More Salt for You, My Dear?

I cannot stress enough how hot the weather is right now so I'm justing gonna bug you by saying the word hot, hot, hot and hot a hundred times.

HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT

It was quite entertaining at work today despite the hot weather outside as we've got a few under 3 babies in. They were all smart babies that can name all the medication they are undertaking. You don't really read pulse for toddler under 3 but they insisted so we had to please them a bit... haha. The room was filled with laughters and made everyone's day! Boy, sometimes children can be such amusement.



This boys is 4. I like this teacher the best because he's very friendly and a real master. The radio talks about him all the time! And he's the only teacher that doesn't mind sharing his remedies.

It was a long afternoon with lots of patients. So it's no surprise that I was very hungry near dinner time. I met up with my Malaysian colleagues and these were the food we ordered:



Weather was hot, so we always have watermelon as appetizer. When it was served, everyone grasped a piece like it's the life-saver. We bought this one for RMB 6 to share between 8 of us. I tend to feature this classmate of mine because he doesn't mind getting photographed. :-)



The first dish to arrive is tofu and pig intestine (sorry adhy and faiz). At last, they ordered something new! The tofu and pig intestine was piping hot and very soft, such a nice touch on your tongue. Lots of vegetable were hidden behind, e.g seaweed, the transparent green bean noodle, tofu skin and etc. The only thing is, once you start drinking the soup you know that it's not the whole pot of salt that they've put in but Ajinomoto instead.



Our usual dish. The vegetable is alright, most of the greeny leaves were removed and the mushrooms, as you can see, but cannot taste, is soaked in a bed of tongue-killing-of-top-of-the-world-level salty sauce. We should really start naming Shandong food as Fish-Jump-Over-the-Wall because t's so salty that even the fish had to jump over the wall and die.



This is the best dish among all. The chicken was cooked wrapped inside the lotus leaf and the meat is tender and tasty. Boy, I was happy. We were surprised to find glutinous rice inside. But, too bad, it's also too salty.



Yes, this is the popular TANG CU LI JI sweet and sour shredded meat. Nothing is out of the ordinary nice about this dish except that it's sweet and sour and NOT salty. I don't really like the meat texture because it's chewy and got stuck between my teeth all the time!

CONCLUSION: Shandong food is so salty that I'm starting to think this could be a conspiracy against us Malaysian. Yes, let's kill these little multi-lingual bastards from the south by over dosing them with salt!

Siao! Crazy!