After our weekend swim at the pool, we walked along one of the downtown streets looking for a place to eat. I would say that this is the hardest thing we have to do on a regular basis. 99% of the places to eat have no english or even no pictures on their menu. This place had a picture on the wall of a plate of a bunch of foods arranged in a circle. We didn’t really know what to do so just said, “pork”. With that, the server was happily off. She returned a few moments later with a plate of vegetables and a plate with thinly sliced meats, which she indicated was all pork, but it was raw. Simon almost sent the plate back but I had a hunch about the trivets on the table. Sure enough, soon the chef came out with a pot of boiling hot broth, and threw the contents of the 2 plates in, instantly cooking the meat, and some long noodles as well.
Since we had been at the pool, we forgot to bring our spare forks for the girls, so they had to make do with spoons. It is not very easy to eat long noodles with a spoon, especially if you’re 3, so they resorted to using their hands. This was a source of amusement to the fellow patrons and the servers. It was all in good fun.
Everyone was especially enthralled with Madeline’s methodology: