Went out for a meal with my cousin, his family and a friend, at the Mandarin Kitchen in Bayswater. The food was very good, with fresh scallops (in shells), and pork and tofu soup for starters, and then the main courses were lobster, chicken and squid, together with noodles and rice noodles in soup. The conversations bounced around between English and Cantonese, allowing me to see if I could remember any Cantonese from childhood. I think I managed to half-understand about one in four of the Cantonese conversations, although sometimes I don’t understand conversations in English! It was good to see them before they headed back to Hong Kong. Maybe the next time I see them will be in Hong Kong?