Visit Toronto (3) : Vietnamese noodles

U: Ten-Ichi Japanese Cuisine….you ever eat here…its on Sheppard Ave.
M: I don’t know about it. I usually eat at home.
U: oh…i was just looking around at the map
M: πŸ™‚
M: will your hotel offer you a welcome meal when you check in?
U: no
U: not that i know of
U: nothing is mentioned about it
M: I take you to eat that Vietnamese noodle if you like
U: πŸ™‚
M: I have been to that restaurant once for its Vietnamese noodle. The taste is special.
M: just the tables and chairs are a bit crowded
M: The boss wanted to put more tables and chairs in it so they could contain more customers, I guess.
M: In some way, it also shows that their noodles are quite popular.
U: well..if there are not enough chairs…then i will sit in your lap
U: and i’m sure i will have chopstick in my eye soon after that
M: They have enough chairs. Just the distance between tables and chairs are small.
U: oh…so then it can be defined as “cozy”
M: oh πŸ™‚
M: crowd just refers to people, right?
U: yes…many people in one place…is a “crowd”
M: That restaurant isn’t small.
U: must be really good
M: just they want to contain more customers.
M: I have taken Vietnam noodle in another restaurant. I missed the taste of that restaurant’s noodle.
U: one thing i miss most about New York…is the vietnamese noodles
M: πŸ˜‰
M: you also miss seafood
U: yes
U: but i manage to find good seafood once in a while
M: do you like to buy some live crab and cook them to eat?
U: i have never done that
U: just dead ones
M: It’s quite simple to cook. Just wash and then steam
M: They will turn red.
U: you would turn red too if you were washed and steamed
M: My roommates did so when I was in Yantai. I have never done it. I feel it’s crude in some way.
U: its traditional to cook them that way
U: but i never have
M: * cruel
M: πŸ™‚
M: They are alive. I don’t like to be a killer.
U: i can kill fish…but anything else i can’t kill
U: i would become a vegetarian if i had to kill my food
M: πŸ™‚
U: i just think that fish be eaten by another fish anyway
U: so…why not eat them myself
M: that’s an excuse
U: a good excuse
M: πŸ™‚
U: but something like a chicken or rabbit or a cow
U: i could not kill
M: me too. I feel so sad if they are killed, but I eat their meat if they are cooked.
U: i know…if slaughter houses had glass walls…then most people would be vegetarians
M: πŸ™‚ Confucius has a famous phrase: Noble people keep away from slaughter houses or kitchen.
U: yes…its always been that way
U: they make the servants do the dirty work of killing the food
U: the same can be said of war
M: πŸ™‚

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