Anne and I have recently been noting the disappearance of Chinese restaurants -- once a great Australian tradition where you could get Chinese food unknown in China. The big phenomenon now is Indian restaurants. There are two excellent Indian restaurants within a very short walk of where I usually shop. So I asked Joe if he knew any nearby Chinese restaurants. He said the one in Ipswich Rd. near the Subway and near Beaurepaires had good food. He gets takeaway food a lot.
So I went there to try it out. I found that is really just a takeaway with a few tables and chairs. But seeing I was there I decided to eat in and ordered BBQ pork with plum sauce, which can be very good. Cost with rice: $15.50. To pay I took out a $10 note plus a pocketful of change. I counted out $5 in change and was about to pick out a 50c coin for the remainder when the Chinese girl serving said, "No, That is enough for you". She took only the $15.
Now why did she do that? Why the small discount? I think I know. I come across as very old and frail (which I am) and my fiddling around with change probably suggested that I am poor (which I am not). So it was just kindness to the elderly. I get a lot of kindness and helpfulness from all sorts of people now that I am old so I am very pleased that there is so much civility in Australia. I am grateful for it.
And the food was a good standard notable for the big size of the serve. So if you are feeling like takeaway Chinese, drop into the "Gabba Chinese" at Shop 4, 80 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane. There they are below:
People may remember that I received similar kindness from a Vietnamese pie shop owner last year
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