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[jongkookie]

YES! HI! WELCOME AND HAVE A BOBA MILK TEA!

On a serious note, my dad is moving to DFW! But, he's not happy... he feels like the locals (white and brown) dislike Asians. :x I told him that when I was in Texas, everyone was nice to me. Sigh.

Thanks! Do y'all have taro boba as well?

Anyway, has your dad been here before? DFW is super nice... Southern hospitality is a real thing here. Except when you're out in the highways, that's something that mentality has never applied to lol.

Also, Asians are practically a majority here in DFW as well... there already was a huge population of Vietnamese people here for a long time but thanks to that recession in 2008 everyone from Cali to Jersey moved down here. Seriously, in 2007 there was a small community of Filipinos here, a year or two later, they're everywhere! Same thing for Koreans, we've always had a K-Town but KBBQ was never a thing. Now, there's 2 H-Mart's 30 minutes away from each other and KBBQ places are popping up left and right.

Not to mention in a couple of years, Toyota USA is moving their headquarters from Cali to DFW... bringing in an influx of Japanese people to the area.

I personally think it's a great time to be an Asian in DFW, and it's gonna be the next Asian-American bubble for better or worse.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I just wanted to say that I enjoy learning more about various Asian cultures by browsing here. I always wanted to post, but felt awkward and unsure of what to say.

 

[av2k]

Hey guys, Vietnamese American here, just wanted to say hello and go back to lurking.

 

[y2dvd]

My dad works with Toyota, so he's going over. That's why he visited with my mom.

I sincerely hope it's okay for him, mostly because he's my dad and I love him and I don't want him to feel unhappy or feel like he's being discriminated against there. I've never been, but I'd like to visit! It's my partner's alma mater.

Your dad should be fine. There are lots of pocket asian communities here. Gonna generalize:
Richardson/Garland = Chinatown
Arlington = Vietnamtown
Carrolton = New Ktown
Royal/35 = Old Ktown
Irving = Indiantown

And they're all within a 30-40 minute radius.

 

[JoeFu]

Your dad should be fine. There are lots of pocket asian communities here. Gonna generalize:
Richardson/Garland = Chinatown
Arlington = Vietnamtown
Carrolton = New Ktown
Royal/35 = Old Ktown
Irving = Indiantown

And they're all within a 30-40 minute radius.

Don't forget Plano. Lots of Taiwanese with money on the west side.

Plano is where there is a 99 Ranch and an Hmart (although this is by the "ghetto" compared to everywhere else) now. Lots and lots of Asians in Plano.


Bunny your dad should be fine. I think Toyota is around west Plano or something anyways? He won't be discriminated against.

Speaking from experience since I live close to the area. I think you might have misread my post about being from Cali. It's where I was born lol.

 

[Kevyt]

Hey guys, Vietnamese American here, just wanted to say hello and go back to lurking.

Post some more, don't just lurk

Ah... top of the page I:

 

[CapNBritain]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

 

[Valkerionseven]

Not Chinese but I don't really like Turkey either. Parents cook it a different way each year and it always tastes bland and dry to me. Never been a fan of it, no matter how many times I've said it in the last 20 years they continue to say "why did no one (me) eat the left over turkey..." BECAUSE ITS NASTY

As for Xmas were a morning of presents family. Mom loves the holiday and goes from watching old movies from the 40's~60's at night to every family xmas movie on tv. These days its a mostly her holiday so I do the opening presents thing with her in the morning then go back to my seclusion lol. As much as I want to like the holiday, gonna get personal, the whole parents forgetting you exist and clearly buying w/e at the last minute got old around age 14 so I don't even bother asking for anything or getting up early for it.

Pretty much planning on playing Street Fighter all day Xmas to make it go faster lol.

 

[clav]

I like turkey. Sometimes I also bake one for Christmas, too.

Aside from that, I know a lot of other people who just buy ham glazed with honey.

 

[Kikirin]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

Not sure how it is on a widespread scale, but my mom generally doesn't like turkey either. Complains that it's too dry compared to chicken thighs/drumsticks.

As for celebrating, we usually just grab a family meal from Boston Market. There was one year where we actually had turkey (albeit, not prepared by us) since my workplace gave out vouchers for Thanksgiving turkey.

 

[ActStriker]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

Traditionally usually, with turkey, potatoes and stuff.

