1. People in China don’t call it China. They call it ZhongGuo or ZhongGhua. Zhong means middle. See the character on the left how its a line going through the middle of a box? That’s Zhong. Now Guo is a little more tricky since two characters mean Guo. The gif below will assist you. Most [...]
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i ate dog again
I willingly ate a dog skewer this weekend. I jokingly said to the street vendor “gourou” and he grabbed a skewer and put it on the grill. it looked like lamb. i was sort of curious to try it when i knew what i was eating so i didn’t stop him. this sort of thing [...]
Thanksgiving In Changsha, Hunan Province
Shenzhen is full of thieves, prostitutes and hustlers.
That said, it has a bad side too.
Dinner In China
Yep. It’s all-you-can-eat dog night again.
I Accidentally Ate Dog
I went to dinner with my friend Felix and he had thought that I knew that Hot Pot at this certain place meant dog. I didn’t know. During a later indignant speech about how eating dogs is wrong Felix told me that I had in fact eaten dog already. Later Felix pointed it out on [...]
Breakfast Roulette #2: Won Ton Soup
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Breakfast Roulette#2: every morning I will eat breakfast at one of two restaurants that have breakfast menus, but in chinese. I point to one of the 10 items every day and must eat it. Yesterday was thin bread with steak and hollandaise. Win! Today I lost pretty bad. 18 more to [...]
Chinese Food’s Medicinal Qualities
I leave for China in exactly one week and already it’s rearing its head into my life.
I often have to piece together what happened the night before using the physical evidence available to me. Generally i’ll find a bottle of whiskey and a race car driver’s suit or something like that.
Last night I went to [...]