Spotted at ShangXiaJiu, Guangzhou (上下九）:
the famed Exploding Pissing Beef Balls (爆浆撒尿牛丸)
Cost: RMB10/bowl
Number of Balls: 6 with accompanying soup
Taste: 3.5/5
Novelty: 4/5
Explosive impact: mild
Explosive Pissing Beef Balls were first featured in Stephen Chow’s (周星驰)
God of Cookery (食神) movie in 1996.
*At this point, I wonder how many of you readers pause, reflect and sigh with me.
Yes it’s been 13 years*
A short synopsis of the movie:
… gang warfare to see which vendor could sell the two best-selling dishes: beef balls and “pissing” shrimp. Chow manages to unite the two rival vendors by combining the two dishes into a new dish, “Pissing Beef Balls”, which the three of them could sell together. It becomes a huge success, and the vendors convince Chow to enroll in a culinary school in order to reclaim the title he lost, but not before he discovers that Turkey idolized Chow as the “God of Cookery”, and received her scarred appearance due to her devotion.
The success of the “Pissing Beef Balls” alarms Bull, the new “God of Cookery”, who arranges for Chow to be assassinated on the way to culinary school…
Excerpts of the relevant, explosive and pissing part of the movie here:
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Cutting in Line
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009This recent New York Times article “American Graduates Finding Jobs in China” has drawn lots of attention. It’s been making the email rounds since its release this morning and is currently the most popular article at New York Times Online.
（Side note: I deny having read “Pain of Being a Redhead.”)
Anyway, it’s a quick read which I recommend. But, since I know our readers don’t read, here’s the executive summary:
American Graduates are coming to China predominantly for three reasons:
I agree with all the three points but will ignore the first two because they don’t interest me. As for point #3, I see it all the time, sometimes even in the mirror. My question is, how much of it is merit based and how much is preferential treatment for foreigners? What would it take to change this reality? Thoughts or personal anecdotes, anyone?
On a related note, Junde wrote “9 reasons why Singaporeans should live and work in China” several months ago. It is more thorough and accurate than anything the New York Times could write. He also shorted Wall Street all last year and marks 2017 as the date North Korea opens up.
Tags: American in China, China Jobs
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