Day 17 - It’s foodilicious time!

Finally! It’s time to try out the street foods that we have been ‘banned’ from since the day we reached here! Adding on to that, this day was a day filled with all sorts of different types of food!

First off, was a fast food restaurant somewhat similar to KFC. One very special different was that they offer warm milk tea along with the set meals available, which is something really very weird but interesting! 

The food we ate is considerably good as compared to the KFC food we have in Singapore, and what’s more? The food here is real CHEAP! It’s almost the half price of the fast food we have back in Singapore!

Up next, it was the vegetarian hot pot! Apparently, one of my classmates, who are a vegetarian, got to befriend with the boss of this vegetarian stall and always ordered delivery from him, as time goes by, most of us also did the same because of the convenience of not having to leave the hostel. The boss slowly got to know that we are foreign students coming from Singapore and decided that he wants to give us a treat!

Other than that, some of us also went to a noodle restaurant to have some 米线mi xian, although we have tried it before, but this time unexpectedly, it was nicer than the previous encounter!

Not wanting to end it there, Edward and I started buying the street foods, from waffle that has circular spheres, which was really nice, and also the mutton sticks from 新疆! Although we were told to be careful of the street foods because our stomach may not be able to adapt to their local food here, but I feel that since we are all here, we should give it a shot. No matter what comes after that, let’s try being positive minded. HAHA!

Reflections:

Trying out the local street delights may sound very daring or dangerous for some, but personally, I feel that this is taking a step to be part of their culture. Even though there is a slight chance that our stomach may not be able to take the food here, I feel that it is still worthwhile. 

Not only that, I feel that since we are all foreign coming from outside China, we should try their local delights, what’s more, I think that there may not be any more chance to be back in Wuhan in the future. So why not make full use of this opportunity, and try out the food here, it may be unexpectedly nice to you! 

" What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? "

Vincent van Gogh