a special tour experience
expattour | 28 March, 2009 09:54
this is a special tour experience in china,I learn a craft about making English Fish and Chips With Beer Batter,it's a Unexpected harvest.
I 'll talk it:
Fish and chips became popular in the United Kingdom in the second half of the nineteenth century and remain popular in many parts of the world today. The fish (usually cod or haddock) is coated in batter and both that and the chips (slab-cut potatoes) are deep-fried. This particular recipe demonstrates how to cook the fish in beer batter.
the ways:Begin by pouring all the oil into a large pan. Turn the heat up to medium-high. Let it heat until it becomes hot enough to fry - don't let it get smoking hot;Into a bowl, add the flour, the corn starch, the salt and the baking powder. Mix together, until evenly combined. Set aside;Place the beer into a bowl, and then add the egg. Whisk it together well until the egg and beer are evenly combined;Pour the beer mixture into the bowl containing the flour mixture. Whisk well for a couple of minutes, to ensure that it combines smoothly, and is free of lumps. You can now prepare your fish;Take a fillet and pat it dry using a piece of paper towel. This will help it fry better; as any excess water will only make the fish less crispy;along the fillet's surface to ensure that there are no small bones remaining. This is especially important if you are cooking for little children. Repeat with the other fillet;With a large fork, dip one of the fillets into the bowl of batter and coat it completely;Before cooking the fish, it's wise to check that the oil is at the correct temperature to fry. Test it by dropping some of the batter into the oil. If it fries immediately, without burning, it's at the correct temperature.
taking special care not to burn yourself in the process.Let the fillet fry for roughly 4-7 minutes, depending on its size. Flip it at least once during this time, to ensure that it's cooking evenly. When the batter becomes a light golden brown, remove it from the pan. Transfer it to a tray lined with paper. Repeat exactly the same frying process with the remaining fillet. 11. Your fish in beer batter is now ready to serve. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
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a Exciting boating tour
expattour | 27 March, 2009 04:22
I always think the walk was good for me. Others weren't so happy. Theferry ride was a quick 10 minutes and we started walking from the pier into whatwas now nighttime in a strange city. It felt like
I amjust getting back from 2 days on bus as my japan travel, boat and foot roaming around the Mekong Delta Region, Southwest of Saigon.I hopped on a giuded tour because it was only $20. I was suprised when the showed up ina great big luxury bus at the pickup point. Ararity with my travel luck. We did the usual driving a round town to pick people up and finally had a full bus an hour laterand set out. Our guide was a young man named Huy and hadfaily good English so he started the tour with a description of the suburbs we were driving through and how the government was putting up nice lookingbut dense housing to take some of the pressure off of old Saigon. I think it is up to 8 million people. Then there was an overview of all the cool things we would be doing the next couple of days. All the while there were some people in the back of the bus, having their own conversation. He was obviously irritated but in the Asian way remained polite and didn't say anything. At the first rest stop a couple came up complained that they couldn't hear the first talk. So when we got back to the bus, he was busily rearranging everyone's seats. Travel companions were split and good window seats hadto be given up. No explanation and the crowd grew irritated. He made a quick mention that some people couldn't hear because of the other conversations before repeating his talk.
We arrived at the entryway to the Mekong region and hopped on a tourist boat that took us to see Coconut candy making, some unique alcohol distilling. RiceWhiskey, Banana Whiskey, etc. The rice whiskey with the Snake fermenting in it crap, by the way.
at last,we enjoy ourselves.tanks.
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I'm on a roll
expattour | 26 March, 2009 05:36
Though I was reluctant to leave the beach, I decided I should hit one more coastal city before flying out to Hong Kong of china and wrapping up my travels. Hue is yet another UNESCO world heritage site and is home to the former Emperor's Palace, back before the Vietnamese Communists came into power. The city is one of the largest in Vietnam but with much more manageable traffic than what you encounter in Hanoi or Saigon (see former entry). My last day I was brave enough to hire a bike and head into traffic, which was quite entertaining. Imagine going on a 5 street roundabout with just a little city bike complete with a quaint basket in front - this made me laugh
Day 1 I arrived and immediately went to price tours for the nearby Bach Ma National Park. Having had my fun in the sun, I was ready for some more mountain trekking. Luckily I ran into a friendly Canadian couple wanting to visit the park as well, Corinne and Jordan. With 3 of us on board we could hire a car and driver for less than the tour, which we gladly took advantage of for the freedom it allowed us. After stocking up on fruit, we entered the park and headed straight to the summit, which is just short of 6000 feet (hey, it's no Colorado). The 360 degree views to the sea and surrounding regions were spectacular, and we had a good time horsing around (pun intended) on the various marble statues near the peak. We also found a tunnel system and what seemed to be an abandoned booby trap from the war, though with my mother's words "be careful, please!" ringing in my ear we decided to leave the spelunking and the bats inside the cave for another day.
