Part of the great adventure here in China is trying out all of the different cuisines and finding what is good and what is less desirable. Since we've been finding a lot of foods that don't agree with our stomachs we decided to go out on the hunt for something from home...or home-ish. Our stomachs led our little group out a little beyond the campus gates to something readily available in Denver...Korean BBQ!
We were all particularly excited for Korean BBQ because we have been lacking protein in our diets. It is really hard to find meat here for some reason...and once you do...you are never quite sure what kind of meat it is. So this place will definitely do the trick. We sat down...and even better...picture menus!!!! Yes!! These are coveted items around here...seeing a picture of something before you order it is worth a thousand words. We ordered up an array of meats that we recognized (mostly different parts of beef) and they soon came out with a little 'oven' for our table with hot coals and a rack to cook the meat, see...
We were busy grilling all sorts of meats and vegetables and when they were done you wrap them all up in a lettuce wrap with some other spicy vegetables and kimchi and radishes and other deliciousness until they look like this...
And then you eat them. Mmm...they were pretty good. Not really as filling as I had hoped for (unless you order plates and plates and plates of meat). But Kelcey (our lone exchange student from UCD...who's pink hair has gained her much fame from everyone in China) seemed to enjoy :-)
After dinner Enoch and I set out on a search for the perfect dessert. Now in China it is very hard to find anything with sugar...or anything sweet...so this was not going to be easy. But...together...we could make this happen. Earlier in the day he had purchased some 'cake crust' from the local CBD (Central Business District...or in other words...tiny little shops right behind where we live). Where the actual cake goes...I don't know. All we can ever find are the cake crusts (think the ends of the cake that a cake artist would cut off if they were sculpting it or something). So he brought over his cake crusts to my place and I busted out the Nussa (Nutella essentially but Nussa is the name from whatever country that I found it in the international aisle for) and some long wafer sticks.
Idea...use a chocolate wafer stick as a knife and scoop out Nussa and spread it on the cake crust!!! Below is Enoch happily modeling the delicate, yet delicious procedure.
Everyone we introduced this new treat to declared it to be the winning Chinese dessert. Sweet, chocolaty, delicious...and fun!! I guess if you look closely enough you can see a big bottle of beer on the left (ee ping pegio). Just a sidenote...these are like 30 cents here...cheaper than the water. I think America has a tax problem on their alcohol...because according to the Chinese...it is dirt cheap to distribute (I think about 20 cents of the price is due to the bottle).
Anyways, it was a good food night. A much needed one...off to see if I can find more cake crust...mmmm.
Zaijian,
Gary
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