Steam boat for dinner – this is some thing I have never tried before, and is basically a Chinese version of fondue, only with soup rather than cheese or chocolate; vegetables and fish instead of bread / fruit and chopsticks instead of fondue forks. There is a clear soup on one side and a chicken hot and sour soup on the other, each bubbling and boiling away as we cook a variety of meats, fish and vegetables in them: the longer you sit, the tastier your soup gets.
At the table next to us, a gaggle of Chinese, Indian and Western Marys arrive. They are all quite unattractive, and one of them keeps glancing and desperately trying to make eye contact with me.
Dream on.
Food over, we made a brief stop at 'Ye Olde' Smokehouse, which was supposed to be very British, and it sort of was: log fire (yes, and it was lit and roaring!), Chesterfield sofas, silver tea services, various British paraphernalia etc, and if it hadn’t been for the loud and inappropriate Irish drinking songs blaring out, it could have been quite authentic. I wonder if the hotel staff knew the association with the songs that were being played and sex, debauchery and drinking… I guess not.
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| 'Ye Olde" Smokehouse |
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