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Asian ERA |OT| We don't AGE
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Feng zhua (chicken feet, although the Chinese actually says phoenix claws), ha(r) gow (shrimp dumpling), siu mai (pork dumpling), fried pumpkin in salted egg yolk (no clue what the Chinese name is), ngau cheung (beef rice noodle roll)
I've been meaning to do this for a while but I've also been a lazy bum. I traveled to Mauritius earlier this year. It's a small island (30 km x 40 km) east of Madagascar. It's also where a bunch of my family lives - there's a large population of Chinese that immigrated there during the late 1800's/early 1900's (fun fact: almost all Chinese there are Hakka from Guandong). There's also an even larger Indian population there. The official language of Mauritius is English, but the vast majority of people speak Creole French (incidentally, this is why my mom taught me French instead of Chinese when I was young). The island used to be a Dutch colony, then a French colony, then a British colony until the 1960's.
This is dal puri. I believe it's an Indian dish. The dal puri in Mauritius uses the trademark Mauritian pickled vegetable (apparently it's called achard?) mixed with curry and served on a soft buttery roti. It's real good street food.
Tea plantation
Mauritius had two major exports: sugar and tea. Production of both has declined in recent years - Britain isn't buying as much of either from Mauritius. However, a Chinese company just bought a large stake in the Mauritian tea industry. Supposedly the tea in Mauritius doesn't have heavy metals, and people are willing to pay extra.
Deer curry
That's the pickled Mauritian vegetable in the bottom left. Deer aren't native to Mauritius. They were introduced so the bored rich people could hunt them while their slaves/labor did all the hard work.
Raw sea urchin and cockles
There are some more food pictures lying around somewhere, but the island is really quite beautiful. I'll dig up the food later tonight.
This view covers about half the island. On a day with better visibility you can make out some landmarks on the opposite shore.
Other things:
Shrine (I'm not sure what religion):
Mean dog:
Tropical Christmas tree:
This is dal puri. I believe it's an Indian dish. The dal puri in Mauritius uses the trademark Mauritian pickled vegetable (apparently it's called achard?) mixed with curry and served on a soft buttery roti. It's real good street food.
Tea plantation
Mauritius had two major exports: sugar and tea. Production of both has declined in recent years - Britain isn't buying as much of either from Mauritius. However, a Chinese company just bought a large stake in the Mauritian tea industry. Supposedly the tea in Mauritius doesn't have heavy metals, and people are willing to pay extra.
Deer curry
That's the pickled Mauritian vegetable in the bottom left. Deer aren't native to Mauritius. They were introduced so the bored rich people could hunt them while their slaves/labor did all the hard work.
Raw sea urchin and cockles
There are some more food pictures lying around somewhere, but the island is really quite beautiful. I'll dig up the food later tonight.
This view covers about half the island. On a day with better visibility you can make out some landmarks on the opposite shore.
Other things:
Shrine (I'm not sure what religion):
Mean dog:
Tropical Christmas tree:
I'm fine with sour cream and crisps, but milk and crisps is going too far man
edit: Has anyone here taken a DNA test before? Thinking about doing one...
Mentioned it in here the other day. I'm suspicious of my results because it says 0% Spanish (meaning a near perfect Southeast Asian side), but who knows.
My grandma coerced me into getting one once because she's big on genealogy. Mostly the results matched expectations, except for a small percentage of Austronesian that snuck in somewhere on the Chinese side.
so my connection with china is fairly tenuous in that i'm a first-gen aussie, my parents are... i think third-gen malaysian-chinese? So even within Malaysia the chinese-ness so to speak already became kind of a reach. The main thing that seems to have survived is the food, CNY of course, and oddly enough a lot of the funeral traditions. So I don't have this void or desire for Chinese culture in me beyond, you know, feeling to some extent embarassment at not being able to speak proper chinese or not knowing the food etc.
