Talk Dim Sum

Devlog

• Goodbye
  September 23, 2020 by technicat

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  Added goodbye phrases... Continue reading
• Wiktionary fixes
  September 22, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed characters for lava custard sesame balls, osmanthus jelly... Continue reading
• ordering drinks
  September 22, 2020 by technicat

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  Added more phrases on how to order drinks... Continue reading
• fish siu mai
  September 20, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed the missing wiktionary links... Continue reading
• wiktionary fixes
  September 18, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed entries for red bean paste bao and steamed dumplings... Continue reading
• wiktionary eggs
  September 18, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed wiktionary links for tea eggs... Continue reading
• Meatballs
  September 17, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed the wiktionary links, expanded the name description... Continue reading
• sticky rice cake characters
  September 16, 2020 by technicat

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  Added wiktionary links for sticky rice cakes... Continue reading
• Wiktionary
  September 15, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed some missing wiktionary links, primarily in dessert cakes... Continue reading
• Restaurant update
  September 09, 2020 by technicat

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  Added restaurants in Tsuen Wan. Removed Ton Klang in San Francisco... Continue reading
• black sesame paste
  September 07, 2020 by technicat

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  Added black sesame paste tags... Continue reading
• Baked
  September 06, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed the wiktionary link for 燒... Continue reading
• Chicken chow fun
  September 05, 2020 by technicat

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  Added chicken chow fun... Continue reading

  
• Cha Siu Characters
  September 03, 2020 by technicat

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  Added wiktionary entries for cha siu... Continue reading
• Mushrooms
  September 02, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed description of the mushroom dumplings... Continue reading
• fixed the icon
  September 01, 2020 by technicat

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  Resized the app icon to avoid cropping... Continue reading
• cha siu bao
  August 29, 2020 by technicat

  Added cha siu bao as a category, includes steamed and baked... Continue reading
• cha siu
  August 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Added cha siu as a category,... Continue reading
• Sichuan
  August 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Added category for Sichuan (or Szechuan, or Szechwan) food... Continue reading
• Cucumber salad
  August 27, 2020 by technicat

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  Added wiktionary entries for cucumber salads... Continue reading
• Splash!
  August 26, 2020 by technicat

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  Splash screen added... Continue reading
• search in Chinese
  August 25, 2020 by technicat

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  The search screen now accepts Chinese input... Continue reading
• pointy dumplings
  August 24, 2020 by technicat

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  added a category for horn-shaped dumplings... Continue reading
• More Macau
  August 22, 2020 by technicat

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  Added restaurants in Macau. Split into two islands... Continue reading
• Seasonal vegetables
  August 21, 2020 by technicat

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  with oyster sauce... Continue reading
• Trivia
  August 20, 2020 by technicat

  Slang for long telephone calls is "making telephone congee."... Continue reading
• Egg fried rice
  August 19, 2020 by technicat

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  Shanghai style!... Continue reading
• Cookies
  August 17, 2020 by technicat

  Added entry for Western-style cookies... Continue reading
• Talk Dim Sum for Android!
  August 16, 2020 by technicat

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  The Android build for Talk Dim Sum has been on itch.io for a while (it's not a game but I'm using itch.io as an alternative to Google Play for hosting all my Android apps) and now I think it's polishe... Continue reading

  
• Phrases
  August 16, 2020 by technicat

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  Added days of the week. Display English in phrases... Continue reading
• Macau
  August 14, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Macau... Continue reading
• Wrong!
  August 13, 2020 by technicat

  Error message now displays in the practice screen, when you get it wrong... Continue reading
• Practice improvements
  August 12, 2020 by technicat

  The practice results display clears when you try again... Continue reading
• Success!
  August 11, 2020 by technicat

  Practice screen now shows "Success!"... Continue reading
• Text to speech presentation
  August 10, 2020 by technicat

  Improved presentation of the text-to-speech interface. Microphone icon turns to pause icon whlie listening. TTS font size is same as STT font size... Continue reading
• Speech to Text
  August 10, 2020 by technicat

  Speech to text is now working on Android!... Continue reading
• Bangkok
  August 09, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurant sin Bangkok... Continue reading
• Pinterest
  August 07, 2020 by technicat

  Added pinterest links... Continue reading
• Tucson
  August 06, 2020 by technicat

