tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post6719373527427571234..comments2024-02-10T19:35:44.611+11:00Comments on vegan about town: ba cheng for duan wustephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751546842854214664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-11134615317654018602009-06-03T14:47:11.439+10:002009-06-03T14:47:11.439+10:00I'm worried about how close the word for "...I'm worried about how close the word for "vegetarian" is to the word for "child". <br /><br />If I get the tone wrong, people might think I want to eat their kid :/Eloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400347354869305173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-16075871963942521382009-05-29T23:11:16.210+10:002009-05-29T23:11:16.210+10:00Hi Léna, glutinous rice is pretty awesome, and stu...Hi Léna, glutinous rice is pretty awesome, and stuffing it in banana leaf gives it this amazing addition. It is SO AWESOME. You should check around, someone near you might make it, especially now around festival time!<br /><br />Cindy, the triangle is the common way to wrap ba cheng. I suspect yours was wrapped as a square parcel because that makes it easier to walk and eat. :o)<br /><br />Oh Eloise, you're so lucky! I would love to go to HK and Guangzhou, I long to go. Good luck getting by with Cantonese, remember to get your tones right! ngo sik chaai is the important one, you're right, but also try remembering the things you don't eat, mou dan, mou rou, etc. That might help. :o) Have fun! And I hope you tell me all about it when you come back (and the fooood).stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751546842854214664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-41651466830161719792009-05-29T16:27:37.876+10:002009-05-29T16:27:37.876+10:00I'm trying to learn Cantonese, because my mum and ...I'm trying to learn Cantonese, because my mum and I are going on holiday to Guangzhou and Hong Kong in October! It's a bit tricky, but at least the grammar is easy.<br /><br />The first thing I learned was ngaw sik jaai/I eat vegetarian. I figured if I could say that, I'd get by ;)<br /><br />My co-worker is from Hong Kong and she's helping me with my god-awful pronunciation!!Eloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400347354869305173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-87577356473941680002009-05-28T22:17:18.964+10:002009-05-28T22:17:18.964+10:00That ba cheng sounds just like what we tried the o...That ba cheng sounds just like what we tried the other week. The wrapping of this one is so pretty. :-)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-26271827504714246462009-05-28T21:26:20.925+10:002009-05-28T21:26:20.925+10:00This sounds fantastic! Go you.This sounds fantastic! Go you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583373780153105573.post-12350588765884296122009-05-28T18:25:58.744+10:002009-05-28T18:25:58.744+10:00anything stuffed in glutinous rice and wrapped in ...anything stuffed in glutinous rice and wrapped in pandan/banana/lotus leaf is 100% up my alley. i just have no idea/no initiative atm to figure out how to make this stuff for myself<br />lucky girl tha tyou have the know-how and the can-do.Léna,https://www.blogger.com/profile/15617652136561065345noreply@blogger.com