I will miss some things about China ~ the children, the teaching and the FOOD!! Today I ventured over to a new restaurant that opened close to me. I presumed, correctly, that the owners were parents of one of the kids I taught and I was right! Two of my favourite Grade 1 students!
It was a new style of restaurant for me. You have a “buffet” where you can add whatever you want in a bowl. You then take it to the counter, they weigh it, cook it in hot water and serve it with a side of rice (good thing I love rice haha).
I made the choices of tofu, glass noodles, mushrooms, mystery meat (it looked like bacon), corn, crab meat and some greens (it was a mixture of unknown greens). It was delicious!!! They added some peanuts to it after it was cooked. All of this for the equivalent of $2 Canadian!
I have broken through the fear of the unknown food and I am really enjoying discovering new food!! Now if only I could get used to the loud eating..
Oh didn’t you know that loud slurping noise when eating is a compliment to the cook? It means the food is smacking good!
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Yes I have been told that. It’s very hard to get used to though. Thats only in Asian countries from what I have been told.
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Yes and in Japan the noodles have to be slurped. Otherwise the chef will think his food is bad…
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That’s interesting!! If I ever go to Japan I will remember that!
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