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Isn't Half The Fun Trying New Food ?
Do other countries pander to the British palate. (other than the British owned cafes etc in places like Benidorm etc)
Personally I love trying new food when I travel and wouldn't consider the food a problem as I would find something I like.
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Dave.
Personally I love trying new food when I travel and wouldn't consider the food a problem as I would find something I like.
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//Almost 90,000 students from China are enrolled in UK universities, they make up 20% of the overseas student body, and in some cases could be paying more than £30,000 for a course every year.
In total, overseas students' tuition fees amount to almost £4bn annually.
That means Chinese students make a big difference to the bank balances of British institutions.//
//Almost 90,000 students from China are enrolled in UK universities, they make up 20% of the overseas student body, and in some cases could be paying more than £30,000 for a course every year.
In total, overseas students' tuition fees amount to almost £4bn annually.
That means Chinese students make a big difference to the bank balances of British institutions.//
It also has to be said these are young people a long way from home and a little bit of 'comfort food' will help them settle in. I often buy stuff from a site in uk that supplies USA products and Canadian stuff I can't get in the UK -and wince at the price- but it just reminds you of 'home'. My daughter went to boarding school with quite a few Chinese girls and they used to stock up on pot noodles as they found the school meals terrible (which they were)
Since it won't only be the Chinese students eating the Chinese food, it will hopefully give other students (and university visitors) the chance to sample some proper Chinese food (rather than the westernised stuff the Chinese restaurants tend to offer). The best Chinese meals I've ever eaten were served in the Asian food canteen of the University of Adelaide!
islay -yes they did buy pot noodles - young girls 13+ missing home and having to endure English boarding school meals. One of them stayed with us frequently at Exeat and we took her to a chinese restaurant -at this point we realized 'Chinese' restaurants in the UK have very little to do with real Chinese food.
Those Chinese know how to get them hooked.
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islay . I am talking about a couple of chinese kids in a rural boarding school 15 years ago, not the whole chinese nation. I am sure there are plenty of English people who would not be seen dead eating a Greggs pastie -for others its a staple. The point I was making was that children away from home like to search out 'comfort food' even it is isn't EXACTLY what they get at home.
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