Shenzhen, China-Is this Chicken???
This shall be another exciting installment in the "I am eating what" series...
Ok-exciting may be an overstatement, but it's more thrilling than watching Chinese ping pong matches as I have been doing-
To all of you who have eaten a big fat Ribye recently, I would like to live vicariously through your experience-please drop me a note and remind me what it tastes like.
I was in Shenzhen over the weekend conducting a training session. While most to the time was in the office, I did have the chance to get out a little. Shenzhen is located on the southern coast of China in close proximity to Hong Kong. It is a city of tons of trade and has grown to around 10 million people. Last night, a group from my training session took us out to dinner after we wrapped up. I received several compliments that my chopstick skills were improving. I can translate this for all of you into what was really meant. The group was pleased that there were no longer pieces of food on the lucky diners to my left or right.
Previous dinner engagements had not been so kind to my dining company. As in many restaurants we have dined, we were seated at a large table with a huge "lazy Susan" in the middle where food is placed. This "wheel of fortune" is then spun and while everyone serves themselves off the plates with chopsticks.
I am still not recognizing most things. The assorted last night included snake and crab still in the shell. There was also chicken (which would have been good to go) -that was whole with the head still attached. I was told it was not good luck to have the head of the chicken pointing at me. I responded it was ok, because based on earlier revelations, the dragon and the phoenix have my back...
The chicken that is served normally has bones in it. I can assure all of you there is no graceful way to retrieve bones from your mouth as you are eating. The customary expulsion seems to be to spit bones onto your plate as you eat. I haven't quite mastered this technique either as several bones ended up close to the table next to us.
On the drive back this evening I continued to enjoy the sights. One gentlemen was riding a bike with no less than 25 Styrofoam coolers tied with string to the back. What really make it interesting was several also had crabs in them-you just never know.
Enough for tonight!-wishing you all well.
Ok-exciting may be an overstatement, but it's more thrilling than watching Chinese ping pong matches as I have been doing-
To all of you who have eaten a big fat Ribye recently, I would like to live vicariously through your experience-please drop me a note and remind me what it tastes like.
I was in Shenzhen over the weekend conducting a training session. While most to the time was in the office, I did have the chance to get out a little. Shenzhen is located on the southern coast of China in close proximity to Hong Kong. It is a city of tons of trade and has grown to around 10 million people. Last night, a group from my training session took us out to dinner after we wrapped up. I received several compliments that my chopstick skills were improving. I can translate this for all of you into what was really meant. The group was pleased that there were no longer pieces of food on the lucky diners to my left or right.
Previous dinner engagements had not been so kind to my dining company. As in many restaurants we have dined, we were seated at a large table with a huge "lazy Susan" in the middle where food is placed. This "wheel of fortune" is then spun and while everyone serves themselves off the plates with chopsticks.
I am still not recognizing most things. The assorted last night included snake and crab still in the shell. There was also chicken (which would have been good to go) -that was whole with the head still attached. I was told it was not good luck to have the head of the chicken pointing at me. I responded it was ok, because based on earlier revelations, the dragon and the phoenix have my back...
The chicken that is served normally has bones in it. I can assure all of you there is no graceful way to retrieve bones from your mouth as you are eating. The customary expulsion seems to be to spit bones onto your plate as you eat. I haven't quite mastered this technique either as several bones ended up close to the table next to us.
On the drive back this evening I continued to enjoy the sights. One gentlemen was riding a bike with no less than 25 Styrofoam coolers tied with string to the back. What really make it interesting was several also had crabs in them-you just never know.
Enough for tonight!-wishing you all well.
posted by Curt at 6:43 AM
3 Comments:
Curt, sounds like you are having as much fun as I am with the food! How much seaweed have you consumed? It seems like it's one of their major green vegetables!!!
note from Pam.
Hey guys-
Pam-Yes-much seaweed, but are you sure that's not there version of parsley???
For the rest, no Olive Garden that I have seen, but there's plenty of things that "taste like chicken"-just don't ask what it is...I will also be addressing the western digestive track on future posts...
take care
Curt, we know parsley as a garnish but when they bring out a dish of nothing but seaweed....I think it's meant to be eaten!!!!
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