Practice for Hong Kong in Chinatown - October 17, 2017
At dismissal at the end of the day on Tuesday, our five student travelers, Mr. Sager, Mr. Geary and I traveled into Chinatown to get to know each other, experience some smells and sounds of a Chinese cultural area, and sample some local cuisine.
We met up with a tour guide that Mr. Geary connected us with named Jamie Shanker. While her full time job is as a lawyer for a not-for-profit in Philadelphia, she also enjoys giving tours of Chinatown because she enjoys the food and sharing her knowledge with others who want to learn.
After introducing us to the Friendship Gate in the oldest Chinatown in the US. We learned about the small shops and how each of them maintain a business in the community. Our first samplings were eaten on the sidewalk because street food is something we will see a good deal of in Hong Kong. A pork bun which is a sweet bun with the shredded pork and the sauce, strips of bbq'ed pork purchased in The Duck Shoppe where there were many full sized cooked ducks hanging in the window
and taro cake were the different things eaten on the street. We learned about how taro is harvested and what it tastes like when it is deep fried.
We then went into E Mei Szechuan Style Restaurant.
We sat down, reviewed the menu, practiced with chopsticks, enjoyed many different foods from the lazy susan in the center of the table.
After the restaurant we headed over to one of the Chinese grocery store to do some exploring. Through the door we headed down a flight of cement steps into a rather dimly and dank store that had many common items like paper towels and canned tomatoes. But we also saw many meats, fish and live animals that we are not used to seeing in the neighborhood Acme.
It was a great experience to help get us ready for our trip.
At dismissal at the end of the day on Tuesday, our five student travelers, Mr. Sager, Mr. Geary and I traveled into Chinatown to get to know each other, experience some smells and sounds of a Chinese cultural area, and sample some local cuisine.
We met up with a tour guide that Mr. Geary connected us with named Jamie Shanker. While her full time job is as a lawyer for a not-for-profit in Philadelphia, she also enjoys giving tours of Chinatown because she enjoys the food and sharing her knowledge with others who want to learn.
After introducing us to the Friendship Gate in the oldest Chinatown in the US. We learned about the small shops and how each of them maintain a business in the community. Our first samplings were eaten on the sidewalk because street food is something we will see a good deal of in Hong Kong. A pork bun which is a sweet bun with the shredded pork and the sauce, strips of bbq'ed pork purchased in The Duck Shoppe where there were many full sized cooked ducks hanging in the window
We then went into E Mei Szechuan Style Restaurant.
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