Picture this 🍌🧁🍬🥜🍪🧃

A meal. A succulent Chinese meal.

AuldLoad said: A meal. A succulent Chinese meal. Click to expand... I have spent considerable time in China, and a succulent meal has never come to mind.

A perfectly heated cup of green tea and some small red bean sweet like a dorayaki or mochi. Anyways, thoughtful of you to even consider this..

Honestly (and maybe it’s the inner retired gym rat in me) but water. Porking is quite the exercise. Otherwise can never go wrong with sweets from a sweetie.

I would see this kind, middle-aged (older than me) Asian SP whose English wasn't very good but her attitude was amazing. She would find a way to make jokes and be funny, she was always in good spirits. When I would leave, she'd make sure my pockets were full of Chinese candies and treats. She would insist and throw them in there by the fistful and then give me a tender hug and a kiss. Without being weird, I felt like a little boy being sent off to school. It was very endearing and it stuck with me.

A glass of water is always appreciated. I’ve been offered bottled water before on the way out. One lady served up a fruit plate which was pretty impressive. Unfortunately we didn’t click during the session, but it was a very nice gesture.

Bella you've got me at banana!