Adjusting to Chinese food
Hi guys, hope you’re all doing well! I’ve been living in China for 3 months now and I’ve had to adjust to a lot of different things since moving here. One of the biggest changes for me has been the food. In this blog I’ll be writing about the differences between the food here and at home. We also had our St. Andrew’s Ball this month which was one of our big events for the year.
As you can imagine, the food is very different here compared to back home. At home, I would eat lots of different types of foods from homemade soups to takeaways. The food I miss the most is definitely mushy peas from the chippy! Bread is another thing I miss a lot. In Scotland I would eat bread with almost every meal whereas most of the bread in China is sweet, which I quite like as well if I’m being honest!
However, coming to China has allowed me to experience brand new types of food which I would never have been able to try in Scotland. For example, on a daily basis I usually have two meals a day with some snacks in between of course (I don’t normally get up in time for breakfast)! For lunch I normally have a jiānbing which is sort of shaped like a wrap but is made with eggs and has a crispy Chinese cracker in the middle of it. This costs the equivalent of 40p, how cheap is that?! For dinner I usually try and get something different everyday such as noodles, a rice pot or dumplings. I also often eat outside of the uni where I buy the different types of street food on offer. Sometimes I don’t know what I’m eating but it’s exciting to see what you’re going to get! The food is extremely cheap compared to back home with the average price of a meal costing around 50p!
The photo on the left is one of the street foods I tried. It’s very sweet and almost like a toffee apple, very tasty. The picture in the middle is a moon cake which Chinese people eat to celebrate the moon festival in October.
Last weekend we went to the St. Andrew’s Ball which was held in the China World Hotel, in Beijing. The hotel was amazing and the whole event was very fancy! When we first walked into the drinks reception there was an orchestra playing for all the guests. We then got a five course meal which included haggis, something I was extremely excited by. Then it was time for the ceilidh. It was an amazing night and it was great chatting to new people and in particular other Scots who were either living in or visiting China!
That’s all from me this month! I hope you enjoy this!
Kmac.