Night tea, fruit and eggs

Night tea, fruit and eggs
Mar 25, 2007 16:51
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: offline	I think I cab truly say that I have eaten everything I have been offered in China. Sometimes I would prefer not to be offerd it again, other times I am just surprised. First of all I was surprised to be taken to 'night tea' (effectively a late night yum cha) at 11pm after having a full dinner earlier in the evening.... but maybe after 12 months in China I should not have been so surprised, after all, food is so very important here ! As I was looking for something light my friend ordered stewed fruit for me. It was just as I would make at home except that it had a poached/coddled egg in it. To an Australian or a Briton, this is a very strange combination. I find it hard to say why, except 'it's just not done'!! poached or coddled are eggs boiled without their shell

Mar 25, 2007 16:51

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I think I cab truly say that I have eaten everything I have been offered in China. Sometimes I would prefer not to be offerd it again, other times I am just surprised.

First of all I was surprised to be taken to 'night tea' (effectively a late night yum cha) at 11pm after having a full dinner earlier in the evening.... but maybe after 12 months in China I should not have been so surprised, after all, food is so very important here !

As I was looking for something light my friend ordered stewed fruit for me. It was just as I would make at home except that it had a poached/coddled** egg in it. To an Australian or a Briton, this is a very strange combination. I find it hard to say why, except 'it's just not done'!!

** poached or coddled are eggs boiled without their shell

Mar 26, 2007 04:17	#1
MENG Points: Join Date: Dec 12, 2006 Status: Offline	In fact, I have never had that kind of combination for night tea. I'll be glad If they are supplied for breakfast. Also, having food after 10pm is not so popular in the northern China although it is easily to find a booth in some large cities.

Mar 26, 2007 13:02	#2
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: Offline	Yes, late night eating problem in China I generally eat after 10 PM

Mar 26, 2007 16:50	#3
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	Yes Meng, I agree it is not common in the north, no doubt because for half of the year it is too cold. So I fear LP would go hungry in Shijiazhuang as most of us are long since home and the ordinary restaurants are closing by 10pm, it is just too cold in winter, and where I lived there was no transport at this time in winter. It's the south for me in future!

Mar 26, 2007 20:03	#4
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Yes, temperature of north China is an important reason.

Mar 26, 2007 21:36	#5
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: Offline	This is why, I did not travel in north.

Mar 29, 2007 01:49

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Strangely enough Yum Cha is a probably a Cantonese lifestyle (probably originated from Guangzhou) of having brunch of an array of dim sum (mainly steamed), with a cup of tea of one's choice, and the Cantonese have their too many dishes (mainly stir-fried eaten with rice with a good soup) for dinner… that Yum cha (in terms of lifestyle and food) never shouldn’t be at night. It’s probably a gimmick of the restaurants, from Shenzhen I would believe, to do more business and lure tourists to go eating out at night (as people seem to eat early in china and many restaurants are closed by 10pm hence not much choice…)

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