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We now resume our
regularly scheduled adventure, already in progress..........
Jamaican in China!—It's all
about the food!
A
new friend and fellow vegan mentioned yesterday that our lives seemed to
revolve around food. That
came as a surprise to me--a slim, 135-lb vegan who eats only one meal a day--but,
as I thought about it, I realized she was right!
We
had just finished lunch with the Vegan Social Club of Beijing (food),
and she
had another dinner get-together with friends later that day (food).
I
had arrived late to the social club lunch, and so I didn't eat (no food), so
she agreed to accompany me to my favorite restaurant for another meal (food).
After our meal,
I told her I was headed towards BHG Supermarket to get a certain brand
of organic, wheat-free, breakfast cereal that isn't sold in regular
supermarkets (food).
So,
as we went from lunch to dinner to another dinner (for her), and to a
supermarket (for me)... it seemed
it was all about food!
Well,
see, it's like this. Unlike most of the other folks on the planet, I have to
make special trips to get
what I want and can eat. I can't just pop into a McDonalds, or a local
bodega to get my kind of food, so
it usually requires a special trip to a special supermarket or a special
restaurant.
And
so, the people I meet, for friendship or dating, tend to be people I meet at
the places I
frequent, so I end up dating girls who work at, or whom I meet at vegetarian
restaurants or
health food stores.
What's
more, the phrases in Mandarin that I needed to learn first have to do, for
example, with
ordering brown rice instead of white, requesting a knife and fork instead
of chopsticks (when I'm REALLY hungry
and chopstick-sized portions just won't cut it) , or asking for the
check.
Not
only that, but the Chinese characters I've learned to recognize have to do
with identifying which soy
milk has sugar, and which doesn't.
Add
to that, as I start planning for accommodations in Shanghai, (my next
adventure), I'm specifically looking
for apartments that have a kitchen and that are near to a green
grocer or veggie restaurant where
I can get organic produce. (That's about the food, too!) Hmmm....
I guess it IS all about the food.
Speaking
of which, here are a few of my favorite recent photographs taken at,
um....restaurants!
The Vegan Social
Club of Beijing (Restaurant: Purple Bodhi ---紫菩提)
My favorite
waitress at my favorite restaurant. (Restaurant:Tianchu Miaoxiang-- 天厨妙香素食)
Ahhhh. Food,
glorious food! (Restaurant: Beijing Vegan Hut)
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(the largest online travel service provider in China), and my story,
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Episodes and ideas I'm working on, based on all your great conversations and feedback :
Jamaican Gold! (the Athletes' secret revealed)
Black Privilege in China
The Secret X-Rated Episode
Germ Theory and China (Yes, I said it!)
Dating the Waitress at Your Favorite Vegetarian Restaurant (and other bad decisions) from The Nomad's Relationship Guide
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