spicy frog
Yes indeed... I ate frog. Well actually I only ate the leg of a frog. I was the only American at dinner with several of my new friends... let's see if I can remember their names:
David, Erick (or as he called himself, "Erick-a"), Angel, Mitchie, Sam
and one other person... I guess I can't remember them all.
Anyway, dinner was really spicy - really, really sweat-inducing spicy. There was one oasis of steamed green vegetables., a fish-head dish oh boy, and a duck in some sort of really good-smelling sauce. There were also some potatoes, rice and, of course, frog. The only thing I couldn't bring myself to try was the duck. One of its feet was sticking up out of the mix and it looked so pathetic that I decided to leave it alone.
Another thing that I found very interesting is the pre-meal washing of dishes. Every time I sit down to eat, I do what they do. They each get a cup of tea, and put the ends of their chopsticks in it. Then they pour the tea into their small bowl over their spoon and rinse any other dishes they have. In the end, it goes from the bowl into a dish in the center of the table.
Beer is served in a similar fashion. All the glasses are lined up and a small amount is poured into a glass. They swirl it around and pour it into the second glass and so on untill they are all rinsed out. Then the small amount of beer is boured into the dish with the previously discarded tea.
I am assuming this is done for the sake of hygene, so I am adopting the habit myself.
I have more to report, but this is all I have time for now. I am going to "gong bei" today and maybe over to Macao if I have time.
David, Erick (or as he called himself, "Erick-a"), Angel, Mitchie, Sam
and one other person... I guess I can't remember them all.
Anyway, dinner was really spicy - really, really sweat-inducing spicy. There was one oasis of steamed green vegetables., a fish-head dish oh boy, and a duck in some sort of really good-smelling sauce. There were also some potatoes, rice and, of course, frog. The only thing I couldn't bring myself to try was the duck. One of its feet was sticking up out of the mix and it looked so pathetic that I decided to leave it alone.
Another thing that I found very interesting is the pre-meal washing of dishes. Every time I sit down to eat, I do what they do. They each get a cup of tea, and put the ends of their chopsticks in it. Then they pour the tea into their small bowl over their spoon and rinse any other dishes they have. In the end, it goes from the bowl into a dish in the center of the table.
Beer is served in a similar fashion. All the glasses are lined up and a small amount is poured into a glass. They swirl it around and pour it into the second glass and so on untill they are all rinsed out. Then the small amount of beer is boured into the dish with the previously discarded tea.
I am assuming this is done for the sake of hygene, so I am adopting the habit myself.
I have more to report, but this is all I have time for now. I am going to "gong bei" today and maybe over to Macao if I have time.
1 Comments:
If you are going to fall off the veggie wagon, it might as well be super spicy and interesting! I'll think of you every time I use "Toad" today. Ribet.
By Mary, At 8/14/2006 10:56 AM
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