Sunday, October 25, 2009

Food Glorious Food (Revisited)

When I first got to China I really couldn't stomach most of the food I found around. I had really bad stomach pains for a few weeks. For about my first week in Changzhou I ate very little besides Oreos and chicken sandwiches. But after a few months in China my stomach started to adjust and I started to like the food I found in China. I sometimes got bored with the lack of variety, the Chinese pretty much only eat Chinese food, but it was still good. But when I came home there were so many different foods I missed. Mexican food, steak, sandwiches, besides the PB&J I make all the time, salads, Indian food, Italian food, hell even American Chinese food was a nice change. Chinese food is good but there just isn't that much variety. I mean there's variety within it but imagine being only able to eat Italian food all day every day, after a while you'd want a burrito or something different. There's a store in Changzhou called Metro which is supposed to have far more American food but I think that would just encourage me to eat more junk food so I largely stay away. Since I've been back I've been eating more at the cafeteria which is pretty good. There's more stuff to get there than I realized last year and the prices are pretty good also. I still go to Wal-Mart to get bread and what not, the other supermarket I was going to takes too long to get to now with all the construction that's going on outside the school. I can get some decent food in Changzhou but I just miss the variety.

2 comments:

Mom said...

I could easily imagine eating Italian food every day, but maybe that's just me. I still remember the craving we all had for plain Cheerios in Belgium. Let us know what the next care package should contain!

bob davis said...

the ad for this posting was Yankee tickets. must be mind reading.