| 2.50 Chinese Food |
[Mar. 27th, 2006|03:18 pm] |
I'm driving around on my lunch break, scouting the greater Sylmar area for takeout Chinese food and cheap coffee. I see something. Oops! Miss it. I turn, but too late. I'm in an uncharted parking lot. I see a sign. It says "Takeout Chinese food." I go in. I see a menu in front of the counter. It says "2.50." I wonder if it means the food. It does. A Chinese man standing behind the counter takes my order (there's nobody but him, me, and the cooks). I order the Mandarin Chicken. I'm told to wait 5 minutes. I go outside. I see another sign. It says "Coffee and Cream". I go in. I see a menu behind the counter. One line says "World Famous Mud Coffee." I have never heard of Mud Coffee. I think it sounds good. I ask for some Mud Coffee. The woman behind the counter says they don't serve it anymore, because it wasn't popular. I think that's too bad, but I order some regular old coffee anyway. It's 1.50 (plus another 1.50 to use the ATM-- but that's ok, because I don't think the "Takeout Chinese Food" people are going to take my credit card, so I need cash.) I go back to Takeout Chinese Food and wait for my Mandarin Chicken. I try to read the magazines, but they're all in Chinese. I look for Roman characters. The only thing I can find is "H A Y A O M I Y A Z A K I." I guess that makes sense. China and Japan use different alphabets. I put down the magazine. I get my Mandarin Chicken. I pay 2.50(!) I go back to the lab and open up my takeout container.
Amazing.
It's like normal takeout chinese food, but with much less meat. It turns out you don't *need* the meat. Most places just put it in there because you expect a lot of meat with your meal. These guys just weren't worried about that. I ate all of it. I was satisfied-- full, even.
Continued later. Time to close up the lab. |
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2006-03-29 07:34 am (UTC)
Never try to bargain with the Asians. | (Link)
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Never try to bargain with the Asians. They're too sly. Did you know the Japanese don't even have their own language? It's just jibberish meant to confused tourists (or in the case of Japanese folks here, tourists confusing natives). In actuality the Japanese communicate with a complex system of toe taps, that's why they're always bowing! To look at each others feet! | |
