tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post112937639158109893..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: Chinky & Co.Jon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-10185664488085579672008-12-28T16:49:00.000+01:002008-12-28T16:49:00.000+01:00Just as a late addition: in contrast to what the a...Just as a late addition: in contrast to what the author of this blog post says, this restaurant serves only authentic Chinese mainland dishes. (As speciality, they have a decent Sichuan style hotpot all-you-can-eat offer.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1129484540063987982005-10-16T19:42:00.000+02:002005-10-16T19:42:00.000+02:00dlwilson is of course right. The reply back from m...dlwilson is of course right. <BR/><BR/>The reply back from my brother:<BR/><BR/>---------------<BR/>It says "有味道" (you weidao), or "has flavor." I suppose it could be translated as "flavorful" or "delicious."<BR/><BR/>These are in xiaozhuan, by the way, or maybe dazhuan. Let's put it at early Qin or pre-Qin, circa 220 BCE. Not the sign, of course, but the writing style. You know, just in case there was any doubt.<BR/>---------------David Adam Edelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170095331281134079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1129390298705474032005-10-15T17:31:00.000+02:002005-10-15T17:31:00.000+02:00Yow. What a place. I do love the idea of a sushi...Yow. What a place. I do love the idea of a sushi restaurant named Mack the Knife.<BR/><BR/>The Chinese characters in the picture are archaic, but from an era often used to signify "history" like people in the US might use <A HREF="http://www.identifont.com/show?3YP" REL="nofollow">Caslon Antique</A> or a <A HREF="http://www.identifont.com/show?45Y" REL="nofollow">blackletter</A> typeface to clumsily signify "ye olde days". I'll pass the picture on to my brother, who can probably tell you what it actually says.David Adam Edelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170095331281134079noreply@blogger.com