We still have rice though

 

[Septimus Prime]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

We always have turkey. I think initially we just had hot pot, but the kids of my generation insisted upon having turkey. However, we get it premade by a supermarket like Ralphs or 99 Ranch. This year, I'm actually suggesting KFC, since they deep fry it. Sometimes I make it myself because improperly-cooked turkey does indeed suck.

As for Christmas, we also do dinner and presents on Christmas Eve. We have dinner, go to my aunt's house, since it's the biggest house in our family, and open presents there. Then we go home and/or do whatever we want for the rest of the night. Sometimes we'll go look at Christmas lights in Long Beach.

 

[jasonng]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

Turkey tends to be a dry bird. Even though there are ways to avoid that my family likes to switch up the protein. We don't have any problems substituting with chicken, other years we did king crabs. Once we did ox tail, that was my favorite.

 

[Esch]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

We actually go with a pretty traditional thanksgiving food wise. That reminds me, gotta brine turkey soon.

 

[clav]

We actually go with a pretty traditional thanksgiving food wise. That reminds me, gotta brine turkey soon.

I find that people who think turkey is dry didn't cook it right. There are ways like brining and/or buying smaller turkeys, so you don't overcook it.

People who anticipate large numbers of guests always buy the large turkeys which require a longer period in the oven. The outer breast meat becomes tough and dry. They should probably look into deep frying. Much faster and quicker although dangerous.

 

[suzu]

We don't really do decorations or presents anymore, but food-wise we try to have some traditional dishes like turkey, potatoes, etc. We have hot-pot for Christmas.

Mid-Autumn/Moon Festival and Chinese/Lunar New Year are the bigger holidays in my family. lol

I think typically the first (second?) generation will try to go all out on holidays for their children though.

 

[Toki767]

My family used to try doing the traditional American Thanksgiving except none of us really like turkey. Honeybaked Ham though is great. We usually just go to eat out at a restaurant though since it is less time consuming and just easier overall.

 

[CarJeter]

Vietnamese/Chinese here, born in Germany. Spoke broken Vietnamese and Cantonese and after kindergarten or during elementary school, I completely lost the ability to speak either language It really sucks when your friends want to know something in vietnamese and you just shrug and say "dont know it either".

Anyway, I am 20 now and I have considered learning vietnamese or traditional chinese. You will never find professional teachers in vietnamese though and learning such a language completely new must be really hard. Any tips for a poor guy like me?

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

No Thanksgiving celebration here (Australian).

But, wishing you all GAFbros and sis an awesome Thanksgiving :>

... is it just america that celebrates it or also canada, btw?? *curious*


I love christmases :> Not religious, but I love all the decoration and festivity I put up a white xmas tree and lights and stuff and exchange gifts with my SO and eat and drink to stupor mostly is how i celebrate christmases XD

\o/

 

[Jazzy Network]

My family does hot pot on Thanksgiving. Better than turkey.

 

[MissDeviling]

Canadian, so my Thanksgiving passed a while ago. My family used to go to a Chinese buffet that would also serve turkey and stuff, but also has food that caters to our taste. Too bad it closed. Now we don't really have any go-to place to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. We never make turkey at home because my mom only makes Chinese and Vietnamese food. The biggest endeavor she'll do is beef pho, but we don't eat that for Thanksgiving, lol.

For Christmas, we don't do surprise gifts. We just shop, haha. Everyone's happier that way anyway.

 

[CapNBritain]

Interesting that there are a lot of turkey haters here. I like duck/chicken more, but I just always think it's nice to go traditional. Then again, maybe it's because I associate turkey with the traditional kind of family love/drama/excitement that I grew up watching American (white) families celebrate on TV. The kind I rarely got. But my family isn't really into togetherness, which may not have been great as a kid, but is actually a huge relief as an adult.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

All the talk has been today with coworkers and friends from all backgrounds is how they don't really like turkey. Two of my coworkers are making cornish hens.

For me, we're doing two Thanksgivings. On the actual Thanksgiving day, we're going to my sister's boyfriends family's house. They're white, so it will be a traditional turkey dinner. But my mom will be bringing her awesome egg rolls, so there will be at least 1 dish I'll like there. I don't mind turkey.

Normally when we do thanksgiving at our house we cook a combination of american and vietnamese dishes. Egg rolls are a staple, we don't do thanksgiving without egg rolls. My mom even cooks some for our neighbors and takes it over to them, and they always love it. We might also do fried rice.

EDIT: Oh and my mom will usually make crab soup (soup mang cua).

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Do y'all consider Filipinos Asian or Hispanic?

