Lesson Comments
When I lived in Singapoare, I loved eating ice cream sandwich, literally a scoop of ice cream sandwiched between 2 pieces of toast. An old man used to... Read more
Wow, never thought of that. Hmmm, IMHO, perhaps not, why would the vast majority of Chinese cooks or menu writers care, or even think of what the Engl... Read more
May I ask another question: I was familiar in Cantonese and Hokkien with 番/蕃茄 for "tomato". My Mandarin Dictionary gives this for "tomato" too. Wh... Read more
Thanks, BBQ's and tents ... Read more
"really exciting all the senses" ..this would support my flaming Lamborghini guess ....fire and a super fast Italian sports care are pretty hen jid... Read more
The alliteration is indeed amusing. But I got to like it millions of years ago, before I developed a taste for the stronger stuff. And I was amazed to... Read more
hehe, yeah, well I did think of kahlua [as in baileys and kahlua] and the like but I couldn't see much of a connection except that kahlua is from mexi... Read more
This is quite a "cafe", selling Pina Coladas, flaming b52s and flaming lamborghinis... Read more
Flaming Lamborghini [contains irish cream]: re...heat dai....carry...like a car carries you, leads you, brings you [loose association I know]... Read more
I don't know I am correct but I think "qílín" and "jīlíng" both sound similar to cream in Cantonese. In Shanghai, margarine is called "màiqílín". Read more