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Published: April 23rd 2009
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Snake wine
Take a close look - that's a whole freakin' snake coiled up in there. The food, the food, the food…where to begin? Since I’ve got a fairly adventurous gullet, I’m up to try almost anything (and have) once as long as its grossness factor doesn’t go above eight. The scale (created in collaboration with the many good friends who I’ve made try stuff first) goes from 1 (not gross at all, but has the illusion of unpleasantness, like snake soup) to 10 (so revolting in appearance, odour or concept that I won’t even try it). These latter delicacies might include duck foetus or anything that is still alive when you bite into it. Of course there are those foods that look tasty but turn out to be frightfully bad, like a raw olive (which I made Shasta try first anyway, brave girl that she is. It may well be what evil tastes like) and durian (a fruit that quite literally smells like feet). I encourage you to try them both just to know how gross they are…
For the most part, everything has been very good, and we’ve been trying food from the different regions in China. My favourites so far have been anything green - half the time it’s veggies we don‘t recognize,
Chocolate cheese slice
Tastes like a regular Kraft single injected with chocolate. As unpleasant as it sounds. but man are they ever good. They make good green in China. Just ask T how much she’s loving the bok choi, mmm mmm mmm.
And you can only imagine my delight when we landed in Shanghai and found that our hotel had not one, not two….but THREE MacDonald’s on the same street…bring on the soft serve ice cream!! Since I only had to stumble out the front door of the hotel to satisfy my craving, and T and me ended up skipping supper each night in Shanghai to get more cool adventuring in, guess what I rewarded myself with at the end of the night when we finally dragged our exhausted butts back to our digs? You got it. White, frosty perfection.
Here's the low down (and some savoury photos) of other gastronomical delights...
Most physically painful to consume: snake wine (it BURNS. Although only T and me found it unpalatable, the rest of the brood all gave it favourable reviews. My theory is that they all have an esophagus lined with lead)
Most questionable food invention: the chocolate cheese slice. It tasted like melted records. And at what point were people sitting around in a
Paradise found
Together at last...me and my honeydew melon soft serve. Helloooo, gorgeous... lab or boardroom thinking this would be a good idea?
Most delicious variation of comfort food: Honeydew melon soft serve ice cream from Mickey D’s (silly of you to ask, really)
The new favourites: steamed bread, any green leafy veggie
Most fun meal: dumpling day!
Favourite thing about food presentation: the head always stays on. Always.
Weirdest potato chip flavour: Blueberry (I kid you not)
Most elusive treat: the ginger chew (they’re like the ninjas of the Chinese snack world. Curse you, ginger chew - where are you hiding???)
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Obi-wan
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Let's see more of you and your pals
Love your blog. Your evocative style makes me feel like I'm almost there, without the scorption bits stuck in the teeth. Your picture with the ice cream cone was worth a thousand words but I'd love to see more of you and your companions (have you reached the blonde puff ball stage yet?) MM