Since being in China we have had some fantastic food and you begin to realise that the Chinese takeaway menu we know in the UK really doesn’t exist here. Generally the food is either much simpler like enormous watery soups with delicate flavours or really weird like feet, stomach and intestines of any animal you care to mention. Obviously when in Peking we had the obligatory duck, but also enjoyed delicious BBQ fish, dumplings and an interesting hotpot which we shared with our new friends Caz and Asa.
The small round cake you can see is called a moon cake and this is what everyone eats during the Mid-Autumn festival which we celebrated last Sunday. It was a time for families who live apart to either get together or if that’s not possible then to at least eat these cakes whilst looking at the same moon their loved ones looked at. Some were disgusting and Mark summed it up perfectly when he said it tasted as though they were filled with ear wax. Others however we delicious and filled with dried fruit and nuts.
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September 26th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
That’s a very big meal you got there Helen! The Moon cakes look like Chinese scones
I like the price tags on all the “sausages”??, does it mean 2 for the price of one or is it just a rude sign!!!…….& a pot noodle (something we westerners recognise at last!)
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