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Picture from 天橋skybridges in Shenzhen
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 9:30PM
I thought it might be interesting showing pictures taken from skybridges. However it it not really that spectacular, it might have been if I had my pro camera and play around with the shutter speed but not really with my mobile cam.
However I had walked pretty far on my very own in a most distance place from my home. And also in a place where almost nobody understand English. However I could fall back on my Cantonese to talk too people and luckily they all write with normal numbers for prices and not with Chinese signs. I would had gone mad if they wrote prices in Chinese too, however I can read 1 to ten and that makes it possible to read up to 99 but anythings higher I would now know what the price would be if it was written in Chinese.
However one thing is that they really don't have much maps and directions to help people to find places. Luckly I have a good feel for directions and could easily find my way back. I actually walked to the city center and also now know how to walk to the trainstation of Lo Wu. Actually everything is not even that far.
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真功夫 Kung Fu Diner! / Review
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 9:03PM
Pretty sad seeing Bruce Lee miss used by people, I actually saw this already on the net, but they did not show what they actually serve, but now I had a first hand look inside. Ok, from the looks the placement and everything inside, looks allot like any other fast food restaurant like McDonalds, KFC or Burger King, untill you come to the counter and actually see all kinds of rice diners. My not knowing what the menu's are called or what is inside choose one they pointed that was in a special and was discounted and get free extra dishes in either mushrooms or congee.
The bowl you get is pretty big actually, not sure what the meat is but looks allot like bacon and it had bot of veggies under it and allot of rice. On the side there is a dish of veggies and also with mushrooms but the mushrooms were cold plus spicy, so I did not ate much of those. Actually this is not that bad and also not really that expensive because I paid 23 yuan for this meal. And I can't say that this is unhealthy because it is pretty much almost a normal dinner, plus much healthier than all those fried stuff from McDonalds.
Lets not forget about the beverage you get with this meal I could actually choose for 3 yuan extra for a soup but the standard drink would do, because the standard drink with this menu is hot fresh Soya Milk and it pretty much one of my favorite drinks in China. However they did not use a handy packaging because they pretty much had a standard like other fastfood beverage cups with a lid that did not have an hole. Would be great if they use the same lid that Starbucks uses or a stronger kind of cup, because the cup flexes and when you hold it.
Ok the dude face does not really look pretty simular to Bruce Lee but it does represent him in a certain way. However inside the you can see better design which does look like the real Bruce Lee. I am sure I will visit these more often when I am here in China Shenzhen, for sure ordering meals is much easier and also super fast within a few second I had my meal compared to other restaurant where you have to wait for ages.
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Fanta CN version / Review
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 4:09PM
芬达 Fanta, actually it is not that different however they are still using the old graphic and logo style while in Europe we have the new upgraded version of Fanta. The big difference is pretty much in the beverage itself. As you can see the orange is pretty dark and pretty much is a very chemical color, if you would compare it to the European version which is less dark and more yellow orange tinted. Also the tast is pretty chemical compared to the European version the orange taste is just aweful, you are actually just drinking chemicals and nothing natural about it. I doubt they used any oranges for it at all. But pretty much of the Coca Cola beverage which should contain fruits are utterly chemical while in Europe they are much better. If you drink allot of different Fanta drink China or Asia would not fit you well because the taste is just very different and bad. Also I won't be buying another Fanta drink soon unless they come with some special edition, the Japanese one which had a special bottle was pretty cool but the taste was equally as awefull.
Actually there are allot of Japanese imported beverage and product with pretty interesting packaging however I won't be buying too much because I have to watchout not to be spending too much.
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Ice Green Tea / Review
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 3:44PM
冰绿茶 Ice Green Tea, for the moment I am trying to learn to write Chinese a bit so if you see block it means you don't have Chinese letters installed. A few post ago I have said I can not read Chinese so I don't know what flavour things are, I thought I should try out some of the healthy green tea drink and try out some tast this one I though looks most safest from the gentle colors and not really showing any odd ingredients, well I was pretty wrong about that. The taste of this green tea is actually same taste like the dried Chinese prumes which is not really a certain taste I would want to have in a beverage form.
However it is pretty healthy in a certain degree but not really my taste of drink. For the design it is pretty simple but the added English text does not fit in well with the overall design. It is actually pretty difficult to combine Chinese with English and to be able to make them look fitting, because they are both a different language and also the font are no universal fonts that work best together and looks well.
However I would not dare to take up the challenge of actually making an Chinese Character font because they have 3000 characters and that would take a while to make them all. However I have never seen how they make the fonts, it might be less work because 3000 would take a long time to make.
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RedBull Chinese Version? / Review
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 3:18PM
红牛 Red Bull Vitamin Functional Drink. This is one heck of a difference between the European and the Asian version of Red Bull. A very downgraded design making it actually uglier then normal, or it is to prevent that Chinese would make a knock off version and that why they made a different one. However this is not a fake version because actual website of Red Bull it self is showing this can ( redbull.com.cn).
For sure this version is produced in China it self and you can actually nowadays see that most China produced still have the old pull lid instead of the normal tab. The can is from a pretty thick strong metal compared to most Europeans cans.
Not only is the can different and the graphic design but actually the drink inside it different too. You can still taste it is bit the same but it is actually less strong then the European taste which mostly makes your breath smell and people know what you drank. The Asian version actually is not carbonated and have a less strong taste. However it is more drinkable then the European version however it is not really a cheap in Asian standards but for me as an Europeans the prices here in Asia are just ridicules.
The graphic design is really bad but actually the gold kinda does have something when you look at it ,but the bad typography and over filling the can with all kinds of informations actually make it looks cheap. Compared to other packaging designs which I have seen this is one of the lesser ones. Actually nowadays the packaging design in China are not that bad, I never thought I would say it but they pretty much stepped up. But I am not sure if they are designed by Chinese designers or actually hired design agencies from Australia instead.
I thought the groves on the sides had a special message for the blind but it seem here the cans are bit randomly used, because I thought they said which are beverages and which are beers or which are carbonated and which is not. I think I need to look better in the superstore next time because I remember during the Golden Nut award that the side grooves had a certain meaning but not sure which is it at the moment.
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