The hike continued with us descending to an are called Five Lakes Cascades, which was in fact a series of 5 consecutive lakes with waterfalls cascading one into the other. The water was invigorating to say the least, especially since temperatures in the city have been hitting near 38 degrees celsius (over 100F!). After a few bumps on the head, scrapes and falls, we embarked on the next trail to Rhododendron Falls, a 300meter cascade that feeds into the famed Perfume River. A 689 step descent awaited on the left for a view of the falls from the base. The sign was another funny one, advising hikers only to proceed down the steep stairs if they were sufficiently fit. Feeling up to the challenge (as if there was any other way), we started down, immediately recognizing that the ascent was indeed going to be hell. The views upon arrival were just stunning, however, well worth the climb. We also discovered souvenirs in addition to photos on our way home. Both Jordan and I had pools of blood in our sandal and a mysterious dark spot. It seems Bach Ma can be home to many leeches, which apparently found our blood delightful. Stung by a jellyfish and a leech in a 3 day span, I'm on a roll.
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my tour Experience in china
expattour | 25 March, 2009 04:13
In my travels, I have learned that there are many businesses, small and quite unglamorous, much like mine, run by my countrymen, all over the world too. The Bulgarian couple who works for me has told me of the Chinese restaurants back in the home country. All are doing well, according to them. I have seen photos from as far away as Iceland too, and what do you know, one showed a small unassuming Chinese restaurant - tucked among the shophouses. Recently, I read about thriving Chinese bistros in Russia too. It seems that they are all over the globe.
As a businessman, I have made a good life here in America. And I have done this by not going with what is regarded as conventional wisdom by the business community at large. How? By staying small. Most of my colleagues subscribe to the "bigger is better" way of thinking, but I do not. Yet, I have succeeded. And very well, too, without any of the headaches associated with having a large workforce. True, they may have considered me to be most "unAmerican," in not going bigtime, but do I care? Not a bit. I have an easy-to-manage contracting service for the maintenance of small business offices that is easy to handle. With good books to show for, too. It has never had a handout from the government all these twenty years of its operation. And it has made gains even during these tough economic times. I have every faith that it will provide well for me inspite of the downturn because I run it the Chinese way. The modest way.
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a travel of my in japan
expattour | 24 March, 2009 11:21
it's my japan tour in this holiday.
we have been in japan for a month now, I can't believe it has gone so fast yet it seems so long. We have gone so far since I last blogged, and haven't really been able to get around to it.
The last day in Ahmedabad wasn't all that bad. The last night we were there we were waiting for our train to Udaipur. We dropped off our stuff at the train station, and went to another movie. This one was pretty bad again, supposed to be scary but wasn't. When we got out there was a festival going on in the street. We stopped to see what was going on, and gathered a huge crowd around us. They made us do some drumming with them, which we were horrible at. I have never gotten so much attention at once. We never really figured out what the celebration was for, we think a Muslim profit. The overnight train to Udaipur was alright, we shared a compartment with a girl who told us that a festival was going on the next day. We didn't realize it was "the color festival of India" called Holi.
When we arrived in Udaipur a guy came up to us to see if we wanted a rickshaw, we just went with him. The lovely rickshaw drivers name was Bunty, who knew we would become friends with our rickshaw driver. We told him where we wanted to go but he said that he wanted to take us to his friends hotel that was really nice. We just decided to see what it was like. The room was pretty big and we said that we didn't need such and expensive nice room. The hotel was so lovely though. He said since we were friends with Bunty that he would give us a discount on "the princess room". This room literally was a princess room. That first morning in Udaipur was the most welcome I have ever felt in a new place here. The owner gave us a cup of chai and we chatted, and spent a good part of the day playing a game called Caram with Bunty and his friend Jamil. Bunty and his friend told us that they wanted to take us out for the Holi festival in their car because they said the guys get a little crazy on this day. It was nice to have someone take us around, the few times that we did get out of the car it was a little too crazy. Everyone just goes around throwing colored powder on you, hugging and saying "Happy Holi!!!!". Udaipur was a lovely city set on a lake that is pretty dry around this time of year. It is called the Venice of Asia.
this holiday was wonderfu,I'm waiting for the next time.
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