User Comments - stellacadente

Posted on: Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Thanks!! 

I really would LOVE an entire series of lessons on this topic. It's a difficult book, even in translation. But it's such a fascinating story, and some amazing adaptations are out there and I keep trying to at least get through the source material. 

Posted on: Ordering Food for the Group

I've heard his music and think he sounds kinda like Springsteen.

Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert

It's the Stoner We.

Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert

I'm not as fond of Andy Lau's music as I am of his acting. The Infernal Affairs trilogy is still amazing; even though the third film was weakly written, it held together on his strong acting skills. And he's just so goshdarn cute!

Posted on: Please Speak Chinese

I met a woman recently who lived in China for three years and speaks less Chinese than I do, and I've never even been there. EVERYONE wanted to speak English with her, plus she worked with many transplanted coworkers who spoke it.

Posted on: Smelly Cheese

Of course, if you consider smell, Limburger should be on the list, although its taste is quite mild.

Posted on: Smelly Cheese

Although ironically, the pic you posted is of 100% real cheese; it's just dried. It's serviceable for weeknight pasta dinners. But the other kinds are gross beyond belief. And I can no longer eat mac & cheese from the box. I can't even be around it; the smell makes me sick. But I still love *real* mac and cheese, so I've perfected my own recipe for it. My Chinese teacher from Beijing, who's been in N. Am. for over a decade now, despises cheese, esp. mac & cheese and esp. the box kind. I wish I could have had her at least try my homemade. :-)

Posted on: Ordering Pizza

Wow, thanks for putting all those lessons in one place! And btw, I went to a Chinese-American breakfast once, and almost all the Chinese (from China; not the American citizens of Chinese heritage) were loving the grits. I was amazed. I prefer my grits more pudding like, but the attendees were loving the ones there that were a bit soupy.

Posted on: Ordering Pizza

In the US, green onion and spring onion are used interchangeably for relatively small young onion plants. From a regular grocery store, the white part is generally only slighly bulby, or not at all. Both green and white are used and are not cooked very long, or used raw in salads or as a garnish. If you go to some specialty stores, like an Asian store, organic produce store or farmer's market, you might get "green onions" where the white part has a noticeable bulb. These plants are generally older and bigger and have a stronger scent and flavor.

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Yunnan

I'm just glad I read this thread *after* lunch.