I appreciate that about you, sssj - you are all about the food and not the display.

You are an amazing person. Your reading and experience travelling has broadened your taste and provided you with insight into more than merely matters culinary.

A quite from Rick Warren? You certainly do live a purpose-driven life :)

Thank you for the insight into the changing Chinese attitude toward the rituals surrounding the afternoon tea - very interesting, and appropriate especially considering the long tradition of tea in China.

By the way, I would like to see a post sometime in the near future about cats. Yes, I have a cat, or rather he has me, but I'm not given over to ailurophilia rampant on Youtube. My tabby is my Muse, but lately, I've only caught glimpses of your feline companions.

Just a small request :)