Seasonal

Seasonal
ralph063200 Jul 25, 2014 11:01

Cooking here aint easy as I thought. I discovered that the following ingredients are seasonal in the supermarkets:

1. Cheese

2. Black pepper corns

3. Lime fruits

4. Tomato puree and Tomato paste

5. Margarine

6. Butter

7. Coconuts

 

The first time me and my flatmate got here, we wasted much money on ingredients we thought we could use to cook our own food. We picked the ingredients by just looking at the pictures since we cant speak any word of chinese and the worse is that we dont have an offline language translation tool. One time I remembered we asked assistance from someone who could speak a little english on getting an apple cider vinegar but ended up having an apple cider drink at home. It was a little bit of a stuggle for us in but after we got back from a winter holiday, we made sure we have all the sauces and cooking ingredients we needed packed in our bags good for one year of consumption, where airport authorities ask questions like, why bother bringing these stuff? don't they have these in China? We just smile and say, it's seasonal.

Tags:Food

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Nell_

Re: an online language app, if you have a smart phone you should definitely download plecko - it's excellent, easy to use and best of all FREE. I found cooking somewhat hard when I first arrived, being somewhat of a foodie at home. However once you find your nearest Western chain supermarket (Aushan, Tesco, Metro) the delights of the western world are at your doorstop! Failing that, you can buy most anything on taobao - including cheese(!)

Aug 22, 2014 06:08 Report Abuse