We are off to Scotland these 2 days. Travelling on the motorway M6 towards the North along the country side was a wonderful experience for all of us. England is having a hot summer right now, with temperatures rising 20's to 30's centigrade.
Basically, England is an agricultural country, with a vast expanse of productive grazing land. Despite the Indusrial Revolution, agriculture is still the main stay of her economy.
We stayed at a B and B hotel, the Ravenshill House Hotel owned by Sheila, the owner-cum-manager. It is a beautiful country house converted into a B and B hotel facility.We had a sumptious dinner - roasted beef and of course haddock - all agricultural products from the nearby farms!
Actually, we were quite surprised that on the menu, there was this item Malaysian chicken served with savoury rice. We found out later that Sheila met a Malaysian chef on one of her holiday trips on a ship and they exchanged recipes then. As Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef, once said in Asian Food Channel over ASTRO, food is an international language. Very true indeed!
Psss. Actually, I have often dreamed of providing a B and B facility for the tourists coming to Shah Alam, the capital city of Selangor. However, I have reservations going into this venture because tourism is not the core industry in the state of Selangor, not for the next 10 years or so....
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