notes

To the staff of the Number 1 Restaurant:

You are supposed to at least try and hide the fact that the “lamb” on your lamb kebabs did not come from any kind of ovine.

Oh, and if you’re charging 8 mao per stick, try and put some meat on it. I mean, more than just two or three scraps. Or should I assume you’re trying to stretch the five rats you caught on Monday over the whole week?

Yeah, last night’s dinner was less than ideal. I mean, it was good to sit out in the open air, and although the days are kinda sticky, at night it’s cool enough to be comfortable despite the ridiculous humidity. But we’re going to have to find somewhere that is:

  1. outside, and;
  2. serves food fit for human consumption.

I’m surprised my gut didn’t give me any trouble this morning.

About the Author

wangbo

A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.

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