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What are the big items that each sells (British vs. American) in their Chinese Restuarants, which are the same, which are different? I...

The classic British-Chinese dish is sweet and sour pork, which is similar to a lot of other dishes (such as tangsuyeok in Korean-Chinese...

That's a fascinating one because it's essentially been astroturfed into being a thing by (I suggest by initially paid) influencers. The...

This is probably true of almost all cuisines that have been imported for any length of time (say fifty years or more) - British Indian...

So, we just finished The Night Manager series 2, which was OK but somewhat disappointing after the original, which isn’t surprising...

Yeah, basically, the U.K. gets as much international influence as anywhere - probably more, because we’re so used to importing whatever...

Yeah, the Harrying of the North was definitely a genocide, but calling it that upsets a lot of English people who think genocides only...

Ooof wow that's pretty bad. Particularly as there were a lot of real pagan places (in Central/Eastern Europe particularly) being...

I think probably not? The translation is very clear throughout. I think I probably just missed something (and have now returned the book...

Do people still drink Bovril (or what people in old books call a nice strengthening beef tea)? I guess they must if it’s still on the...

They’re comparable to guitar strings.

Wikipedia says the instrument itself is usually about 180 cm in length. It looks as though the strings cover at least most of that. Does...

Expanding on what @Autumnal said, a koto is about the size of a full-size electronic keyboard, it's like an upsized hammered dulcimer...

A bit but not a lot. Spoilers if you want them:

Yes, I’d have thought so, so the longest for a really big koto is probably only about 1m long. In which case I’m really not sure how the...