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| Photo : Famous Foochow journalist enjoying two bowls of noodles in Beijing. |
It was spring when we went to Beijing. It was neither too cold or too hot but we still had to bring a warm jacket just in case. It was lovely to be finally in the city where my father, one of the first two Sibu Foochow boys studied for their university degrees from 1934 to 1937,
I have to say that the bus driver was a good man who was very patient with all of us, for in the group most of us were over 50 years of age.
A favourtie activity for us in Beijing - looking for noodles.
I remember my father telling us that noodles sold in Beijing shops were really good. He missed Beijing a lot and used to tell us interesting stories.
In 1937 my father graduated from Yenching University and came home to Sarawak in 1938 to start his newspaper business. However before he introduced his Sarawak Times in Kuching, Sarawak, he also introduced Beijing's famous Ja Jiang Mien to his siblings in Hua Hong Ice Factory, Sibu. Later he taught my mother to make it, and it was to suit his taste buds. Our family subsequently loves all sorts of wheat noodles.
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