Houston Chinatown Web Portal
How goes it everyone. I have just started a website www.chinatownconnection.com for the Houston Chinatown Community and Houston Community abroad. It is a site where users can find resources to Houston Chinatown including detailed restaurant reviews, free classifieds postings. Go to www.chinatownconnection.com to see what we have to offer. Thanks!
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Chinese bakeries carry pastries and sweet buns filled with delights such as red bean paste, egg custard, BBQ pork, or coconut cream. Families eat them on the run for breakfast, or to curb a midday snack attack. Hong Kong bakeries are known for their wide variety of baked and steamed buns, which may have been influenced by English high tea culture during British rule of the colony. Northern Chinese are known for their fluffy white buns, which may be served in place of rice during meals. In the US, we often see these white buns served with Peking Duck.
http://www.chinatownconnection.com/bakery.htm
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Ever wondered what Houston's Chinatown might be like? Ever wanted to drive down here and eat a traditional Asian meal? Ever wanted to shop at unique stores for items you won't find at the local malls or grocery stores? Ever feel a bit timid coming to Chinatown because you have no idea where to go?
If you answered yes to anyone of these questions, then you have come to the right place. ChinatownConnection.com is a portal established to provide you with everything you need to know about Houston Chinatown and Asian businesses around Houston. It is also a community website for fellow Houstonians to utilize. From Restaurant Guides and reviews to our Business Directory, everything you need and want to know is here. Go to the News/Articles page and enjoy all the news you want; go read interesting literature in English or Chinese. Sell and buy items on our Classifieds marketplace page for free from fellow Houstonians.
Check out the Events page to see what is going on in the Asian Community, Houston, Austin, and Dallas areas. You can also check out movie reviews and showtimes. Take a trip to the Travel page and view the places you want to go someday, or go Shopping in Chinatown. Jump over to the Cell Phone page to read about the latest on cell phones or drive into the Automotive page for car tips and reviews.
Many new features will be added in the very near future, including a "night life" section and a "Chinese art gallery" section. A "virtual map" of Chinatown is also in the works so you can get an exact location of your destination.
So welcome again to Houston ChinatownConnection.com and enjoy an experience like no other.
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Gas is going up again. Now in most areas of the U.S. it's over $2 a gallon. Here are some gas saving ideas:
1. Shut it off. If you're idling your engine waiting at railroad crossings, drive-through windows, and in other similar situations, shut it off instead. If you're idling longer than 45 seconds, it'd be cheaper to shut it off and then re-start. Avoid drive-throughs completely if possible. Often I find that when I go into a bank or fast-food restaurant, I walk out and drive away while the same cars are still sitting in the drive-through line--almost all of them with their engines idling and wasting fuel.
2. Keep tires properly inflated. Use the inflation pressure given in the vehicle's owner's manual, which is also often printed on a sticker on the driver's door.
3. Combine trips. This is especially important in colder months, because a cold engine uses a lot more fuel than a warm one. If you combine several errands into one trip, the engine stays somewhat warm as you're stopped at each place.
4. Avoid extended warm-ups. In above-freezing weather, just start it up and drive off. If you want to warm it up some in below-freezing weather, keep the idling to two or three minutes at most. Long periods of idling keep the engine colder longer, wasting fuel. Plus you're getting zero miles per gallon with the engine idling. Anytime the engine is cold, drive easily for the first few miles to reduce wear on the engine.
5. Keep speeds moderate and acceleration gentle. Not only do both of these practices save fuel, but they also help your vehicle last longer. The faster you go, the more fuel you will use. Going 75 mph down the highway uses more fuel than going 65, in every single case.
6. Change your oil and air filter. Dirty oil adds friction, which wastes gas. A dirty air filter causes poor airflow through the engine, which also wastes gas.
7. Avoid "gas saving" gadgets. They are a waste of money. Any gadget that would really save gas would be included on the car as standard. Many of these items will not only cost you money, but will actually make the car run worse or could even cause damage.
8. Don't use premium fuel unless your owner's manual calls for it, or unless your vehicle "pings" heavily on regular unleaded fuel. Higher octane fuel than the engine requires will NOT cause it to get better fuel economy, but it will just cost you more to fill up your tank. Some vehicles with very high mileage do need the higher octane fuel if they "ping" (spark knock) heavily on regular unleaaded. Light knocking on acceleration is not a problem, but if the knocking continues at a constant speed, or is very loud, move up to a high enough octane to reduce it. Persistent, heavy knocking reduces an engine's efficiency and can damage it in extreme cases.
9. Pickup truck drivers, don't lower the tailgate when driving on the highway. A GM study showed that this does not improve fuel economy, and can even make it worse. With the gate closed, air flows across the top of the bed and does not get "caught" by the tailgate. The airflow patterns are less efficient with the tailgate open or removed. Plus, running with the tailgate down can increase the likelihood and severity of a rear-end accident, since your tailgate will be extended behind your rear bumper.
10. If your car has air conditioning, be aware that the a/c compressor often runs in many other positions besides the a/c settings. Frequently it runs in the defrost or "mix" position, as well as "bi-level." Obviously, use the defrost when needed, but change the setting to "heat," "floor," or "vent" if defrosting or defogging is not needed. The a/c can cut 10 to 15 percent off of your fuel mileage, so there's no point in running it when it's not needed. Any time you are warming the air coming into the vehicle, the a/c is normally not needed. If you have one, keep your airflow setting in the "fresh" or "outside" mode, not "recirculate" or "inside." Recirculating inside air during cool weather can cause your windows to fog up.
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