Tinker's Sojourn

Seen while driving along Dong Bin Road in Nanshan, Shenzhen. Street hawker upgrades from putting goods on a mat placed on the ground to plac...

The pictures say it all. I was passing by Shenzhen's Mangrove West Coast, one of the highest priced residential estates, when I noticed ...

The weather is starting to warm up and despite the few days of rain and cold this last week, on the whole, it is time to start shedding the ...

Kejia (Hakka) food is very easy to find in Shenzhen and wherever you find one of these restaurants, you will find reasonably priced food tha...

Following my original visit to Penpenxiang Hunan Restaurant 盆盆湘 , I went back a few more times and I figured that it was worthwhile to put u...

Street stalls are a great way to sample the various tastes of China, or for that matter, any other country in the world. A bite on a local s...

While getting into the basement carpark of Shenzhen's Coastal City Shopping Mall, I passed by a new Hong Kong style cafe next to the ent...

Spicy duck neck (麻辣鸭脖) is one of the big local dishes in Wuhan (武汉), the provincial capital of Hubei (湖北). In fact, the people of Wuhan are ...

A new Subway restaurant opened in the residential area of the Shenzhen High Technology Park area and the good news is that this Subway also ...

China has a fairly large number of Muslims, some 20+ million , and mostly concentrated around the North western provinces of Gansu, Xinjiang...

I have started to compile a map of Shenzhen marking out all the free wifi internet hotspots as I discover them and note them down. As always...

The Shenzhen High Technology Park used to be a graveyard where decent restaurants are concerned. However, in recent times, a cluster of rest...

I was passing by the area looking for a place to eat when I noticed a new addition to the Nanshan Road neighbourhood. Being ever curious, I ...