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  Added Sushi Lounge in Tucson (despite the name, it has dim sum)... Continue reading
• Cucumber sal;ad
  August 05, 2020 by technicat

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  Added spicy and non-spicy... Continue reading
• Kung pao chicken
  August 04, 2020 by technicat

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  Added kung pao chicken... Continue reading
• chow fun
  August 03, 2020 by technicat

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  Added chow fun as a category... Continue reading
• More Jakarta
  August 02, 2020 by technicat

  Added more restaurants in Jakarta. Added wikipedia links for Tim Ho wan... Continue reading
• salt and pepper
  August 01, 2020 by technicat

  The seasoning, not the group... Continue reading
• Pino Noir
  July 30, 2020 by technicat

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  Added pinot noir to the red wine list. Started using butler for uploads. Finally!... Continue reading
• Merlot
  July 29, 2020 by technicat

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  First in a series of red wine... Continue reading
• White wine
  July 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Added white wine... Continue reading
• Singapore North
  July 23, 2020 by technicat

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  More restaurants in the North region... Continue reading
• More Singapore
  July 22, 2020 by technicat

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  East and West regions... Continue reading
• more Singapore
  July 21, 2020 by technicat

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  Filled out the Central region... Continue reading
• Singapore
  July 20, 2020 by technicat

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  Added a bunch of restaurants in Singapore... Continue reading
• Chile
  July 19, 2020 by technicat

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  One restaurant in Santiago... Continue reading
• Argentina
  July 18, 2020 by technicat

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  Just one restaurant, in Buenos Aires... Continue reading
• YAUMAY
  July 17, 2020 by technicat

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  Another restaurant in Tokyo... Continue reading
• Scandinavia
  July 16, 2020 by technicat

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  Added dim sum restaurants in Denmark and Sweden... Continue reading
• removed google maps
  July 15, 2020 by technicat

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  Didn't want to deal with the API key etc... Continue reading
• Fixed Yelp
  July 14, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed a bunch of broken links to Yelp in the places screens. Removed more closed restaurants... Continue reading
• Belgium
  July 13, 2020 by technicat

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  Added restaurants in Belgium... Continue reading
• more and less restaurants
  July 13, 2020 by technicat

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  Removed some closed restaurants in the US and Canada. Added One Dim Sum in Houston... Continue reading
• Cheers!
  July 07, 2020 by technicat

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  Added a new phrase category for cheers, bon apetit and so on... Continue reading
• speech rate slider fixes
  July 05, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed up the speech rate slider a bit, centered the default value. Have it change rate temporarily, not globally... Continue reading
• Dropdown menu
  July 04, 2020 by technicat

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  First use of flutter's dropdownmenu widget, to select the language in the speech screen... Continue reading
• speech rate
  July 03, 2020 by technicat

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  A slider to control the speech playback rate, slow for beginners and fast for advanced!... Continue reading
• bao and mantou
  July 02, 2020 by technicat

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  Updated the description for bao and made mantou (bao before bao was bao) a separate category... Continue reading
• Rainbow Kitchen
  June 30, 2020 by technicat

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  New restaurant in Las Vegas... Continue reading
• better icons
  June 30, 2020 by technicat

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  Replaced the icons for the phrase and region menus. I think they're better... Continue reading
• More phrases
  June 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Fixed some json problems, so more phrases show up... Continue reading
• more phrases
  June 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Greetings, ordering, paying, thanks, apologies... Continue reading
• build from a new mac
  June 18, 2020 by technicat

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  First build from my new macbook air! Added a pinterest link to grass jelly drinks. Trying out a new dim sum photo... Continue reading
• new category
  June 12, 2020 by technicat

  pan-fried rice rolls!... Continue reading
• Aspect ratio
  June 12, 2020 by technicat

  uniform aspect ratio for images, cleans up the layout... Continue reading
• grass jelly drink
  June 06, 2020 by technicat

  In a can... Continue reading
• Just in case
  May 27, 2020 by technicat

  Not sure if I broke the previous build... Continue reading
• diet coke
  May 25, 2020 by technicat

  also added a cola category... Continue reading
• pineapple buns
  May 23, 2020 by technicat

  new category with pineapple buns, pineapple buns with butter, and pineapple buns with lava custard... Continue reading
• cha chaan teng
  May 20, 2020 by technicat

