Anyway, went straight to pick up my mum and our destination is Manchester city centre, mum fancy a little walk in the shops.... so once we walked to Burger King..... the glorious sunshine turned into miserable rain... so quickly dashed to Debenhams for a walk in and let my mum look at handbags et. But mum wasn't really in the mood for shopping.
So once the rain stopped we went into Arndale Centre, and mum wanted to go to the fish market... which she did get a lemon sole for tonight dinner just the 2 of us.
Plenty of time... mum wanted that cuppa.... so decided on Bagel Nash for our afternoon hot chocolate in soya milk.
We were sipping it, whilst mum chatting away saying how time has changed... when i was young she will make hot chocolate for me & my sister, even take it in a flask so i have some after swimming lesson when we were both at primary... but she never enjoyed it... and now she sitting here sipping it and look forward to the next hot chocolate.
She also shared her stories when she first came to england, how she first tasted coffee and thought it was very bitter, bit like the herbal medicine she drank when she got ill , and tea tasted soo different from the english tea you have in HK. She also thought the early days in being in England was hard, how she missed home so much..... i.e she missed the food, wanted chinese food couldnt buy it, wanted rice rolls (cheung fan) for breakfast.... she get beans on toast - and then she thought it was very sour and after about 5 times was really bored of it. Think one thing made her miss home alot was thinking how lucky she was at home to have her mum, gran all there to do stuff for her- as from growing up on a farm which grows great selection of vegs, rice and farm animals to sell and she didnt really need to do much, came to england at 17, 2nd day in, in her first job had to sit on a little stool in the dark dingy basement of a chippy - washing her first batch of beansprouts. Mum said the boss sympathise with her and gave her a pair of rubber gloves so her hand wont freeze! At home she just worked in the factory sewing gloves, and wages earned she could save up and eat out, buy whatever she wants - so a care-free life.
But she said she didnt give up, she said want to make something in life and to show her grandparents that she can do it and make them proud. I really do admire her courage for carry on, even though she didnt know what the future would become.
So after all the chatting, we both decided since whenever i can on a friday, we meet up for a hot chocolate.... so why dont we go loadsa places in manchester to search for the best hot chocolate! Something for my mum to look forward to and its an inexpensive way to relax and have mum & daughter time!
Mum will be the judge and heres the verdict of todays cuppa of chocca:
So Bagel Nash is a 7/10 -
The look, and size is good. Temperature was just right, but tasted a little chalky.
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