Comments on: My first lesson in reading a menu in Hong Kong http://tastingspoons.com/archives/818 food, cooking, reading, travel, recipes, Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:56:32 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patty http://tastingspoons.com/archives/818/comment-page-1#comment-3175 Patty Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:27:53 +0000 http://tastingspoons.com/archives/818#comment-3175 My dad took my mom, my sister and me to Hong Kong over 20 yrs ago. One night we had dinner with his friend and his friend's family. The wife spoke very little English but my mom and I still asked her what we were being served. According to the wife, we ate jellyfish and squirrel that night. Yum. I truly think (hope) something was lost in the translation. (Do they even have squirrels on Hong Kong?) And, I just read that you're in Orange County. I'm in San Juan Capistrano. :) <strong>Patty - I certainly wouldn't ever eat jellyfish or squirrel, either one! Yuck. But in many cultures I guess it's standard fare. Thanks for sharing the story! And yes, I live in the Tustin Hills. . . . Carolyn</strong> My dad took my mom, my sister and me to Hong Kong over 20 yrs ago. One night we had dinner with his friend and his friend’s family. The wife spoke very little English but my mom and I still asked her what we were being served. According to the wife, we ate jellyfish and squirrel that night. Yum. I truly think (hope) something was lost in the translation. (Do they even have squirrels on Hong Kong?)

And, I just read that you’re in Orange County. I’m in San Juan Capistrano. :)
Patty – I certainly wouldn’t ever eat jellyfish or squirrel, either one! Yuck. But in many cultures I guess it’s standard fare. Thanks for sharing the story! And yes, I live in the Tustin Hills. . . . Carolyn

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