Brave New World

The street stalls that once terrified me have quickly become one of my favorite parts of China. Sure, the squid skewers look pretty gross when they’re being grilled on a make-shift cart – to be honest I haven’t become THAT adventurous yet – but the dumplings and scallion pancakes and chow fan, all made FRESH, is amazing. Hot pot is a special favorite. So many choices! And who cares if the basket that you pile all your different veggies, tofu skewers, fish/beef/chicken balls, etc, into might not be sanitized after every single order, the boiling hot water that it’s all thrown into is sure to kill all the bacteria, right?

Aren’t you guys impressed?

Wait till I tell you that today while riding the bus I HELD ONTO THE BAR. I won’t even do that in Boston or Hong Kong!!!!

I’m coming a long way…