January 26, 2004

  • [#33] Yum Cha Buffet!


    What a yummy day! I seldom got my ass out of bed so early during the day, like last Sunday, got dressed and went to Shinjuku, joined Jona, then joined another group of 14 people for this all you can eat Yum Cha lunch to celebrate Chinese New Year.


    Those Yum Cha! No wonder it's called YUM cha... Just mentioned me of HongKong, where I had my first REAL Yum Cha experience...OMG, even I grew up in China but still I think I've never had such special stuff like that. Or maybe it's just the psychological wall that made me think that one can never taste real food unless you are at the place where it came  from? For example, in Japan, I would never say Chinese restaurants that opened by Japaese people sell Chinese food here ...though there are millions of them. The taste is just not right! Well it's not hard to explain, the materials are different, chickens are taken extremely good care of and so are the artificial vegetables... which I always think is a reason they lost their original wild flavors...So instead of Chinese, actually what's sold in the restaurants is a bunch of inventions of immitation, or different combination of food which should be called Japanese Food That Looks Like Chinese Food, which sounds much better...Oh I miss Shanghai so much now. (Foto: Me and The Vatrix :)


    But the food we had that day was obviously handled by real HK people. Besides the food, what made me happy was the conversations, the non-stop joking laughing part! Such a pity that I couldn't join the 'after party' but hurried home to prepare the test on Monday (which was finished now!) so I said bye to everyone...


    Put up a Josh Groban Player on the left side of my page so all Josh fans can click and play! Well the newest album isn't there yet and the sound quality isn't good enough though...but anyway it's Josh and I love every song in it! Enjoy:)


    Got some sad news today. So I added a link of Angel Songs...think whenever angels had someone join them, their choirs turn more beautiful!

Comments (10)

  • Hmmm...so you joined Jona did you? Hmmm.... that's interesting. Interesting because it was me who arranged yum-cha!!! Hmmm. Maybe you're just pissed off cos I was late? Or maybe there's something you wanna say? Or maybe because I ate the egg-tart before dessert time? .... hmmm

  • I like our fake Mexican food, Tex-Mex, with the exception of Italian food, probably my favorite ethnic food.

    You haven't had Tex-Mex unless you've had it from down here, so I understand what you mean about it just not tasting right.

    I liked your last statement. Beautiful.

  • why is it a sad day? Haychan has that too.

  • and what is yumcha?

  • I just read Loren. Ok I understand sad day. I'm very sorry.

  • It's nice how some people can just call President Bush stupid and then not back up their opinion with examples or any kind of explanation... ~Sean

  • hey dude, thanks for the comment... my friend was in Japan this past summer dancing hula for some company... anyways take it easy.

    [ NiCK ]

  • Thanks for stopping by my site!

    You're in Japan, and eating Chinese food? Sounds like a wonderful combination. I am very jealous! Nothing beats good HK food! When I got back from there, everything in England just tasted bland.

  • Cantonese...

    I can speak a little (maybe 30 or so sentences) but all my Chinese friends tell me I have a British accent and I keep getting the tones wrong.

    Yet I persevere...

    I know a rude one really well though!

  • But hey! It wasn't my choice to know the rude words! Before my first trip to Hong Kong, a friend of mine who used to live there taught me the phrase:

    Dai Ling Go Fai

    And told em it was a normal greeting that should be used at the beginning of all conversation.

    It was only later I learned what it really meant and what I had really been saying...

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