On Weekends

Serious. Say, you decide to go for a dinner at a traditional Chinese, Thailand or any other Far East country’s restaurant (I am talking about traditional place, not the kind of popular bars you’d see in Canada, where the most exotic meal is chicken’s wings in hokey sauce). You got your meal served? Good. Now poke it, to make sure it’s dead.

It’s pretty common in the Far East to server food before it’s, so-to-speak “perfectly” dead. Much as I *love* the cuttlefishes, I still prefer them dead on my plate. Thankfully, due to the “ink” that has to be cleaned before serving or cooking, they cannot be served alive, so basically this is the only “live” food that is always safe to order.

Another “problem” with Far East Food is that you do not know what you are eating. The sea stars that often decorate our bathroom are served in China snacks on the street (normally on a stick, like a lollypop) and a mere knowledge that some Thailand’s eat dogs might keep many Europeans away from the traditional restaurants. Is it really that bad? NO, of course not. In fact, Far East food, especially Chinese, is delicious. Chicken roasted in orange juice and red paprika is an unforgettable experience. Sushi, “fortune cookies”, let alone rice is very safe to eat and of course, very tasty.

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