Ferrari Mailing List: Re: KOREA---no Ferrari content

[dale sailors (sailorsdaleedward]

Hi Erik

       In China when folks try to shock you

with food, just declare it your absolute

favorite and demand the host order at least

 three more platters so everyone else can eat

 all they can hold. They get the lesson quick.

       Actually most Chinese food is tasty but

some items lack "presentation" for want of

another word. I have eaten dog but avoid it

 if possible as I like dogs. Of course I have

 had protection dogs that ate a few people.

A neighbor's dog ate a chunk of me when I was

 five. I guess it all evens out.

Horse and mule show up on the menu there too

 with lots of other animals and insects,

shellfish, etc.

        One thing I always wondered in China

 was who gets the western cuts of meat? It is

usually not on menus or in stores unless you

buy the whole live animal and process it at

home. Even allowing for the Asian style chopper

butchering, a lot of good meat disappears.

        China is an adventure!

        Regards

        Dale   

         

From: Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
To: dale sailors <sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] KOREA---no Ferrari content

I was lucky enough to baby sit a Saudi spec 308 GTS when we lived in Shanghai.  Of course after I leave, there is now a dealer on the same side of the river of my old town house.

 

I've not been to the Korean border on the China side, but I did find a North Korean style restaurant on the outskirts of Beijing that we used to go to when I was in town on business.  The dog soup was good and something I enjoy much more than ammonia fish (preserved sting ray) that the people in the south insist on ordering for western guests.  At least the beer is cold...

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:02 AM, dale sailors <sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello

     China F-drivers are wrecking a number

of theirs. Heavydrinking at parties and

growing recreational drug use probably

contributes? "Show off" items are in high

demand in the urban centers. Although high

end ernai or mistresses just get BMWs as

of yet....except in Hong Kong. I have no

idea of the situation in India? I have to

believe the driving environment is better

in China though?  With the recent situation

involving the son of outsted Bo XiLai and

his association with driving a Ferrari,

officials will be careful about buying them

for family members. Bo is being "questioned"

on how he afforded one at $22,000/year salary?

Of course he has a few other family related

problems too.

      In summary, the F-scene in China is

growing. Eventually driving skills will too.

       Regards

       Dale

From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
To: 'dale sailors' <sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] KOREA---no Ferrari content

Interesting Dale â nothing like a first person expertise to set the tone.  So I gather it is easier to see NK from China than to get into NK? 

 

China seems to be more willing to accept a different form of economic experience. 

 

I was at our local dealer, The Auto Gallery, in Los Angeles and the sales guys were complaining about their Maranello allotment â down from their 10 last year â India got 2 and China got 4 and we get a stinkinâ 4.

 

My my

 

Thanks for the insight.

 

DOUG

 

 

From: dale sailors [mailto:sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com]

Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:22 AM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: [Ferrari] KOREA ---no Ferrari content

 

Hi Listers

          We have a residence at Benxi City

near Dandong in China at the Yalu River bridge

to North Korea . Dandong has excellent seafood

restaurants overlooking the river and NK.

You can even take a motorboat tour along the

river about 10 feet from the NK shore. The

occassional soldier just waves. I have been

told you can visit NK but the USA people will

holler if your passport gets stamped. Lots of

Chinese cross daily for business or entertainment

events. A few Koreans shop in Dandong or sell

stuff to tourists. In spite of having a museum

devoted to the Korean War, all but one person

I met was polite and he was not from the area.

So the NK area isn't that bad; at least on the

China side of the Yalu. The Chinese roads are

great Ferrari territory too outside of towns

            Regards

            Dale 

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