"No it's just lychee!"

chanelle77
December 22, 2009 at 12:13 AM posted in General Discussion

Yesterday I had a business dinner with my husband (and 2 different companies). Both parties were extremely nice and made me feel very welcome. There was one small issue (I am a vegetarian) and they were afraid I did not have enough food. I am not a big eater and if there are a few veggies I'm happy. So after refusing several times, they still ordered a0 few special dishes for me (which is very thoughtful and nice. I feel a bit bad and really do not need much, but there is no way you can avoid this. So, one of the especially for me dishes was a papaya filled with soup and "lychees". It tasted good, but the lychees were of a substance that I did not recognise as fruit. Then the menu came and (to my surprise / horror) I just ate toad's eggs / ovaries :-). My husband had so much fun (he thinks I am a difficult eater). In Dutch I told him: trust me I get back at you for this one :-P. Never trust the pasta made by your wife again!

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zhenlijiang
December 22, 2009 at 07:41 AM

Chanelle, 让我想一想 ...

But if your husband is a pretty adventurous eater, there probably isn't much to do by way of horrifying him is there?

Must be so fun for you to travel together!

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chanelle77
December 22, 2009 at 03:37 AM

Changye, thank you for your excellent suggestion, (for husband, but he might enjoy it haha). Is there something *nasty* that looks like candy ?!

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chanelle77
December 22, 2009 at 03:17 AM

就是这个:木瓜炖雪蛤(蛤蟆油)但是我的菜也有小伞 :-):跟这个差不多一样的

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changye
December 22, 2009 at 03:12 AM

Hi chanelle77

Judging from this post, you have no problem eating "Gun-kan-maki", a kind of sushi that uses fish eggs, crab eggs or sea urchin.

http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&source=hp&q=%E8%BB%8D%E8%89%A6%E5%B7%BB%E3%81%8D&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

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andrew_c
December 22, 2009 at 03:03 AM

这么神秘的一种汤。

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lynnjiao
December 22, 2009 at 02:51 AM

蛤蟆的卵有荔枝那么大?还是与面混合后制成的?呵呵,这菜我还真没听说过。

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chanelle77
December 22, 2009 at 02:17 AM

不好一色, 我不知道怎么说 / 写。 菜单有汉字和英语发音。饭店是上海的, 菜都是特别的上海采。

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andrew_c
December 22, 2009 at 02:02 AM

真可怜~到底你吃的东西中文怎么说?蛤蛋?