A wonderful taste of the Orient

Advantages: Wonderful tasty food with loads of choice something for everyone
Disadvantages: A little bit far for us to travel but worth it. Needs more parking spaces

...GOLDEN ORIENT BUFFET RESTAURANT Since losing my mother last October I made some New Year Resolutions, some have been easier to keep that others, but over all I am still on track, although weight loss is only small it is still helping to getting me better; but that?s another story, the resolution that led us to the Golden Orient was to try new foods and to spend more quality time with my family. So last night we went out for a meal and an evening with my daughter and her partner, hence killing two birds with one stone, and we had a lovely night out. ~~ Our Evening Out ~~ We travelled to my daughter?s house which is in a small village not far from Stafford where the Golden Orient is situated. We arrived at what I can only describe as a business park where there are 3 pubs, a hotel, car showroom and The Golden Orient...

arnoldhenryrufus 12.03.2009 · Read review
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Orient Express but not on rails - Great Istanbul hotel

Advantages: Great location, very good customer service and food in restaurants good
Disadvantages: rooms a little dark and we had no view , could not flush toilet paper in the toilet

...The Orient Express Hotel , Hudavendigar Cad No: 34-34110 www.orientexpresshotel.com This hotel is part of the Sirkeci group which is a group of hotels and restaurants in Istanbul. Sirkeci is also an area of the old part of Istanbul and The Sirkeci Railway Station was the terminus of the famous Orient Express train and was just round the corner from the hotel. GETTING THERE: We arrived at the airport after a flight from Birmingham via Amsterdam and having read a number of reviews about the taxis from the airport and their enthusiasm for speed and reluctance to accept a fair fare or take four people in one taxi, we choose to book an airport transfer. We were met by a gentleman with our name on his notice and then escorted to a taxi outside. The journey was quite speedy but incident free, a couple of hairy moments, some very close...

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object orienteering

Advantages: Excellent introduction to programming
Disadvantages: Group work

...I studied M206 (Computing: An Object-Oriented Approach) in 2000 and found it to be an excellent introductory course to Computer programming. This is not to say that it was easy. In fact during the first third of the course I found the learning curve quite steep. However once I had grasped the basic concepts behind Smalltalk (the language used), the course was a lot less demanding. I had to spend about 15 hours a week on average to complete the course. This is typical for a 60 point OU course and if this is the only course that you are doing in a single academic year it shouldn't be too much of a heavy workload. I did get quite behind at some points during the course and managed to catch up with surprising ease, which is encouraging for people who work and/or have hectic lives. Smalltalk is a pure object-oriented language and as such...

oranges76 04.10.2001 · Read review
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Walkers Sensations Oriental Crackers

Advantages: Delicious!
Disadvantages: None!

...A tasty little number for your delectation this afternoon - Walkers very own Sensations Oriental Crackers...the Peking Spare Rib flavour. Yum! It comes in a purple packet with green 'trim', at 110g a bag - the 'share' bag if you will. Unfortunately they're yet to burst into the individual bag market, but if they did I'd be buying them in shares!! What differs them from the normal Sensations brand such as Thai Sweet Chilli is they are shaped like crackers rather than crisps...a posh Quaver than basically... Well, not entirely. Upon opening the packet, the crisps do look like miniature versions of the prawn crackers every Chinese takeaway loves to give away, but smaller and slightly coloured in flavourings. The feel of the crisp when biting down on it is somewhat firmer than a Quaver, so I'll remove the title of 'posh Quaver...

carl.mcqueen 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Lord take me to Heaven. Take me to the Mandarin Oriental Prague.

Advantages: Luxury hotel. Brilliant food. Excellent service. Great location. Value for Money!
Disadvantages: Having to go home!

...I had visited Prague before, however this was for a lads holiday that only required us to get a bed for a night with all the drinking and high jinx that would be taking place, so when I returned with my partner I decided I required somewhere much more classy than a cheap apartment. This is where my love for Mandarin Oriental or ?MO? as it is fondly known by it?s guests comes into play. After reviewing trip advisor I discovered that there was a very good selection of five star properties within Prague and lone behold there on the list was ?Mandarin Oriental Prague?. You are probably wondering at this point what is so special about MO and why am I raving on so early in the review. Well please stick around and read on and you will hopefully begin to see why my love affair with Mandarin Oriental is as strong today as it has been for many...

atlantis140 12.10.2009 · Read review
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MURDER OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS (PC 2006)

Advantages: Good actor voices, good atmosphere and you do get to solve crimes.
Disadvantages: Some changes compared to the book, very repetitive, lacks locations to explore.

