Foodies

At home we pride ourselves in trying to make good food using quality ingredients to make good food, but here the story is more about filling our bellies without sickness. Of all the things in China that we have so far been able to adjust to, the food is still something that shocks us everyday. Obviously Paul is doing better than Kristen in this regard. We are constantly finding new things that we never thought could or would be eaten, some is great and some is gross!

These are preserved Sea Cucumbers, mostly eaten we gather to increase the chance of a boy. They are very expensive and in special cases which clerks open for you, like jewellery. Although they will not open them for us!

These are 100 Day Eggs. We call them 100 year eggs. Basically they take fresh eggs and bury them in the ground for 100 days then dig them up and sell them for way more money.

They are sold by the dozen and smell like death warmed over.

Some sort of Tree Tea. Willow maybe?

The top on is cucumber or zucchini tea, the bottom one is a mushroom tea.

These are pastries at our favorite little bakery by the school. Pigs so fat they couldn't even walk.



We tired this one, a hard chocolate shell over a light little cake with TONS of icing to hold it together. Cam, Paul and Kris shared ONE.



This is  a plastic cake. Like all places with food on display it is plastic to last forever and show everyone what the food will look like. We had to take a picture tho for Su-Yin. Happy Birthday Yinny!

These are also plastic, but if you ordered one it would look EXACTLY like this!

This bag contains one loaf of whole wheat bread and reads:
"This product is a kind of the high-quality good food suitable for everyone either young or to give to your relatives or friends"
AWESOME!!!!