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...menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 1/15/1988 | See Source »

...than 800 pieces of art, 369 pages of color reproductions of paintings, scrolls, fans and album leaves, and hundreds of pages of calligraphy, an art form in itself. This is the largest compilation of 19th and 20th century Chinese art in the West, and the perfect gift for the mandarin who has everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shelf of Holiday Treats and Treasures | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

Those who like it sweet can indulge in the down-home flavor of pecan-butter brittle confected by Buckley's Candies of Louisiana. Sophisticated and pricier are some imports from Belgium: Le Chocolatier Manon's bittersweet chocolates filled with mandarin orange liqueur and burnt caramel. Even more stunning is its big marbleized chocolate scallop shell that holds nine chocolate praline fruits de mer -- mussels, crayfish and shrimp -- a dessert that delights the eye as much as the palate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Fancy Is as Fancy Does | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

...official language of Singapore is Malay, however; the most commonly spoken tongues are English, Mandarin Chinese and Tamil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Singapore Facts | 7/24/1987 | See Source »

...footlights. Chinese Opera Star Wang Xingna confesses that before playing Harold Hill he disliked American musicals. "Now I find they have merits," allows Wang. "I think the audience will like them, just as they like pop songs." Fine. But how does "P and that stands for pool" sound in Mandarin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 25, 1987 | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

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