User Comments - sushan
sushan
Posted on: Zombies: Deader than Ever
May 1, 2009 at 2:59 AMok, I'll bite with a 僵尸文化 question. 尸体 怎么 成为 僵尸?
Posted on: Allergies
May 1, 2009 at 2:36 AMsesame is 芝麻, zhi1ma2
sesame paste 芝麻酱, zhi1ma2 jiang4
sesame oil is 芝麻油, zhi1ma2 you2; or can also be called 香油, xiang1you2
Posted on: Renting a Bike
April 30, 2009 at 3:53 AMWas trying not to make my post an ad for hot bikes, but yes, that is the place : )
Posted on: Renting a Bike
April 30, 2009 at 3:01 AMTo prevent theft, I would bring a good bike lock from my home country so that it is unfamilar to thieves. One foreign friend's bike was left untouched while his classmate's was scoffed for this reason.
In Chengdu, and I would expect elsewhere in China, stolen bikes are a huge racket. Know one place in town where women sitting on the curb mutter '买自行车?' when you pass by. And I hear if you follow them they will take you to some concealed place while someone else stands guard outside.
Posted on: Kungpao Chicken
April 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM@light, I've seen that kind of sandwich in Beijing and the sign on the cart was 土耳其, (Turkey) as in Turkish-style 肉夹馍. 'rou jia mo' is the chopped meat sandwich that is famous in Xian, but the meat there is usually stewed rather than spit roasted.
Recently a few vendors in Chengdu have started selling those sandwiches, only they use pork, and call it....巴西烤肉 - Brazilian barbecue.
As for 怎么卖, I hear it quite a bit, but the Sichuanhua version is 'za go mai', or just 'za mai'.
Posted on: Kungpao Chicken
April 28, 2009 at 9:07 AMHere is a pretty good Sichuan style recipe for 宫保鸡丁, in English
And an interesting article on its origins from nyt. Apparently it's not supposed to have peanuts : )
It's one dish many foreigners know about, and is also a very common home cooked dish in Sichuan. It's not bad but gets ordered/served so often I'm sick of the stuff. 受不了!
回锅肉 is a blank canvas. Many homestyle restaurants have a few different kinds. The add-ins could be bread, potatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, dried tofu, rice crust, or 'guokui'; the seasoning could be mild or hot or sour.
Posted on: Luke is Back! And So Are the Zombies!
April 27, 2009 at 3:25 PM@miantiao great question on avoiding smoke. Keep to 快餐 and open air places and eating at off hours, a little earlier than most mealtimes, are the main strategies. Bookworm has a posted nonsmoking policy that is ignored though, and that is annoying.
Anyways, if you are there, want an English menu, and don't feel like Chinese food there are Zoe's, the Shamrock, Namaste, Grandma's Kitchen, and the Tandoor all within a couple minutes' walk.
Posted on: Luke is Back! And So Are the Zombies!
April 27, 2009 at 7:10 AMBookworm in Chengdu is a great place to read English books and their wine by the glass is decent for a good price, but the food there is to be avoided and the nonsmoking section has people puffing away often as not.
Anyway, I am really hoping the poem this week is the Baidu poem!
Posted on: Watching the Sun Go Down -- 登乐游原
April 21, 2009 at 4:57 AMThanks for writing out the proverb. That one kind of whooshed over my head too, but otherwise I found the speed comfortable. I thought this was a particularly good PWP session that made the piece accessible and left me reflecting on how beautiful and how suited to poetry Chinese is.
Posted on: Are You Happy, Content, or Delighted?
May 2, 2009 at 5:23 AMHah, I finally know what Chinese people are translating in their heads when they say 'happy every day!' 天天开心!