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shizuko
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 Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject: Suzie Wong |
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| A new bar opened just last year in Beijing. It's lofty, it's "exotically" decorated, it's located in Chaoyang district where the foreigners hang out, and it's called the Suzie Wong. This is the first time most Mainlanders have ever heard the name before. 46 years after the original novel written by Richard Mason, 45 years after the stage production featuring France Nuyen on Broadway and Tsai Chin in the West End, 43 years after the Hollywood film starring Nancy Kwan, what does the character evoke today? |
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porkscratchings
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The fact that the restaurant is aimed at foreigners might be important in giving it such a name. So I think ur question might be better addressed to the foreigners to whom the name has meaning and familiarity.
Being Chinese myself, I would be unlikely to use such an establishment on the grounds that because it appeals to non chinese, the food will not be authenic and will inevitably watered down to western tastes.
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dianauni
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Location: Gibraltar/Spain
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I asked my daughter what significance the name Susie Wong had for her and she said it sounded familiar but she had no idea why - she's 24 years old. The restaurant in question was unknown to her so perhaps it opened after she left Beijing in the summer of last year.
Friends of my age - mid 50's - all remember seeing the film when we were in our teens. I remember thinking the actress was very attractive and I longed to have the figure to wear a cheongsam!
During my last visit to Beijing I never ate at any tourist type restaurants - in fact I don't remember seeing any - not Chinese ones anyway. But when I felt like a change of menu I did have a couple of really good meals at the Mexican Wave which is in the same district as the Susie Wong plus the occasional baguette at Subway. Breakfast in my hotel was wonderful - such a choice of western and Chinese foods - it was fun eating foods for breakfast that I would not normally have. However, Chinese food in China has spoilt me for Chinese food in Europe - I never go to Chinese restaurants here now! The food here seems so bland in comparison.
Before I went to China I was not a great tea drinker but I brought back and have since been sent as gifts, lots of different teas - my all time favourite has always been jasmine but I have infusions which include flowers, nuts and God knows what - some tastier than others but all fun to try. |
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eye_candy1870
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| wasnt susie wong a whore that got married to an american or British sailor? |
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