Pei Pa Koa
(Advert for ‘Nin Jiom Pei pa Koa’, Nanjing Road: Shanghai, China)
Just a quick extra post to introduce my favourite tonic medication, Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa – this is the cough mixture I have (regrettably) already exhausted my stocks of. The closest thing I can relate it to is ‘calpol’, a medicine for children in the UK. My memories reveal I would feign illness in order to convince my parents to relinquish some, but now I have Pei Pa Koa. It supposedly treats anything from a sore voice to a dodgy chest and I generally take it for any ailment I can get away with.
It has a wonderful taste, like cola, honey and a touch of Dr Pepper. Just a spoonful of it makes me feel immediately improved. I used the last of it yesterday and today I have had to content myself with menthol sweets and Wong Lo Kat herbal tea, which have both proved poor substitutes.
I prefer a nice malt, preferably lagavulin or any of the peaty west coast whiskies.
It reaches most places and if it doesn’t work then you fall asleep anyway!
Take care.
Love Ian and Marji