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Subject: SPECIAL Jamaican in China!--Life as we know it
(a missive fi di massive)
From: walt@jamaicaninchina.com
Date: September
1, 2010 12:36:34 PM GMT+10:00
Dear
friends,
I
will make this brief.
This is
a special email. It is being sent out of sequence to a select group of people
to share with you what just happened on my second day in China (even
though you haven't received the first day's chronicle yet), because
the significance of what I'm about to share with you defies adequate
description in words, and can not be overstated.
Life
on the planet as we know it, has been irrevocably altered.
And,
in the familiar Yin/Yang "good news-bad news"
construct:
First,
the GOOD news:
Today,
I found a VP2 style restaurant in Beijing!
For
those of you who knew me in New York, you'll recall the Chinese
vegetarian restaurant, Vegetarian Paradise 3 (VP3), in New
York's Chinatown, which closed after Sept 11, and whose remaining sister
location, VP2, is now thriving on West 4th Street in The
Village close to New York University.
If
so, you know what that restaurant represents to my life and gastric
happiness, so you can already appreciate the earth-shattering,
life-altering significance of what I've just shared with you.
The
name of this restaurant is Tianchu Miaoxiang Vegetarian
Restaurant (Chinese name: 天厨妙香素食(朝外店); found it on happycow.net). Out
of courtesy to those who aren't familiar, I won't get into too much
detail, but for those who know, it's VP2 and then some! They've got a
menu of about 20 pages, with all the mock meat, seaweed and veggie dishes we
know and love, plus more stuff that exists here "at the source!"
Sample of a page of
the menu
The manager,
Christina--as the only one on staff who speaks English--catered to me,
explaining dishes, and making suggestions. (I think I'm in love.)
Me and Christina
And
finally, at the end of a sumptuous meal, which cost only 114RMB or about
16US, she refused to accept a tip--explaining Chinese culture and restaurant
policy to me in the process. (A restaurant that won't accept tips! Can
life get any better than this?? Tell everyone you know: Heaven's
got a sign at the gate: "Cheapskates Welcome!")
This
in a city where everywhere I go, I'm besieged by friendly Chinese ladies who
stare, smile, offer their numbers, and are making life quite
pleasant. So, in any event, that's the good news.
BAD
news:
Now,
the bad news.
um...today,
I found a VP2 style restaurant in Beijing, China.
This
means--my dear, sweet, close friends and family--you who've made my life
special for all these years, and who mean the world to me--this means, you will
likely never, ever, ever see me again.
Buh-bye.
whooooosh!
flap, flap, flap, flap, flap....
[the
sound of a curtain fluttering in the breeze....]
end of this episode;
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Germ Theory and China (Yes, I said it!)
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