Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Well that was an adventure today. OK the food at lunch was as bad I remember it from last time and I am not even a picky eater. We had goop with some grease and bad smell sans spices. But we only paid 10 bucks for lunch for 2 incl. drinks. Given that it was at the convention hall, it was a bargain. And folks you have been deceived for years it is all a myth. In an attempt to spice things up I asked for soy sauce. They had never even heard of it. So next time when you get soy sauce at say Panda Express, do not think you are actually eating Chinese food ;)
Now, to be fair, let’s not just concentrate on the negative. There were some things that were great: They have the best candy. Way better than in the US. Not as sweet and totally fruity . Soooooo good, we loved it. Also, they had a lounge with free food for overseas buyers (which we unfortunately did not discover until after lunch). There we had an interesting thing called deep fried pineapple rolls. It is pineapples spears in some sort of tempura like batter that is deep fried. They were kind of cold but really good otherwise. Also at the lounge, we had the best butter cookies ever, even better than in Austria. Seriously, that’s a feat! Another thing that is fantastic is their bananas. I thought bananas all tasted the same. But the one we had was the yummiest ever, flavor that burst in your mouth, not mushy, not hard, not too sweet, not too tart, it was perfect. But the best thing is their citrus fruit and the mango juice we had a lunch. The citrus stuff does not look too appetizing to be sure. No Florida Citrus Growers coloration in China. They had weird brown spots and looked not at all ready for commercial consumption if you know what I mean, maybe you could say someone pulled them off their own trees in the back yard. But they tasted soooooo good. No seeds, pungent flavor, firm but soft at the same time. They gave us oranges, mandarin oranges and tiny things that I had never seen before, smaller than a ping pong ball, maybe as big as an oversized marble. Yum , they were good. After discovering them, we stocked up and we now have a ready supply in my purse. Last but not least came the mango juice that Tash ordered for lunch. They took a whole mango, added ice and blended it. That’s it. It was so good and refreshing, again not too sweet. I love that about the Chinese food in this area, they seem to know just the right balance of sweet.
Well that was an adventure today. OK the food at lunch was as bad I remember it from last time and I am not even a picky eater. We had goop with some grease and bad smell sans spices. But we only paid 10 bucks for lunch for 2 incl. drinks. Given that it was at the convention hall, it was a bargain. And folks you have been deceived for years it is all a myth. In an attempt to spice things up I asked for soy sauce. They had never even heard of it. So next time when you get soy sauce at say Panda Express, do not think you are actually eating Chinese food ;)
Now, to be fair, let’s not just concentrate on the negative. There were some things that were great: They have the best candy. Way better than in the US. Not as sweet and totally fruity . Soooooo good, we loved it. Also, they had a lounge with free food for overseas buyers (which we unfortunately did not discover until after lunch). There we had an interesting thing called deep fried pineapple rolls. It is pineapples spears in some sort of tempura like batter that is deep fried. They were kind of cold but really good otherwise. Also at the lounge, we had the best butter cookies ever, even better than in Austria. Seriously, that’s a feat! Another thing that is fantastic is their bananas. I thought bananas all tasted the same. But the one we had was the yummiest ever, flavor that burst in your mouth, not mushy, not hard, not too sweet, not too tart, it was perfect. But the best thing is their citrus fruit and the mango juice we had a lunch. The citrus stuff does not look too appetizing to be sure. No Florida Citrus Growers coloration in China. They had weird brown spots and looked not at all ready for commercial consumption if you know what I mean, maybe you could say someone pulled them off their own trees in the back yard. But they tasted soooooo good. No seeds, pungent flavor, firm but soft at the same time. They gave us oranges, mandarin oranges and tiny things that I had never seen before, smaller than a ping pong ball, maybe as big as an oversized marble. Yum , they were good. After discovering them, we stocked up and we now have a ready supply in my purse. Last but not least came the mango juice that Tash ordered for lunch. They took a whole mango, added ice and blended it. That’s it. It was so good and refreshing, again not too sweet. I love that about the Chinese food in this area, they seem to know just the right balance of sweet.
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