Dim Sum Doodles

Feb 11, 2007 00:42

Eating Dim Sum this morning with my girlfriend and a friend of hers. They speak Mandarin, also known as Crazy-Wobbling-Incomprehensiblese, so I could tell I was being discussed and judged, but was unable to understand a word and honestly didn't care because I was being well fed. Like being in a dog show but without anyone lifting my tail and ( Read more... )

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maxradical February 11 2007, 17:14:53 UTC
Good guess, Adder, but as a long-time undercover operative in the fooderies of the Yellow Menace I can recognise wasabi burns when I get them. The thermal grenades I spoke of were not super-spicy-hot, but actually-thermally-hot. Which is how they get you!

Definitely going to try that next time I'm back - you remember the name of the restaurant? Even Flame (gf) is interested...

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anonymous February 11 2007, 15:51:22 UTC
About the anti-chop stuff, we Chinese resolve in this way: use spoons and sticks together!
U can use chopsticks doesn't mean you have to use it for all the dishes including soup, silly.

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maxradical February 11 2007, 17:16:30 UTC
Any people who are prepared to do reasonable things like "use whatever items actually work to lift the food" wouldn't have come up with chopsticks in the first place. You don't fool me with this "We're not trying to kill you, honest" propaganda!

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