The keeper of this site, WordPress, has a function that allows tracking of which of the posting is visited most. As this blog is currently and probably forever without any purpose, I never think there would be any following. I gather most come accidentally, stop for nano-second and move on. But there is a curious pattern that I never quite figured out. Couple of years ago, I blogged about a good place to eat in HK that had a horrible English name. I went on to say most Chinese restaurants have a decent Chinese name, but quite awful of an English name — e.g. ABC Seafood. Whatever Province Garden. Family Name Delight… To date, that’s where most of the accidental blogsite visitors go to. And the frequency of hits is sometimes amazing. This begs the question: Are people opening up that many Chinese chow places and are agonizing over how to name them ?
This post is kind of an apology for the disappointment those visitors might have felt when they come here. I wish I had kind of a formula or software system that you can plug in your name, birthdate and one favorite Chinese dish and out comes the perfect name for your newly mint Chinese restaurant.
Several weeks ago, I went to two Chinese restaurants in Shanghai that served excellent dishes. One was called Ji-Shih Wine House. The other, Stone Tapping Hut. One was more poetic than the other. Both were packed. Maybe it really doesn’t matter how you name your joint.
