Items Tagged With Chinese Food
Written By: christine
2008-01-26 01:49:00
Dear Dunkin Donuts,
I learned today from this mention in the Boston Globe and Shanghaiist that you are finally expanding into Mainland China. All I have to say is, where were you guys during those 5 years in Shanghai when I was craving a Boston Creme donut (pictured above) and had to settle for a chocolate donut from Mr. Donut on Huai Hai Road that tasted like styrofoam? How about all those mornings I waited in line at Starbucks for my $4.25 Tall Vanilla Latte wishing for your old school $1 coffees with free refills?
No worries, it's all good. It was either going to be you or Krispy Kreme to hit Shanghai first. Part of me is glad it's you because of those years I spent getting fat on your stuff during my crazy college kid years in Boston.
Love,
Christine
Written By: christine
2008-04-02 00:24:35
I was born in Taiwan. Immigrated when I was 2 and haven't been back for a visit in over 15 years. So while twittering away with my American-In-Taiwan Twitter buddy @bbluesman you can imagine how excited I was to come across this blog featuring nothing but authentic Taiwanese food.
Have a click here and you'll see what I mean. It's making me hungry. I'm going to eat a second dinner now...
Written By: christine
2008-01-13 19:01:08
As we countdown to the Beijing Olympics, it looks like the folks over at Engrish.com are going to be getting fewer submissions from China if the Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau has their way.
As part of their determination to internationalize Beijing ahead of the Olympics, it appears they're on their final draft of English translations for Chinese menus.
Misleading, and often hilarious, translations such as "chicken without sexual life", "husband and wife's lung slice" or even "bean curd made by a pock-marked woman" have been replaced with "Spring chicken", "pork lungs in chili sauce" and "stir-fried tofu in hot sauce".
I bet that Chicken Without Sexual Life gets ordered a lot by tourists out of sheer curiosity. Darn. I have to admit, those menus in China have been the source of some harmless laughs during the years I was living there. I'm going to miss them.In the meantime, you have to give them credit for trying right?
Now...I wonder if someone should go around helping all the Chinese restaurants in the U.S. with their menus. Somehow placing an order for Strange Flavored Chicken and Pu Pu Platter always made me think twice. And while we're on the topic, I think someone needs to finally tell the American public that "chop suey" was invented in America.
...and ever wonder who General Tso was and how come he got a chicken dish named after him? Yea, me too.
Written By: christine
2008-03-22 03:30:30
One of the things I miss eating in China are the "yang rou chuar" or lamb skewers. If there was smellivision, you would be able to get a whiff of the cumin. Note Doug's comment at the end. LOL. (In China, click here to watch)
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