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  More Hong Kong cafe food: billionaire fried rice and pineapple buns with butter... Continue reading
• Hong Kong milk tea
  May 19, 2020 by technicat

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  Highly caffeinated... Continue reading
• black sesame seed sticky rice cakes
  May 18, 2020 by technicat

  From Hong Kong Garden in Las Vegas... Continue reading
• steamed tofu with shrimp paste
  May 17, 2020 by technicat

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  Takeout from Hong Kong Garden in Las Vegas... Continue reading
• piglet buns
  May 12, 2020 by technicat

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  with custard... Continue reading
• rabbit buns
  May 12, 2020 by technicat

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  rabbit custard buns... Continue reading
• Yuenyeung
  May 06, 2020 by technicat

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  Added Hong Kong style coffee mixed with tea... Continue reading
• more categories
  May 03, 2020 by technicat

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  Drinks, bao, etc... Continue reading
• Getting organizd
  May 03, 2020 by technicat

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  List of dishes is getting long so added a new initial screen with categories of food... Continue reading
• cola
  April 29, 2020 by technicat

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  Used for Coke, not Pepsi... Continue reading
• orange chicken
  April 29, 2020 by technicat

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  Invented by Panda Express... Continue reading
• wiktionary
  April 28, 2020 by technicat

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  Added a separate button at top for the wiktionary entries and filled out the wiktionary links for all dishes... Continue reading
• more words and trivia
  April 21, 2020 by technicat

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  Added more wiktionary links under the i icon. Some trivia about fortune cookies... Continue reading
• red wine
  April 18, 2020 by technicat

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  red, red, wine... Continue reading
• Sprite
  April 17, 2020 by technicat

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  Also a mention of 7 Up or Sprite with preserved lime mixed in as a cough tonic... Continue reading
• alcohol
  April 15, 2020 by technicat

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  Also started adding wiktionary links... Continue reading
• Takeout
  April 14, 2020 by technicat

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  An entry for the various words used to designate takeout... Continue reading
• Soda
  April 12, 2020 by technicat

  It's "bubble water"... Continue reading
• more phrases
  April 10, 2020 by technicat

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  no English yet... Continue reading
• chive pancakes
  April 09, 2020 by technicat

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  also revamping phrases... Continue reading
• sticky fried rice
  April 04, 2020 by technicat

  Added details... Continue reading
• scallion pie
  April 01, 2020 by technicat

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  New photo and updated description... Continue reading
• lava buns
  March 25, 2020 by technicat

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  "lava custard" is now a tag... Continue reading
• Added red bean paste triangle
  March 22, 2020 by technicat

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  It's like a pie... Continue reading
• More Malaysia
  March 21, 2020 by technicat

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  Added restaurants in Kedar and Penang... Continue reading
• veggies
  March 17, 2020 by technicat

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  Added bok choy and blanched lettuce... Continue reading
• rice rolls
  March 14, 2020 by technicat

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  scallion and pan-fried... Continue reading
• scallion rice rolls
  March 14, 2020 by technicat

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  from Tim Ho Wan... Continue reading
• Tap on the photo
  March 13, 2020 by technicat

  Tapping on a dish photo displays where (which restaurant) the photo was taken... Continue reading
• Malaysia
  March 11, 2020 by technicat

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  Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur... Continue reading
• Japan
  March 09, 2020 by technicat

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  Tokyo and Yokohama... Continue reading
• Central Visayas
  March 07, 2020 by technicat

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  Cebu City and Mandue City... Continue reading
• Philippines
  March 06, 2020 by technicat

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  Metro Manila... Continue reading
• Italy and Norway
  March 05, 2020 by technicat

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  Florence and Rome and Oslo... Continue reading
• Dim Sum in Spain
  March 04, 2020 by technicat

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  Barcelona and Madrid... Continue reading
• Dim Sum in Strasbourg
  March 03, 2020 by technicat

  Just one restaurant. There isn't as much dim sum in France as I expected... Continue reading
• More Germany
  March 02, 2020 by technicat

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  Restaurants in Bonn, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Bremen... Continue reading
• Dim Sum in Berlin
  March 01, 2020 by technicat

  Started listing restaurants in Germany... Continue reading
• Minor cleanup
  February 27, 2020 by technicat

