#cravingchinesefood

[underwearloverboy]

Good morning. Waking up after a 16 hour nap makes me feel sleepy. #WhatYearIsIt #IMightHaveOverslept #SleepyGay #Gay #Instagay #INeedAnotherNap #AlsoImHungry #CravingChineseFood

[myrnabeauty]

My version of Chicken lo mein because what else you make on a gorgeous day like today lol cooking with all my kitchen windows open feeling the breeze flow through here is awesome! #cravingchinesefood #yummy #falldreamingonasummerday

[davinadancearttextiles]

Oops, got so busy sewing worked right through lunch yesterday! Day 5 of #marchdoodlechallenge hosted by #sealemon - word of the day? Fortune Cookie! #lunchsketching #cravingchinesefood Better late than never!

[alleeways]

It's Christmas Eve! Very different for me This year! #lovingme #lovingyou #cravingChineseFood #2016 #SBCA

[blackforestcomicstexas-blog]

Who is ready for @Freecomicbook day????? We are!!! Artist on hand and we will be raffling off 2 three day adult passes to @texascomicon #paulrigg #texascomiccon #FCBD #freecomicbookday #cravingchinesefood (at Black Forest Comics Texas)

[preciouslysparkled]

China Girl

When in Rome, do as the Romans. A simple rule to follow when lost in translation. That just makes sense, to adapt to the situation or person you are speaking to wether or not you completely understand each other.

For example if you are not too familiar with the lingo you could easily have been excused for taking offense when I was actually being complimented by a young beauty therapist on the topic of my age a week ago…

-Shut up! Get out of here! Fuck a duck…

What can make it trickier, is ofcourse, if you don’t speak the same language at all.  

This past week I have had a stomach upset and felt like death for a few days, getting close and personal with my toilet in the loo hugging position… Coming out of that tornado, I woke up feeling famished this morning and in need of Chinese food. No, it doesn’t describe it enough. I HAD to have Chinese food. I mean, I’d beg, lie, steal, watch an episode of Emmerdale and pawn my cat for Chinese food. That’s how bad it was.

A few miles from home is a Chinese shopping centre. It’s like entering an exciting alternative universe, going there. So I steered my little silver baby-cc towards the awaiting rice and noodles. I was going to pick up some stuff and cook at home but arriving there, being stuck for ages in traffic, I had a change of plan. Within the centre there is a restaurant that I’ve always wanted to try, so I thought why not? 

-eeloo, fil foor waan?

- Well, yes I suppose so… hoping that she meant table for one.

Following her through the vast restaurant it was clear that being of non Chinese decent was being in minority. No sooner had I sat down as a pot of tea was slammed down on the table together with the menu, a scorecard-like piece of paper with Chinese writing and a pen. As I opened the menu, it became clear that it would have been helpful to study Cantonese for about 5 to10 years before attempting to order by reading. 

When one of the waitresses came over I also understood that speaking English wouldn’t take me very far in here. That’s when I made the decision to pick lottery numbers. Yesterday was a mega rollover on Euromillion and no,  I didn’t win, but maybe some of those numbers could come in use now, on the dim sum card? So, there I was crossing numbers like lucky dips, making me look proficient in Dim sum!

Within minutes of ordering, the wierd and wonderful started arriving… In bamboo steamers ofcourse, I unveiled greenleaf parcels with ultra sticky rice and some sort of meat, prawn dumplings, bean curd rolls, green tasty slimy things and yummy Lotus seed paste steamed buns! 

- Eev iiu nish?

- ?

- Siiloo uteeh biil?

-?? eh yes?

I did manage to pay and leave. Feeling pleased that my lottery numbers had payed off, having a tummy and boot full of food and winning over minibug from hell, I was happily headbanging my way home singing with David. 

Soundtrack

China Girl, David Bowie

http://open.spotify.com/track/7Dy1LOaEeuYOEe5k17T3Rh