Chopstick Challenged

So, yesterday was technically a Friday.  Today, there is no school and is a teacher's work day.  That being said, last night I went out with a bunch of my faculty to have some authentic Chinese.

So, I have been in China for almost a week, and have avoided using chopsticks until last night.  In the past, I have always struggled with eating food with this particular eating utensil, and last night was no exception. 

The place we went to was called "Hot Pot."  The title is pretty self-explanatory.  Once you get to the restaurant, you order food items like corn, potatoes, meat, and mushrooms.  The waiter will bring you these items and a pot of water that has been seasoned with various vegetables like garlic, and in our case, an animal bone.  These pots get placed on the table in premade holes that are attached to a burner that will boil the water. You then take the food you ordered and cook them in the boiling pots.  In addition, there are sauce mixes that you can dip your cooked food in. 

Our table ordered alot of food.  Plates and plates of it.  However, I was not full.  This was because I only ate what I could manage to hold with the evil sticks of hunger.  This meant a small amount of noodles, potatoes, and lamb.  I eventually folded, and spent the most of my dinner eating pieces of corn that I would pick up by skewering them with my chopstick and eating them like a kabob. 

This picture shows me eating tofu noodles, that's right tofu.  I tried tofu last night in the forms of tofu skin and tofu noodles.  The tofu noodles honestly tasted like noodles.  It was interesting.

 

On a classroom note, today a student said:  "Teacher have big tummy.  Miss Heien is fat." ....Yep that just happened.  Chinese students have no filter.

Well Chinese child, Miss Heien basically had no dinner, so that should help.