PratarPersilja

PratarPersilja, 24 days ago

@justafrog @OrionKidder @msquebanh @CStamp

When my little town in Sweden caught the attention of a certain Chinese businessman some 20 years ago, he brought in a number of workers from China (and several fellow businessmen) in order to modify a couple of buildings according to his specifications - and the perhaps two or three Swedish-Chinese restaurants in town quickly developed what appeared to be a semi-secret menu that you might have needed to speak Mandarin in order to see.

PratarPersilja, 23 days ago

@OrionKidder
There was a change at that time, which might be an indication of how how many actually Chinese people lived in that town prior to the late '90s.

Let's just say that I don't think that even all the 3 (or however many) Chinese restaurants in that town were run by people who had ever set their foot in China. There was at least one which was, and that's the one that extended their menu - but I'm told that they had to travel quite @justafrog @msquebanh @CStamp

PratarPersilja, 23 days ago

some distance to find the proper ingredients.

@justafrog @msquebanh @CStamp @OrionKidder

PratarPersilja, 10 months ago

@TheEuropeanNetwork
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