 

[Valkerionseven]

Do y'all consider Filipinos Asian or Hispanic?

Hispanics of Asia?

Asian.

 

[jongkookie]

My dad works with Toyota, so he's going over. That's why he visited with my mom.

I sincerely hope it's okay for him, mostly because he's my dad and I love him and I don't want him to feel unhappy or feel like he's being discriminated against there. I've never been, but I'd like to visit! It's my partner's alma mater.

He'll be fine! Don't worry lol.

Your dad should be fine. There are lots of pocket asian communities here. Gonna generalize:
Richardson/Garland = Chinatown
Arlington = Vietnamtown
Carrolton = New Ktown
Royal/35 = Old Ktown
Irving = Indiantown

And they're all within a 30-40 minute radius.

Yep this is all correct except about time, there's no chance in hell you can make it from Arlington to Royal/35 in 30 minutes lol.

Plano is where there is a 99 Ranch and an Hmart (although this is by the "ghetto" compared to everywhere else) now. Lots and lots of Asians in Plano.

Wait, are we talking about the H-Mart on Parker Road, next to Jin's KBBQ? I've been to that side of Plano alot and if y'all consider that the ghetto, y'all need to come down here in Arlington and see the real hood.

Anyway, my fam decided to do a Filipino thanksgiving this year. So besides the "white people shit" we've also got the Filipino staples. Needless to stay I'm about to gain 15 pounds come Friday morning haha.

 

[Kevyt]

Thanks! I know that they visited the 99 Ranch Market.

Hopefully my dad won't be too out of his element . He's a poor Taiwanese haha.



One year my mother roasted the saddest little turkey in the oven, no stuffing, no brining, and a SINGLE pineapple slice on top of it. I'll never forget coming downstairs and seeing it.

It was gross. Now we just have normal food-- though, my mom asked if I wanted a turkey this year and I said no, give me DUCK. The ham part is

Lol. You should have taken a picture for the family memories.

 

[JoeFu]

That's why I put "ghetto" in quotes. It's not that bad, but yeah compared to every other part of Plano, the east side is sad looking honestly.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Hispanics of Asia?

Asian.

Well from what I see a lot of them are Spanish speakers and have Spanish last names due to Spanish conquest.

 

[jongkookie]

That's why I put "ghetto" in quotes. It's not that bad, but yeah compared to every other part of Plano, the east side is sad looking honestly.

Nah, I actually know what you mean though lol. It's amazing to see how the scenery changes going east to west or vice versa in Plano. It's pretty much the same down here in Arlington. Starting from UTA and go North or South, you're gonna hit the hood first before you hit the nice neighborhoods.

Well from what I see a lot of them are Spanish speakers and have Spanish last names due to Spanish conquest.

We do have Spanish last names but the Philippines rarely uses Spanish. There's some loan words of course, but Spanish as a language isn't even fully recognized there.

As a sidenote, I'm actually very fluent in Chavacano aka the butchered version of Filipino Spanish and while the vocabulary is pretty similar, the grammar isn't anywhere close. That said, knowing Chavacano really well has gotten my ass through Spanish in university alot lol. Forming sentences in Spanish is still difficult since I tend to form them in Chavacano, but other than that, it's surprisingly easy haha.

 

[Boom Boom Pow]

for anyone who hasn't read it, this is a good article relating asian americans to teh ferguson protest.

http://time.com/3606900/ferguson-asian-americans/

 

[Zoe]

Do y'all consider Filipinos Asian or Hispanic?

Hispanic by definition, but it doesn't feel right checking that "box".

Spoiler

Even though in Texas you get treated like you're Hispanic.

 

[wilflare]

Is Singapore welcomed? :X

 

[squall23]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving? I've only had a "traditional" Thanksgiving a few times in my life. My family usually just gets a honey baked ham (which I grow tired of after the first few bites) and that's it. I've heard a lot of Asians (or maybe just Chinese) don't like Turkey, is this true? I like it.

This year we'll be going over to a friend's place for a traditional Turkey dinner, so that will be nice. My fiance has never been to one so I'm sure it'll be an interesting experience for her.

And to skip ahead a bit, what are you're Christmases like? In my family we typically opened presents on Christmas Eve and then awkwardly stared at each other until it was time for bed. We don't give out presents any more.

We have a friend whose fiance's family gathers around a piano and sings Christmas songs. Or, as my fiance says, "white people shit." I swear, it sounds less racist and more adorable coming out of her mouth.

