjr32]

Irishman,

all that for 10 rmb??great i usually pay 5 to 10 rmb for 4 to 6 dumplings around here???
unless my wife makes them on the weekend with her stuffed mushrooms also and the
homemade chow mein

[Irishman]

Irishman,

all that for 10 rmb??great i usually pay 5 to 10 rmb for 4 to 6 dumplings around here???
unless my wife makes them on the weekend with her stuffed mushrooms also and the
homemade chow mein

Homemade is always nice , however this place does killer steamed dumplings, i have to restrain myself from odering another serving of five as i could eat em til my stomach exploded they are that good. The place is about a five minute walk from Zhujiang New Town on line 3 and its cheap and fast and clean. Everything is in Chinese though you can point an guess for the more unusual stuff  - adds to the experience in my opinion
I just say jiaozi with a crazy look in my eye ( think Martin without a dumpling in sight) and it gets the job done.

[Voiceroveip]

Welcome home Rhonan ?  China is quite comfortable, isn't it? I hope I can move here soon, the more time I spend here, the more I love it. I just need to learn the language and I think life will be good here, it already feels comfortable now, it will be hard to leave again especially with my sweetheart staying here, I better book a new ticket soon :icon_cheesygrin:

[ttwjr32]

Irishman,

new town is very close to the house maybe 15 minute bus or taxi ride and 5 stops on
the metro. maybe we could go there for lunch next week. then i will know were it is. i
know i havent been there becuase i would remember the price. i guess i have settled
well here as i now tend to look at prices and say   "to much"  at times even though it
is still dirt cheap:icon_cheesygrin:and i hope that one day you get to taste my wifes homemade dumplings
and her large mushrooms stuffed with the pork and veg are awesome also

[Irishman]

Sounds good Ted we will do that for sure.

Well the big day is here. The day I get to meet the folks.
Sunny is in the shower right now and I'm sitting here more than a little nervious. I think it will be fine and overall a pleasurable experience but there is no denying I wish I was writing about it in the past tense!

Its cold and rainy in Guangzhou, I seemed to have brought the cold weather with me, it was apparently in the high
20's C a few days ago, msn shows it as 6C here now! I brought warm clothes this time so its fine.

Hope everyone else heree has a wonderful New Years celebration too, try and get some dumplings to participate

[Arnold]

Warm Clothes --- check ; chain on my Wallet --- *^#@* darn .. I knew I forgot something . Hahaha
Sunny in Shower --- you lucky Dude !!!

[Scottish_Rob]

...and her large mushrooms stuffed with the pork and veg are awesome also

Isn't that just for yourself to know...:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:  Or are we talking about food....lol

Ted sorry could not let this pass

[ttwjr32]

we are talking about food Rob :@

[rockycoon]

You guys are gonna weigh 300 lbs by the time the women get done feeding you...hahaha

I hear those dumplings go right to the waist.....willy are you listening?

[JimB]

We made dumplings last night.  Right, I said WE.  of course mine looked like an oblong roll but still edible.  Gina made the stuffing and the dough, then her brother, sister in law and I stuffed them and rolled them.  They were good.  Gina tried to get me to say they were better than her Mama's.  I did not fall into that trap.

[Arnold]

Funny you mention that Jim . Qing also asks me if her cooking is as good as her Dad's ? So I tell her it tastes exactly like your Dad's . This is of course not the answer she is wishing for , but she has to be satisfied with it . haha I also plan on helping her with the next Dumpling adventure and see if mine will make the grade or not .PS : Isn't it time for an Up-date from our Man from Irland ?

[ttwjr32]

Arnold,

he has been busy meeting the family and no news is good news as
they have probably welcomed him in the family in a big way:icon_cheesygrin:also  it would be interesting to get the nutrition facts on the dumplings as
i do love my dumplings and the family goes out of the way to buy me dumplings
or make homemade ones for me.