Food Diary: China

The Chinese food in America is good. The Chinese food in China is not good. OK, that's sad. But it's the truth. It's edible but I can't guarantee that your stomach will agree. Not too sure what it is, but I'm assuming its something in the water. Either that or you have to eat with a local foodie that you trust.

My friend in China took me to where the farmers have rows of rural restaurants. He tipped that the farmers save the fresh quality veggies for themselves, so you are better off eating at the farms than the restaurants.

pigeon soup with meatballs...surprisingly delicious

cold chicken

During my stay it was a hit or miss. You get familiar foods at the hotel, but when you get the plate it looks VERY unimpressive. Then you go to the farmers restaurant but you question the sanitation, however, the food does taste very fresh.

Then I ate at a local Chinese restaurant...why do the Chinese order SO MUCH food?! There was only 3 of us eating. We stuffed our bellies full and at the end of the meal it looked like we didn't dent the plates!

oxtail

fried bananas coated with glazed sugar - BOMBTASTIC!

this is what was left after our meal

LA has oranges, China has lychees....China: WIN

honey I'm home

I think the Chinese stay so thin not only because of the humidity - you sweat 24/7, but because they drink A LOT of tea. They have tea all day, throughout their meals, and at work. I always buy tea in China and bring back home as gifts for friends and family. 

local tea shop

tea leaves

This by far was THE BEST thing I ate in China. In Shenzhen I was taken to a Portugese/Chinese restaurant and they ordered an oyster. Not just any oyster. It was jazzed up with some kind of bechamel sauce and mashed potato and then broiled so that it had this burnt crust at the edges. The oyster was as big as my palm too! When my fork broke into it, it just oozed of goodness.

But in the end, when I got back to Hong Kong, all I was feigning for was a good American burger.

ask and you shall receive