Try Something New by Jenny
Some of the things we have eaten here that we never knew existed.
Now we have tried... Fried Oyster flavored potato chips.
See the happy Potato 先生 on the package?
And we've tried Grapefruit Pineapple Pizza. Whoever thought to put grapefruit on pizza was... imaginative.
菱角 líng jiǎo
I actually have eaten these before and really like them. So back in October I was glad to see a street vender selling hot língjiǎo in bags. They are shaped like bats or buffalo heads. I always called them jester hats. But I just looked it up and apparently they are called water caltrop in English. You peel them and eat the starchy nut inside. They taste something like chestnuts. It's a fall treat, just in time for Halloween.
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Flying bat from Woodland Romances; Or, Fables And Fancies by Clara L. Mateaux (1877). Original from the British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Public Domain CC0 Image |
These have orange juice inside with many crunchy seeds. The soupy stuff on the inside is a little bit sour. I've been eating it with plain yogurt. Soleil loves this fruit and sometimes orders passion fruit bubble tea.
They say the fruit is very nutritious but it is often used to flavor jello, candy, popsicles, and beverages. I'm guessing you wouldn't become healthy eating passionfruit candy. The picture on the right is of passion fruit plants growing in the garden of the church we attend.
We remembered a restaurant we went to seven years ago called Chubby Bunch 'n Burger, or maybe Chubby Bunchenburger. I don't remember how it was spelled but I know how we pronounced it, because how can you forget a name like that?! We went there again recently. They've since changed their name to Chubby Brunch & Burger. Soleil was so excited to see western food on the menu (and plenty of vegetarian options) that she said, "We should come here again and again and try everything on the menu!" I didn't object until I read the kid's menu, which contains some unappetizing things I'd never pay to eat.
I've noticed that a lot of the vegetarian food around here tries to look and taste like meat. A couple weeks ago we tried a vegetarian restaurant about two blocks from our apartment. Their specialty is this meal including a fake chicken leg. It comes served on a popsicle stick where the bone would normally be. It was pretty good. We discussed gathering the fake bones and taking them home to boil down for soup stock. But we didn't.
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| This vegetarian chicken leg has the clever name of "G腿," which sounds exactly like 雞腿 jītuǐ, which means chicken leg. Now I'm wondering if an uncooked G tuǐ can be used as a prosthetic for injured chickens who meet untimely disaster when crossing a busy road. |
What new foods have you tried lately?
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