It’s what we do – eat lunch with students and friends. The restaurants in our part of China are inexpensive and the food is interesting, providing a great opportunity to connect with people. We often take students to this restaurant because it has quiet tables upstairs:
These students chose some spicy stuff, especially the chicken in the center bowl with huajiao peppercorns:
Many of our students are girls, leaving more food for me to eat!
These students chose some foods prepared in the style of the Dai Minority people group in south Yunnan:
Dai food is spicy and sour:
and the broiled fish is really tasty:
These students were mostly from the northeast, so they chose food that was a bit more tame:
While eating with some friends after our Sunday fellowship, someone ordered this baked sturgeon. I was looking forward to trying it, but after I took the photo, most of it was gone:
We went to a small restaurant with a student last week and had this bowl of very spicy stew:
After eating too many peppers, it’s nice to have some home cooking. Susan recently started making granola to mix in with my morning oatmeal:
Until we moved to Asia, I never knew how much I would appreciate a homemade Chicken pot pie. No bones, no numbing spices, no surprises!
The bowl of oatmeal and granola with coffee looks so good! And much needed after all the spices!
mom fits right in with all those Chinese girls!
What is the significance of the ‘V’ sign that the girls flash in the pictures?
It’s common for students to do the “V” sign in photos, although most of them couldn’t tell you why. Some will say it means victory, but if you ask “victory over what?”, you only get a blank stare.