1    Cucumber

    1/2 ts Salt

      1 tb (1 1/4 T) soya sauce

      1 tb (1 1/4 T) wine vinegar

      1 tb (1 1/4 T) caster

           -(superfine) sugar
      2 ts Sesame oil

  Did some rummaging around in my cookbooks and came up with the
  following. This first one sounds like it's on the track of the
  cucumber pickles you had at the Chinese place, though these are
  diced, not sliced and call for sesame oil rather than seeds.
  Peel the cucumber and cut into small dice.  Sprinkle with remaining
  ingredients and leave for 5 minutes before serving.  Make sure sugar
  has dissolved before serving.
  The Gourmet's Guide to Chinese Cooking, Ann Body.  1974, Octopus Books
  Limited, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1.  ISBN 7064 0153 0.  Produced
  by Mandarin Publications Limited, 22 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong
  Kong.
  Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; May 19 1992.