Chinese Noodles made in 30 seconds... Incredible!

China: Part II What we consider the ubiquitous food of China (rice) seems unavailable. I never see it on the menu and it is never offered. The Chinese it seems, at least in the Guangdong province, do not eat a lot of rice. They make things with rice, no doubt, but they don t seem to eat it as a staple. They do however eat a lot of noodles. See the beautiful video above. Lucky for me the Blue Ox folks who are working on the development of the Paint Spy (which is why I am here) are also working on another product they are bringing to market for a different client. So I am free about half the time. I use it wisely by going out on walks every chance I get. What I see are people, cars, motorcycles and buildings everywhere, even a Walmart. What I don t see are birds. None. By looking at what they sell at the street markets I figured they must have eaten them all. One evening after woofing down another surprise Chinese mea l, I decide to go walking around the town of Shenzhen by myself. Keep in mind that I am wearing business attire (which are the only type of clothes that I brought) and that I am a foot taller than anyone within 100 miles of this place. In other words I stand out. On my walk I inadvertently get completely lost on the busy streets of China. I had no idea where I was. I walked aimlessly for over 3 hours which I equated to well over 6 miles in strange neighborhoods and dark corridors well past midnight, and never once did I feel the slightest danger. Honking is a way of life for Chinese drivers. I can only imagine that having not grown up with cars in their culture (really just the last 30 years is when the Chinese started driving) they drive without any regard for rules and use the car horn as a constant expression of their inability to coexist on the road with one another. There are also no cops to be seen to keep any of the lawlessness in order. When you are on the streets of China there is an utter cacophony of horns 24/7. Every few seconds another crazed driver is honking. It never stops, never. It is as though we are surrounded by student drivers negotiating the thicket without a clue. Indeed that is exactly what they are. Our driver however is an expert, negotiating the mere inches between the wandering cars and hapless motorcycle riders with no helmets at every intersection like Mario Andretti. He is clearly the exception as evidenced by his suppression of the dreaded horn. Onto our next factory. We finally arrive at the end of a highway that is under construction beneath a freeway bridge that is under construction next to a massive high rise that is under construction to a dirt road that really needs some construction. At the end of the cratered pathway we pass through a security checkpoint and voila, we are at the right place! We walk the 6 flights of stairs up to the factory where we are greeted by a very nice young Chinese woman who speaks a bit of English and we are instantly put in front of the air conditioner that they turn on for us and hand us a can of Red Bull, apparently the beverage of choice for foreigners. The Chinese are polite and willing to extend themselves. They are also very proud of their factories no matter how small or large. The Paint Spy is coming along nicely. We have so far met the Aluminum supplier who is responsible for the barrel and gauge, the Spring supplier (who I swear has a million pounds of different size springs as small as a pin head and big as a car at his ready) and the tool maker who manufactures the high quality plastic extruded components which are the internal pieces needed to hold everything together inside the Paint Spy barrel. During my trip to China I filmed this guy making Chinese noodles by hand. He was a master Zen Noodle Maker. These noodles would go into a chow mein recipe. Or maybe just a simple Chinese soup with vegetables. It was on this same trip that I was visiting the factories in China to have the Paint Spy produced. The Paint Spy is a high quality yet inexpensive paint thickness gauge that will enable anyone to check to see if the car that they are buying has been in a previous accident. allow