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May 10
I’m surrounded by nutcases
Posted by Sheylara . 4 Comments »

After reading my blog about mutton tulang yesterday, Nanny Wen tweeted: “MY FAVOURITE FOOD in guangzhou!!!! it’s the best ever *salivates*”

I was, like: “So nice meh?”

She went: “Maybe yours wasnt that great but my soup was super tasty n fantastic.”

I said: “I also don’t like the tulang at Lagoon which TGF always eat…”

She said: “Lagoon got tulang ?? Where???! Let’s eat tonight!!”

So, there and then, at 4:30pm, we decided to meet for dinner.

I SMSed the Goonfather and Unker Kell to book them for dinner. They replied OK. I told our maid not to cook dinner for us.

Half an hour later, Nanny Wen BBMed me (paraphrased): “Oh shit I forgot I already have movie plans tonight.”

So, that’s how the Goonfather, Unker Kell and I went to Lagoon to eat tulang on behalf of Nanny Wen.

Mutton tulang

Actually, only the Goonfather ate it. I don’t like it and Unker Kell only likes the sauce. The dish comes with a plate of bread for dipping.

I ate BBQ chicken wings.

Unker Kell ate Roti John while making some lame joke about depriving John of his bread.

After dinner, he belched contentedly and said smugly with a cheesy grin, “John, you hear that?”

Kell is a nutcase.

AND SO IS NANNY WEN.

Love, Sheylara
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May 10
This is how they eat soup tulang in China
Posted by Sheylara . 5 Comments »

I think this was in Tangxia, a small town in Guangdong, China. (I always forget little details like that, which is why I’m a blogger and not a journalist.)

Isaiah took us to this huge restaurant. It has a main hall like a hotel’s banquet room and then it has another storey or two that houses countless private dining rooms. You could get lost in there.

Restaurant in China

But only the staircase looked grand and beautiful (in an outdated manner). We were shown into a rather dirty and cluttered room to wait while they prepared another room for us.

Restaurant in China

Our room had a poster of Chairman Mao. It was all very quaint, as if we’d stepped back in time.

Restaurant in China

But the food was delicious. Isaiah ordered a feast for us and there was only one dish I didn’t like, which was the mutton tulang. I gave it a try, anyway, because they give you straws and disposable gloves to eat it and I thought that was kinda fun.

Mutton tulang

First, you scoop out a piece of bone and put it in your bowl.

Eating mutton tulang

Then hold the bone with your gloved hand and start chewing up the meaty, gooey bits on the outside.

Eating mutton tulang

When done, poke a straw into the hollow of the bone.

Eating mutton tulang

Suck up the marrow!

Eating mutton tulang

It’ll be hard to suck everything up all at once, so you pour some soup into the hollow and then mash up the marrow a bit with your straw before attempting to suck again.

Eating mutton tulang

Rinse and repeat till it’s all gone!

I didn’t really like the taste so I didn’t finish my bone. Isaiah was the only one eating the whole pot by himself cos the other girls refused to even try it. Haha.

Here are some of the other dishes that we ordered which were so good.

Prawns on a skewer:

Prawn skewers

Tender pork pieces:

Pork pieces

Two-face fish:

Fishie!

The Chinese are really good at spicing their food. All their dishes are so full of flavour that it’s truly a joy for your tongue with each bite. Peppercorn is a favourite ingredient, although it’s more tongue-numbing than anything else. But I like it!

On the subject of food, may I entice you to check out my Star Blog post this week?

It’s quite a fun topic, although I had some trouble writing it because I’m such a glutton.

Read it here: “Yucks! Why I hate these 10 types of food”

Love, Sheylara
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