...~~~~~~~~~ SYNOPSIS ~~~~~~~~~ You will enter the game playing as a blonde French lady called Antoinette Marceau, who is the chief manager for the ?Orient Express? train. It is her duty to be on the train and ensure everything is running smoothly and the clients are satisfied with the long journey. As a huge fan of the famous detective, Hercule Poirot, Antoinette was thrill to learn that he was going to join her train. Shortly into the game, she introduces herself to Mr Poirot. During the train journey from Istanbul to London, a nasty murder has occurred. The victim?s name was Mr Ratchett. Earlier Ratchett pleaded for Poirot?s help and that he felt he was in grave danger. Poirot coldly decline the request as he felt Ratchett was an evil man. Now Ratchett is dead and to make matters worse, an avalanche has block the rail track...

Moogiekupo 18.06.2007 · Read review
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Delighting guests every single day. Mandarin Oriental Singapore.

Advantages: Great location. Excellent service that isn't too Singaporean! New rooms with excellent features!
Disadvantages: You will pay for the pleasure!

...For those who have been keeping up with my Mandarin Oriental exploits then this is the third installment. Today I shall review one of Singapore?s finest five star hotels and let you into the world of Mandarin Oriental Singapore. I have stayed at a variety of hotels in Singapore but none have come as close to the perfect stay that you get at MO. I last stayed here in 2007 when the hotel was just branded as The Oriental, however Mandarin Oriental have since renamed the property under their full brand, just to make you aware in case you read reviews on either of the properties, they are in fact the same. Just look for the ?fan? logo of the company. I was staying in Singapore in between a trip from Malaysia to Australia and given my love for MO I knew this would be a good choice. Suffice to say I was not disappointed. Booking I booked...

atlantis140 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oriental Hotel, Singapore

Oriental Dining experience

Advantages: Easy parking
Disadvantages: A little way from the town centre

...I am a member of a local dining club and we like to try a range of restaurants. Last night the choice was the Oriental Restaurant on Chevallier Street, Ipswich which is a restaurant that we haven't visited before. The restaurant is located in what used to be a nightclub which has been completely transformed, its location is within a mile of the Town Centre and is easily accessible by car or by bus. There is a small car park at the rear of the restaurant but as they also do a 'take away' trade it does get well used and you may struggle to find a space. If you can't get into the car park then you may find it tricky to find a place in the surrounding streets as they are residential streets and Chevallier Street itself is a major 'through route' and parking is not allowed. I was fortunate on my visit and managed find a space as did...

laramax 11.03.2007 · Read review
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Oriental Venetian bliss

Advantages: Close to the water bus drop off, central to the dity
Disadvantages: Room very small, walls paper thin

...Ai Mori d'Oriente Hotel We found this to be a charming small hotel. It straddles two buildings which is possibly its only disadvantage, in that we had to go up and under, round and down and up and under again through very narrow corridors to get to our room. Venice is an old city and I suppose that one of the charms that the buildings are not clones of each other. The hotel has a breakfast room, but does not provide evening meals, though you can get a snack from behind the bar, light salad or sandwiches. The bar staff are friendly but stop work with a punctuality which does not reflect the needs of the guests still in the bar! On arrival we were met by the night porter, an extremely friendly Venetian. The staff in the hotel on a whole though were fairly non engaging. Breakfast was absolutely...

bigfatdogs 02.06.2008 (31.05.2008) · Read review
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Bringing me moments of delight since 2005. Mandarin Oriental KL

Advantages: Luxury hotel. Brilliant food. Excellent service. Great location. Value for Money!
Disadvantages: Going home. If I could move in I would!

...Now before you think I have become a KL obsessive let me give you some background. I used to live In Kuala Lumpur the capital city of Malaysia whilst I went to University there. It is without doubt one of the best experiences of my life and I loved every minute of my studies there. Whilst I was there I got to grips with Asian culture and the Malaysian way of life and their fantastic levels of hospitality. At the same time I got to experience what I can only describe as some of the best hotels in the world. They are all so opulent, luxurious and with service that you just do not find in the western world. It was back in 2005 that my love affair with the Mandarin Oriental chain started and it all began in Kuala Lumpur. I have visited this property many times and shall write today based on my visit of February 2008, having not been back...

atlantis140 13.10.2009 · Read review
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