Yesterday, Saturday lunch time, Vivi and I went to find a traditional breakfast tea house. I love these places because they serve dim sum, like dumplings and things that are similar to that, I love those restuarants. I'll post pictures of the food there when we find a place that serves it.
Anyways, we went to where my school is because that area has a lot of traditional restaurants. We walked around for a while and eventually just decided to make our way to Woman's Street, just the big shopping district in town. They have a ton of great street food there. All I really wanted was some jiao zi (dumplings). There are these little restaurants all over China that serve jiao zi very, very cheap. I love these places, too. Luckily, we found one on our way to Woman's Street and stopped to eat lunch there. These restaurants are Fujian style, a province in China. One thing that makes the jiao zi so great is that they have a peanut sauce that's amazing but the hot sauce they make is by far the best in China. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it now.
After we ate, I asked Vivi to find out if they made the hot sauce or they buy it. Well, of course, they made it there. Vivi asked if she could have a bottle and they said no way. Then Vivi told them that I was an American and loved their hot sauce and that I really wanted a bottle to take back to America with me. This made them proud and they said ok. They deffinitely overcharged us for it but I was willing to pay their asking price. Now, we have a lovely bottle or amazing hot sauce at the apartment.
Vivi hates that the people who own restaurants in China won't tell Chinese people their secrets or ingredients and will never sell them special sauces; BUT, if she points to me and says the American loves it and wants to know or wants some to take home, they all become very proud and say of course. Sometimes it's a great thing to be an American in China.
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