pinkydolly
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Hey pinkdolly,
I gotta say I agree with everyone else! Great new avatar and you are a cutie! Can't wait to see some pics from the new camera!
As for the ulcers and spicy food, no worries at all! I cured myself of those problems years ago with the master cleanser and now that I am so much fitter and healthier I can eat food that would have hurt me to look at before... I bought a small jar of pickled peppers here the other day.... So cheap I couldn't believe it (and from the import store too!). When I eat these little things I am reminded of the old bugs bunny cartoons where the character eats something spicy and flames come shooting out of their ears..... Come to think of it, I haven't got any hair in my ears.... And what are those sotty black marks on the earlobes...?
I think thats great that there are so many steamboat restaurants there. I have eaten on the real deal so I am jaded now and miss that "real" Chongqing cuisine. But the thing I miss the most is something I am suprised I remembered. Of course in China it is no secret that men, especially doing business, LOVE to drink large amounts of alcohol. And usually it is that god awfull 50-60% Bai jiu (white alcohol for those who dont know). Back home we call it moonshine or more appropriately "paint thinner". Well, after a particularly successful business deal the boys took me out to show there appreciation. And though I did not partake in the "lovely ladies" that were lined up and offered to me (another story in itself...) I did "accidentally" let a bunch of bai jiu get into me. Needless to say by the time I was walking, no, staggering back to the hotel I was feeling no pain and could have been on the moon for all I knew.... Then I saw her... She wasn't beautiful, nor was she charming, but she had one of those little street corner BBQ's that many people shy away from. I had a peak and picked out a couple slices of paper thin bean curd. BBQ'ed with spicy sauce, stuck on stick for 8 cents. I then proceeded to continue back to the hotel with treats in hand.
Wow!!! Super spicy and SUPER DUPER good!!!!! I will remember those little street corner treats till the day I die and would go back to CQ in a second to get them..... And who knows, once the summer is over, I just might.
Forget the history and the shopping and the spicy food, I want THAT tofu again and again and again.....
sirant
oh dat colleague bought pickled peppers too! I added them to my seafood soup and it tastes so yummy. I miss those roadside stalls overseas. Be it in china, japan, korea.... they hv such good food. I must commend u on your will power to be able to lose weight in such environment. Think I'll buy 3 to 6 sticks at once lol.
We've something called Pasar Malam here. It's like a flea market selling bags, shirts, watches, utencils and FOOD! Glorious bbq food and malay food! A burger called Ramly Burger..... originated in Malaysia. Special sauce and the egg stuck on beef pattie. Now lots of pasar malam stalls have them. Also corn niblets with salt n butter.... steamed peanuts..... fishball sticks, chicken wing sticks, crabsticks... all kinds of stuff on sticks. and Jap prawn balls... Taiwan XL chicken chop.... I miss those food.
But wat the ?!?!?! I turn on the tv and it happened to be The Biggest Loser Season 2 showing. Didn't they ended the season long ago?! How come it's on tv again?! What a reminder.
I guess the Pasar Malam is a no go.....