I think probably on-average I know more asians than not, but not to the extent they comprise my entire friend groups. I dunno how it is. Honestly, I think I relate more to being asian-australian than I do to being asian or more specifically I suppose chinese (and definitely more than being Malaysian).
Honestly I'm more interested in Japanese and even Korean right now than learning Chinese, btu that's partially just a it's-very-difficult-to-learn-multiple-languages-at-once thing.
I think probably on-average I know more asians than not, but not to the extent they comprise my entire friend groups. I dunno how it is. Honestly, I think I relate more to being asian-australian than I do to being asian or more specifically I suppose chinese (and definitely more than being Malaysian).
Honestly I'm more interested in Japanese and even Korean right now than learning Chinese, btu that's partially just a it's-very-difficult-to-learn-multiple-languages-at-once thing.
I'm half white, half Chinese. Grew up in Hawaii. My Chinese side is something like 5th generation in the US (or what would eventually become the US). There's a black and white photo from the 1800s of some people that came over to work on the plantations on the islands and one of them (my dad's ancestor) looks exactly like my dad when he was younger. I don't think my dad speaks any Chinese at all outside of some words here and there. Never heard my popo (grandma, dad's side) speak it either, but I think she can? My mom is a white girl from California, Scottish-Irish.
I've never identified strongly with either side - I'm definitely not white, can't even pass because of my eyes and my last name (and I apparently have a Hawaii accent even though I can't hear it at all), and I have almost no connection to China beyond my blood and my name. Fortunately, Hawaii is a true melting pot (unlike the mainland US, which only claims to be) - so I formed bonds with people of all types since my surroundings were diverse and I didn't really automatically bond with anyone due to ethnicity or culture. My high school crew had Chinese, Japanese, hapa/mixed, Bangladeshi, Korean, white, Polynesian, and Filipino people in it. Local Hawaii culture is pretty much what I was raised in and what I identify with.
I've never identified strongly with either side - I'm definitely not white, can't even pass because of my eyes and my last name (and I apparently have a Hawaii accent even though I can't hear it at all), and I have almost no connection to China beyond my blood and my name. Fortunately, Hawaii is a true melting pot (unlike the mainland US, which only claims to be) - so I formed bonds with people of all types since my surroundings were diverse and I didn't really automatically bond with anyone due to ethnicity or culture. My high school crew had Chinese, Japanese, hapa/mixed, Bangladeshi, Korean, white, Polynesian, and Filipino people in it. Local Hawaii culture is pretty much what I was raised in and what I identify with.
Food Pics from my work trip to Sweden last week. I stayed in a small town for most of it:
Mushroom Pasta
Bacon Burger
Tom Yum Soup
Szechuan Squid
Skagen Toast
Chicken and Avocado Salad
Pea Soup and other stuff
Wonton Soup and Shrimp Chips
Salt+Pepper Squid
Mussels in a Tequila Sauce (in Stockholm)
Ramen from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam
Let me know if they're too big; I browse with images off so I can't tell
Mushroom Pasta
Bacon Burger
Tom Yum Soup
Szechuan Squid
Skagen Toast
Chicken and Avocado Salad
Pea Soup and other stuff
Wonton Soup and Shrimp Chips
Salt+Pepper Squid
Mussels in a Tequila Sauce (in Stockholm)
Ramen from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam
Let me know if they're too big; I browse with images off so I can't tell
They don't have that here.
Also, I really don't like sweet and sour sauce. It's a low-tier sauce.
My man!
My man!! Yeeeah!
I used to add malted vinegar to anything potato, but then found out that the local fry shop never changed the malted vinegar packets, so... yeah.
ponzu (real ponzu, not that shit that's just soy sauce + lime juice) is pretty great on thick cut fries/chips
Last Sunday, SBS (the tv channel in australia that attempts to cover world stuff) was playing this gymnast event and i was attempting sleep so i ended up watching through to the end and the winners for both categories were Asian Americans :D
Morgan Hurd did the floor thingy and she was so precious and so talented omg * ___ * She's adopted from young age, from Chinese background. And Yul Moldauer did the high bar thingy and he was flawless and had perfect hair * ___ * His background is Korean, i think...
