A few questions/comments:
1) Did you buy any saffron or other spices?
-when I went, the going rate for saffron was seriously 1/20th of the Safeway price, and the quality was better
2) I actually like China's approach to the time zone thing
-given that 80% of us live in the east, the "Beijing Time" concept makes sense
-but, it might make sense to move the bar a little bit to the west
*in addition to benefiting the folks out west, this would spare us of those 430a sunrises during the summer
3) Did you get a chance to try any rice pilaf out there? I found it to be delightful, though I refused to eat it with my hands (minor standoff occurred).
Last edited by moondog; Aug 20, 2012 at 10:49 pm