Well Chinese food is AWESOME- you simply MUST see what I'm eating. Dude, if you're American and you think of "Chinese food" as that cheap greasy stuff... that's
fake Chinese food.
Behold, Chinese food:
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| 炒饭 (chǎo fàn). Fried rice. I LOVE fried rice! |
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| Curry (咖哩 gālí) with chicken and eggplant. SO GOOD! |
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| Cute little waffles with fruit, from an adorable little coffee shop. Take a look at those silly little "forks." |
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| Rice with some kind of beef or pork on top, with sides of egg, veggies, fish thing, and meat floss. Meat floss is weird, man. |
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| What's this? A mountain of ice cream covered in chocolate? Umm, no no. That's shaved ice with red beans on the sides. |
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| And some yellowish cream inside. It wasn't very good. |
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| 宫保鸡丁 (gōng bǎo jī dīng). Kung pao chicken. My favorite! |
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| 饺子 (jiǎozi). Dumplings. |
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| Enchiladas, from a bar with Western food. Super expensive. |
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| Some interesting oreo flavors here. "Oreo" in Chinese is 奥利奥 (ào lì ào). |
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| Fried rice! |
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| 肉丝 (ròu sī). Shredded pork with some veggies. So freakin' good! |
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| 唐恩都乐 (táng ēn dōu lè). Dunkin' Donuts. |
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| Some kind of fried pork thing. That looks like icing, doesn't it? Yeah, that's mayonnaise. |
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| Fried rice! |
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| 鱼香茄子 (yú xiāng qiézi). Eggplant. Dude, this eggplant dish is one of my FAVORITES! |
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| Here's another picture of kung pao chicken. |
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| So, at a lot of restaurants, you sit down at the table and your dishes are all shrink-wrapped together. And I go there with Chinese people, so I've been unable to convince any of them that this is WEIRD. |
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| Cold noodles. A bit spicy. |
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| 回锅肉 (huí guō ròu). Pork with some peppers and stuff. Kind of spicy. |
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| 鱼香茄子 (yú xiāng qiézi). Eggplant, again. |
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| 鸭舌 (yā shé). Duck tongues. Yes, you read that right: duck tongues. This is what they looked like before cooking. And yeah, once they were cooked, I did eat one. It was... odd. |
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| 猪脑 (zhū nǎo). Pig brains, before being cooked. Okay this is horrifying and I did NOT eat any. |
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| Chocolate bread. I love these! |