Morgan Hurd:
Yul Moldauer:
They won the American Cup in March: https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/M...Hurd-Yul-Moldauer-Triumph-At-The-American-Cup
Anyway, I was so pleased with both young people's achievements and so this morning I went to look them up and found out that Morgan just fell on her head in a competition but .......thankfully, she's doing OKAY :D
News article here: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/05/01/morgan-hurd-balance-beam-fall-pacific-rim-championships/
I just fell for Morgan, she's just so adorable and so gifted * ___ *
Morgan Hurd did the floor thingy and she was so precious and so talented omg * ___ * She's adopted from young age, from Chinese background. And Yul Moldauer did the high bar thingy and he was flawless and had perfect hair * ___ * His background is Korean, i think...
Morgan Hurd:
Yul Moldauer:
They won the American Cup in March: https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/M...Hurd-Yul-Moldauer-Triumph-At-The-American-Cup
Anyway, I was so pleased with both young people's achievements and so this morning I went to look them up and found out that Morgan just fell on her head in a competition but .......thankfully, she's doing OKAY :D
News article here: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/05/01/morgan-hurd-balance-beam-fall-pacific-rim-championships/
I just fell for Morgan, she's just so adorable and so gifted * ___ *
Came across this
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/yellow-fever-restaurant.html
Falls into my "this is an internal matter" radar. But there is a side debate on why everybody try to be cute with names for Asian restaurants? Maybe I should buck the trend and open up Nigglet's soul food.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/yellow-fever-restaurant.html
Falls into my "this is an internal matter" radar. But there is a side debate on why everybody try to be cute with names for Asian restaurants? Maybe I should buck the trend and open up Nigglet's soul food.
I remember we had a thread on that. Using that kind of language for exposure is crass and not cool.
Here is the poke bowl I had for lunch
Yes I ate at desk
Busy tiem at work = no proper lunches away from desk
This poke bowl was: Grilled mushrooms, seaweed salad, kimchi, salmon, tuna, sesame base sauce on top of matcha soba noodles. It was delicious~
I try not to eat at my desk. I find that I just end up working slower and eating slower cause I'm not a good multitasker.
Yeah, I've done some desk lunches recently, too, actually. =\
My son is good! He got scratched at daycare today because apparently he was all up in some other kid's face.
That looks yom!! There's a poke place plopped outside one of my go-to study areas at uni but it's kinda pricey for the portions given so I've only been once ;___;
pokes are expensive but healthy and nom~
that one was $16.50 for a bowl... but i've found another place recently that does 'em for ten bux * ___ * per bowl * ___ *
Wow that's super expensive. I'm surprised poke bowls made their way over already... it's a Hawaiian thing I think.
But then again I guess it really blew up a couple years ago.
& yes I LOVE poke bowls, but the ones here tend to run about $10-$12 a bowl too. Whenever I eat it I'm like... wtf I can make my own, haha.
Also they don't keep super well overnight so I never bring them for lunch, but maybe I should...
But then again I guess it really blew up a couple years ago.
& yes I LOVE poke bowls, but the ones here tend to run about $10-$12 a bowl too. Whenever I eat it I'm like... wtf I can make my own, haha.
Also they don't keep super well overnight so I never bring them for lunch, but maybe I should...
The ones downstairs are like $10 as well.
I heard he did this to some girl, so that's probably something to keep an eye on eventually.
10 dollars is my sweet spot for lunch, easy to justify if it's healthy and uses good ingredients.
So Netflix has a documentary about the life of Torshiro Mifune, and it's pretty nuts. The dude was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army and was beaten by his superior officers for his rebellious nature, and told his (child soldier) trainees "you don't have to say 'banzai' for the Emperor, just say goodbye to your mother."
Dude was a real-life anime character.
Dude was a real-life anime character.
