Reply to: Suitable gift for Chinese colleague? Advice needed

[vetran]

btw are apple pies English or American??

English, the Americans just make out they invented it like democracy (yes I know we nicked that from the greeks)

English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer. The 1381 recipe (see illustration at right) lists the ingredients as good apples, good spices, figs, raisins and pears. The cofyn of the recipe is a casing of pastry. Saffron is used for colouring the pie filling.
In English speaking countries, apple pie is a dessert of enduring popularity, eaten hot or cold, on its own or with ice cream, double cream, or custard.

[Sausage Surprise]

A tattoo with english writing?

[SandyD]

English tea e.g. Earl Grey, and shortbread biscuits are the easiest.

btw are apple pies English or American??

[Platypus]

BTW, oriental girls love hairy western men.

Ok, noted

[Paddy]

Pearl Necklace?

BTW, oriental girls love hairy western men.

[stek]

Suitable gift for Chinese colleague? Advice needed

Pearl Necklace?

[vetran]

Sh1t, I've just remembered Blair's affected glotalisms which made me want to hit him.

Don't you will get Formant over excited!

[Doggy Styles]

If only we could give Brian Sewell away

He is a living treasure.

And one of the last few to support proper elocution it seems.

Sh1t, I've just remembered Blair's affected glotalisms which made me want to hit him.

[Platypus]

A garden gnome.

Nothing could be more British, except for Brian Sewell.

If only we could give Brian Sewell away

[Doggy Styles]

A garden gnome.

Nothing could be more British, except for Brian Sewell.

[Paddy]

I had a recent business trip to China and was rather embarrassed when the (female) colleague I was visiting presented me with a gift and I had nothing to reciprocate. Her gift was a large bag of Chinese savoury snacks, so nothing elaborate, but a literal "taste of China". Probably cost her £5.

I'm seeing her again shortly and would like to redress the balance by buying her something typically English, business appropriate and that wasn't made in China!

Any ideas from you well travelled cosmopolitans?

Question for the CUK ladies, are there any typically English toiletry products (perhaps like Molten Brown) that you could recommend? Not Yardley!

The Chinese are very much is to retro and nostalgia because their shops are flooded with new stuff. EG they like old folding cameras that can be bought here for £10, fountain pens £10-£20 for a reasonable one.

[Platypus]

She can have our dog if she wants!

[BoredBloke]

She can have our dog if she wants!

[norrahe]

Penhaligons are good for fragrances and you can get little selection boxes for less than £20.

Though, fragrances tend to be a more personal thing. Try something from Rococo chocolates or William Curley. Try your local deli and ask if they have any typical English gift sets. Or see if fortnum and masons have a small gift selection.

[OwlHoot]

I had a recent business trip to China and was rather embarrassed when the (female) colleague I was visiting presented me with a gift and I had nothing to reciprocate. Her gift was a large bag of Chinese savoury snacks, so nothing elaborate, but a literal "taste of China". Probably cost her £5.

I'm seeing her again shortly and would like to redress the balance by buying her something typically English, business appropriate and that wasn't made in China!

Any ideas from you well travelled cosmopolitans?

Question for the CUK ladies, are there any typically English toiletry products (perhaps like Molten Brown) that you could recommend? Not Yardley!

A large rhino horn?