Usurious charges for making local phone calls or using the Internet are among the most widely held pet peeves among frequent travelers, a General Manager at a 5 star resort tells a travel writer Taylor.
Hotels & Resorts: A Few Pet Peeves (Part II)
A travel blogger often gets to stay at sumptuous hotels and resorts. But as beautiful looking as some of them might be, they often have too much 'Wow!' factor - and not enough convenience.
Hotels & Resorts: a Few Pet Peeves (Part I)
Last - Next Hospitality Hotels often overstate their case - claiming to offer swimming pools, which are more like oversized bathtubs, and suites that are actually rooms. Here are a few of my pet peeves when staying at five star resorts. As a frequent traveler, I have a few pet peeves. They run from outrageously …
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News Flash! Thailand ‘ s Yellow Shirts Law for Martial Call in Bangkok
The People's Alliance for Democracy has called on the military to declare martial law in the Thai capital. They fear that the country is heading for civil war. Known as Yellow Shirts, they are opposed to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's recently announced plan to dissolve Parliament in September and hold new elections in November. He …
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Shun Tak Cuisine: Cantonese Cuisine at Its Best?
Shun Tak, known in Mandarin as Shun De (顺德), is a district within the municipality of Foshan, half way between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Known as a land of plenty, it is surrounded by banana trees, fish farms, fruit orchards, mulberry bushes, rice paddies, and sugarcane fields. There is also an extensive network of waterways. …
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Zhejiang Cuisine: Drawing on the Cooking Styles of Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing
If Suzhou is known for classical gardens, canals, fine silks, and beautiful women, Hangzhou has a different set of attributes. With West Lake at its heart, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, embodying the very essence of a traditional Chinese landscape painting. Pagodas and temples dot the landscape. Marco Polo was so enchanted …
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Shandong Cuisine: Where It All Began
My desire to eat my way around China, exploring its Eight Great Cuisines, began several years ago during a press trip to Shandong Province. Starting in the provincial capital of Jinan, we worked our ways to the coastal city of Qingdao, making several stops along the way. Every noon and evening, we would be hosted …
Jiangsu Cuisine: Drawing on the Cooking Styles of the Yangtze River Delta
Jiangnan refers to the region just south of the lower reaches of China’s legendary Yangtze River. It includes the northern parts of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and the southern parts of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. Important cities include Changzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shaoxing, and Wuxi – as well as the legendary twin cities of Suzhou …
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Anhui Cuisine: China’s Best Kept Culinary Secret
Anhui cuisine, known as Hui Cai (徽菜) in Mandarin, is perhaps China’s best kept culinary secret. The flavours are rich and subtle thanks to the careful use to hams and sugared candies to enrich and deepen flavours. Wild herbs – from both the land and the sea – are frequently used. It is similar in …
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Shun Tak
Shun Tak, known in Mandarin as Shun De (顺德), is a district in the municipality of Foshan, half way between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Known as a land of plenty, it is surrounded by banana trees, fish farms, fruit orchards, mulberry bushes, rice paddies, and sugarcane fields. There is also an extensive network of waterways. …