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Shanghai’s Getting Hotter – How to Keep Cool

Posted: July 12th, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Shanghai is getting hotter and I’m off on my holidays. How to keep cool, those left in the city over the sweltering next couple of months? In the 1930s Ovomaltine was recommended….

Ovomaltine 1934

 

2 Comments on “Shanghai’s Getting Hotter – How to Keep Cool”

  1. 1 Annette Gendler said at 8:45 pm on July 12th, 2013:

    How lovely to see Ovomaltine here! I grew up on that in Germany in the 70s and 80s – stirred into cold milk, or sometimes it was great just to sneak a spoonful of the crunchy mix itself.

  2. 2 Paul French said at 9:28 am on July 15th, 2013:

    Of course Ovaltine and Milo remain popular favourites throughout South East Asia and Hong Kong in both iced and hot varieties and, if done properly, made with tinned condensed milk – sweet but delicious

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