New Zealanders at that time tended to ‘stick to what they knew’, so the food was largely undiscovered.
He completed his Chef’s training, specialising in Chinese Delicatessen, which included duck, chicken and honey roast pork dishes.Ĭliff opened his first restaurant in 1980, and as he says "It was a disaster." His food was new, it was fine dining but it was not well accepted because it was so different, and in those days in New Zealand there were only about 300 Chinese people in the country and Cliff says “We practically knew each other”.
When Cliff was old enough to travel on his own, he returned to Hong Kong to study traditional Chinese cooking methods, including specialised dishes. In their adjustment to the local culture Cliff and his family soon discovered that they were missing their ‘taste of home’ as the Chinese food on offer in New Zealand at that time, was nowhere near the standard of traditional Chinese cooking methods, and it was something they sorely missed.Īdapting the Kiwi mentality of ‘do it yourself’ the family chose to prepare their own meals, and this led to Cliff gaining quite an interest in the difference of preparation and cooking methods from the food he had grown up with in Hong Kong, to what was on offer in New Zealand - igniting a passion that would last a lifetime. Cliff has a long history with a love of Chinese food cooked and presented just right, but it has been many years in the making…Ĭliff moved to New Zealand from Hong Kong with his family in 1974, when he was about 14 years old. It has been a long journey from humble beginnings to the Dragon Express Restaurant that now serves the people Christchurch, those who are passing through, and those who want a taste of Hong Kong, as it should be. Experts say that this Chinese ship is equipped with the ability to spy in coastal countries.THE HISTORY OF THIS CHRISTCHURCH BASED CHINESE RESTAURANT China is carrying out many activities at Hambantota port in Sri Lanka but it remains a mystery to the world. The ship is currently passing near Taiwan and is on its way to Sri Lanka. It specifically provides data support to the Zhongqing-2E satellite to determine its orbit. Earlier in the year 2014, a Chinese submarine reached Hambantota port, on which India had reacted very strongly and raised the whole matter at the highest level.īRI Director Ranaraja tweeted that China’s Yuanwang-5 space tracking ship is doing space-ground information exchange. This is the first time since 2014 that such a Chinese naval ship is visiting Sri Lanka. Y Ranaraja, director of China’s Belt and Road Project in Sri Lanka, said that this Chinese ship will conduct satellite control and research monitoring in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean. This spy ship will return from Hambantota on 17 August. This is a direct challenge to the interests of India.Ĭhinese submarine reached Hambantota port in 2014 India has long expressed concern over the dual-use infrastructure being built by China from Myanmar to Africa. India is investigating what kind of political and military support China is getting in the proposed visit of the ship from Sri Lanka. According to the ET report, China is probably taking advantage of the political situation in Sri Lanka to send its spy ship.
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