No matter how big an Asian cuisine aficionado you may claim to be but once in China, mark my words, you will certainly scratch your head in bewilderment once before ordering your dish and later when it arrives on the table. While unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures of the weird and crazy dishes as it was too awkward for me to do so in front of our Chinese clients, otherwise though I hunted for my comfort food. Here are a few things I ate during my work trip. Mostly I played it safe!
Take a look at this! With a menu that looks like this, you either have to be well versed with Chinese/ Mandarin or in my case have someone who knows your language help you out. So I ordered this below!
The good old noodle soup with pakchoy and supple shrimp dumplings. Delicious and in my comfort zone.
And I must talk about my favourite ever breakfast place i’ve ever had anywhere in life. That’s Wagas! A chain of cafes across China, this place serves dishes that are amazingly tasting and guess what healthy too! Here are a couple of things I devoured,
Salmon, poached eggs, orange slices, avocado and couscous cutlets.Yummy yoghurt with crispy toppings of chia seeds, raisins & more!Papaya and couscous salad with sunny side up and avocado on the side.Fusilli arrabiata with bacon and parmeson! Yumm!
And twice I had the delicious south east asian laksa at two different restaurants, one in Beijing the Singaporean one and the other in Shanghai the Malaysian one and both the curries with those sea food, tofu, eggs and glass noodles were oh so lip smacking!
The Malaysian laksaThe Singaporean LaksaThe nice & simple pad thai noodles with condiments we all love!Crispy deep fried shrimp and corn money bags.Sea food risotton in black ink sauce!Crunchy fish dumped in Vietnamese curry and rice.The homely mixed vegetable curry with rice.The plain egg noodles with veggies we can always happily dig in.
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