Martin and the Fakeamix Blender.
Those of you that follow my blog know that Jill and I love The Local.
It is a great bar/restaurant here in Beijing, and the owners, Martin, Kenn and Jessie, are awesome people.
They are funny, kind and work 14-16 hours a day and yet never complain or get annoyed.
I doubt I could do the work they do and stay as positive and cheerful.
We love hanging out with them and we often play “Beeriocart” with them when they are taking a well deserved break. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jessie play so far and we need to get her in on the fun!
Beeriocart, by the way, is the video game, “Mariocart” but when we play we drink at the same time. Mariocart is a car racing game that is a blast. Martin and Kenn are amazing at it. Jill and I? Not so much.
The rules are simple: there are four players who race the cars around different tracks. The person that gets last place, usually Jill or me, has to do a shot of alcohol. The person that gets first place also has to do a shot. Now, this is a very fair way of dealing with winning and losing because if you suck, like Jill and I do, you get a little drunk and have fun. However, if you are great, like Martin and Kenn, you get drunk and start driving worse and it brings you down to our level. Well, not down to our level but it does give us a little edge once in a while.
Anyway, Jill and I have been looking for a Vitamix since we moved here and noticed that The Local had a Vitamix!
I bought a Vitamix about 3 years ago, with the help of my mom and dad as a present for becoming a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist, and have done a 10 day green smoothie/juice fast which I loved.
Jill and I want to do one here but we haven’t been able to find a blender that is powerful enough.
I was hoping our problem was solved.
However, we soon found out that this was no Vitamix but instead, as I’m going to call it, a “Fakeamix.”
We asked them about it and they said it has been amazing. They want to buy a new one since their’s is dying but they can’t find them anywhere.
Martin let us take a picture of it because the Chinglish on it is utterly hilarious.
I honestly love the look on Martin’s face. It think it says it all.
Because who doesn’t want a blender that is, “A Machine Multiuse” and has the ability to be “The Speciality Ices the sand Nursing one’ health Machine.”
By the way, it is, as they openly declare, a “High Perform ance commercial Blender.”
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- Martin and the Fakeamix Blender.
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- Uh, I’m pretty sure this one isn’t made the USA.