When there's no plate of crickets and no stirfried heart...

Welcome to my pantry:

Left to right, back to front, we have:

• Absolut Citron & Absolut Vodka: Purchased duty-free and good for a break from all the cheap cheap beer.


• Some kind of choc-chip biscuit...just in case guests drop by. hehe


• "Just add water" rice... good for a change from all the:


• "Just add water" noodles! I didn't realise that in a place where you can buy such cheap food at restaurants that there would be such a booming instant noodle market! Everyone's shopping baskets are crammed full of noodles!


• An apple in a Styrofoam sleeve - the apples are nice, you just have to peel them. Nobody likes cholera.


• Skippy peanut & choc swirl: Yay! It's not particularly nutritious but it's good on bread for breakfast!


• Mandarins - for some reason I was surprised to see them in China...even though it's what the main dialect is here! They're good and taste kind of minty.


• Nature Valley Museli Bars - they taste like Anzac biscuits!


• Pretz - like Chicken Crimpies but stretched out into a long stick. Addictive.


• Lipton Green Tea. Just tastes like the same from home!!

Other notable mentions:

• Bananas - they're yellow. They're good. They're bananas.


• Bread - a little bit sweet and goes mouldy fast from the humidity.


• Ice Dew - the Chinese version of Mount Franklin! The tap water isn't safe over here but the bottled water is dirt cheap from the supermarket. At room temperature, it costs about 20c Australian a bottle.