Summer time

Our Old China Hands Lunch 2 August 2024 had 22 participants, many away from Beijing and last-minute cancellations. Special guest was Nelson from Brazil who is the correspondent of Folha de São Paulo, a newspaper I read when I was in Brazil.

The menu (see the pics):
– sliced smoked salmon stuffed with seafood and garden greens OR poached eggs with wine merchant sauce OR Morel’s chef salad (ham, blue cheese, pan-fried chicken, beef on lettuce) OR cream of tomato soup
– fricandeau of beef served with hot cherry and mashed potatoes OR beef tenderloin Stroganoff served with market vegetables and steamed rice  OR red snapper Provençale style served with daily vegetables and mashed potatoes
– daily dessert

Raja in the news

Our friend Raja was again in the news, see the BRTV clip of 25 July 2024 here.

Raja speaks Chinese as a native and beats us all as the “oldest” Old China Hand!

Hong Kong pub

In March 2020 I had reported in this post “RIP Old China Hand” that a famous little bar in Hong Kong disappeared.
Well, it is back as reported in LinkedIn by Sanjeev Aaron Williams on 27 May 2024:“I maintain that Hong Kong will never be “back to normal” because the paradigms on which it was established, are collapsing in a changing and disruptive world.
That said, the return of the pub “The Old China Hand” is to be welcomed. Long term residents will recall its original location in Wanchai pre-1997. It moved to Kennedy Town until the building was demolished and recently re-surfaced in Sheung Wan, on the corner of Hollywood Road and Po Yan Street. They kept some of the original pre-97 decor including its red neon sign.