That Was The Week That Was

Think of it as a giant tip. A wealthy widow repaid the kindness shown to her by a family that runs a Chinese restaurant she frequented by leaving them $21 million, and a High Court judge ruled Friday that her will was legal. Golda Bechal’s 1994’s will said she wanted Kim Sing Man and his wife, Bee Lian, the owners of a Chinese restaurant northeast of London, to inherit her money. She died at age 88 in January 2004. Bechal’s five nephews and nieces asked the court to declare the will invalid, claiming their aunt was suffering from dementia. They asked the judge to give the inheritance to them.But Judge Donald Rattee accepted the restaurateurs’ evidence that Bechal, sad and lonely after the deaths of her husband and son, became like a family member to the couple.They went on foreign holidays together and regularly got together at their restaurant and at her apartment in Mayfair, central London. Kim Sing Man remembered Bechal as a classy woman who “always enjoyed her Chinese pickled leeks and bean sprouts.”
Meanwhile border control officials and police were had their eyes on other Chinese chefs and arrested 19 suspected illegal immigrants after a series of raids on Chinese restaurants in North-East Wales.Two others suspected of running an operation that left the suspected illegal immigrants living in “squalid conditions” were also arrested after the raids on Thursday evening.
Two of the 19 were later released, leaving seven women and 10 men from China and Malaysia to be questioned by officers.
Around 50 police and immigration officers raided five restaurants, including four in Rhyl and one in Ruthin. Obviously the chefs hadn’t been reading their own fortune cookies.
That most English of Chinese chefs, Kenneth Hom, brought out a new range of cookware for any of his countrymen still left cooking but more especially for the English wannabe Chinese cooks.The ancient teachings of feng shui cites that the kitchen needs to be a place of peace and organisation with plenty of space to carry out what is seen as the highest expression of love – cooking! So don’t work up a sweat tackling with your wok; keep your cupboards tidy and orderly with the new revolutionary Tao Easy Store wok from celebrity chef Ken Hom. This ground breaking and innovative new wok has a unique folding handle which reduces the woks size by 40% allowing it to be stored easily in cupboards, drawers and even the dishwasher! Ingeniously designed the handle is fitted with a spring loaded secure locking system with an audible ‘click’ which lets you know the handle is locked securely and ready to use. You”l be able to store it effectively but the question is will you be able to use it effectively ?