I make sure I try to support my local Chinese restaurant at the food court at the local shopping centre. I made sure I supported them through the Covid-19 pandemic and during this post-pandemic recovery. As life begins to return to normal in 2022, I make sure I support my local Chinese restaurant when I can.

We currently have G2G issues, that is government-to-government and not P2P [people-to-people] problems. I am not a large consumer of Chinese food, I like Asian food generally but have found Chinese food doesn’t sit well with me. Maybe it is the western style Chinese food I eat, I do eat in restaurants where I am the only westerner, that was unlikely during the covid period as all the international students had departed the country.

I am sensitive to Chinese food, it just doesn’t work for me for the best part, is it MSG? I don’t know. However, the food from this place just works for me, so when I am at the shopping centre, I eat there, I have no issues. It is true, I am a little choosy about what I select from the bain marie, I try to be careful as I am pretty sensitive as I get older as I am over 50 now.

The Golden Wok is a food court restaurant, they churn out decent quality bulk food at a reasonable price. This is not a fine dining restaurant, this is a food court at a local shopping centre, they offer pretty decent food at a more than reasonable price. I chat to the owner politely, we don’t have massive conversations, she knows who I am as I frequent their food court restaurant and I am happy to support her family restaurant where I can.