You never know what you’re gonna get when ordering in a restaurant. Many restaurants have these giant refrigerated cases where they display the dishes they can prepare. It’s like a giant menu and you can just walk around and point. (Like the dog dish in the picture I posted.) Just because you are getting a preview of your food, however, does not mean it will emerge from the kitchen looking anything like the sample. Let’s call it “chef’s prerogative.”
Last night I think I might have eaten turtle. I thought I ordered beef with broccoli but what I received had no broccoli and a rather weird, spongy texture. I asked the waitress if it was niurou, (beef), and she didn’t seem to understand me. Seriously, I know for a fact my pronunciation was correct, but I think she was overwhelmed and was having a “laowais don’t know how to speak Chinese” moment. So I shouldered on until I noticed that one piece of “beef” suspiciously resembled the outline of a turtle – little tail, floppy feet. DH insists it was not turtle, but he didn’t actually eat any of it.
If I did actually eat turtle, I can’t recommend it.
BTW, 543 was just an arbitrary number I pulled out of my hat, but I am sure I could come up with a few more of these posts… Except for a lot of times, it’s definitely not chocolate.
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Turtle can be very good…so if it was you just got a poor sample.
Did you pretend you were on The Amazing Race and if you finished it all you could complete the challenge, get to the pit stop and win the million dollars? That’s probably the only way I could get through it…
Sandra – I’m guessing it wasn’t really turtle, just weird beef. I have no idea what turtle would taste like, but I guess now I’ll be more open to it! Is turtle common in Louisiana or what?
Someday – I love the Amazing Race and I think the DH and I would rule that game. I’ll have to use it as a motivator. Wish I’d thought of that when I had to eat duck feet, but I guess it would really be more like Fear Factor!
Have you heard about a guy who ordered turtle soup in a restaurant but changed his mind and asked for pea soup instead, and the waiter hollered into the kitchen “Hold the turtle, make it pea!”? Sorry I can’t resist.
Reminds me of a joke that my Dad always tells every time we eat peas. I’d write it here, but I think it deserves its own post! Thanks for making me smile this morning!
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