Sep16
What the hell is this food?
I’ve been in HK for over a year and my Chinese language hasn’t really improved. I get confused with Putogwa and the different Cantonese variations around China when I travel, so I’ve pretty much learnt all I can. Also it’s a fact that Chinese don’t expect you to speak Chinese - so it knocks you back a bit if they ask you to repeat what you just said.
Anyway, went to a small café ¡nd tried use my piss poor Cantonese to order a small soya drink for my friends, this is what we got instead:
6 Responses to “What the hell is this food?”
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aNNabaNAna
Said this at 4:49pm:oh my, i totally feel ya. i have been trying to speak dutch at supermarkets and shops here in the netherlands. i feel myself like an idiot whenever they ask me to repeat again, AND they still dun get it, ggrrrrrrrr. am i THAT bad??
but well, hang in there and try till you finally get the right food on the table
Spirit Fingers
Said this at 2:16am:What exactly is that? It’s very…white.
Giles
Said this at 1:38am:Yes it was a bread type of thing. I proceeded to eat a bit with chopsticks and got alot of strange looks - no way was I going to pick it up with my fingers, unless I wanted to be ill…
Joyce
Said this at 3:19am:Oh in Cantonese is Cheun Fun, right? and is some meat inside wrapped with the white sticky thing. That is dim sum though!
lisa lam
Said this at 10:22am:haha!! its cheung fun!! dim sum..though im having trouble wondering what u actually said to them? soya bean drink u wanted right? dau cheung?
yi-vern
Said this at 3:18am:Hmm…i think it’s very pasty white “ma lai go”