  Tweaked the chat screen... Continue reading
• Phrases
  February 23, 2020 by technicat

  How many seats? Three seats... Continue reading
• Dim Sum in Paris
  February 23, 2020 by technicat

  Also added beef brisket in clear broth... Continue reading
• gourmet dim sum
  February 21, 2020 by technicat

  Added abalone and chicken in a mantou cup, pumpkin custard balls, and steamed chive and shrimp dumplings... Continue reading
• Milk Oolong
  February 20, 2020 by technicat

  Also added more Hong Kong restaurants... Continue reading
• Sesame noodles
  February 19, 2020 by technicat

  Also added restaurants to the island district... Continue reading
• More Hong Kong
  February 17, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai... Continue reading
• New Zealand restaurants
  February 16, 2020 by technicat

  In Auckland and Wellington... Continue reading
• Soy sauce noodles
  February 13, 2020 by technicat

  Updated some photos, too... Continue reading
• bok choy
  February 12, 2020 by technicat

  Baby bok choy in garlic sauce... Continue reading
• Dumpling soup and hot lemon tea
  February 10, 2020 by technicat

  Also added restaurants in Sai Ying Pun... Continue reading
• Lobster and Black Bean Sauce Rice Rolls
  February 09, 2020 by technicat

  Also added more Hong Kong restaurants and OpenRice links... Continue reading
• Chow Fun
  February 06, 2020 by technicat

  Added beef chow fun. Split Hong Kong map into districts... Continue reading
• Sharing
  February 03, 2020 by technicat

  You can now share a dish or a restaurant! Fixed display of Simplified Chinese. Added restaurants in Australia and Hong Kong New Territories... Continue reading
• Australia
  February 02, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane... Continue reading
• TKO
  January 31, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Tseung Kwan O (Hong Kong) Added hot dog buns and tea eggs... Continue reading
• More Taiwan
  January 26, 2020 by technicat

  Added Tainan, Taoyuan, and Kaohsiung... Continue reading
• Taiwan
  January 23, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Taipei and Taichung... Continue reading
• Closed restaurants
  January 22, 2020 by technicat

  Removed some restaurants that are now closed. Too bad!... Continue reading
• More Canada
  January 20, 2020 by technicat

  Added New Brunswick and Newfoundland... Continue reading
• Noodle House
  January 20, 2020 by technicat

  In the Paris, Las Vegas... Continue reading
• Newfoundland
  January 19, 2020 by technicat

  Added a restaurant in St. Johns... Continue reading
• More restaurants
  January 17, 2020 by technicat

  Added in Guam and Scotland... Continue reading
• Soy Eggs
  January 16, 2020 by technicat

  Added soy eggs (soy sauce eggs, not fake eggs)... Continue reading
• More restaurants
  January 15, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in Mexico, UK, and Guam... Continue reading
• Map improvements
  January 13, 2020 by technicat

  Added more UK restaurants. Selecting the map menu option for a restaurant now centers the map on that restaurant... Continue reading
• Mexico and England
  January 12, 2020 by technicat

  Added restaurants in London and Mexico City... Continue reading
• Map Reorg
  January 11, 2020 by technicat

  Split restaurant listings and maps into countries (or in the case of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region)... Continue reading
• Mandarin support
  January 10, 2020 by technicat

  You can now switch among Cantonese, Mandarin, and Mandarin with Simplified characters in the dish pages by tapping the globe icon at top right... Continue reading
• more tea and restaurants
  January 06, 2020 by technicat

  Added baozhong (pouchong) tea and restaurants in Mexico City and London... Continue reading
• Added salty duck eggs
  January 05, 2020 by technicat

  Also fixed an address... Continue reading
• Map adjustment
  January 01, 2020 by technicat

  Adjusted the zoom for each region map so they fit around all the restaurants... Continue reading
• restaurants have links
  December 31, 2019 by technicat

  Finished converting restaurant data to support an arbitrary number of links (Yelp, web site...)... Continue reading
• restaurant info
  December 30, 2019 by technicat

  All restaurants now have links to web sites... Continue reading
• Android update
  December 28, 2019 by technicat

  Added egg white and shrimp egg rolls. Fixed the placeholder work smarter, not harder text... Continue reading