I'm Chinese so my family doesn't do the whole family gathering thing (or do anything special for that matter) for thanksgiving, but turkey is god damn delicious. Poultry in general is delicious. But whenever we do eat turkey, our family typically uses Chinese ingredients for the brine and sauce. Hua Diao cooking wine is a huge factor. We also sometimes steam it instead depending on how lazy we are.

Turkduckens are also good alternatives.

 

[Cybit]

Is Singapore welcomed? :X

Updated the OP on BSBs suggestion; but yes, everyone is welcome here. Don't even have to be asian, could just be flat out curious about asians.

As a side note; watching everything happen in Ferguson, ugh. Hide from Facebook. Trust me. No good comes of this.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Yeah, dishes like those would be great. Thanks! Now that you mention it, I'm starving for pork with preserved egg congee and 油條. Sooo good.

hi hi i havent forgotten about those youtube links. dad sent me email with these links today, so there you go (not sure about quality of the recipes though cuz im blind in the kitchen)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsy5tUhFYchN8BFdXJtECRQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Z6Hs2JG2zaDXsMKUve8Aw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtZdTStXRSpXClWpOPbALHQ

 

[Kite]

So guys, how does Asian-GAF celebrate Thanksgiving?

My family is not fond of turkey, consider it boring. We get either a roast duck (crispy skin type) or a Peking duck from the Houston Chinatown plus a bunch of other dishes and go to town

*edit*
btw greetings from Houston, we've got a thriving Asian population down here and a huge Chinatown that everyone seems to forget exists. Probably cus Houston is not a tourist city lol

 

[MissDeviling]

hi hi i havent forgotten about those youtube links. dad sent me email with these links today, so there you go (not sure about quality of the recipes though cuz im blind in the kitchen)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsy5tUhFYchN8BFdXJtECRQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Z6Hs2JG2zaDXsMKUve8Aw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtZdTStXRSpXClWpOPbALHQ

Thank you! I've actually already subscribed to wantanmien and the second channel. Both are really amazing, and I was looking for more people to subscribe to. Unfortunately I never learned Mandarin so I can't understand the third link. >_< Thank you so much though! If you come across any more, please let me know. ^-^ The only other channel I know I've subscribed to Siu's Cooking, though I haven't checked it out extensively so I can't say for sure if it's good or not. I'm also blind in the kitchen, hence why I need to learn, lol. My mom's not a great teacher... She'll basically tell me to add "a bit of" whatever seasoning I need, but never exact measurements. She kind of just has a feel for it, though her cooking's always spot-on. Trying to learn more from her too.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Thank you! I've actually already subscribed to wantanmien and the second channel. Both are really amazing, and I was looking for more people to subscribe to. Unfortunately I never learned Mandarin so I can't understand the third link. >_< Thank you so much though! If you come across any more, please let me know. ^-^ The only other channel I know I've subscribed to Siu's Cooking, though I haven't checked it out extensively so I can't say for sure if it's good or not. I'm also blind in the kitchen, hence why I need to learn, lol. My mom's not a great teacher... She'll basically tell me to add "a bit of" whatever seasoning I need, but never exact measurements. She kind of just has a feel for it, though her cooking's always spot-on. Trying to learn more from her too.

I am also of ZERO comprehension with regards to Mandarin :< My dad is an awful teacher. He just spends most of the time laughing at how I pronounce words >___>;;;

I can order "Roast Duck" and "Roast Pork" in Cantonese, and thank people, and that's about it :x

You sound like you've got a passion for cooking <3 My favourite kind of people <3

(I cant cook - no, that's a lie. I dont enjoy cooking so I dont do it. I live on takeaways, hohoho) (orz)

I love people who loves to cook <3 If you ever take pics of your kitchenly adventures, please share? :>


Also, HIIIII KITE o/ WELCOME~

 

[MissDeviling]

I am also of ZERO comprehension with regards to Mandarin :< My dad is an awful teacher. He just spends most of the time laughing at how I pronounce words >___>;;;

I can order "Roast Duck" and "Roast Pork" in Cantonese, and thank people, and that's about it :x

You sound like you've got a passion for cooking <3 My favourite kind of people <3

(I cant cook - no, that's a lie. I dont enjoy cooking so I dont do it. I live on takeaways, hohoho) (orz)

I love people who loves to cook <3 If you ever take pics of your kitchenly adventures, please share? :>


