We eat porridge, which is rice mixed with vegetables, meat and seafood and cooked till it is soft and soupy. To accompany the porridge, many little side dishes are served. These dishes are called “shia fan” dishes, “shia fan” means to help the rice go down. These dishes consists of very inexpensive ingredients, like egg plant, bean curd, radishes, peanuts, cabbage, but seasoned so well with ginger, garlic, red peppers, sesame oil, hoisin or oyster sauce, that once you have eaten them, you will never forget how delicious they are.
But we also eat “Shao Bing, Yiu Tiao”. “Shao Bing” is Chinese bread baked in many layers with sesame seeds on top. “Yiu Tiao” is a long piece of dough and deep fried. The “Yiu tiao” is then stuffed into the “Shao Bing” and eaten like a sandwich. The drink is usually soy milk.

Be sure to make as many Chinese friends as poosible. The Chinese people have always loved Americans, and they will be happy to practice their English. Of course, I expect you to learn some Mandarin too. Now I want to wish you “Yi Lu Shun Feng” which means “Go with the Wind”

Chi Newman

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