蒜泥拍黄瓜 (Suànní Pai Huínggu) or Wai Yee Hong’s Smacked Cucumber Salad

The world is getting smaller. Modern technology means that you can, at the click of a socially connected button, be friends with someone you’ve never met. It has also enabled my emporium to make friends/swap gossip with other shops. Swear down, the bricks and mortar that comprise my shop have a better social life than I do. One of its best Twitter friends is a jolly, well-stocked Chinese Cash and Carry in Bristol. Owner Joe-Wah and Mummy Wai Yee Hong are very fond of food, so it seemed natu