Also, HIIIII KITE o/ WELCOME~

My Cantonese vocabulary isn't great, though I don't have as much of an accent as a lot of CBCs since I speak it regularly at home. If you're into dramas, you should watch some HK ones to expose yourself more to the language, and maybe try to speak more with Cantonese-speaking acquaintances. I try to learn how to read Chinese through menus and Facebook statuses of relatives/friends, and it's helped a bit, but I'm still very much illiterate. Hoping I'll find time to learn the language more, but right now I'm taking up Japanese. :d Having some kanji knowledge from my Chinese studies helps so much, and I'm also learning new kanji that helps with my Chinese reading (I try to learn new kanji in both languages so I can read better in both). Can't wait to play Japanese games once I learn more.

And I'm not a good cook at all, but I want to learn. If I get better I'll definitely post some of my passable dishes!

 

[JoeFu]

Where are my fellow dog beater/poisoner/eaters at?

Lol that thread. Such racism, glad to see people get the hammer though.

 

[Ultimate_Trainer]

I know its a bit late but I usually eat roast duck with the family on Thanksgiving.

 

[suzu]

The China-related threads on GAF used to have even way more worse/blatant comments. lol. I'm glad they are cracking down.

 

[scarlet]

Hello fellow asians!

East asian guys are the cutest!

 

[suzu]

I feel like those ppl won't come back to argue their point or apologize for their ignorance, because they're usually drive-by posts. But I get what you're saying.

My parents have eaten dog/cat before, but they think of livestock and pets as separate things. The notion of eating a pet is just unimaginable. ..Wait. They do jokingly threaten to eat the cat when he's being an asshole. lol

Speaking of dog-eating.. I haven't really looked into it, but I thought it was mostly a regional thing now?

 

[Ochi]

I feel like those ppl won't come back to argue their point or apologize for their ignorance, because they're usually drive-by posts. But I get what you're saying.

My parents have eaten dog/cat before, but they think of livestock and pets as separate things. The notion of eating a pet is just unimaginable. ..Wait. They do jokingly threaten to eat the cat when he's being an asshole. lol

Speaking of dog-eating.. I haven't really looked into it, but I thought it was mostly a regional thing now?

I think it's a regional thing, and even more than that, a traditional thing. So... it'll go away evenutally, probably as animal rights become a bigger issue in China.

Oddly enough, we eat turtles, snakes, and rabbits in the US... but people don't seem to care too much.

It's basically regional now, because urbanites in China are getting pets, which in some cases is against the law - not that anyone enforces it very often.

At this point, if one wanted to eat "exotic" fare, south east asia (Thailand, Cambodia) would be where people might still reliably find dogs, cats and bats as livestock

That said in a few very fancy Chinese restaurants they serve alligator for those willing to pay for it.

 

[MissDeviling]

My parents have eaten dog/cat before, but they think of livestock and pets as separate things.

Yeah, if someone was eating his/her own pet, that'd be tasteless since you raised it with love, but livestock is what it is: another animal raised to be eaten. Cows, pigs, rabbits...they're no less alive than dogs, yet no one bats an eye when they say they want to eat one.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

My Cantonese vocabulary isn't great, though I don't have as much of an accent as a lot of CBCs since I speak it regularly at home. If you're into dramas, you should watch some HK ones to expose yourself more to the language, and maybe try to speak more with Cantonese-speaking acquaintances. I try to learn how to read Chinese through menus and Facebook statuses of relatives/friends, and it's helped a bit, but I'm still very much illiterate. Hoping I'll find time to learn the language more, but right now I'm taking up Japanese. :d Having some kanji knowledge from my Chinese studies helps so much, and I'm also learning new kanji that helps with my Chinese reading (I try to learn new kanji in both languages so I can read better in both). Can't wait to play Japanese games once I learn more.

And I'm not a good cook at all, but I want to learn. If I get better I'll definitely post some of my passable dishes!

Aaaah I see :> I find Japanese easier, maybe cuz my mom is more patient with me than my dad was :x

And yesh, please on the food pix <3333

 

[ActStriker]

Having some kanji knowledge from my Chinese studies helps so much, and I'm also learning new kanji that helps with my Chinese reading (I try to learn new kanji in both languages so I can read better in both).

Once I can get my lazy ass to go through my books, this is my plan of attack too.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

There wasn't anything I wanted for black friday so I wound up just buying asian snacks. Got the hello panda, botan rice, and 4 different flavors of the ramune drink. Will report back later today.